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Mayor Dave Hodgson on Hills Lower School's Float at 2010 River Festival Parade

River Festival Reflections

The week that has passed since River Festival 2010 has allowed a little time for reflection on this year's event. Firstly, a huge "thanks and very well done" must go to all the volunteers, community groups, council staff, charities, sponsors, emergency services and everyone else involved in putting on what was, overall, a very successful River Festival indeed. As there always will be, there are things to learn for next time, and I have a meeting this week with the Council's events team and others to begin discussions on how to make this fantastic event even better.

26 Jul 2010
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Changes to West Wiltshire Buses

We have just been informed of some changes are happening to buses in West Wiltshire. A new service called the West Wiltshire Zig Zag will replace a number of existing services, namely the 37, 38, 72 and 237.

26 Jul 2010
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Letter to the Daily Telegraph: the European Investigation Order

UK participation in the proposed EU measure to streamline the cross-border collection of criminal evidence is in principle welcome (Britons face DNA demands from foreign police, July 26th). The European Investigation Order has the potential to cut red tape and catch more criminals.

26 Jul 2010
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Conference Fringe Topic decided - speakers invited included Wolf

ALTER's Executive committee has met to decide on its Party Conference fringe event theme at Liverpool in September. Speakers will be asked to comment on a new chapter in the successful book (The Case for a New Peoples Budget) which ALTER published last year, by Brian Hodgkinson, probing the links between the global banking crisis and failure in land markets.

26 Jul 2010
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Chapel Ash Focus

Special Focus for Chapel Ash and West Park

Park Ward Liberal Democrats are delivering a special Focus in the Chapel Ash and West Park areas outlining recent achievements of Cllrs Robin Lawrence and Claire Darke in those parts of the Ward.

26 Jul 2010
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