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Dump Expansion Plans still Opposed

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Saturday, March 10th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding

Grendon residents are still up in arms over controversial plans to expand a rubbish dump on the A5, adjacent to Grendon island.
Warwickshire County Council is currently siting skips on the site for residents from Tamworth and parts of North Warwickshire to dump unwanted larger items.
The residents are angry at County Council plans for an expanded […]

News, Science/Nature, Mike O’Brien, Health, North Warwickshire, Grendon

One Stop by Design

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Saturday, March 10th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding

Warwickshire County Council, North Warwickshire Borough Council and North Warwickshire Primary Care Trust have joined forces to lay the foundations for better access to council and health care services in North Warwickshire.
Representatives from the two councils plus interior designers, Paragon, put on their hard hats and got ‘carried away’ with a wheelbarrow to mark the […]

News, North Warwickshire Borough Council, Warwickshire County Council, Health

Cold homes make life difficult

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Monday, February 19th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding

Campaigners are warning that the health of hundreds of thousands of children is being put at risk by cold homes this winter.
The warning comes as part of the Warm Homes Campaign, the annual winter awareness campaign, organised by fuel poverty charity National Energy Action.
It aims to raise awareness of the plight of households who cannot […]

News, Health

No smoke without fire?

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Monday, February 19th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding

New rules on smoking will have a big impact on the workplace.
Employers should be acting now to ensure that they are ready for the new smoking regulations due to come into force in the summer. That’s the opinion of Sikin Andela, specialist employment lawyer with Glovers Solicitors. Although many employers may already have some sort […]

News, Health

Age ban on Cigarette sales may not work says MP

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Monday, February 19th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding

Mike O’Brien says he is not naïve enough to believe under-age smoking will be stamped out by the government’s latest move.
From October, it will be illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to buy tobacco products. The minimum legal age limit is currently 16.
Bedworth-based Mr O’Brien, the government’s solicitor general, has welcomed the change. […]

News, Mike O’Brien, Health

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