Having already had the hugely successful family fun day at Richmond Hall last Sunday - Rochdale is marking St Patrick's Day by flying the Irish Flag on Rochdale Town Hall. Leader of Rochdale Council - Cllr. Paul Rowen will be joined in a special ceremony to raise the flag this Thursday at 9.30am with Mayor - Cllr. Angela Coric and Mayoress Kath Rowen-Pennington.
Prospective Parliamentary Candidate, Local Resident and Clewer South Councillor, Antony Wood, was in Ascot again last Thursday, helping out at The Chandler Centre. The centre, run by Heather Hogben, provides a social forum and care services for the elderly.
Mark Oaten MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, yesterday pledged to put more police on the streets of Britain and to cut the amount of time officers spend filling in forms. This would equate to 50 extra police for Wolverhampton.
The Liberal Democrats have just launched their Older Peoples Mini-Manifesto by setting out the various ways they intend to help pensioners across the country.
Over 650 residents have petitioned in support of the proposal that Epsom & Ewell should become a Fairtrade town. The Epsom and Ewell Fairtrade Forum set up by Councillor Jonathan Lees is actively working towards obtaining this status for the Borough. A "Fairtrade Town" can include any community that has made a commitment to supporting Fair Trade, consequently supporting disadvantaged farmers and workers in developing countries. There are now over 100 Fairtrade Towns in the U.K. The Epsom and Ewell Fairtrade Forum represents all those residents who would like to join them in meeting a few achievable targets.
New figures released by the Liberal Democrats show that since 1997 over 20,000 specialist shops including bakeries, butchers and corner shops have closed, at an estimated rate of around 50 per week.
