Highways supremo and road safety campaigner Dick Tonge is proposing measures to increase road safety on the A350 north of Chippenham. This follows a number of fatalities caused by people turning through the gaps in the central reservation. The proposals, which now go out for consultation, are:
From the All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Development & the Environment Rio+20 and the future of sustainable development The political parties answer your questions... On Tuesday 28 February, 9.30am in Westminster, broadcaster Jon Snow will chair a question time style debate on the future of sustainable development ahead of the Rio+20 summit later this year. Submit your question now. The deadline for receipt of questions is Friday 10 February. We will choose the best ten questions to put to the party representatives on the panel. If your question is chosen, you will need to attend the event to ask your question in person. Please send your maximum one sentence questions - with your name, organisation and contact details - to appg@iied.org marked "Rio+20 questions". Thank you.
As the internet becomes more and more central to both our working lives and personal lives, the availability of fast, reliable broadband connections is of ever greater importance to households and businesses. Many residents, particularly in our rural communities, and businesses have stressed to me what a positive difference improved broadband connections would make to them. Rather than wait and cross our fingers that the commercial broadband providers will make the full investment required to bring improved broadband speeds for all at some point in the future, we are working proactively to bring in external investment as soon as possible.
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North Wiltshire MP James Gray has confirmed his support for a group of organisations objecting to Wiltshire Council's plan for development in the county. in a message to the group, he says:
Epsom councillors are hopeful that the opening of the Stones Road tunnel isn't far away.