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Sakharov prize for human rights is European Parliament at its best

To mark this Wednesday's European Parliament conference to celebrate the institution's Sakharov prize for freedom of thought, Lib Dem MEP Sir Graham Watson said: "Concern for human dignity lies at the core of the values which created the European Union. I am delighted that this year's Sakharov prize was awarded to 5 activists from across the Arab world, including Mohamed Bouazizi, the Tunisian who set himself on fire and unknowingly provoked the Tunisian, Egyptian, Libyan, Syrian, Bahraini and Yemeni uprisings, and, in the first three countries, the overthrow of the authoritarian regime."

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by Sir Graham Watson MEP

22 Nov 2011

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Tim Farron - MP for Westmoreland and Lonsdale

Tim Farron: Miliband has no original ideas

Tim Farron MP, Liberal Democrat Party President ...

22 Nov 2011

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Wiltshire's Young People's Support Service put into Special Measures by OFSTED

The YPSS consists of four schools around the county, including the Trinity Centre in Trowbridge. They deal with pupils who have been excluded from normal secondary schools. Pupils seen as being at risk of exclusion also attend the centres, as do some students with medical conditions for whom mainstream education would not be appropriate. YPSS is one of the few parts of the education system still in the control of the council.

22 Nov 2011

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Farron calls for guaranteed minimum speeds not targets for rural broadband in Cumbria

South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today welcomed the county council's broadband document 'Connecting Cumbria' but has called on the council to lay down concrete minimum speeds and not just targets.

22 Nov 2011

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MP welcomes financial support for apprenticeships in South Lakes small businesses

South Lakes MP Tim Farron has joined with county councillors Geoff Cook and Clare Feeney-Johnson to formally launch a fund that will allow small and medium sized businesses in the South Lakes get financial support for taking on apprentices.

22 Nov 2011

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Council still failing to get developer contributions.

Legal obligations on developers to provide community infrastructure are not being enforced by Wiltshire Council. Trowbridge councillor Jeff Osborn has been trying to get the council to take the problem seriously, and has been promised a complete list of the outstanding money owed to Trowbridge by November. In the south of the county there are no electronic records so planning officers are having to plough through paper records. "There is still the problem of liaison between Development Control, Legal, Finance and all the departments/sections that spend Section 106 money - housing, transport, education, open space etc," said Jeff.

by Trevor Carbin

22 Nov 2011

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