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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
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Smoke Alarm

Start 2008 With Safety

With the start of 2008 many of us will be thinking about the usual New Year resolutions such as giving up smoking, losing weight and getting fitter. However, Kent Fire and Rescue Service would like to suggest a new but vitally important one - making your home safe from the threat of fire.

29 Dec 2007
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Rochdale MP condemns Bhutto assassination

The day after the funeral of Benazir Bhutto, Paul Rowen, Rochdale MP and Secretary of the All Party Group on Pakistan, has condemned the brutal assassination of the Pakistan Opposition Leader at a pre-election rally in Rawlinpindi. He said: "Benazir's death is a hammer blow to democracy in Pakistan. Since the execution of her father by General Zia in 1979 she had led the Pakistan People's Party.

29 Dec 2007
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Seven Lib Dems in "top fifty" influential LGBTs list

Gay news website PinkNews.co.uk has published their roundup of the most influential LGBT people in British politics this year - and seven of them are high-profile Lib Dems, including Bristol MP Stephen Williams, Party President Simon Hughes, London Mayoral candidate Brian Paddick, and Britain's first out transsexual mayor, Jenny Bailey.

27 Dec 2007
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Charity backs dementia taggings

Proposed electronic tagging of dementia sufferers, with their agreement, has been backed by the Alzheimer's Society. The charity said the plan could empower patients by allowing them to wander, but called for a debate on the ethics of gaining consent.

27 Dec 2007
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