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Mon 8th Feb 2010
Wiltshire Police Authority meets on Thursday to set the Police precept for 2010-11. The recommendation is for a 3.4% increase, which is an extra £5.19 a year for the Council tax Band D level.
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Mon 8th Feb 2010
Our dead shall not return to us while Day and Night divide -/Never while the bars of sunset hold./But the idle-minded overlings who quibbled while they died,/Shall they thrust for high employments as of old?
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Sun 7th Feb 2010
An application by Sainsbury's to expand their Melksham store goes to the planning committee next Wednesday. The plans are for a 1,937 sq m extension with a bigger car park and a relocated petrol station.
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Sun 7th Feb 2010
A plan for a footbridge across the River Avon in Bradford has split the town. The Town Council has put forward a plan for a corten steel bridge to angle across the river from near the library to the new development at Kingston Mills. However a lot of Bradfordians are opposing the scheme saying the bridge is unattractive and too expensive.
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Fri 5th Feb 2010
The Forum of Private Business is a not-for-profit organisation, providing comprehensive support, protection and reassurance to small businesses. They add value to businesses through the representation of a collective voice for members in local, central and European government, and the provision of tailored solutions that promote business success.
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Fri 5th Feb 2010
Pubs around the country are going out of business and the sight of abandoned licensed premises is becoming increasingly familiar.
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Fri 5th Feb 2010
Andrew Murrison MP "overclaimed" on his parliamentary expenses by a total of £5,525.64. Following the exposure of MP expenses scams by The Daily Telegraph this sum has now been repaid with interest. Here are the details from the Legg report.
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Fri 5th Feb 2010
Liberal Democrats in South West Wiltshire constituency have set out their General Election plans to put more police on the beat.
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Fri 5th Feb 2010
Liberal Democrats announce education funding commitment for South West Wiltshire
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Fri 5th Feb 2010
BULKINGTON MILL LANE 05/02/2010-09/02/2010 WESSEX WATER Two-Way Signals
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Thu 4th Feb 2010
A whole bunch of politicians will be voted out of office soon but the quangocrats will carry on regardless.
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Thu 4th Feb 2010
Warminster's Conservatives have voted to take out an £800,000 loan to revamp the Assembly Room. Liberal Democrat Paul Batchelor was the only town councillor to vote against the proposal.
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Thu 4th Feb 2010
An extensive maintenance scheme is being carried out by the Highways Agency from east of Mere to the junction with the B3089. The work involves repair and strengthening of the road, repair of drainage and installation of new safety barriers. The road will also be widened by a metre where possible, to assist with drainage and provide additional space for breakdowns and maintenance.
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Thu 4th Feb 2010
Porton Down is currently the site for Health Protection Agency's "Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response" at which internationally significant research into new diseases is undertaken. The total site covers 27 hectares with employment of 750 scientific, technical and administrative staff. The value to the economy is demonstrated by the fact that the direct impact of the employment of scientific/technical staff is estimated at over £70,000 per head (GWE Business West Ltd.).
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Wed 3rd Feb 2010
A highly unpopular scheme to put traffic lights at junctions on the A4 through Corsham has been scrapped following a public outcry.
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Wed 3rd Feb 2010
Help for Heroes (H4H) and the Wiltshire Air Ambulance Appeal(WAAA), have been chosen by Wiltshire Council employees as the authority's official charities for 2010.
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Wed 3rd Feb 2010
Relationships between the military and the rest of the population in Wiltshire should be improved by an initiative to channel all questions and problems from civilian organisations and individuals through the council.
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Wed 3rd Feb 2010
A survey of Monkton Farleigh residents on the suggested increase in speed limits on the A363 has revealed overwhelming opposition. Of 76 people who replied 71 were against the idea, 2 were in favour and three abstained. Here are the replies to the question, "Do you support WC proposals to increase the speed limit from 50 to 60mph?"
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Tue 2nd Feb 2010
Wiltshire residents can get help to cut electricity costs by monitoring how much energy they use.
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Tue 2nd Feb 2010
WC Leader Jane Scott signed the Federation of Small Businesses Engagement Accord on Thursday January 28. The agreement has been developed to encourage local authorities to build constructive relationships with local businesses.
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"I hate to say it, but only one party leader seems to have grasped that, if you construct a system where unskilled people are worse off by taking a job than by staying on welfare, they remain trapped in poverty - and that is Nick Clegg. "
Lord Norman Tebbit
Daily Telegraph online - 13 Jan
"It's unbelievable that the Tories are still planning to cut taxes for a handful of millionaires when the majority of people across the country are feeling the squeeze. We need fair tax cuts that put money back in the pockets of ordinary people. The Tory sums simply do not stack up. It is irresponsible and highly misleading for George Osborne to continue to pretend that they do. "
Vince Cable MP
Responding to Conservative Spending Plans - 4 Jan
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