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Councillor Peter Rush from Heywood launches his campaign!

Rochdale Council votes to get tough on anti-social off road bikers!

Rochdale Council has backed the campaign for a new registration scheme that would require all off-road bikes to be registered with the DVLA. The Council have a passed a Motion at their Full Council Meeting that also call for 'appropriate, clear signage on hotspots across Heywood, Middleton, Pennines and Rochdale that would constitute as a warning and enable police to have tougher powers to confiscate straight away when catching offenders.

17 Oct 2006
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POST OFFICE CLOSURES CRIPPLE COMMUNITIES

Following this morning's meeting with Minister, Anne McQuire, Chesterfield Liberal Democrat MP Paul Holmes welcomed the consultation period now being offered to all Remploy employees, following the publication yesterday of the Price Waterhouse Coopers review of the Remploy factories.

17 Oct 2006
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CHILDREN DENIED ACCESS TO QUALITY MUSIC EDUCATION

Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield has today slammed the performance of the Security Industry Authority (SIA), which has failed to process applications for a licence from Chesterfield security staff for months more than their target. Mr Holmes said:

17 Oct 2006
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Jet set Cabinet fuelling carbon emissions - Huhne

Despite its commitment to tackling climate change, Tony Blair's Cabinet notched up a staggering 6.5 million air miles last year, according to research released by the Liberal Democrats. The survey of ministerial travel for 2005-2006 reveals that their combined air travel was equivalent to flying to the moon and back fourteen times. Cabinet members and their entourages produced nearly 1000 tonnes of CO2 and there were 350 individual flights to Brussels or Paris that could have been made by Eurostar and would have saved more than 30 tonnes of Carbon Dioxide.

16 Oct 2006
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