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Shropshire StarA49 repairs criticisedShropshire Star, UKFor the past five years, Councillor Peter Corston has been complaining to the Highways Agency about the condition of the road and has also met with Under Secretary of State for Transport, Tom Harris MP, to raise concerns. The Ludlow councillor said it ...
http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/03/30/a49-repairs-criticised/
24dashConcern over methane gas emissions as council moo-ves ahead with ...24dash, UKHe suggested the land be used to grow crops instead. Bristol East's vegan MP Kerry McCarthy recently raised the issue of cow methane production in Parliament, but said the city's venture was not large enough to have a detrimental impact.
http://www.24dash.com/news/Environment/2009-03-30-Concern-over-methane-gas-emissions-as-council-moo-ves-ahead-with-cows-plan
Geoff Hoon MP, Secretary of State for Transport talk to Labournorth.com about regional transport issues in the North during a visit to Tyneside ...
Daily MailArmed forces veterans to be given priority NHS treatmentDaily Mail, UKBy Ryan Kisiel Armed forces veterans could be issued with special identity cards that give them priority NHS treatment and discounts on public transport, it emerged last night. The Ministry of Defence said the scheme would also help ex-servicemen get ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1165777/Armed-forces-veterans-given-priority-NHS-treatment.html
Telegraph.co.ukG20 Summit: Timeline of main eventsTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomTransport for London expected to release list of roads, tube stations and parks to be closed. Mexican President Felipe Calderon starts an official two day state visit to Britain. World leaders start to arrive at airports as well as RAF bases such as ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/g20-summit/5066183/G20-Summit-Timeline-of-main-events.html
The Age'Black hole' seeks school of its ownThe Age, AustraliaLocal MP Kelvin Thomson recently met 200 parents to discuss their concerns. Speaking in Federal Parliament earlier this month, he also described the Wills electorate as "an educational black hole". Mr Thomson said it was a growth area, with the number ...
http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/black-hole-seeks-school-of-its-own-20090327-9e1j.html
Brisbane TimesProtesters carry bridge row to the streetBrisbane Times, AustraliaAbout 3000 protesters, joined by the NSW Opposition Leader, Barry O'Farrell, and Greens MP Lee Rhiannon, walked along the footpath of Victoria Road to show their opposition to the $150 million plan to upgrade the road and build a second bridge. ...
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/protesters-carry-bridge-row-to-the-street-20090329-9flu.html
Daily Mail'We were told: Go and spend it, boys,' says MP who claimed £310000 ...Daily Mail, UK... miles from Westminster, a journey that takes 25 minutes on public transport. His house in Colchester - which has a large open space downstairs with a bedroom on a mezzanine - is 75 miles from the Commons. The MP insisted he had done nothing wrong. ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1165337/We-told-Go-spend-boys-says-MP-claimed-310-000-holiday-home.html
Sunday ObserverANCL Long Service Awards - 2008Sunday Observer, Sri LankaWMDW Harangala (Transport), 2. RC Gunawardena (Stores), 3. K. Piyum Sri Peiris (Production), 4. Mrs. D. Priyadarshani Soysa (General Administration), 5. Miss BP Pushpika (Editorial Administration), 6. Mrs. Dehini C. Pathiranage (Sunday Observer ...
http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2009/03/29/new56.asp
Nation MultimediaJoin red-shirt protest, Thaksin tells peopleNation Multimedia, ThailandBhum Jai Thai Party Khon Kaen MP Panya Sripanya said party boss Newin Chidchob and his fellow leaders felt Thaksin was over-reacting and should not have involved the Privy Council. "We are unlikely to team up with Pheu Thai,'' he said.
http://nationmultimedia.com/2009/03/29/politics/politics_30099112.php
New Zealand HeraldThree cops in drink probeNew Zealand Herald, New ZealandOpposition MP Clayton Cosgrove, who uncovered the new cases in a parliamentary question, said he was shocked. In her parliamentary response last week, Police Minister Judith Collins said the staff worked in Tasman and Auckland and at the Police College ...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10564110
Trinidad & Tobago ExpressMcCaffrey sends e-mail on figuresTrinidad & Tobago Express, Trinidad and TobagoMcCaffrey did so in an email he wrote to all the parties in the enquiry yesterday, just one day after Works and Transport Minister Colm Imbert told reporters on Thursday that McCaffrey's fees escalated tremendously from $150000 to a final estimate of ...
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161458319
TVNZAkld could save $76-113m a yearTVNZ, New ZealandThe result will be a single council dealing with transport, wastewater, regulation and water supply, among other services. For Aucklanders it will mean one rates bill and one water charge. Inefficiency was one of the factors which resulted in the call ...
http://tvnz.co.nz/politics-news/govt-urgently-consider-super-city-vision-2593536
BBC NewsReturn to 'last great wilderness'BBC News, UKThe land changed hands repeatedly for another 80 years until the 1930s, when Lord Brocket, a Tory MP and Nazi sympathiser, purchased Knoydart. After the war, in 1948, people who had fought the Nazis decided to seize Knoydart - but the land raid by the ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7967777.stm
CBC.caCanadian military on standby to battle Manitoba floodCBC.ca, CanadaMP Vic Toews, president of the Treasury Board and Manitoba's senior cabinet minister, will be in Winnipeg on Friday to meet with provincial officials. He will bring with him a formal assistance offer from Defence Minister Peter mackay. ...
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/03/26/mb-flood-military.html
Cumberland NewsBosses back super surgery at Carlisle's Hilltop HeightsCumberland News, UKBut Carlisle MP Eric Martlew disputes this. He attended the meeting to express his ojections to the plans. He said they were "all about show and not giving patients what they need." Mr Martlew criticised bosses for failing to ensure bus links could be ...
http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/bosses_back_super_surgery_at_carlisle_s_hilltop_heights_1_532489?referrerPath=home
Primary to the Minister of Transport: What Auckland public transport projects will be delayed as a result of the Governments transport funding announcements last week? ...
Daily NationPlane that killed Kones had no insurance coverDaily Nation, KenyaOther members of the team of investigators were Mr Anthony Kirokien, Mr Enos Ndoli, Mr Peter Munyao and Mathioya MP Clement Wambugu, a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy, Transport and Roads. The team had 90 days from June last year, ...
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/550992/-/u3n6nj/-/
Daily NationUN hits snag as Kenya directs Somali refugees be relocatedDaily Nation, KenyaWhereas some leaders, among them Fafi MP Adan Sugow, who is also assistant minister for Public Service, support plan to create a new camp in Fafi situated dozens of kilometres from Dadaab, others, including Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim, have asked the ...
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/550900/-/u3n6fi/-/
News & StarMP Martlew takes Carlisle super surgery battle to NHS chiefsNews & Star, UKHowever, Mr Martlew says the site is too far out of town and has poor public transport links, instead he is calling for it to be built in the St Nicholas Gate/Botchergate area. Stagecoach North West has backed him, saying it would be virtually ...
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/mp_martlew_takes_carlisle_super_surgery_battle_to_nhs_chiefs_1_531243?referrerPath=home
Politics.co.ukNew MP in second home spotlightPolitics.co.uk, UK"It is difficult to see how an MP having two homes equidistant from Westminster helps them with their duties," Norman Baker, Liberal Democrat transport spokesman said. Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "It is an insult ...
http://www.politics.co.uk/news/legal-and-constitutional/new-mp-in-second-home-spotlight-$1282696.htm
Barking & Dagenham RecorderMP sees how borough's getting creativeBarking & Dagenham Recorder, UKThe future plans include 300 new homes, shops, and an additional 5000 sq m of work spaces for creative industries, as well as new public transport links. A decision on the application, which was lodged in November, is expected this spring. ...
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The Lichfield BlogMichael Fabricant MP asks more questions over Lichfield Trent ...The Lichfield Blog, UKIt looks like the battle between Michael Fabricant and the Department for Transport over the state of rail facilities and services at Lichfield Trent Valley is rumbling on. Last week we told you how the Lichfield MP was unimpressed with a response he ...
http://thelichfieldblog.co.uk/2009/03/23/michael-fabricant-mp-asks-more-questions-over-lichfield-trent-valley-train-services/comment-page-1/
Ghanaian ChronicleMills Eulogizes SaliaGhanaian Chronicle, GhanaPresident Mills, who expressed regret that he could not set eyes of the late MP before he passed away, even though he sent a delegation to his house, said “As Minister of Transport and Communications in the President Rawlings Administration, ...Edward Salia Mourned Daily GuideState Funeral held for Edward Salia Ghana Broadcasting CorporationMPs Pay Tribute To Salia Daily Guideall 14 news articles
http://www.ghanaian-chronicle.com/thestory.asp?id=11041&title=%3Cb%3EMills%20Eulogizes%20Salia%20%3C/b%3E
Herts and Essex ObserverMP PUTS STORTFORD COMMUTERS' PROBLEMS TO RAILWAY MINISTERHerts and Essex Observer, UKBy Sinead Holland EFFORTS to get train improvements back on track for commuters in the Observer area have been stepped up by MP Sir Alan Haselhurst. He put passengers' problems to railway minister Lord Adonis at a meeting at the Department of Transport ...
http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/hertsandessexobserver/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=401589
Bexley TimesTransport minister takes note of Times toll campaignBexley Times, UKThe Shadow Transport Minister, Conservative MP for Scarborough Robert Goodwill, was due to visit Dartford yesterday as the Dartford and Swanley Times went to press. He was expected to meet Gareth Johnson, parliamentary candidate for Dartford, ...
http://www.bexleytimes.co.uk/content/bexley/times/news/story.aspx?brand=BXYOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsbxy&itemid=WeED19%20Mar%202009%2012%3A28%3A11%3A237
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Daily MailNationwide isn't that different from the high street banks after allDaily Mail, UKMichael Gove, Conservative MP for Surrey Heath and Shadow Minister for Children, Schools and Families, joined dozens of villagers when they protested outside the doomed branch eight days ago. A petition organised by the Bagshot Society, an organisation ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1162074/Nationwide-isnt-different-high-street-banks-all.html
Times OnlineNews Review interview: Chris MullinTimes Online, UK“Not really, no,” says the MP for Sunderland South amiably. “I’m quite happy with life. I’ve had a few little moments. If I’m remembered for anything it might be A Very British Coup or the Birmingham Six. And these diaries might stand the test of time. ...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5907459.ece
Times OnlineOne man’s war on the underclassTimes Online, UKThe Glasgow MP’s attacks on Britain’s benefits culture have estranged him from the Labour party. So why did he do it? Were anybody to doubt the full and varied life led by our elected politicians, Tom Harris, the former transport minister and MP for ...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5907628.ece
Daily NationTough rules set to govern GMOsDaily Nation, KenyaIn 2007, MP Davis Nakitare proposed legislation to ban genetically modified organisms in Kenya, but the government rejected it. The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute has been carrying out laboratory and field research on transgenic maize, ...
http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/-/1006/545818/-/j15qouz/-/
ArmeniaNow.comWhose Fault?: Public, economists look to blame authorities for ...ArmeniaNow.com, Armenia“If today nobody is held responsible, tomorrow we are going to have more saddening situations, the people’s buying ability suffered a double blow, and the responsibility for all that lies on the government,” says economist and former MP Tatul ...
http://armenianow.com/?action=viewArticle&AID=3594&CID=3471&IID=1226&lng=eng
Mangalorean.comYatnal is likely to be expelled from BJPMangalorean.com, IndiaBoth indicated that the party was likely to expel former union minister and sitting MP Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, a prominent Lingayat leader of Bijapur, for openly criticising the chief minister alleging “one-man show in the party” and launching a ...
http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=116319
Telegraph.co.ukAll travel plans to be tracked by GovernmentTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomGwyn Prosser, Labour MP for Dover and a member of the all-party Home Affairs Select Committee, said: "I think e-borders are absolutely necessary," he said. "Governments of all complexions have always been criticised for not knowing who is in the ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4987415/All-travel-plans-to-be-tracked-by-Government.html
The Lowestoft JournalThird crossing campaign hopes raisedThe Lowestoft Journal, UKThe full contents of the proposed Lake Lothing third crossing scheme were revealed this week by Waveney MP Bob Blizzard, who had arranged for the report to be commissioned last year. The plans, drawn up by consultants Faber Maunsell, show that the ...
http://www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/content/lowestoftjournal/news/story.aspx?brand=LOWOnline&category=NEWS&tBrand=lowonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED13%20Mar%202009%2008%3A48%3A40%3A090
Brisbane TimesOil slick puts Moreton Island drinking water at riskBrisbane Times, AustraliaIt is understood both the Premier and LNP leader Lawrence Springborg were inspecting the damage from the air this morning. Federal Greens Leader Bob Brown has also travelled up to Queensland today for a fly-over with Greens MP Ronan Lee.
http://brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/spill-threatens-water-supply/2009/03/13/1236447442720.html
Times OnlineBarracks in Northern Ireland back on full terror alertTimes Online, UKJeffrey Donaldson, Democratic Unionist MP for Lagan Valley, had earlier hinted at new security measures at the barracks when he said: “It’s important at this stage to be careful and we don’t suggest for a moment that the soldiers who died . . . was a ...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5898285.ece
Lismore Northern StarGovt to release 'secret' reportLismore Northern Star, AustraliaGreens MP and Broken Head resident Ian Cohen, who spoke to the motion in Parliament, said the Government was burying its head in the sand over rail transport in Northern NSW. “We just want information. We want to know why the Government is sticking its ...
http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2009/03/13/govt-to-release-secret-report/
Sydney Morning HeraldPM gets cigars, does not inhaleSydney Morning Herald, AustraliaOne of the strangest gifts to a Labor MP was the $150 silver spoon received by the Foreign Affairs Minister, Stephen Smith, as a memento from Harris and Son Silver. Since mid-December the Liberal frontbencher Peter Dutton has been busy trading ...
http://www.smh.com.au/national/pm-gets-cigars-does-not-inhale-20090312-8wh0.html
TVNZSlanging match at ACC meetingTVNZ, New ZealandSmith confirms he was invited to appear before the committee by its chairman, who is also a National MP. He says David Bennett invited him to appear when he told Bennett that the new chairman of ACC would not be able to attend the meeting. ...Gatecrasher Smith puts meeting in spin New Zealand HeraldMinister speaks for ACC's board The Dominion Postall 17 news articles
http://tvnz.co.nz/politics-news/slanging-match-acc-meeting-2539350
HinduThird front to be launched todayHindu, IndiaJD(S) supremo and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda told The Hindu that Ms. Mayawati had agreed to send Satish Mishra, MP, to attend the launch. Ms. Mayawati decided to depute Mr. Mishra, who is considered to be the architect of the BSP’s social ...Half-a-million crowd expected in Karnataka for Third Front rally SINDH TODAYall 562 news articles
http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/12/stories/2009031258280100.htm
Auckland stuff.co.nzPenlink under a cloudAuckland stuff.co.nz, New ZealandI’ve been trying to get a hold of the transport minister for an update since January and still have had no response." Rodney MP Lockwood Smith says the minister told him matters were still progressing and "I’ve heard nothing negative about the progress ...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/rodney-times/2254362/Penlink-under-a-cloud
Bexley TimesMP backs our bid to axe the tollBexley Times, UKA Department for Transport spokesperson said: "The fall in local traffic does not alter the fact that for much of the day the crossing is operating at or above its capacity because more people want to use it than can be accommodated, and in the longer ...
http://www.bexleytimes.co.uk/content/bexley/times/news/story.aspx?brand=BXYOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsbxy&itemid=WeED11%20Mar%202009%2016%3A27%3A22%3A527
Shropshire StarMP offers to clean up stationShropshire Star, UKMr Kawczynski asked public transport minister Paul Clark if he could help him organise a clean-up and join him in the exercise. “We could both paint a few peeling walls,” he suggested. The Shropshire MP said there was confusion and misinformation about ...
http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/03/10/mp-offers-to-clean-up-station/
Member for Maroochydore and Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Main Roads and Transport, Fiona Simpson has a strong record in delivering on election promises for the Sunshine Coast. View her television commercial here!
AFPSadrist bloc MP demands immediate US troop pulloutAFPThe 12000 soldiers scheduled to leave by the end of September, include two brigades among which 82nd airborne and marines battalions, as well as their support staff in the military police, engineers, logistics and transport. ...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h2kWhZrLHX2rmCZGU94XBd1RgeBw
In her speech to the Cypriot Lobby of the British Parliament Theresa Villiers MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, paid tribute to the Federations work in lobbying politicians and underlined the pivotal role that Ankara needs to perform in order to contribute to a lasting solution in Cyprus. Cypriot Lobby at the British Parliament Cypruss progress towards unity: Time for Turkey to meet its obligations on Cyprus Palace of Westminister Tuesday, 3rd March 2009 Chaired by Peter ...
It is time for Turkey to meet its obligations on Cyprus and for the island to be reunited This was the clear message that dominated a frenzied 48 hours of activity which has seen the Cyprus cause boosted by weighty political support from all three main parties in the UK, from both Houses of Parliament and from the UKs Cypriot community itself. A meeting in Parliament on Tuesday night, 3rd March 2009, hosted by the National Federation of Cypriots in the UK, drew an impressive attendance of ...
The Sikh Times, UKKeith Vaz MP hosts Political and Public Life Awards ceremonyThe Sikh Times, UK, UKThe esteemed event, hosted by Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP, took place at the House of Commons amid the company of a high profile guest list of MP’s, VIPs and dignitaries including Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP, Secretary of State for Transport and Rt Hon Eric Pickles ...
http://www.emgonline.co.uk/news.php?news=3948
Sydney Morning HeraldMP's father linked to lobbyistSydney Morning Herald, AustraliaThey were advising us on transport issues. That work concluded earlier this week." Mr McLeay confirmed he had worked with Serco but "on a small scoping study". He said: "It is completely unrelated to prisons." According to a list posted by the NSW ...
http://www.smh.com.au/national/mps-father-linked-to-lobbyist-20090305-8q1c.html
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