Liberal Democrat Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg claimed today that the Government's higher education reforms would turn universities into "engines of social mobility" as he tried to stave off a damaging Liberal Democrat rebellion.
Kent Trading Standards is advising that they are aware of a "warning" email being circulated currently. Like many others, it is a hoax - below is an excerpt. Do not bother forwarding it if you should receive it - just delete it.
Retailers may face a code of conduct on "age appropriate" marketing as part of a bid to halt the sale of sexualised products to young children.
Work has started on 98 new dwellings on the former Blakelaw Deck Access Site of which the first phase is the 41 units to be transferred to Your Homes Newcastle for rent or sale. A "local preference" will be given to applicants for rented properties who live in the "Blakelaw Housing Area" except for the two bungalows that are designed for wheelchairs.
Last week, the minister proclaimed that Scotland was ready for the Arctic blast and that lessons had been learned from last winter. How wrong could he be? People are making heroic efforts to get to work-doctors and nurses, carers, bus drivers and shopkeepers are all doing their bit to help the economy to keep going and to safeguard vulnerable people. They have all been let down by a bumbling transport minister who did not do his bit and who allowed vital strategic links to seize up. He is so out of touch that he announced to the world that his Government was providing a "first-class response" at the very moment when thousands of people were stranded.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has slammed Electricity North West's decision to cut off electricity to a number of homes to do 'non-emergency maintenance work' during the current cold-snap.