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The London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames . .
• BOROUGH BRIEFS: Leading Lib Dem councillors explain their policies on CO2, the Community Toilet scheme, Education, Funding & Council Tax, the 2006 Manifesto, Parking, Planning, Recycling and the Twickenham Riverside Scheme . .
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Tue 9th Feb 2010
• Feb 08 Susan Kramer: I APPRECIATE having this opportunity to raise . . the future of Kingston hospital . . we have a vigorous campaign to save the accident and emergency and the maternity units at the hospital, but we have also now discovered that, in addition, in-patient paediatric and elective surgery are under review, again with closure under consideration.
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Sat 6th Feb 2010
[Jan 30] Susan Kramer writes: "THANKS to everyone who has joined the Kingston Hospital campaign over the last few days. Nearly 4000 people have already signed the petition and over 6500 joined the Facebook group . .
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Sat 6th Feb 2010
• SUSAN Kramer has secured agreement from Transport for London to look again at a new proposal to solve the problems at Shene School.
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Sat 6th Feb 2010
• RICHMOND Council's pledge to run the majority of its vehicles on 100 per cent biodiesel made from used cooking oil has led to three nominations in the London Transport Awards.
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Sat 6th Feb 2010
• MORE than 400 children have been taught to walk and ride safely on roads by Richmond Council this month, through practical training sessions at their schools. Already this academic year, at least 700 children have been presented with badges and certificates to prove their knowledge.
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Sat 6th Feb 2010
• THE freezing conditions during January led to an increase in the number of potholes appearing in roads and pavements, and Richmond Council is keen to deal with those which could cause injuries.
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Sat 6th Feb 2010
• RICHMOND Council has welcomed the Environment Agency's (EA) latest strategy for protecting parts of the borough from flooding, but is concerned it does not address some of the potential flooding issues in Teddington.
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Sat 6th Feb 2010
• CRANE Park is soon to benefit from £400,000 of improvements; Richmond Council has now unveiled its plans for how the areas of the park will be upgraded.
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Sat 6th Feb 2010
• PROVIDING a sustainable future, protecting local character and meeting the needs of people living and working in the borough will form the basis for Richmond Council's Development Management Plan, now out for public consultation.
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Sat 6th Feb 2010
• RICHMOND Council has voiced concerns that the Mayor of London's proposal to drop the 50 % target for affordable housing in new developments will lead to less affordable housing being built locally.
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Sat 6th Feb 2010
• MORE vulnerable people in Richmond upon Thames are getting the right support to live an independent life than any other borough in the capital, new figures have shown.
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Sat 6th Feb 2010
• SCHOOLS across Richmond upon Thames have benefited from almost £25,000 of grants to improve the way children and staff travel to and from school each week.
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Sat 6th Feb 2010
• CLLR Serge Lourie writes: "It is extraordinary that the Conservatives are carping about an excellent result for the Council and its statutory partners in the recent comprehensive performance assessment last year.
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Sat 6th Feb 2010
• A NEW sergeant has been appointed to help reduce the fear of crime and improve even further relations between police, schools and pupils in the borough.
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Sat 6th Feb 2010
• MORE than 100 potentially lethal mobile phone and game console chargers have been taken off the market by Richmond Council, amid fears they could kill people using them because of poor quality design.
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Sat 6th Feb 2010
• Nick Harvey (North Devon) (LD): ' . . [the] AGENDA is unbalanced by the omission of one item: the replacement of Trident . . '
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Sat 6th Feb 2010
• [Feb 03] Mr. Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) (LD): ' . . THE Liberal Democrats welcome the initiative the Secretary has announced and the speedy response he indicated. Will he tell us what other forms of assistance, beyond the rescue teams, he is contemplating, perhaps as the next stage of assistance with the recovery? . . '
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Sat 6th Feb 2010
• [Feb 03] Mr. Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam) (LD): ' . . HOW can [the] review be taken seriously if the most expensive weapons system that we have is to be excluded from it?
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Sat 6th Feb 2010
• [Feb 03] Paul Holmes (Chesterfield, Liberal Democrat): ' . . THE pre-Budget report estimated a 0.8 % fall in funding for the police from 2011 to 2014, but that is entirely unbelievable. Sir Hugh Orde, the president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, has said: "I can confidently predict cuts in police budgets of 10 to 20 % over the next few years." . . '
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Sat 6th Feb 2010
• [Feb 03] Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne, Liberal Democrat): ' . . SO I do not understand why anyone is crowing about this . . settlement, given that it appears that next year we are about to disappear off the edge of a cliff . . We are talking about 3 % real-terms cuts every year. By not coming clean . . the Government are taking away from councils time to plan what they need to do . . '
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