By-election triggered in Eton & Castle
Local man George Fussey who has lived in Eton for over 25 years will be standing for election to the Royal Borough on 11th August.
25 Jul 2011
National News
Open Source Planning - what does it mean for Wiltshire?
The planning policy of the coalition government is to be based largely on the Conservatives' policy paper 'Open Source Planning' which was published prior to the general election.
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25 Jul 2011
New Bus Services - Bucking the Trend and Supporting Services Across Urban and Rural Bedford Borough
Details of new bus services in both urban and rural parts of the Borough have been announced, and they confirm that we are bucking the trend and protecting and even improving services here at a time when they are being slashed elsewhere. Of course, as with any changes to bus routes, it is not uniformly good news, but overall across both urban and rural parts of the Borough access to decent bus services is being maintained and even improved. The headlines from the changes to both the Stagecoach commercial routes and the new Bedford Borough Council-tendered rural services run by Grant Palmer include the long hoped-for extension of services in Bedford and Kempston until up to 11pm, free rural weekend travel for under 16's and new paperless smartcard ticketing in the urban area. We are also continuing the vastly improved new Sunday services we introduced in Bedford recently, with routes which mirror those run commercially by Stagecoach over the rest of the week.
24 Jul 2011
Essex Police to be reorganised to meet savings
Essex Police has launched details of its new Policing Blueprint model. The proposed changes will be implemented by March 2012. According to the police, this will build a capability and a capacity that will serve well the people in Essex and continue to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour in the years ahead.
23 Jul 2011
The New 'Changing Place' in the Town Centre - a Facility to be Proud of
I recently attended a small ceremony to mark the opening of a new 'changing place' disabled toilet at River Street Car Park. You might wonder why a ceremony was held to mark the opening of a toilet, but the opening of this facility really is something worthy of celebration. It's the first facility of its kind in the Borough, and it will make a real difference for local residents and visitors with physical disabilities which make using standard accessible toilets difficult or, very often, impossible.
22 Jul 2011
'Gagging' workers costs Essex taxpayers £472k
The Essex Chronicle reports: DEPARTING employees pocketed almost half a million pounds of taxpayers' cash in the past 18 months from Essex County Council to keep them quiet.
22 Jul 2011