Campaigners celebrate cheque success
Local Lib Dems have campaigned succesfully to save cheques ...
13 Jul 2011
National News
Wiltshire Council ignorant of second care home scandal
Following the revelations of abuse of patients, some from Wiltshire, at the Winterbourne View Care Home in Bristol, Chippenham councillor Chris Caswill asked at Tuesday's Council meeting if any Wiltshire residents were being treated at another care home run by the same company. The question he put to the responsible cabinet member John Thomson was: "Are any Wiltshire residents being treated at Castlebeck's Rose Villa rehabilitation centre in Bristol, and if,so, have any arrangements been made to review that facility?" Thompson's reply was: "Four Wiltshire residents did reside at Rose Villa at the point the safeguarding alert was raised. A Safeguarding investigation was carried out and NHS Wiltshire are satisfied that measures were put in place that ensured safety of the residents." That same evening the BBC TV national and local news carried the story that 4 staff at Rose Villa have been suspended, one since June, and that investigations into abuse there are underway. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bris
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13 Jul 2011
St Cuthbert's Hall
I recently visited St Cuthbert's Hall in Castle, which has been taken on by a volunteer group set up with the purpose of securing it as a community facility after it was made available for rent. The hall is located on the one-way gyratory around St Cuthbert's Church at the junction of Newnham Street/St Cuthbert's Street/Mill Street. Castle Community Society beat off commercial competition to obtain the lease after a remarkable fundraising effort, which took place against the clock. Rob Price and John Lucas, who showed me round the hall, are local residents who formed the society and drummed up a vast amount of support in a matter of days. As they showed me round they discussed their vision for the hall and the potential they see in it as a sustainable, ongoing community facility run by local people. They recognise the huge challenge they face, but the impressive start to life of the Castle Community Society and the local support which has rallied round are certainly very hopeful beginnings. They are looking f
13 Jul 2011
Wiltshire Home Improvement Loans
Home Improvement Grants will soon probably be a thing of the past as the government cuts funding to councils, so Wiltshire is developing a scheme of Home Improvement Loans to replace them.
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13 Jul 2011
Lucy Avenue, Folkestone Footpath Replacement works
Kent Highway Services are planning to carry out footway reconstruction works along the length of Lucy Avenue, Folkestone from its junction with Old Mead to its
13 Jul 2011
Kent Trading Standards Warn on Sandwich Open Golf Tickets Scams
Kent Trading Standards are advising businesses to be wary if they are considering booking corporate hospitality tickets for the British Open Golf Championship in Sandwich 2011, as we have received complaints about companies offering expensive tickets/packages that they are not able to supply/provide.
13 Jul 2011