The Labour government's plans for regional Fire Control Centres were hugely expensive and inefficient and were scrapped by the coalition. In their place the government has now announced a more modern system which uses the latest technology to allow Fire and Rescue Services to work together on delivering an effective response particularly to major incidents.
This is the update for the month of February 2012, for Sandgate, Cheriton and surrounding areas.
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More children than in previous years have secured their first choice secondary school in Wiltshire, but nearly 300 are still not getting into any of their school preferences.
Jubilant Shropshire Liberal Democrats are celebrating after gaining two more Conservative seats in a double council by-election victory after a nailbiting count at the Shirehall in Shrewsbury last night.
With the news that the rural fuel derogation pilot has started in the Highlands and the Isles of Scilly, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has written to the Chancellor asking him to announce a similar scheme for Cumbria.