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30 Most Recent News Stories
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Thu 11th Mar 2010
• [Independent, Mar 11]: IN an exclusive interview, Lib Dem leader explains how he will decide between Labour and Tories in the event of a hung parliament.
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Mon 8th Mar 2010
• PUPILS and parents from the Vineyard School have launched a new walking bus to help them get to and from lessons in a safe and healthy way.
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Mon 8th Mar 2010
• RICHMOND Council is making almost £1 million available for initiatives to boost local economic recovery. The centre piece of this programme will be an intern scheme to support local businesses and help recent graduates to start their careers.
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Mon 8th Mar 2010
• [Mar 05]: SUSAN Kramer and Vince Cable have reacted with shock at the announcement that Conservatives in the House of Lords will not support a motion that would stop parking charges being introduced in Richmond and Bushy Parks.
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Mon 8th Mar 2010
• RICHMOND Council's external auditor, private firm PKF, has given the authority an overall grade of 'performing well' in its annual audit letter - an independent review of operational and financial management.
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Mon 8th Mar 2010
• [Mar 02]: OVER 1,500 Richmond upon Thames pupils will receive offers for secondary school places today, with nearly two-thirds receiving a place at their first preference school.
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Mon 8th Mar 2010
• SCHOOLS Minister Vernon Coaker has approved the funding agreement for the Hampton and Twickenham Academies - meaning the existing schools are on course to be re-opened as academies in September.
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Mon 8th Mar 2010
• FIFTEEN young people from Richmond upon Thames have gained NVQs after completing voluntary work placements at Richmond Council. They were presented with their awards at a ceremony in central London, where they were also among the first ever to receive the Prime Minister's Award for National Civic Service, which recognises the contribution children and young people make to the community.
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Mon 8th Mar 2010
• RESIDENTS are being encouraged to have their say on plans for the future of education for secondary age pupils with special educational needs (SEN), in a consultation launched by Richmond Council this week.
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Mon 8th Mar 2010
• PROGRESS achieved by Richmond Council and its partners in enabling local people to have more choice and control over their care and support has been recognised after they reached the shortlist for a top government award.
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Mon 8th Mar 2010
• EVERY road in the Ham and Petersham Low Carbon Zone will have a volunteer Street Champion to promote energy saving measures to their neighbours, in the next step towards significantly reducing the area's carbon footprint.
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Mon 8th Mar 2010
[Feb 27]: Caroline Pidgeon MLA writes: 'This week at City Hall I was accused by Boris Johnson of being a "negative Liberal Democrat" when I dared to question him over some of the problems that have happened as a result of the extension of Oyster Pay as You Go to national rail services across London.
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Sun 7th Mar 2010
• [Mar 06] Vince Cable: ' . . I THINK we could work with other parties. Why not? I think the public expect us to be grown up and businesslike, and that's how we would approach this . . '
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Sun 7th Mar 2010
Vince Cable writes: ' . . I HAVE a generally law-abiding constituency. Yet I had a very atypical advice surgery in Twickenham last week when several cases surfaced involving serious crime. Each caused me to question the role played by prison in dealing with the individuals concerned.
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Sun 7th Mar 2010
• [Mar 04] David Heath (Somerton & Frome, Liberal Democrat): ' . . MOST importantly, I hope that amendment (a) is passed. This is the key vote to give control of the timetable of debate in the House back to Members of the House, taking it away from the Executive. If we cannot achieve that, we will have failed as a House in our debates on this matter. I hope that the House is up to the task of agreeing to amendment (a) today . . ' [It was!]
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Sun 7th Mar 2010
• Sarah Teather (Brent East, Liberal Democrat): ' . . I WISH that housing were a greater political issue during the election. I am grateful for Shelter's campaign ahead of the election to raise awareness of the issue, but encouraging people who are in deep housing need and misery to vote is perhaps the most important thing that it can do. The Government have failed significantly to provide affordable housing for my constituents, and I have no faith in the Conservative party's ability to provide for them. I desperately wish that people in housing need would shout louder now. Prospective Governments might then listen to them in the run-up to the election when they are looking for votes.
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Sat 6th Mar 2010
• [Mar 01] Christopher Huhne (Eastleigh, Liberal Democrat): ' . . THE Liberal party's position on control orders is well known, and it has not changed over the past year. They are a violation of fundamental rights and an expensive failure to boot. What has changed is the Government's legal problem. The control order regime has been dealt a major blow by the House of Lords judgment in the case of the Secretary of State for the Home Department v. AF, in which nine Law Lords were unanimous in their view that failure to disclose adequate details of the case against people subject to control orders breached their right to a fair trial under article 6 of the European convention on human rights . . '
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Wed 3rd Mar 2010
• [Mar 02] Cllr Stephen Knight: ' . . I AM pleased to confirm that we are able to set a budget that maintains our services without needing any increase in Council Tax . . '
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Wed 3rd Mar 2010
• Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham) (LD): ' . . CAN the Minister explain why Lord Ashcroft is now claiming that the Government relieved him of the solemn and binding undertaking to remain as a permanent resident in the UK?'
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Tue 2nd Mar 2010
[Mar 01] Vince Cable: ". . I CONFESS that I continue to trail various environmental heresies with mixed results. Some years ago I was ranting about the fallacy of the concept of 'food miles' at a public meeting and seriously annoyed a farmer in the audience, a lady with strong, green, views. The argument continued after the meeting but it was resolved; we are now very happily married."
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Tue 2nd Mar 2010
• [Mar 02]: A JUDGE will rule next month on whether the Government's decision in January 2009 to add a third runway at Heathrow was lawful.
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Tue 2nd Mar 2010
• [Feb 23] Susan Kramer writes: IN January 2009, the government proudly declared that the "green slot" principle would provide environmental protection to offset its decision to proceed with the third runway . . new slots at Heathrow would only be given to the most modern and efficient planes.
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Sun 28th Feb 2010
• MORE than 140 young people have taken part in the borough's annual Youth Crime Conference, which was held at the RFU stadium in Twickenham on 24 February.
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Sun 28th Feb 2010
• SHOP vacancies in Twickenham are falling, with a further 12 premises being opened for business in the last four months, bucking the national trend which is seeing more retail outlets remaining empty.
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Sat 27th Feb 2010
• COMPOSTABLE liners for use with food waste recycling kitchen caddies are now available free to borough residents for the first time, as part of Richmond Council's effort to cut the amount of waste sent to landfill.
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Sat 27th Feb 2010
• MORE than 90 borough businesses will be defying the recession and exhibiting at a trade fair to showcase their goods and services next month, and an open invitation is being issued to the public and firms to visit and see what's on offer.
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Sat 27th Feb 2010
• A MAJOR improvement to Riverside Drive in Ham, backed by Richmond Council's Cabinet, will see more than £250,000 spent on upgrading the area, including the installation of a two way cycle path.
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Sat 27th Feb 2010
• AT least 17,000 Christmas trees have been recycled by Richmond Council this year through on-street collections and trees which have been dropped off at collection sites.
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Sat 27th Feb 2010
• RICHMOND Council has negotiated the purchase of part of the former St John's hospital site, in Strafford Road, Twickenham, for further primary school provision, subject to approval from Cabinet on Monday 22 February.
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