Wiltshire Military Civilian Integration Partnership
For a number of years Wiltshire Council has been working with the Army's 43 (Wessex) Brigade to promote Military Civilian Integration (MCI) across the county.
29 Mar 2012
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More Progress Towards Sustainable Solution on Gypsy and Traveller Sites as Meadow Lane Application Approved
This week's Council Planning Committee meeting was a busy one, as they often are. I'm not involved at all in determining planning applications, with planning being a 'regulatory' function of the council, rather than an 'executive' function, which are those I have responsibility for as Mayor. I was pleased to be informed on Monday night of good news for the Borough with regard to a number of applications.
29 Mar 2012
Citizens' Initiative: progress towards participatory democracy in Europe
The Citizens' Initiative comes into force on 1 April of this year. Introduced by the Lisbon Treaty, this new instrument will allow citizens to direct issues to the European Commission with a view to adopting appropriate action. A citizens' committee of at least seven people originating from seven different Member States will be required to record an initiative, and the one million signatures required must come from at least seven Member States. The organizers of initiatives who have collected one million signatures will be allowed to request a public hearing, to be organized in the European Parliament .
1 Apr 2012
Roaming charges down again in time for summer holidays - Duff
Last night, Euro-MPs and EU Member States achieved a breakthrough in their talks to reduce the costs of using mobile phones abroad.
2 Apr 2012
Bringing Bedford Park Café Back into Use- Mayor Dave Hodgson update
Comments from the Mayor's website- "A number of residents have contacted me in recent times to ask if and when the Bedford Park Café building will be brought into use as a café, and my response to date has always been that I have authorised the necessary work there and hope to see it operating as soon as possible. That's why I'm very pleased that after essential safety and refurbishment work, I'm now able to say that the building is almost ready for full use as a cafe and the Council is advertising for potential operators to come forward and tender for the contract."
1 Apr 2012
Cllr Merryman supports Bikability Project
In a one-off exception, it wasn't just children who got on their bikes this week for Bikability, as Cllr Phil Merryman visited Daubeney Middle School to join a group of young participants on a cycle training lesson. The Bikeability course is aimed at children aged 10 in the Bedford Borough area, and designed to help children develop the skills required to adapt to 21st Century's roads.
30 Mar 2012