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13/01/2010
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Haiti Help Pledged
As a Government spokesman said no British casualties had been reported so far, emergency crews, charities and other UK agencies are co-ordinating efforts to help with the rescue operation in Haiti after it was hit by an earthquake. The 7.0-magnitude quake which hit south of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince is feared to have killed thousands of people across the Caribbean country. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he was "deeply saddened" by the disaster and pledged whatever support was needed.
Badger Cull To Start
The Welsh Assembly Government has given the final go-ahead for a controversial cull of badgers in an attempt to combat bovine TB infections. The cull, along with more frequent testing, will take place in a pilot area, mainly in Pembrokeshire. The move has faced bitter opposition from some animal welfare campaigners, including the Badger Trust which is seeking legal action over the move.
Builders Close £450m Council Deal
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group operating in construction services, has announced that it has reached financial close for the £450 million Blackburn with Darwen and Bolton Councils Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. The project involves the delivery of a major capital investment programme over a number of phases comprising the extensive building, remodelling and operation of nine schools in Blackburn with Darwen by 2015 and the building, remodelling and operation of 15 schools, two special educational needs (SEN) schools and seven pupil referral units (PRU's) in Bolton.
Appeal After £2,500 Guitar Is Stolen
A valuable guitar has been stolen from a Halesowen music store. The electric guitar was taken from display inside the Music King shop on Shenstone Industrial Estate, Bromsgrove Road on December 2009. A customer entered the shop and was looking at the instrument, before leaving the shop with it without paying. The stolen item is a blue Paul Reed Smith custom 22 electric guitar, worth around £2,500. PC Kelly Charles from Stourbridge police station said: "We do have the serial number of the guitar and so can easily eliminate any genuine items offered for sale."
£18m Edinburgh Housing Project Opens
Scottish Housing Minister Alex Neil joined community and economic development leaders yesterday to celebrate the completion of ForthQuarter. The 150 unit mixed tenure housing development forms part of the regeneration of North Edinburgh linking the city's Waterfront development to the local regeneration of Pennywell. The £18 million scheme, comprising ninety flats for social rent and a further sixty apartments sold on a shared equity basis, was made possible through collaborative arrangement involving prominent housing organisations, City of Edinburgh Council and the Scottish Government.
Ferry Sunk?
The future of one of Scotland's oldest ferry services is in doubt this week because of budget cuts. Councillors are set to consider closing the service between Yoker on the north bank of the River Clyde and Renfrew on the south. The route is heavily subsidised and Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) is looking at ways of saving £2.5m from its annual budget. SPT is due to decide the fate of the ferry link at a special budget meeting next week. About 140,000 passengers take the short journey across the Clyde from Yoker, near Clydebank, to Renfrew every year.
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As a Government spokesman said no British casualties had been reported so far, emergency crews, charities and other UK agencies are co-ordinating efforts to help with the rescue operation in Haiti after it was hit by an earthquake. The 7.0-magnitude quake which hit south of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince is feared to have killed thousands of people across the Caribbean country. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he was "deeply saddened" by the disaster and pledged whatever support was needed.
Badger Cull To Start
The Welsh Assembly Government has given the final go-ahead for a controversial cull of badgers in an attempt to combat bovine TB infections. The cull, along with more frequent testing, will take place in a pilot area, mainly in Pembrokeshire. The move has faced bitter opposition from some animal welfare campaigners, including the Badger Trust which is seeking legal action over the move.
Builders Close £450m Council Deal
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group operating in construction services, has announced that it has reached financial close for the £450 million Blackburn with Darwen and Bolton Councils Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. The project involves the delivery of a major capital investment programme over a number of phases comprising the extensive building, remodelling and operation of nine schools in Blackburn with Darwen by 2015 and the building, remodelling and operation of 15 schools, two special educational needs (SEN) schools and seven pupil referral units (PRU's) in Bolton.
Appeal After £2,500 Guitar Is Stolen
A valuable guitar has been stolen from a Halesowen music store. The electric guitar was taken from display inside the Music King shop on Shenstone Industrial Estate, Bromsgrove Road on December 2009. A customer entered the shop and was looking at the instrument, before leaving the shop with it without paying. The stolen item is a blue Paul Reed Smith custom 22 electric guitar, worth around £2,500. PC Kelly Charles from Stourbridge police station said: "We do have the serial number of the guitar and so can easily eliminate any genuine items offered for sale."
£18m Edinburgh Housing Project Opens
Scottish Housing Minister Alex Neil joined community and economic development leaders yesterday to celebrate the completion of ForthQuarter. The 150 unit mixed tenure housing development forms part of the regeneration of North Edinburgh linking the city's Waterfront development to the local regeneration of Pennywell. The £18 million scheme, comprising ninety flats for social rent and a further sixty apartments sold on a shared equity basis, was made possible through collaborative arrangement involving prominent housing organisations, City of Edinburgh Council and the Scottish Government.
Ferry Sunk?
The future of one of Scotland's oldest ferry services is in doubt this week because of budget cuts. Councillors are set to consider closing the service between Yoker on the north bank of the River Clyde and Renfrew on the south. The route is heavily subsidised and Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) is looking at ways of saving £2.5m from its annual budget. SPT is due to decide the fate of the ferry link at a special budget meeting next week. About 140,000 passengers take the short journey across the Clyde from Yoker, near Clydebank, to Renfrew every year.
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High Wycombe-based specialist truck and bus manufacturer Mayflower has confirmed that talks with lenders have broken down and is in discussions with administrators. Yesterday the board of Mayflower requested that the listing of its ordinary shares be "suspended with immediate effect".
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Pupil Premium Impact Will Take Time - NAO
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BHA Mount Legal Case Against Faith Schools
The British Humanist Association (BHA) has today begun a potentially landmark high court case aimed at halting what campaigners call the "back-door" spread of new state religious schools through England, approved by councils without residents being given a choice of alternative.
BHA Mount Legal Case Against Faith Schools
The British Humanist Association (BHA) has today begun a potentially landmark high court case aimed at halting what campaigners call the "back-door" spread of new state religious schools through England, approved by councils without residents being given a choice of alternative.
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