It's Red Nose Day, so here's what 'One Way or Another' should sound like.
This Week's Friday Flyers is out, take a look and all the great things that are going on in and around Calderdale Friday Flyer 15 March
Taken from the British Council Film Collection, 'City Bound' is an exploration of the daily commute into London from the suburbs in 1941. Others in that decade took a less celebratory view of the process: London, the crouching monster, like every other monster has to breathe, and breathe it does in it own obscure, malignant way. Its vital oxygen is composed of suburban working men and women of all kinds, who every morning are sucked up through an infinitely complicated respiratory apparatus of trains and termini into the mighty congested lungs, held there for a number of hours, and then, ...
This morning, I had the great pleasure in making a welcome address to hundreds of Scottish Liberal Democrats attending our Spring Conference, taking place in Dundee's West End, at the West Park Centre. Here's some photographs from a very productive and enjoyable day: Welcome to Dundee! Making the opening address to delegates this morning. Conference Hall. Nick Clegg MP, Liam McArthur MSP and I had a very informative visit to Dundee College. Here's Nick speaking with HNC students. I had the pleasure of taking part in a Q&A session with 55 modern studies pupils from Dundee schools (and Madras College ...
A new transport scheme that has been designed by the community it serves is due to take to the road on 18 March 2013. The Cambridgeshire Future Transport 7a service will link Hinxton, Heathfield, and Whittlesford with Sawston and, for the first time, the Park and Ride at Babraham. This will help residents get to work, education, training and health services, such as the Sawston Medical Centre, as well as shopping and leisure facilities. The new bus service for the Whittlesford area will not only be an improvement on the old one, linking to more places and being more regular, ...
The Liberal Democrats and Labour have published our Royal Charter proposals. They can be found here Unlike the Tory plans, our joint Royal Charter: * Stops editors having a veto over ...
A national survey has once again given Cambridgeshire County Council four stars for its website - putting it as one of the top Councils in the country for its online services. Four stars is the highest award that Socitm give councils in their Better Connected survey. Cambridgeshire County Council is only one of three Shire authorities who have achieved four stars in 2012 and 2013. An accessible website makes it easier for communities to reach the services and information they need while reducing costs for tax payers. Research shows a face to face transaction costs the Council £7.40 while one ...
The last scandal but three to engulf the Liberal Democrats involved allegations of sexual and physical abuse of boys by Cyril Smith. In recent days more information about them has appeared on the web. Yesterday the Manchester Evening News published the transcript of a police interview of Smith from 1970. It does tend to suggest that he was using his local power and celebrity to interfere with the investigation of the allegations: OFFICER: If my information is right, you spoke to one of the boys, who has been interviewed. CYRIL: Yes. OFFICER: What was that about? CYRIL: He told me ...
Another day over, here at Liberal Democrat Voice, and a fascinating one it has been too. There is good news to report from Arun, in Sussex, courtesy of Cllr Jamie Bennett; #LibDem destroy a 1000 Tory majority to take the #Arun district Aldwick east seat in today's by election for the first time @libdemnews — Cllr. Jamie Bennett (@JamieBen120689) March 15, 2013 To put the result in perspective, a Conservative majority of nearly 1,000 was overturned, with Liberal Democrats up from 16% to 34%. Congratulations to our successful candidate, Paul Wells, and all of the team in Aldwick East. Elsewhere, ...
At the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference Nick Clegg's advisers decided the best way to win party members over on the question of secret courts was to send Tom McNally out to insult them. It did not give you a great deal of confidence in Nick Clegg's advisers. Fortunately, they soon changed their approach and first Ming Campbell and then Tom McNally wrote reasoned articles for Lib Dem Voice putting the leadership's case. Today David Howarth, MP for Cambridge before the last election, replied to Tom McNally. If it were a boxing contest the referee would have stopped it long before ...
Knocking on doors means that I am asked many questions. It's not like being on Question Time and I don't need to know everything about every question. In fact most people are happy simply to be able to ask a political question. On Wednesday one person asked me why the Liberal Democrats went into coalition with the Tories and not Labour. As it happens this came up on Any Questions last Friday when Peter Tatchell made the point that Liberal Democrats should not be working with the Tories. This was answered by Ed Davey for the Liberal Democrats. I knew ...
Thanks to Thanet socialist nutters probably from the Broadstairs red building, I'm reminded of why I detest socialists as much as their flipside fascists. Along with my daily diet of pizza, kebab themed fast food junk mail, came a glut of leaflets from lefties attacking all and sundry chipping away at working people, as they make the case for their utopia of sofa hugging benefit claimants. As if I'm not working hard enough to fund through tax, the many workshy, and by this *I do not refer to those in need due to health, age or indeed those who've lost ...
Would you believe it? Yes Scotland have again been refused a stall at the Scottish Liberal Democrats' conference in Dundee. You've really got to admire their determination to get in, given that many of our members don't seem sufficiently interested or motivated to go. Unsurprisingly, they were refused permission. You may recall that they requested to attend our Autumn conference last year and were denied, a decision with which some of us disagreed (and which had unforeseen and regrettable ramifications). And so, not being put off the the conference committee's decision, Yes Scotland have established this virtual stall to give ...
In my somewhat unexpected quest to qualify as an trained killer (that's a joke, by the way), there were always going to be obstacles to be faced. However, I had rather hoped to encounter them later, rather than sooner...My course starts off with a series of core skills assessments, communication, general law, analytical thinking and the like. Think of it as a skills audit but with a sting in the tail, as all subjects are assessed, and all ten must be passed with the required 70% score or better. And it had been going swimmingly until I encountered 'Communicating Effectively ...
Stockport libraries are set to launch a new online service which will make searching for books easier than ever. The new system, which will be launched at the end of April, will provide lots of benefits to library customers, including the ability to join online. The new look library catalogue makes it easy to search for books and other items, as well as making it simpler to manage your library account. Customers will also be able to receive automatic emails or texts when a requested item is available. To make sure the new system can be up and running on ...
In the 1930s the good people of Stockport decided that building a road over the River Mersey was an excellent idea – it opened in 1940. In 1964 the Merseyway Shopping Centre was constructed on top of that road. At the time a cutting edge shopping centre, Merseyway is now showing its age. This photo was taken around 1950 and shows Stockport Town Centre, with the wide Merseyway road running up the middle of the photo and some landmarks (old and new) marked. [IMG: Stockport Town Centre, 1950] Stockport Town Centre, circa 1950 This video by former Stockport councillor Peter ...
It's Friday. It's five o'clock. Here's a fistful of lists that sum up the LDV week: 5 most-read stories on LDV this week Jo Shaw quits Lib Dems in protest at leadership's pro-secret courts position (25) by Stephen Tall Losing one of our best....an appreciation of Jo Shaw (91) by Caron Lindsay Vince Cable on Labour's opposition day debate on Mansion tax (62) by Helen Duffett Do Liberty want rid of their Liberal Democrat members? (52) by Caron Lindsay Opinion: The real split in today's Liberal Democrats - and how to fix it (42) by Gareth Epps 5 sample LDV ...
Former footballer and now boxer Curtis Woodhouse has been on the receiving end of some unpleasant, trolling-style, tweets following an unsuccessful appearance in the boxing ring. He choose to confront the troll, not just responding directly but also asking for help online to track down who the troll is and where he lives: FORMER Hull City footballer turned boxer Curtis Woodhouse turned up on the doorstep of a Sheffield fan who branded him a "complete disgrace" and a "laughable joke" on Twitter. Woodhouse was being verbally abused on the social networking website by an internet "troll" calling themselves The Master, ...
Thought there was just one application this week, then another came along right at the deadline: 130472: Listed building application for conversion of former law library to office space, Town Hall, High Street. 130520: Demolition of conservatory and erection of extension, Cowdray Avenue. Please note that I am a member of the Council's Planning Committee for this municipal year. This means that I'm required to act in a 'quasi-judicial' manner with regard to applications before the Committee and as such, can't make comments in favour or against planning applications as I may then have pre-judged them before they come to ...
Coalition governments around the world come in many forms. In Serbia, Ivica Dačić, the leader of the Socialist party that came third in the 2012 elections, ended up as Prime Minister after a deft spot of negotiation with a larger Serbian Progressive Party. This might be an option worth bearing in mind for any post-2015 scenario planning for the Liberal Democrats. I discovered this on my most recent trip overseas to fellow political activists for the International Office of the Liberal Democrats. In a Serbian mountain retreat, along with a co-trainer, from the Lib Dem Whips office in the House ...
Answers very welcome.
I ask this because of an interesting definition of "publisher" in the proposed Royal Charter. Page 22 b) "relevant publisher" means a person (other than a broadcaster) who publishes in the United Kingdom: i) a newspaper or magazine containing news-related material, or ii) a website containing news-related material (whether or not related to a newspaper or magazine);c) "broadcaster" means: i) the holder of a licence under the Broadcasting Act 1990 or 1996; ii) the British Broadcastingd) a person "publishes in the United Kingdom" if the publication takes place in the United Kingdom or is targeted primarily at an audience in ...
Tom McNally has expanded his Brighton speech in favour of the Justice and Security Bill on Liberal Democrat Voice. He makes several assertions and assumptions that simply do not stand up to scrutiny. The main objection to closed material proceedings is not, as Tom (and most of the media) claim, that they are 'in private' but that they are one-sided. Not only the public but also the other party is excluded. Even the other party's lawyer is excluded. The other party is 'represented' by a special advocate who is not allowed to reveal the precise facts in issue. 'Evidence' put ...
I've posted before about the new Friends of Garston Library Group. We exist to promote, protect and improve our Library by working with the Library Service and others to do things like organise events to celebrate reading and the range of services we have in Garston. We very much hope that people who live in Garston, or who use the Library, will want to join us. It costs nothing to join and you can sign up on line by following this link http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LNQJ82C The form also asks for your views on the Library and what we should be doing. Even ...
The British governing class has reacted furiously to the European Parliament's attempt to limit bankers' bonuses. Once again their central argument is that it is a threat the wholesale financial services businesses that are based in the City of London, which they say is critical to the British economy as a whole. This is an argument that is regularly wheeled out by not just the establishment, but even by normally sensible commentators such as The Economist. The British public at large seems largely unmoved, however. This is a topic that could do with closer examination. The City is an astonishingly ...
[IMG: House of Lords. Photo: Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament] So, it has come to this. Apparently, the only hope left of stopping the Secret Courts element of the Justice and Security Bill is to persuade the Parliamentary Party in the Lords to either vote down Part II of the Bill, the bit with the Secret Courts elements in it, or to vote down the entire Bill. Easy, really. Or, perhaps, not. You see, this presumes that the Lords gets to vote on Part II or the entire Bill. So, what is going to happen ...
[IMG: NHSLogo] Following the Francis Report into standards of care provided by Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, the county council is considering what lessons can be learned in Hertfordshire. Conservative County Councillor Colette Wyatt-Lowe, Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Care, said: "The recently published Francis Report sets out a range of issues which must be considered not only by the NHS nationally, but in relation to all health and social care services delivered in all settings right across the country. Providing good care for our residents is vitally important to us and our partners." "There are some immediate and clear ...
It is important to remember what strengths in science and technology can, and cannot, buy us Recently, builders have broken ground for the new Manchester-based National Graphene Institute. Graphene, of course, is a new material extracted from graphite, a two-dimensional sheet of carbon a single atom thick. The properties of graphene have excited many minds around the world and the fact that it was first extracted by University of Manchester scientists Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov - a feat for which the pair won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics - has excited many minds in the UK and the ...
How IBM was going to help us tackle the paperwork explosion: "Machines should work. People should think." (Also on YouTube here.)
It's always interesting to look at your own area through the eyes of others. Yesterday I was able to do so when I was joined in the city by victors from Mexico. The visit was a high level one composed ... Continue reading →
Here's today's hand-picked selection that caught my interest... Question Time: How Labour Party planted a diehard supporter in the audience to attack UKIP panellist | Mail Online I am SHOCKED to find out that party activists are allowed to be in the Question Time audience and allowed to SPEAK http://bit.ly/YbDcx3 Ipsos MORI | Poll | Ipsos MORI Political Monitor March 2013 Another poll shows Tories polling in the 20%s >> CON 27 (-3); LAB 40 (-2); LIB DEM 11 (+4); UKIP 13 (+4) Ipsos-MORI http://bit.ly/YbnqC6
To the delight of many party members, Mark Pack recently announced his decision to decline invitations to sit on all-male panels at Liberal Democrat fringes, urging other men to take the same course of action. A few of us, however, feel uncomfortable with the suggestion that women should be invited to speak for their contribution to the diversity of the panel, rather than for what they can bring to the debate. Currently, anybody who is invited to speak at a fringe can be confident that they have been asked - obvious choice or not - because somebody thought they had ...
Next week is a Strasbourg week which promises plenty of heated discussions as Members of the European Parliament debate the EU budget for 2014-2020. After travelling in the morning Chris will go straight to ALDE group meetings where the political ... Continue reading →
Northumbria Water want your views to help them shape their future plans. I've completed their survey, which you can find here and think it would be good if as many people in the region did as possible. Consultation is a funny thing. We all say we want more of it, we're all a bit cynical because we're not sure how much notice will be taken of it, and we're all inclined to "give this one a miss". But when you think about water it's something we all use, we all need, and we all need to get rid of so ...
I would be staggered if Ed Miliband ever read any of these blogs. I would be even more astonished if Ed Balls or any of those other monsters of deficit had done so. So it must be largely coincidence that, 48 hours after I wrote my blog on doomed lending measures that were still trying to use the defunct lending infrastructure of the big banks - the Labour leader should call for a new regional banking infrastructure. This is the central economic issue of the moment - the most important thing a UK government could do to boost the economy ...
Next week is a hectic committee week in Brussels – especially in the Environment Committee where there the new Tobacco proposal will be discussed. Monday starts of with Chris attending the Tobacco public hearing at the European Parliament. Both the ... Continue reading →
Next week the action is back in Brussels! It is committee week and Chris will be spending a lot of time in the Environment and Fisheries Committees. Monday morning starts with Chris meeting different NGOs to hear their opinions on ... Continue reading →
Over on the Bristol Lib Dems website there's a piece by yours truly reporting back on Spring Conference. Andrew
Next week is a constituency week at the European Parliament – this means that the Members of the European Parliament get a week to work in their respective countries. Some of the Members of Parliament also take part in EU ... Continue reading →
My new commute involves a lot of driving, which means I've started listening to podcasts again. One of my favourite mobile related podcasts is The Voicemail - it's a quick half hour chat between two mobile industry experts; Stefan Constantinescu and James Whatley. Stefan has been travelling for the last few weeks, so James has been co-hosting with guests. I've never recorded a podcast before, so I badgered James for a guest slot and, last night, we recorded episode 40 of The Voicemail. If you're an iMusic fan, listen to The Voicemail in iTunes - and please rate the show ...
Towering over the old town centre of Erbil, capital of Iraq's Kurdistan Region, the Citadel must be one of the largest and most imposing mud-brick structures in the world. At its entrance, up a steep incline, sits a substantial statue of the historian and scholar Mubarak Ben Ahmed Sharuf Aldia (1169-1239), who was a Minister ...
I have just been reading a book called 'Defending Politics' by Prof. [of Parliamentary Government & Governance] Matthew Flinders of the University of Sheffield. His contention is that democratic politics delivers far more than most of us recognise and that "If more & more people are disappointed with what modern democratic politics delivers then it is possible that the fault lies with those who demand too much, fail to acknowledge the essence of democratic engagement, and ignore the complexities of governing in the 21st Century" and "Would politics be interpreted as failing a little less if we all spent a ...
After months of independent research, the Electoral Reform Society has now published a report on Reviving the Health of Our Democracy. On the plus side, we discovered that most people are as politically charged as ever, albeit mostly through individualistic modes of participation such as single issue campaigns. The downside, of course, is that they feel less and less like their political ideas and aspirations can be reached via traditional representative democracy. Turnout at most sets of local elections is now below forty percent. Even more alarmingly, last year's Hansard Audit of Political Engagement discovered that the percentage of people ...
News that the government is likely to drop plans for a minimum unit price is a welcome move - despite the predictable outcry from the medicine industry. There is little evidence that problem drinkers would be put off - and the only benficiaries would be the supermarkets whose profit margins would rise. As Philip Johnson says in the Telegraph "Britain's problem with alcohol is less a function of price than of culture". And minimum pricing does nothing to fix that.
Mr John Sampson, Head of Corporate Financial Services at Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council has sent the following note to Councillors: "The Council Tax bills that have just gone out to residents this week contain an error on the unique reference number and associated bar code. We are in the process of contacting all residents, by letter, who are likely to be affected by this, circa 27,000 "The error is down to our partner Liberata and their validation prior to the printing of the bill, this error will be explained to residents. All costs associated with this error are being ...
[IMG: European Union flags - Some rights reserved by tristam sparks] Liberal Democrats want better deal for UK in EU's long term budget Liberal Democrat MEPs today voted to approve the size of the EU's multi-annual financial framework deal reached by Member States last month. They also supported moves to renegotiate the shape of the budget by making it more flexible and focused on areas that will bring jobs and growth to the UK, such as investments in R&D, innovation and infrastructure. Senior Liberal Democrat MEP George Lyon, Vice-President of the EU Budget Committee, commented: At a time when people ...
Council Tax statements are now arriving on Southwark doormats. The good news is that ther is no rise – for the fifth year in a row. For the last two years this is due to coalition government incentives of extra cash to councils that don't increase their bills. The previous three years were due to the council being Lib Dem led. The coalition government has also changed legislation so instead of up to 10 monthly payments a year you can now pay over all 12 months in the year. How bizarre was that – 10 months. Residents can now pay ...
Here's another of Ros's interventions, this time from a short debate on 11 January last year. At the time, Ros was a member of the late lamented EU Sub-Committee G, which was abolished later in the year, and the debate offered an opportunity to refer to their recently issued report. Baroness Scott of Needham Market (Liberal Democrat) My Lords, I wish to focus on the mutual recognition of professional qualifications directive, which provides the framework within which healthcare professionals move around within the EU. I am entirely supportive of the notion of free movement across the Union and I have ...
This is a link a debate by the family justice council about cases where mothers have 10+ children removed from them in sequence. Often the response to a removal is the bereavement response of getting pregnant which means that the strategy is very damaging.
Sadly, but not entirely unpredictably, Cornwall Council's cabinet have thrown their toys out of the pram when it comes to implementing the budget agreed last month by the full council. They are talking up the threat of service cuts rather than cutting back on waste. The full council backed a Lib Dem amendment which will see a council tax freeze - saving every household between £20 and £70 this year. In addition, there will be £2.5 million invested to repair the roads over the next two years, cuts to parking charges, action to tackle anti-social behaviour and a spring clean ...
Call for evidence in the Rennard enquiry (tags: ) The Killing Of Google Reader Highlights The Risk Of Relying On A Single Provider | Techdirt (tags: ) UKIP: Get out, or work for a better EU deal for Britain. | DIY Liberalism (tags: ) Analysing Steak & a Blow Job Day - Make it Stop! | Student Journals (tags: ) Dancing Peter Davison Look, just click it, you know you want to. (tags: ) Holy Shit Hugo Rifkind Gets It colour me surprised. And impressed. (tags: ) US: 'Don't Say Gay' bill would force teachers to send gay students to ...
Brighton Spring Conference unanimously supported a motion on justice in social security tribunals - a critical issue as welfare reform begins recalibrating everyone's social security rights and entitlement, and specialist legal aid advice to challenge decisions disappears. This is the fifth time Conference has debated and challenged the Government's legal aid reforms. In Sheffield 2011, I summated an access to justice motion criticising the Ministry of Justice's outline proposals, in Birmingham, autumn 2011 and again in Brighton 2012 I proposed amendments to welfare reform motions calling to reinstate legal aid for welfare rights, whilst in Gateshead an amendment I put ...
From Manchester Friends of the Earth: Energy we can all afford? 7pm, Friday 22nd March Cheadle Hulme Methodist Church, Ramillies Avenue, SK8 7AL As energy prices continue to go up – mostly due to the rising price of gas – millions of people across the UK are struggling to pay their energy bills. Living in cold, leaky homes is bad for our health, especially for children and older people, and bad for the planet as they need more energy to heat. What can we do to keep our bills down, our homes warm, and our planet cool? Join us at ...
Phew (Memo to self: avoid gym during papal conclaves) (tags: funny pope ) Twitter / thetimes: Clarification Frank Pope ≠ Pope Francis. (tags: funny pope ) Overheard at Cambridge Rowan Williams prefers GRRM to JRRT. (tags: religion funny sf )
[IMG: Sea otter] Well, I must say that I'm feeling a bit better this week, having lost last weekend to the wretched lurgy that is doing the rounds. So, what's happened of interest? Overnight, there were six by-elections indicated by ALDC, with those in Keynsham and Wells probably most potentially winnable, although it will be interesting to see how we get on in Gospel Oak ward, Camden and Royton South ward, Oldham. We came third in both in 2010 but with decent shares of the vote. In other news, HM Revenue and Customs have announced the closure of all 281 ...
As you may have seen this morning the Prime Minister has decided to call off the cross-party talks on implementing the Leveson proposals on press regulation. Throughout the talks I have sought to defend a free press while making sure ordinary people can be protected from unwarranted harassment and bullying by powerful interests in the press. I was surprised and disappointed when David Cameron told Ed Miliband and myself that he felt there was no chance of us reaching an agreement. The talks had appeared to be progressing well with a genuine desire to come to a solution that would ...
Construction workers building tunnels for Crossrail beneath the City of London have unearthed a medieval plague pit. And it seems that the dead bodies are piling up: While the fast-train project promised to relieve congestion in the capital, work on Crossrail has now turned up so many bodies that archaeologists at the Museum of London admit that storage is becoming a problem.Fortunately, there is little danger of bubonic plague breaking out again. Even so, the Daily Mail will have a field day. Instead of one its customary cancer scares, there will probably soon be a headline that says: Will Crossrail ...
A pet interest for me is how much is being discovered about bacteria useful to the well being of us humans. We've all heard about good gut bacteria. Research just out shows that skin can have a balance of good or harmful bacteria. Good skin bacteria can ensure acne isn't present. A team from California University has analysed skin of people with and without acne. Of the 66 commonest strains of bacteria found – 2 seemed linked to acne and 1 to clear skin. This is likely to lead to pro-biotic skin creams. Creating a better balance of bacteria to ...
From Sheena Wellington: On Saturday 16th March, Friends of Wighton's monthly Cappuccino Concert will feature Sara Grey (pictured right) and our very own Wighton Singers! The concert takes place in the Wighton Heritage Centre, upstairs in the Central Library. Admission is £5. Doors open, and coffee and newspapers are available, from 10.30am with the music from 11am until 12 noon. Sara Grey is a fine American singer, banjo player and song collector, who is immersed in the song traditions of both sides of the Atlantic. She lived in Scotland for 28 years. She also travelled extensively through the U.S. and ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL : ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL (GLENAGNES ROAD, DUNDEE) (VARIATION OF SCHOOL KEEP CLEAR) ORDER 2013 Dundee City Council proposes to make an Order under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the effect of which will be to increase safety for children at West End Primary School (Blackness Road/Glenagnes Road). Full details of the proposals are contained in the draft Order, which together with a Statement of the Council's reasons for proposing to make the Order may be examined during normal office hours and without payment of fee at Dundee City Council offices, Reception, ...
Eluned Parrott, Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Business Minister, has accused the Welsh Labour Government of being bankrupt of ideas on the economy, after it was revealed that exports from Wales fell by more than £1.3billion last year. Statistics released yesterday have shown that Welsh exports have fallen 10.2% over the last quarter, which is the largest fall in exports in the UK. The value of exports for Wales for the whole of 2012 fell by £1,373,000,000 compared with 2011. Eluned Parrott AM commented: "In Wales we have become used to hearing bad news on the economy, but today's exports figures ...
Carwyn Jones has a reputation as a First Minister who does not like making difficult decisions. His bloodless reshuffle yesterday evening lived up to that expectation. As everybody had speculated, Lesley Griffiths was replaced by Professor Mark Drakeford AM, but she remained in the cabinet, in charge of local government and government business. The Deputy Minister for Rural Affairs was promoted to the cabinet but instead of anybody being removed to make room for him, the First Minister just squeezed him in and kept the correct quota of Ministers by having one less deputy. The rest of the reshuffle was ...
Calls for social scientists and historians to be given formal advisory roles in government may distract from the task of integrating insights from all disciplines Sir John Beddington, the government's chief scientific adviser, was in an upbeat mood as he gave evidence to the House of Commons science and technology select committee this week. With just days left in the job until he hands over to Sir Mark Walport, Beddington joked with committee chair Andrew Miller MP: "I share your hope that we will not be seeing each other again." In entertainment terms, the highlight of the session was a ...
Darwin Green (aka NIAB) North West Cambridge Development Just a short reminder that today at; Cotton Hall Girton CB3 ONP Between 3pm and 7:30pm there is a consultation event on the signfiicant North West Cambridge development of Darwin Green. Local Bar Hill Parish Councillor Andy Pellew said: "I would encourage any local resident with a view to attend these events or contribute on-line. It's vital that this new development is shaped by residents and I hope as many people as possible will contribute positively to this consultation." If you are unable to attend but would like more information, the display ...
