Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
News
Press release on the Autumn Statement.
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
17 Nov 2022
Sewage in our Rivers
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
14 Sep 2022
No vision from Labour on culture, just empty soundbites
I was intrigued to read (Journal, 30 July) of the call by Newcastle Council Cabinet Member Kim McGuinness for the Government to "get behind the region's cultural assets" and to ensure that devolution helps the North East to become a "capital of culture", writes former Liberal Democrats Leader of Newcastle City Council, David Faulkner This from a councillor whose party scrapped the independent regional arts boards when in government, the greatest blow to the arts in the North East that I can recall. Northern Arts was arguably the most successful and innovative of any of them. Labour also presided over the huge and wholly disproportionate accumulation of funding to cultural events and agencies in London, something that desperately needs to be reversed. Five years ago Councillor McGuinness' predecessor launched a consultation on a "new vision for arts and culture in Newcastle". It petered out into nothing as he and his Labour council lost interest. Now there is no vision, no cultural strategy,
1 Aug 2018
Next steps in sorry saga of Wiltshire's outdoor education centres
Here's an update* from your WC:
YWC
1 Aug 2018
Chinatown erupts over ‘hostile environment’ immigration raids
Chinatown was shut down for five hours [on 24 July] during a strike triggered by "hostile environment" immigration raids that led to one blind mute protester almost being run over by a Home Office van.
TF
1 Aug 2018
Metro works this weekend - disruption likely
Major modernisation work is taking place on the Tyne and Wear Metro over the weekend of August 4-5.
1 Aug 2018
MP calls for emergency support package for farmers to help deal with summer drought
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has urged the Government to deliver a support package to farmers that provides additional feed and access to emergency water supplies during the current drought.
1 Aug 2018
For those Days when it's not so Sunny ... there's always Tring Local History Museum
Tring may be a small town but it's been a thriving market town since gaining its Charter in 1315 - to gain an insight into its varied history why not visit Tring Local History Museum, The Market Place, Brook Street, TRING HP23 5ED
1 Aug 2018