FLOOD HELP
Leicester Mosques raised more than £5,000 after Friday prayers to help those caught up in the flood disaster, They have also organised transport and donations of bottled water to people in the Gloucestershire area.
29 Jul 2007
Highway Agency advises drivers to consider journeys as more severe weather predicted
As the Met Office predicts more heavy rain this weekend across South East England including Kent, with a risk of disruption to the strategic road network, the Highways Agency is advising drivers to adjust their travel plans as necessary.
28 Jul 2007
Lib Dems take "Hands off our Back Gardens" signatures to the Government
College Ward Councillor Julie Morris took nearly 1000 signatures from Epsom residents to Minister Hazel Blears's office on a wet and windy day recently. Local residents had signed Cllr Anna Jones' petition supporting the national Lib Dem "Hands off our Back Gardens" campaign, which seeks to reclassify back gardens as "green". Currently they are treated as brownfield sites and therefore available for redevelopment!
28 Jul 2007
Champion in race track challenge
Former Formula One World Champion Damon Hill is challenging members of the public to pit their driving skills against his on a remote control track. He is helping to launch an appeal to raise £300,000 for a play centre for disabled children in Farnham, Surrey.
28 Jul 2007
Disabled on airlines gain rights
A European law that will improve air travel for disabled and older people has come into effect. Under the new rules, airlines and holiday companies will no longer be able to refuse to fly people because of their disability. The European Disability Forum says it is a "key date" for disabled people.
28 Jul 2007
College resembles 'horror scene'
Vandals have caused up to £100,000 worth of damage after breaking into a college for the disabled in Norfolk. The Residential Centre at The College of West Anglia, King's Lynn, has been described as "a horror scene" by college principal Peter Stewart.
28 Jul 2007