UK passports should allow people to define themselves as "X" as an alternative to male or female, Stonewall have said today. This is in keeping with Lib Dem policy from 2014 and campaigns from before that.
The Welsh Government has announced a new HPV vaccination programme for men who have sex with men (MSM), to rolled-out across Wales from 1st April.
Cllr Paul Alexander got the Council to clear up The Dell.
Speaking in support of the petition presented by Gosforth Traffic, Cllr Robin Ashby tonight paid tribute to their assiduousness and enthusiasm in gathering support in the community and securing a debate. He said "As important to me as the Broadway East crossing is - my grandchildren have been seen across the road for 8 years, and will be until the end of the summer term - I also need to remind Members that this potentially tragic mistake is going to be made more than 50 times across the city.
There can be no doubt about the scale of the challenges facing health and social care services in England. Failing to find a solution to this crisis puts some of the most vulnerable people at risk - frail and elderly people in need of care services, disabled people who need support and people with long-term illnesses, particularly those suffering from mental ill health, says Cllr Wendy Taylor (pictured with Liberal Democrat Health spokesman Norman Lamb MP).
Last Wednesday was a sad day for many people. For those of us concerned about Theresa May's decision to trigger Article 50, we had feared that day ever since 24 June last year. Of course, we had always known that it would come. But at various times, some of us had started to hope that perhaps it wouldn't actually happen… perhaps the legal challenges would halt, or at least delay, the process?.... perhaps Labour would finally vote against the government (and in line with their rhetoric about safeguards)?….perhaps the realisation that triggering Article 50 might lead to the break-up of the UK would cause the government to re-consider?...... perhaps the march of 100,000 people in central London (shockingly almost ignored by the BBC) would weaken Tory resolve? Or at least, if it had to happen, perhaps the government wouldn't go down the UKIP-inspired 'hardest of all' Brexit routes? But of course, they did! And for those of us incredulous that the ministers in charge of negotiations are as ill-informed and ill-pre