Women 'losing out' on heart care
Emergency care for female heart failure patients lags behind that offered to men, a UK-wide survey shows.
15 Nov 2007
National News
Anger over basement post office
A post office which was moved to a shop basement is proving hard for disabled users to access, it has been claimed. The Bishop Street post office in Leicester closed and the new branch opened in Gallowtree Gate's WH Smith.
15 Nov 2007
MEPs vote for ambitious CO2 emission reduction targets in Bali
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the strategy for the Bali Conference on Climate Change on 15 November. MEPs stressed that binding emission targets for all industrialised countries, a global ´cap and trade´ system and a 50% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by the middle of this century should be some of the EU´s core targets for the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference.
15 Nov 2007
Wider debate is called for
The clock is counting down to the big debate in Brentwood when councillors will discuss the blockbuster plans for a £25million multi-screen cinema and shopping complex.
KC
14 Nov 2007
Warley Hill Post Office: consultation team admit errors
In an email to Cllr Karen Chilvers, the Post Office has admitted they have made errors in the consultation document which could see the closure of Warley Hill Post Office.
14 Nov 2007
Liberal Democrats urge Prime Minister to come clean on Northern Rock loan
Acting Liberal Democrat Leader Vince Cable has called on the prime minister to confirm how much money the government has lent to the troubled Northern Rock bank. Following his receipt of a letter from the Chancellor in which he refused to disclose details of the growing loan to the bank, the acting Liberal Democrat leader raised the issue at prime minister's questions. Dr Cable asked Gordon Brown to confirm that lending to the bank had topped £24bn and also pointed out that this amounted to double the annual public spending on primary schools. In response to questioning the PM failed to give an assurance that the money would be paid back in full with interest by the end of this Parliament.
14 Nov 2007