Biodiversity must be protected says local MEP
Wolverhampton's Liberal Democrat Euro MP Liz Lynne today signed up to a campaign to step up the EU's commitment to protecting the world's threatened ecosystems and endangered species.
23 May 2010
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Action Plan on Noise Nuisance - YOUR help is needed
A meeting between Surrey Police, Environmental Health Officers, Licensing Officers, Local Councillors and Residents' Associations from Town Centre apartment blocks, has come up with various ideas for moving towards a quieter late night environment in our increasingly residential Town Centre.
23 May 2010
Guides Renewal of Promises
On an extraordinarily hot morning (at 7.30am!) the Mayor and Mayoress joined the Girl Guide Uniformed Groups, at the Ampitheatre in Folkestone's Lower Leas Park to witness the Renewal of Promises in this centenary year.
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23 May 2010
First Castle Quay Restaurant Unit Let - Set to Open in the Summer
The Castle Quay development is set to welcome its first restaurant, with one of the three units in this attractive area having been let. The 'Riverside Grill' will open in the summer, and I was delighted to welcome representatives there this week.
22 May 2010
The full national coalition agreement
The full coalition agreement document has now been published, you can read it at http://programmeforgovernment.hmg.gov.uk
22 May 2010
Cuts in Respite Care for Disabled Children
Improving services for disabled children was one of the requirements of the Improvement Notice issued to Surrey County Council in 2008, after inspectors said Surrey services for vulnerable children and young people were 'inadequate'. Yet Ruth House, the residential facility for respite care attached to Freemantles School for autistic children, is reducing the number of beds offered from twenty to ten, whilst the opening of Applewood, the new children's home at Banstead built to provide respite care for disabled children with complex needs, has been deferred, even though it has recently been approved by Ofsted as ready for use.
22 May 2010