The last time I was at the Highways Committee was for the Belle Vue Village Green application. I thought I'd drop in on it today to see how different it felt. Highways is one of those committees which is described as "quasi judicial", which simply means that it makes decisions that are legal-like in nature but not made by a judge. Other such committees are Planning and Licensing. It's a heavy responsibility, and one which demands that councillors suspend their political views and allegiances whilst weighing evidence and reaching an objective conclusion. These are also committees which place a requirement ...
He's apparently 85 today. And with North Korea threatening nuclear anihilation, Lehrer's cold war satire seems somewhat appropriate:
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Paul Staines' Guido Fawkes blog is calling for the BBC to self-censor itself by refusing to play the song with a title beloved by juvenile anti-Thatcherites Ding Dong the Witch is Dead from 'The Wizard of Oz' (the same kind of juveniles Grace Dent eviscerated in her column today). Wanting to ban songs is an odd response from a supposedly libertarian blog revelling in the gripping series 'Thatcher Funeral Names' here and here: So... Guido the Libertarian wants to ban a song a lot of people have paid money for but is fine with a taxpayer-funded state funeral? — Stephen ...
I gave my wife "Tales from Terra Firma" for her birthday. It's the latest album from Stornoway. Strangely enough, it has ended up as number six in the CD carousel in my car. This track stands out as an all-time classic. [IMG: Post to Twitter] Tweet This Post
The agenda for next Thursdays Parish Council meeting has been published; Open Forum1. To receive apologies for absence and any declaration of interest2. Approval of minutes. To approve minutes of Parish Council Meeting held on 21st March 20133. Matters for discussion and decisions to be made from Previous Minutes3.1 Midas Care Ltd - Signing of lease agreement3.2 The Farmhouse - update on new tenant and requirements3.3 Minutes of FOOTPATH - sent prior to meeting3.4 Village Hall - update and drainage costs3.5 Village Green - update3.6 Wildlife Enhancement Scheme - update4. General Correspondence Received. Correspondence List circulated in advance to Councillors5. ...
Another earworm. "The Syncopated Clock" by prolific composer and conductor, Leroy Anderson, here with his Pops Concert Orchestra. He also composed and recorded "The Typewriter". [IMG: Post to Twitter] Tweet This Post
I was born almost ten years after Thatcher had resigned and yet I have heard her name being both condoned and praised all at the same time as I have been growing up. Coincidentally, I read up on Thatcher last Summer during the school holidays and I was stunned by the contradictions of her premiership. 1. Why does Thatcher's time in office come across as a series of unrelated knee jerk events? She seemed to be so driven by the ideology of the free market that her years seemed to lack a narrative. Ideology, surely, must be followed by coherent ...
Wednesday Down to Brighton at the Spring Conference of the Liberal Democrats the other day, I ran into Clegg. "How do you propose winning this vote on secret courts?" I asked him. "The party is dead set against them - rightly so, I might add," I added. "Oh that's easy," he returned. "I am going to get Tom McNally to insult everybody." Lord Bonkers was Liberal MP for Rutland South-West 1906-10. Earlier this week in Lord Bonkers' Diary... Monday: Digging up the Bonkers' Arms car parkTuesday: Why Welsh education is the finest in the world
Cllr James Baker is speaking against the 'snoopers' charter' at an Open Rights Group meeting in Manchester on Saturday. Chuka Umunna does not impress Mark Pack: "Someone with real leadership ability, and not just a Wikipedia entry talking about it, would have behaved very differently." David Hencke argues the Association of Chief Police Officers' proposed ban on announcing arrests will be an own goal for justice. "Vets from the British Veterinary Zoological Society who work with wild and exotic animals have publicly questioned the government's badger culling policy and the British Veterinary Association's support for badger culling," reports Farming Online. ...
It is amazing what you can find when you are idling flicking through the news from back home while on the phone to your mother. I found a series of pictures in the nostalgia section of Bangor, but what I didn't expect to see was the answer to the question in the title of this blog post. Yeah, the future leader of the Liberal Democrats at the age of nine taking part at Garth House Preparatory School sports day. Garth House was located on Maxwell Road which is a continuation of Princetown Road, where my own mother was at the ...
Thu 11th
20:33
Justin Taylor - Senior SEO Advisor e-mails me to tell me my blog stinks...thanks Justin!
I received the following e-mail earlier today. Basically is it a nice guy saying my site is shit but if I employ his/his companies SEO services it'll be great. I do oh so love unsolicited e-mail like this certainly when they can't even be bothered to work out my name... No doubt this is exactly the same e-mail that he sends to hundreds of websites... Hi neilmonnery.co.uk Team, Hope you are doing fine. I thought you might like to know some of the reasons why you are not getting enough organic traffic & most often you stick to Ad words ...
Since my last E-cops message there has been 7 crime reports suitable to be published. Please see the relevant once below. Between 27th March, at 17:30 and 28th March, at 07:30, a theft from a vehicle took place in Appletrees, Bar Hill. Vehicle was secured and unattended, parked at location stated. Unknown offender/s have gained entry to vehicle by smashing driver's side window, and removed various tools. Between 27 March 23:00hrs and 28 March a 07:00hrs, a theft of bicycle took place in Hollytree's, Bar Hill. Unknown offender/s have gained entry to a property via side gate, forced padlock from ...
Have been discussing with Emma Burnell of Scarlet Standard on twitter which Doctor would win a Best Doctor poll if run under different electoral systems. And then we got to thinking we ought to test it... We'd ideally want to have "who was the best doctor?" as the question three times, and then have twelve options to vote for (One to Eleven and then Other for the snowflakes) - one question would be FPTP, one would be STV and one AV. Theoretically the poll software on dreamwidth is good for it, but people often have problems logging in with openID ...
[IMG: Barack Obama] Whether or not it was Chuka Umunna himself who edited Wikipedia to add in a comparison between himself and Barack Obama (the evidence looks like it was and his denial is hardly unequivocal), there are two other reasons he doesn't impress me. One was his catastrophic failure of judgement over a nasty Labour smear campaign against a Liberal Democrat. Some of his Labour colleagues took the right and brave decision to tell the truth to the police, helping secure the conviction of Miranda Grell. Umunna? He so staunchly defended Grell that he even lashed out at a ...
[IMG: Waitress serving a slice of all dressed pizza] Making work pay. Few sensible people would object to this as a policy aspiration. It's at the core of the Coalition Government's justification for its reforms to the social security system. So that's got to be good. The cracks begin to appear when we move on to consider quite how we're going to make work pay. The Government has broadly three options, in the short run. It can try to mandate an increase in low wages. Increasing the gap between income in work and income out of work should incentivise people ...
Heard on Radio 4′s PM earlier BBC Reporter: But why should millions of illegal immigrants be given an amnesty to stay here? Senior politician: Why should millions of illegal immigrants have to continue to live and work in the shadows? [IMG: McCain] Rebellious Lib Dem MP? Out-of-touch academic? Wishy-washy left-wing campaigner? Actually it was John McCain, conservative Republican senator for Arizona, former presidential candidate and one of the eight members of the committee responsible for the drafting of an immigration reform bill. There's a reason the US is the world's most successful ever economy... * Nick Thornsby is Thursday Editor ...
[IMG: Photo 6 Smannell Road] While out talking to local residents I was asked about the possibility of public seats along some of the new footpaths and cycle paths installed around town. As I knew there were sums of developers money collected for recreation purposes I contacted Test Valley council officers to enquire whether any of this could be used for public seating. Very often councillors and council officers think of leisure in terms of play grounds, sports fields etc. but to many residents leisure is just as much a walk down the road, round the park or to the ...
[IMG: Tory proposals may prevent us from circulating details of wanted suspects abroad.] Tory proposals may prevent us from circulating details of wanted suspects abroad. When I was a serving Police Officer I, and my colleagues recognized the value of co-operation with other European police services. The exchange of information saw many serious crimes solved and prevented, and allowed various countries, including our own, to extradite each other's wanted suspects. That any Government would want to turn the clock back to the bad old days of the 'Costa Del Crime' seems incredible, and yet this is what the Tory-dominated Home ...
Award winning Kent political journalist Paul Francis has tipped the Liberal Democrats as likely to hold all its existing seats on Kent County Council - including the Folkestone West seat snatched from the Conservatives in 2009 by Tim Prater. In his analysis of the prospects for the main parties in the forthcoming Kent County Council elections, Paul Francis sees the likely outcome that the Conservatives will retain control of the County Council but with a "significantly reduced majority", and that the Liberal Democrats are likely to hold its existing seats. Tim Prater commented: "Paul Francis is one of the key ...
I took the opportunity on Saturday to question Ed Davey, the energy secretary, on the matter of prepayment meters ripping off the poorest in society and deepening fuel poverty in Britain. Davey had come to ...
Earlier this week the list of candidates was published for the Lancashire County Council elections in May. I have already helped two residents when one asked me if there was an independent candidate and the other asked if there was a UKIP candidate. I am so helpful that I was able to say yes to both questions. I did manage to let the UKIP supporter know that it was an election for the county council. I have previously written about a UKIP candidate who did not have a clue about county council responsibilities and I would guess that their supporters ...
An Ipsos Mori analysis for the Financial Times of a years worth of opinion polling reveals that female support for the Conservatives in the C2 socio economic group [ skilled manual workers such as hairdressers, factory workers etc] has slumped by 12% to its lowest level for 16yrs. Even worse news for the Tories is that in all other groups, except the very top such as lawyers, doctors etc., their female support has also fallen between 7% & 4%. Can this be because it is largely women who confront the shake up in the benefits system against disproportionately large rises ...
I have been on Wave 102 and Radio Tay news today expressing concern at yet another illegal travellers' encampment springing up today, this time at the former Scottish Water site at the Riverside Business Park immediately west of Dundee Airport. This site was previously occupied in August 2010 and again in July 2012 and there are concerns that another encampment will lead to rubbish blowing over the airport runway. Riverside Business Park earlier today Being right next to the airport, the fact that the travellers have set up camp here is a concern given the mess that was left last ...
I like to think that cheerfulness is a virtue: not only an emotional response to pleasant circumstances, but part of the disposition of someone willing to try to make a positive contribution to the world, even when times are hard. As a character in Philip Pullman's The Amber Spyglass puts it, 'We have to be all those difficult things like cheerful and kind and curious and patient, and we've got to study and think and work hard...'. Since the formation of the Coalition, and especially this week, I've been struck by how powerful the politics of anger is, across the ...
A quick plug for a charity fundraising football match on Saturday week (20th April) in aid of local anti-bullying charity BullyWatch: "There will be a Community Shield football Match on 20th April at Yate Town Football club between our local clubs Dodington FC and Cesson FC 3pm kick off. There will be a raffle and auction and everyone is welcome. The cost will be £2.00 on the gate". Well done to Julie Oakley for organising.
Apparently Nick Clegg now believes we should charge people for getting drunk and ending up in hospital. From the Mail: He said it was unacceptable for the taxpayer to pick up the bill for the National Health Service to treat drunk patients whose injuries are self-inflicted. Here are 5 reasons why he is wrong You either believe in a socialised health care system where you pay taxes and then it's free at the point of use or you don't.In 2010/2011 alcohol and tobacco duty accounted for £18bn of government income this equates to 1/6th of the NHS budget.... (Then add ...
[IMG: Tony Blair] Writing in this month's centenary issue of the New Statesman, former prime minister Tony Blair writes: Labour should be very robust in knocking down the notion that it "created" the crisis. In 2007/2008 the cyclically adjusted current Budget balance was under 1 per cent of GDP. Public debt was significantly below 1997. Over the whole 13 years, the debt-to-GDP ratio was better than the Conservative record from 1979-97. Of course there is a case for saying a tightening around 2005 would have been more prudent. But the effect of this pales into insignificance compared to the financial ...
Cornwall Council is promoting a new series of 'Made in Cornwall' fairs - which is a good thing. But the location of the new fair - Truro Sainsburys - seems a step in the wrong direction. It is great that Cornwall Council is finally getting behind local produce. It makes a change from helping the chicken farmers of Thailand and Brazil. But promoting the goods is only half the battle. We also need to be promoting the local shops and businesses that sell them. The reasoning given by the council is that this scheme puts Cornish produce in high footfall ...
I think it's fair to say that Mail Online has excelled itself: [IMG: daily mail] Though it may look like something from the Daily Mail-omatic website, this is genuine. Really. I guess I'm only disappointed that they couldn't fit in 'Outrage at BBC/welfare/immigrants' as well. (Hat-tip: Alex Massie.) * Stephen Tall is Co-Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice, a Research Associate for the liberal think-tank CentreForum, and also writes at his own site, The Collected Stephen Tall.
Jubilee Garden is on the junction of Kennedy Way and Sundridge Park, Yate - the opposite corner to Lidl. On Saturday 13 April from 10am to 2pm ther will be an event organised by Walking To Health: Help to plant a meadowTea party and refreshments availableSpeak to one of a travel planners for information and adviceHear all about Yate in BloomTry the Smoothie Bike - make your own smoothie with pedal power!Find out about local gentle walking groups and outdoor activities for all abilities. Also, have your say! Organisers would like to hear from residents about whether further developments of ...
Here's today's hand-picked selection that caught my interest... Labour must search for answers and not merely aspire to be a repository for people's anger I'm sorry, but these days Tony Blair is just a poor-man's Dan Hodges' tribute act... http://bit.ly/17spnOO Liberal England: In praise of milk snatching (Tho, pace Grace Dent, on restoring free milk I'm with @LordBonkers >> In praise of milk snatching http://bit.ly/16OxunA) Grace Dent: Thatcher's children we may be, but these death parties are just childish – Comment – Voices – The Independent Grace Dent in fine, fab form: "Celebrating death seems to me rather childish, when ...
Is it safe to go on Twitter yet? Has the 24/7 reporting of the death of an octogenarian ceased? I'm sure the whole population of the UK, including the late Prime Minister's most ardent supporters, have reached Thatcherisation point. But amongst the litany of tributes and critiques, a lot of the comments surrounding the Government of Margaret Thatcher are clouded in myth. Both left and right share in the mythology of Thatcher as some sort of economically liberal Boudicca who challenged the prevailing economic orthodoxy and shrank the size of the state. If anything, Margaret Thatcher was insufficiently liberal. The ...
Himalayan Balsam is an extremely invasive weed that is threatening parts of the Frome Valley Walkway and other areas. It smothers our native flowers and causes erosion and flooding. Big Pull community workdays are being planned this June/July to remove it from the Walkway between Station Road and Goose Green Community Nature Area in Yate. This tenacious invasive plant is currently just on the edge of Goose Green and we are very keen to prevent it spreading into the Community Nature Area and further along the River Frome. This summer's workdays are Saturdays 1, 15, 29 June and 13 July ...
The Governing body of Chipping Sodbury School is consulting on a proposed change of category from a Voluntary Controlled to a Foundation school, and at the same time acquiring a co-operative charitable trust, to be called the Chipping Sodbury School Co-operative Trust. You can find out more and have your say on their website.
This year the council is saving money by not including a printed council tax guide in every council tax bill. Instead you can find it online or you can write to the council or call 01454 868003 for a printed copy.
South Gloucestershire Council is currently asking for views on those bus services that it supports that are up for tender this year. These include a number of services in our area. 84 Yate - Charfield - Wotton under Edge 86 Wotton-under-Edge - Hawkesbury Upton - Yate - Kingswood 482 / 483 Chipping Sodbury - Winterbourne - Cribbs Causeway & Aztec West 620 Bath - Yate - Old Sodbury plus the Sundays and Bank Holidays services on this route: 622 Chipping Sodbury - Thornbury - Cribbs Causeway A decision will be made by members as to whether these services a) continue ...
Among yesterday's many predictable tributes to Margaret Thatcher on both sides of the house, one from Labour MP Gisela Stuart caught my ear. (Hansard) Whole generations have forgotten what 1979 was like. I came here from Germany in the 1970s. I know that Margaret Thatcher would not want us not to learn any lessons from the battles that she had fought—some lost, some won, and some which continue. I am thinking in particular of the role of the market. It is interesting that Margaret Thatcher considered that Hayek's book "The Road to Serfdom" should be compulsory reading. Many Government Members, ...
Note that the title reads too much politicians. You can't in my view have too much politics, if by that we mean discussion of ideologies and polices rather than who is up and who is down which regrettably often passes for politics these days. On BBC2's "Newsnight" programme last night it was pointed out that, when Winston Churchill died, there were just four speeches in the House of Commons: one by each of the three party leaders, and the other, I think, but the longest serving MP. Yesterday both Houses of Parliament met, at our expense, since MPs are still ...
Analysts estimates are always interesting to read - especially if you know the real statistics which they are trying to prophetize. Even when someone releases "official" statistics, they're usually hard to verify independently, and even harder to analyse by region. Benedict Evans - who I've had the pleasure of meeting at Mobile Monday - published some very interesting official stats on Facebook's mobile usage. [IMG: Enders Facebook Stats-fs8] The statistics show that roughly 44% of Facebook use is "not mobile". How does that chime with reality? I've talked before (incessantly!) about how leaky bit.ly is - they allow anyone to ...
The Liberal Party Constitution commits us to' ... create the positive conditions which will make a full and free life possible for all' . The last two words establish an unbridgeable gulf between us and the Thatcher approach. David Steel 1985 A journalist reporting the death of Thatcher tonight said that he learned the news whilst following Clegg on a campaign tour of Cornwall and reflected that Thatcher had a profound impact on our party.Writing in 1985 David Steel set himself the task of '...........presenting a constructive alternative to Thatcherism and ....'winning the intellectual argument against the new Conservatism.' . ...
[IMG: Jeremy Browne] I'm sure readers would like to join the Voice team in sending our congratulations to Lib Dem MP, home office minister and regular LDV contributor Jeremy Browne and his partner Rachel Binks on the birth of their baby, Molly (not least because it's an opportunity to use that photo). However, while mother, baby and indeed father are all now fine, Jeremy and Rachel went through an experience that no new parents would wish to. This Is West Country reports: Taunton Deane MP Jeremy Browne and his partner Rachel Binks feared losing their newborn baby during a rollercoaster ...
MP lives on £18 a week food bill, and we love her for it | The Daily Shame (tags: ) beccaelizabeth | Why so stupid, all three? "Since benefits were calculated on the basis of need and are therefore meant to be precisely what you need to live on, it is crazy that you can have a job and still not have a living wage." (tags: ) new genus of bat discovered and it's CUTE (tags: ) Why Monty Panesar should be the next leader of the Liberal Democrats Forgot to link this when it originally came up on my ...
Are you a voluntary group working in South Gloucestershire? Do you serve your local community to make their lives better? And would a small grant from South Gloucestershire Council help you do it? All these grants are designed for volunteer groups that want to develop projects and provide activities that meet local needs. They can include art and culture, children and play, community safety, developing communities, enhancing the natural and built environment, learning activities, promoting equality and tackling poverty, sports, and supporting vulnerable people. The Capital Grants have no lower limit and you can apply for up to £3000. If ...
I have a feeling that history will see these years in the UK rather differently to the way we see them now. We imagine that austerity will dominate the history books. In fact, I have a feeling that the real issue will turn out to be something different - it is whether or not we grasp the urgency of the need to save our public services, the NHS and the rest of the caboodle. In that sense, the present round of cuts are barely relevant compared to what is coming - not just here but in most western countries. What ...
The verbena in the green man planter (photo from 2011) has finally started to put on a small amount of spring growth but I know, after two years in the same pot through the winter from hell, the roots will be pot bound and the compost spent and so, with a week of above freezing temps promised, I have started the task of sorting out the patio pots. I have taken a couple of cuttings of the verbena and replaced the compost and seeded it with chives and nasturtiums. I know it's probably the wrong time to take cuttings but ...
This meme is doing the rounds this morning... Wouldn't a more interesting question be....Given the world aid budget is around $120 billion why are these children going hungry now, today, right this minute?
Thu 11th
08:35
The benefits of hindsight: how history can contribute to science policy | Rebekah Higgitt and James ...
History of science should be taken seriously in the process of making science policy, argue Rebekah Higgitt and James Wilsdon in the sixth of our series on scientific advice It is easy to chant the mantras of evidence-based policy, but less straightforward to determine which forms of expertise and evidence should count. There is now a welcome recognition across government that many policy problems benefit from multidisciplinary perspectives. But implicit hierarchies between disciplines persist, which are rarely explained or written down. There have been several efforts to demonstrate the value of the humanities to policy in recent years, including helpful ...
Some people have commented upon the cost of Lady Thatcher's funeral. The following script from 2008 showed some foresight. Script Part Words / Actions [directions] [Margaret Thatcher sitting on stage; pulls hair spray from her handbag and sprays her hair.] [F/X] [Knock at the door] Thatcher Dennis! Dennis, do see who it
A generation on, the Thatcher legacy continues to provoke and divide. One of the questions it poses for liberals is one this government is still wrestling with: does inequality matter if everyone's getting richer? Margaret Thatcher's answer was that it did not — as she famously illustrated in one of her last Commons performances in response to a question from Simon Hughes: (Click here to watch on YouTube.) Here are three graphs which show the post-war record of governments, including Mrs T's... Yes, earnings did go up for everyone, including the poorest [IMG: thatcher - earnings_1] (Graph from Channel 4 ...
Friends have commented that cats seem to follow me around. If I had been a woman years ago, I would have been burned. Yesterday canvassing in Cambridge, a beautiful Burmese cat took a fancy to me and accompanied me to a doorstep. When the residents opened the door, the cat went straight in. "What a lovely cat you have", I began, but it wasn't their cat and they had never seen it before.
There was a fascinating TV documentary on BBC4 the other night called Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home. It was a sharp corrective for anyone who disapproves of health and safety legislation, for we learnt that many of the Victorian era's new household products and gadgets were lethal. One such hazard was wallpaper, or more specifically wallpaper dyed with a green pigment containing arsenic. A leading manufacturer of this wallpaper was none other than the famous socialist, designer, artist and all-round romanticist William Morris. The documentary explained that, besides his wallpaper manufacturing business, Morris owned a big stake in the ...
Further to my update on Monday about unadopted footways improvements over the forthcoming year in the West End, I asked the City Engineer for an update on all pavement planned improvements in the West End (adopted and unadopted) and roads resurfacing. You can download this here. For information : Blue is road carriageways, Red is adopted footways and Green is unadopted footways.
Last month, I mentioned that the City Engineer had indicated to me that his department was monitoring the area of the wall in Pentland Avenue that runs alongside the main pavement. On behalf of local residents and the Community Spirit Action Group, I had reported to him considerable water seepage in the area of the wall. I have now had the following update from the Team Leader (Infrastructure) at the City Council: "I have met with local residents and I am arranging for Tayside Contracts to carry out dye testing of the sewer in the remote footpath fronting the houses ...
This is brilliant. This video was put together by West Glamorgan Archive service last year as part of Swansea Council's "Be Part of It!" countdown to the 2012 Olympics. It proved such a hit that it won the first Welsh Libraries marketing innovation award for archive service. It was designed to show participants the landmarks and streets they would have passed had the event taken place in 1908 when the Olympics were first hosted by Great Britain. Historic buildings like St Mary's Church and the Cross Keys pub are included as well as locations like the city centre, St Helen's ...
The Welsh Liberal Democrats have today announced that Aberystwyth-based Alec Dauncey will lead the team of candidates to stand in next year's European elections. The following candidates have been selected: 1. Alec Dauncey 2. Rob Speht 3. Anna White 4. Bruce Roberts Alec Dauncey said: "I am delighted that Welsh Liberal Democrat members across Wales have put their faith in me to lead the candidates' list for next year's elections. Together, we will be fighting to ensure that Europe works better for Wales. "The reality is that we can't tackle all of Wales' or Britain's problems alone. As we all know, the economic outlook ...
Neighbourhood Wardens work in local areas to tackle environmental problems and low level antisocial behaviour. They also promote community involvement and social inclusion in their day to day work especially among young people. Dog fouling Dog fouling is one of the major issues dealt with by neighbourhood wardens. We have investigated 35 reports of dog fouling and issued 1 fixed penalty notice for dog fouling. We have also removed 10 stray dogs. Littering Litter is another important issue. We investigated 9 reports of littering and issued 2 fixed penalty notices for littering. Fly tipping 73 incidents of fly tipping were ...
Firefighting crews in Cambridgeshire have boosted their ranks after a batch of 13 new recruits joined the county's on-call team. Melanie Bass (Ramsey), Tom Bellinger (Sutton), Tom Bruce (Littleport), Jason Cook (Gamlingay), Linford Desborough (Yaxley), Lee Fenn (Soham), Duncan Fraser (Ely), Paul Greaves (Papworth), Conor Garrod (Soham), Ritchie Hawkins (Yaxley), Joe Swales (St Ives), Ross Turner (Cottenham), and Henry Wisdom (Sutton) all qualified as on-call firefighters at Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service after completing an intensive two-week training course in Huntingdon. The on-call firefighters are fully trained professionals who save lives in their communities alongside their day-to-day lives. They may ...
