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Stonehenge by Vera Carbin

Stonehenge - the bungling continues.

Wiltshire Councillor Ian West is calling for an inquiry to be set up over the practices at the Stonehenge site. He has written to John Glen, MP for Salisbury, seeking support and asking him to question the appropriate departments and ask questions in Parliament.

20 Nov 2016
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Lorely Burt

International Transgender Day of Remembrance

20th November 2016 is the 19th International Transgender Day of Remembrance, in which remember those who died due to transphobia and a lack of tolerance. Since TDoR 2015, we know of 87 trans people who have died violent deaths and there are undoubtedly many more who have gone unreported.

20 Nov 2016
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Cllr Jerry Roodhouse confirms Lib Dems will not take part in 'secret' green bin services working group

Despite a Rugby Borough Council press release stating that a "cross party waste management services working group" will be looking at the issue of the green bin services being stopped from December until March next year, Cllr Jerry Roodhouse has confirmed in a letter to the local papers that the Liberal Democrats Group on Rugby Borough Council will not be participating because decisons have already been made behind closed doors.

RLD
19 Nov 2016
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Tories plough on with cuts to green bin services

At a meeting of the Full Rugby Borough Council on Tuesday 15 November 2016 the Conservative administration who run Rugby Council, ignored a motion by Liberal Democrats Councillors to rethink the termination of the green and food waste service from December until March next year.

RLD
19 Nov 2016
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Lord Dholakia at Northumbria University

Counting overseas students as part of net migration figures is a mistake

The north-east's international revenue amounted to £244 million in 2011-12. This, together with the estimated £213 million off-campus expenditure of international students, represented a total in export earnings of £457 million at that time. It is estimated that this figure today amounts to some £600 million-and those international students sustain several thousand jobs across the regionIn the north-east of England (according to the 2014 Universities UK report on the economic impact of universities) At the universities of Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria and Sunderland combined, there are more than 12,000 non-EU students from more than 100 countries, all of whom make a valuable contribution to university and city life.

19 Nov 2016
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