Hidden cost of bins fiasco
Food waste to landfill could double Council's greenhouse emissions
Cllr Andy Swain
Ward: Teign Valley
Parishes: Ashton ; Bridford ; Christow ; Doddiscombsleigh ; Dunsford ; Hennock ; Tedburn St Mary ; Trusham
Mobile: 07756 253908
Email: andrew.swain@teignbridge.gov.uk
Food waste to landfill could double Council's greenhouse emissions
Bedford Borough Council have announced that they've now received funding through both public and corporate sponsorships and grant funding for over 110 street and celebration trees through their partnership with Trees for Streets.
How did it come this? Tens of migrants drowning in the Channel. There is a sense of inhumanity about current events. A sense of unreality. A sense that the horrors of humanity at its worst is lapping up on the shores of the Channel. Alive. But often dead.
The announcement that HM Revenue and Customs is set to transfer its Newcastle operations from its Benton Park View complex to a new office development in the Pilgrim Street area has been welcomed by Newcastle City Council's Opposition Liberal Democrats group as good news for the city centre economy, but the council is being urged to start planning now for the impact of thousands more journeys each day on a fragile public transport system.
At yesterday's City of Edinburgh Council meeting, Morningside Councillor Neil Ross persuaded the Council to improve pedestrian access across Edinburgh cost-effectively.
Powerful speeches were heard at a meeting of Milton Keynes Council on Wednesday night, as councillors united to pass a motion in support of the White Ribbon Campaign, which works to end male violence against women.