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- Garston Park needs painters!
Paula Keaveney (Today) - The Friends of Garston Park are looking for people ready to wield a paintbrush next weekend.On Sunday June 2nd volunteers will be varnishing some of the artwork around the sports pitches on the park And... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Homeless in London? Here's a train ticket for Birmingham
The Guardian - Politics (Today) - The plight of a mother and daughter forced to live in a hotel room 127 miles from their former home in the capitalWhen Aisha was evicted from her flat in East Ham, east London, on... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Misrepresenting, misleading, manipulating? Ah, that would be public health then...
The View From Cullingworth (Today) - ****From Chris Snowden:Be under no illusions about what this guy is up to. He is prepared to defame academics and misrepresent data in a conscious bid to mislead politicians and manipulate the public. He is... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Pressure grows on Government to outlaw ‘zero hours’ contracts as it is revealed Parliament uses them too
Andrew Grice (Today) - The Government is under pressure to outlaw “zero hours” contracts in which workers are put on standby without a guaranteed minimum amount of work or pay. ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Blogging suspended
Chris Whiteside (Today) - Original PostFor reasons which I will explain in full when I start blogging again, I will not be posting any new blog entries, comments or tweets either here on any other form of social media until late... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Woolwich Attack and the Changing Nature of Terrorism
Chatham House (Today) - The brutal killing of a British soldier near Woolwich Barracks in London, termed a terrorist attack by prime minister David Cameron, has once again put the spotlight on decentralized or lone-wolf type terrorist attacks. The attack... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- 'Phones for all pupils' to close the digital gap
Daily Telegraph - Politics (Today) - A council is considering giving children smartphones when they get to school to end the "digital divide" between rich and poor pupils. ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- The fate of Sally Bercow suggests that it's all to easy to side with the baying mob
- BBC sorry for IRA gaffe on Question Time
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- Marching in Woolwich: Dates for your diary
British National Party (Today) - The horrific ritual slaughter of one of our brave young soldiers, witnessed in broad daylight by people going about their daily business is the beginning of a new era.The sickening murder of Lee Rigby, a... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Woolwich - Drummer Lee Rigby, 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
- Simon Hoggart's week: TV guilt and swanupmanship at Vintners' dinner
Simon Hoggart (Today) - The shame of not having seen The Wire or Game of Thrones is soothed by an anniversary dinner for the Vintners' Company✒ Do other readers suffer from TV guilt? I have seen only three episodes... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- “The Continuity of the State”
Eagle Eye Blog - The Independent (Today) - One more excerpt is worth noting from the interviews with former cabinet secretaries that have been posted on the new 10 Downing Street/Mile End Group website.Lord Armstrong, Cabinet Secretary 1979-87 (pictured, centre, in No 10... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Stark and Uncompromising
David Lindsay (Today) - On one side is George Osborne. On the other side are Ed Balls and the IMF:The International Monetary Fund is not usually known for racy language and dramatic press releases. When IMF chiefs come to... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Policy paper: UK-Saskatchewan Action Plan: Promoting Growth, Trade, Investment and Innovation
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Today) - On 24 May 2013, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall and the Minister for North America Alistair Burt met and endorsed this action plan.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - Residents' meetings - Tullideph and Morven Terrace
Fraser Macpherson (Today) - This morning, I had the pleasure of chairing a residents' meeting for the folk who live in the Tullideph area, followed by chairing an afternoon meeting with the residents of Morven Terrace sheltered housing complex.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Dave must move against the Tory dark forces
Matthew Parris £ (Today) - Eccentric, you may think, to bang on about something that isn’t even in the news. Surely the moment to write...... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Democracy at work in Switzerland – but not in the EU!
Witterings From Witney (Today) - As transport, in all its forms, is an EU competence it is not surprising that they are turning their attention to all the ports in their empire. The European Commission has launched a new initiative... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Yet another non sequitur from the power elite
Samizdata (Today) - Never people to let a nice atrocity go to waste, the recent murder of a British solider in London is being used by the ruling classes to renew the push for more state surveillance. Never... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- BBC burns £100m in failed digital system rollout (24May13)
Liar Politicians (Today) - BBC burns £100m in failed digital system rollout (24May13)The BBC burns through £100m of BBC taxpayers money on an IT / AudioVideo system to digitise all the BBC's archive footage, to make it available to... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Boris Johnson and Will Smith discuss Aristotle
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- Kevan to attend official opening of Quaking Houses Community Cafe
Kevan Jones MP (Today) - Kevan Jones, Member of Parliament for North Durham, will be attending the official opening of the new T-Junction Community Cafe at Quaking Houses Village Hall, Stanley on Monday 27 May.Mr. Jones said, “I am very... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›