Here’s some interesting info I picked up from the YouGen e-news I’m subscribed to:
Eden Vale Council in Cumbria makes people apply for building regulations for a solar installation and charges £100 for the pleasure. In Dorset you must fill in a form and pay £42, while over the border in Devon the council confirms permitted [...]
I recently joined the town council here in Honiton as a town councillor for the Honiton St Michael’s ward. One of the biggest issues in town is the proposed Community Centre which I am in favour of. I am currently looking closely at the latest business plans and thinking about how this is a real [...]
German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel and Bavarian state premier and leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU) Horst Seehofer give a statement during a CSU meeting in the Andechs convent May 21, 2011.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday backed proposals to shut down all of the country’s 17 [...]
We’re having a bit of a knees up on Saturday 4th June from 6pm at the Mackarness Hall in Honiton. It’s to say thank you to all our members, all our supporters and all of the people who voted Green at the recent local elections. We now have two Green parish councillors here in East [...]
Marianne Harman is trying to set up a Community Cinema in Honiton and needs people to help make this brilliant idea a reality. This could be as little as one or two hours help per month. The first step is to come along to an informal meeting on Thursday 26 May at 6.30 in Montgomery’s on [...]
More people than ever before voted Green in East Devon on Thursday 5th May. Sharon Pavey, Green Party candidate in Honiton St Michael’s, gained the best result for the Greens, polling 676 votes, and beating all candidates except the Conservatives.
Thursday’s poll represents a huge swing to the Green Party and shows that not only are [...]
As a care worker – this article from the Guardian about an undercover investigation into standards in care homes brought tears to my eyes. It also makes me incredibly angry that our loved ones are at the mercy of people who run care homes, some of whom clearly shouldn’t be allowed this responsibility.
Michelle Mitchell, charity [...]