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12 Mar 2015
National News
New VWFS Building Opens
The Mayor, Cllr Derek Eastman talking to Business Secretary Vince Cable and German Ambassador Peter Ammon.
12 Mar 2015
Major Boost for Bedford Mobility Services
In a major boost for bus users with mobility issues, users of the Door to Door mobility service will no longer have to give up National Concessionary Travel Passes. From 1st April 2015 passengers who qualify for a free bus pass and Door to Door pass will be able to apply for both of these under a new pilot scheme.
12 Mar 2015
A smarter grid: can real-time electricity tariffs reduce both CO2 and bills?
Supplying electricity at a fixed price can have damaging consequences: there must be enough power to meet peak demand, typically early evenings on winter weekdays. Always meeting demand is made harder by weather-dependent intermittent renewables, such as wind and solar. During summer weekends, demand might even be less than the available low carbon, low running cost, generation. Adopting a system that encourages shifting of demand could help to tackle this problem. The National Grid balances supply and demand using a spot market, with generators selling, and retail supply companies buying. Charging customers using a real-time retail tariff based on the market price, could incentivise users to avoid expensive times and move to cheap times, resulting in fewer gas plants and less need for distribution capacity.
ALDES
12 Mar 2015
MP backs Gazette adoption campaign
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the Westmorland Gazette's campaign urging local people to think about adopting a child and 'giving a child a home'.
12 Mar 2015
Great Central Way - drainage needed
The Great Central Way is part of Rugby's heritage, a wildlife reserve (see Warwickshire Wildlife Trust - http://www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/reserves/ashlawn-cutting) and part of the national network of cycle routes promoted by Sustrans ( see Sustrans http://www.sustrans.org.uk/mymile/ncn/map/route/route-41 ).
12 Mar 2015