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30 Most Recent News Stories
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Sun 14th Mar 2010
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) and University and College Union (UCU) have asked prospective MPs to back their four pledges for education. Here are the pledges and the response.
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Sun 14th Mar 2010
Wiltshire Council (WC) has produced a series of press releases about rubbish. They kept having to re-issue them because the figures referred to were wrong. Now they've abandoned the consultation because it dawned on them that it could cost Conservative candidates votes at the general election. The Conservative administration was forced to consult on changes to rubbish collections after a cross-party vote to throw out their initial proposals to 'harmonise' the service. The figures published below are still quite unreliable, and we'll be watching the numbers when the process re-starts after the election.
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Sat 13th Mar 2010
Trowbridge's latest supermarket is due to open in June.
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Fri 12th Mar 2010
If you believe the tabloid journalists, this country is no longer a welcoming place for the persecuted, and our Christian traditions have been replaced by intolerance and hatred.
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Fri 12th Mar 2010
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children will soon be launching its pre-election manifesto entitled "I stand for Children".
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Fri 12th Mar 2010
The British Humanist Association's (BHA) have published their General Election Manifesto. The BHA is the national charity representing the interests of the large and growing population of ethically concerned non-religious people living in the UK. It exists to support and represent people who seek to live good and responsible lives without religious or superstitious beliefs. The numbers of such people are undoubtedly growing and current figures (from the British Social Attitudes survey of January 2010) suggest that 43% of the population is happy to self-identify as non-religious, with the numbers of those not practising or affiliated to a religion much higher.
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Fri 12th Mar 2010
An extensive maintenance scheme carried out by the Highways Agency from east of Mere to the junction with the B3089 is now complete. The work involved repair and strengthening of the road, repair of drainage and installation of new safety barriers. The road was widened by a metre where possible, to assist with drainage and provide additional space for breakdowns and maintenance.
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Fri 12th Mar 2010
An application by Sainsbury's to expand their Melksham store returned to the planning committee on Wednesday (10th March). The plans were for a 1,937 sq m extension with a bigger car park and a relocated petrol station.
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Fri 12th Mar 2010
Many people would say it was the current parliament which should be hung, but much of the debate between now and May 6th will be on the possibility of the next one so being.
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Fri 12th Mar 2010
EDINGTON WESTBURY ROAD 12/03/2010-16/03/2010 WILTSHIRE COUNCIL Stop / Go boards
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Thu 11th Mar 2010
The manufacturers' organisation EEF has written to parliamentary candidates with their manifesto for manufacturing entitled 'Back to the Crossroads'.
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Thu 11th Mar 2010
John Kampfner was a foreign correspondent for nearly a decade, reporting on the fall of the Berlin Wall and collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union, before becoming one of Britain's most prominent political journalists, for the Financial Times and BBC.
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Thu 11th Mar 2010
Graham Watson, Wiltshire's Liberal Democrat MEP, has welcomed a European Parliament vote in favour of exempting struggling small businesses from producing onerous annual accounts.
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Thu 11th Mar 2010
A question for you .... what do all these words or phrases have in common .... 'cautiously welcome', 'predictors of beaconicity', 'strategic priorities', worklessness' and 'under-capacitated? Well these and many others are on the Local Government Association list of banned words released today on the LGA website. Will there be cashable benefits from this tranche of learning outcomes, you may well ask. Or might it be an improvement lever for a more meaningful trialogue with our tenants and residents?
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Thu 11th Mar 2010
Warminster's Conservatives have voted to take out an £800,000 loan to revamp the Assembly Room. Liberal Democrat Paul Batchelor was the only town councillor to vote against the proposal.
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Thu 11th Mar 2010
Wiltshire Rural Music School is an incorporated charity which, based in the County Town for over 70 years, has served the community of Wiltshire by providing opportunities for people of all ages, abilities and conditions to enjoy live music making, thereby enhancing their quality of life.
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Wed 10th Mar 2010
World Vision UK are contacting parliamentary candidates to see what they think about World Vision's two key messages for the upcoming general election; child health and international aid.
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Wed 10th Mar 2010
The Better Banking campaign is trying to kill off the loan sharks who charge extortionate rates of interest to people - usually on low incomes anyway - who can't get easy credit elsewhere. If you are in that category please look at your local credit union which will probably be able to help.
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Wed 10th Mar 2010
An application from Tesco to build a new store on the Marlborough Business Park goes to planning committee next Thursday 18th March.
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Wed 10th Mar 2010
Wiltshire Council (WC) is consulting on proposals for children with special educational needs (SEN) in Wiltshire and is encouraging people to have their say.
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Wed 10th Mar 2010
I've joined a campaign to protect our natural world by signing the RSPB's "Letter to the Future."
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Wed 10th Mar 2010
Porton Down is currently the site for Health Protection Agency's "Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response" at which internationally significant research into new diseases is undertaken. The total site covers 27 hectares with employment of 750 scientific, technical and administrative staff. The value to the economy is demonstrated by the fact that the direct impact of the employment of scientific/technical staff is estimated at over £70,000 per head (GWE Business West Ltd.).
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Tue 9th Mar 2010
Equality South West is the region's lead equality and human rights organisation. They facilitate regional equality networks on age, disability, gender, race, religion and belief, sexual orientation, and transgender. They claim to have Network Members throughout the whole region, in every constituency.
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Tue 9th Mar 2010
Wiltshire Councillor Malcolm Hewson is calling for what he calls the "Department of Spin" to be closed down, following research showing that teenage pregnancies in Wiltshire have risen in 3 of the last 4 years.
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Tue 9th Mar 2010
GP practices are responsible for the care of their patients from 08.00 - 18.30 Monday to Friday.
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Tue 9th Mar 2010
Here's a piece of advice. If you're looking for somewhere to live remember that once in 100 year floods now happen all the time, and whereas new houses in roads called "Riverside View" or "Waterside Mews" might sound idyllic, sometimes a better name might be "Noah's Close"
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Tue 9th Mar 2010
The top Tory responsible for leisure services at Wiltshire Council (WC) Stuart Wheeler has confirmed his opinion that West Wiltshire has too many swimming pools. Despite being pressed by Trowbridge councillor Steve Oldrieve at a meeting of Wiltshire Council's 'Environment Select Committee' Cllr Wheeler repeatedly confirmed the line. However closures will not take place until after the general election.
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Tue 9th Mar 2010
In response to public concern I asked questions at council (Feb 23) on the cost of WC's new publication which attempts to tell the people of Wiltshire how wonderful their council is. Here are the questions and the replies:
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Mon 8th Mar 2010
The botched 'reform' of dental services in 2006 had the immediate effect of a million people losing their dentist.
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Mon 8th Mar 2010
...have written to parliamentary candidates with an update on their latest activities.
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