Archive for January, 2010
Planning law must change
South Warwickshire Environmental Association is a local group which -- among other things -- is strongly opposing new sand and gravel quarries around the A46 at Broom and Dunnington. Essentially, Mexican company Cemex gained planning approval about 25 years ago for a long neglected quarry at Marsh Farm, on the condition that they reinstated the [...]
Help Haiti
Tens of thousands have been killed and more than three million people have been devastated by the massive earthquake that has rocked Haiti, one of the world’s poorest countries. The Disasters Emergency Committee website is www.dec.org.uk. This is an umbrella group for key aid agencies, and is coordinating UK giving to the Haiti Earthquake [...]
Don’t break up the BBC
The Tory-backed Policy Exchange think-tank has today called for the BBC to be dismantled, with BBC Worldwide privatised, the BBC Trust scrapped, and sport and popular entertainment dumped to create opportunities for commercial channels, according to a preview to the report "Changing the Channel" covered by the BBC website and the Guardian. It's [...]
Winter fuel payments unpaid
Up to 2600 Stratford on Avon pensioners entitled to Cold Weather Payments ((People can get Cold Weather Payments worth £25 when temperatures are below zero Celsius for seven days when they claim a qualifying benefit, including Pension Credit)) are missing out, according to Lib Dem analysis of government figures. Cold Weather Payments of £25 a [...]
