The Annual General Meeting of Chelmsford Fairtrade Town Campaign will be held at Christ Church, New London Road on 10 November, at 7.30pm. Fairtrade refreshments and Fairtrade gifts will be on sale from 7pm. At the AGM Alison Tulloch will be giving a talk on her experiences in promoting and selling Fairtrade. All welcome.
Local MP Tim Farron has urged Cumbria Police not to compromise rural coverage in the wake of a freshly announced review of its current buildings.
Kent Trading Standards has been contacted by a concerned resident after they received a "hoax email" purporting to be from Crime Stoppers. The email states that "if forced by a robber to withdraw monies, the victim can notify the bank they are under duress and alert the Police by entering their PIN number in reverse."
Wiltshire Council announced earlier this year its intention to withdraw special transport subsidies for children attending faith schools, almost all of whom belong to Roman Catholic families.
We'll probably never know exactly what precipitated the sudden decision by WC leader Jane Scott to dispense with the services of the WC Chief Executive, but the latest budget monitoring report exposes the fact that the administration has not got a grip on the council's finances, and would appear to justify the official story of the need to find yet more cuts.
Cash-strapped Wiltshire Council, where everybody matters, has announced drastic cuts to services for young people, with the aim of reducing the £3million budget by 20%.
