A task group set up by the WC Health committee has been looking at services for people with dementia in Wiltshire. Estimates of the number of people with the disease in the county range from 4,000 to over 6,000. If you're in the 40 - 65 age group you have one chance in 1400 of suffering from dementia, but that rises to one chance in six if you're over 85.
Lib Dem Children's minister proposes flexible free childcare entitlement, which will benefit working parents The Liberal Democrat cabinet member minister for children, Sarah Teather, has made an announcement that will enable millions of working parents to benefit from changes to a free childcare entitlement as part of a shake-up of early-years education.
New traffic management proposals have been set out for Ilford Road.
Your North Jesmond councillors are very pleased to report that - after a long struggle with bureaucracy and technical obstacles - it has been agreed that the ward will acquire a new CCTV camera which can be retained exclusively for use in North Jesmond. It is 'redeployable' meaning that it can be shifted from location to location as required. In addition to this, the four cameras which we currently share with five neighbouring wards are being replaced and upgraded.
A message from '38 degrees':
A new weather station has been opened in Birmingham city centre to help scientists to discover more about climate change and extreme weather conditions in an urban environment. The city council's Environmental Partnership has teamed up with University of Birmingham, the West Midlands Climate Change Adaptation Partnership and the Met Office to develop the city centre station.