Every Principal Council should set up structures to ensure the actions and decisions of the Council Executive and the policies of the Council itself are able to be scrutinised by councillors and by members of the public.
Well, we all like sweet, succulent fruit picked when ripe and eaten fresh, but soft fruits are not the easiest crops to look after.
Shunting locomotives are the less-than-glamorous diesel-powered machines that carry out the hum-drum work of moving rail wagons around to make up trains or for shifting heavy loads around extensive heavy industrial sites. Most people have probably seen the squat 6-wheel shunting engines which have served marshalling yards, docks and factories across Britain since 1952.
Sharon Bowles, who is part of the Liberal Democrat Group of the House of Lords, intends to speak on Monday on the second reading of the Business and Planning Bill requesting several changes to the bill so that it becomes more effective in helping the hard-pressed hospitality sector.
Thank you to everyone (108) who took part in the informal survey on Safer Cycling and Quiet Roads.
The more you learn about Covid-19, the less you want to catch it - especially if you're over 70 or medically vulnerable. Now it seems that the risk with age goes up even more steeply than we originally thought.
Reflecting on the year’s International Women’s Day theme of “accelerate action”, I am sadly reminded of how much more we still need to achieve.
The UK needs to strengthen both our Armed Forces and our soft power.
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day.
