Went to a great event in Newtown last night. The Dyfed-Powys Police were welcoming 10 (or was it 12) young people into the Force as Volunteer Cadets. Most of the audience was made up of proud parents and friends. Over the next two years these youngsters will have all sorts of opportunity to develop communication skills and engage in various activities. Its a pilot scheme in the Dyfed-Powys area, b...

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So now we know.  Gordon Brown has just announced that the Budget will be on 24 March – which strongly implies an election date of 6 May.  Brown could dissolve Parliament on 6 April, the manifestos would be published on 12 April, and then we'd be into the campaign proper.  Which means even more speeches, polls and dread speculation than we're getting now. As for the B...

Majority of thieves and violent criminals jailed for less than a year re-offend within 12 months of release.

Ministerial limousines have driven politicians 2.6 million miles in the last year - a rise of 10 per cent of the previous 12 months, new figures reveal.

  From: Unison unitedleft <unisonunitedleft@googlemail.com> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 12:23:27 +0000 To: <unisonunitedleft@unionlists.org.uk> Subject: Press Release - Dawn raids on UNISON Branches dawn raids" on union branches.Unison United Left, the rank and file organisation for members of the UK's largest public sector union today spoke out against the seizure ...

Fortnightly bin collections are to be extended across the country in a bid to encourage residents to recycle more.

The EU executive authorised the cultivation in the EU of Amflora, a genetically-modified potato developed by German chemical company BASF,  The move marked the bloc's first GM cultivation approval in 12 years. In a controversial move, the European Commission yesterday (2 March) gave the green light for the first genetically-modified potato to be cultivated in the European Union.

A German-engineered potato became the first genetically modified organism in 12 years to win approval for cultivation in the European Union, sparking celebration among GMO manufacturers and outrage among opponents

Tonight sees the last Council budget before the local elections on May 6th. The LibDems have taken our advice a year late and frozen Council Tax. In those last 12 months, whilst waiting for them to catch up, the Conservative Councillors having been continuing their research with the result being our alternative proposal that the Council should cut tax by 1.75%. This is based on the most conservati...