On 20 February, at a forum kindly hosted by the Rt Hon Lord McNally at the House of Lords, key stakeholders from the Chinese community and guests attended the launch of an important research on the state of Chinese community centres today, the challenges they face and their strategies for survival into the future.
- Mayor's Executive to identify actions to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030
Yesterday Wiltshire Council passed a motion acknowledging that there's a climate emergency. Almost everyone in the chamber accepted the reality of runaway climate change, and much of the debate centred around whether or not we should be using big scary words like 'emergency', or doing the usual public sector routine of observing, monitoring, and putting off doing anything useful.
Fly tipping incidents are rising in Newark and Sherwood. Asbestos is the latest problem leading to clear-up costs doubling year on year. Last year 21 incidents cost £6,680 to remove. So far in the nine months of 2018-19 there have been 35, with the cost rising to £12,950.
Fly tipping incidents are rising in Newark and Sherwood. Asbestos is the latest problem leading to clear-up costs doubling year on year. Last year 21 incidents cost £6,680 to remove. So far in the nine months of 2018-19 there have been 35, with the cost rising to £12,950.
For months the County Hall Conservatives asserted that there was no alternative to the Super Council scheme to create one "Unitary" Authority for the County and scrap District and Borough Councils. However, just before a key vote in late December, they decided to shelve the proposal "indefinitely" because of massive opposition.