There's been hardly or no consultation on its withdrawal and if the Council want to revitalise the High Street in Braintree, it's not going to be very helpful if no one can get there. Not everyone has a car, perhaps disabled or have children so driving isn't always an option. The council has an obligation to provide a means of access to the local town for those old, disabled, unable to drive. If companies are still permitted to put profit before services then Braintree will become a dead town. It's bad enough that empty units are booking shops (I think we have at least 4 of them), numerous charity shops, 2 pathetically sized supermarkets and that's the only reason to visit. The council has its priorities upside down. No customers = no High Street. No public service = more parking requirements. Is there any reason to visit Braintree anymore? The rate it's going it's a dying town and it's all down to the council not promoting the correct priorities. Apparently we're a Portas Town, well other than a few posters, I don't see any appreciable difference other than multiplication and monopolisation of Tesco in the area. If you're going to build another 20,000 houses here, then you're going to have to give them a reason to come. Another Tesco or public transport won't cut it.

Environment and the destruction of living organisms.

In a scene played out across homes across the country inthe first week of January, Martin Coles from Rotherham was anticipating a small glimmer of joy amidst the post-Christmas gloom, when he remembered there was still an unfinished box of Celebrations in the kitchen cupboard. But anticipation turned to despair as he removed the lid to reveal that the half a dozen remaining chocolates all had a familiar blue wrapper. “I was absolutely gutted” he said, “the only chockies left were bleedin’ bastard bollocking Bounties…and I don’t usually swear.” An undercover investigation by The Rotherham Bugle has revealed that the coconut confection is the last in the box in 9 out of 10 packs of Celebrations. Most of the time they’re either foisted off on work colleagues, fed to family pets or dumped with the box. Occasionally they’re eaten at parties by people too drunk to know or care what they’re consuming. The Bounty is the black sheep of the family, the runt of the litter and the one bad apple in the barrel all rolled into one. It has to stop. It's important we do this now, so that the makers Mars can get their act together before next Christmas so that it doesn’t become another festive fiasco on the chocolate front. Let’s work together to banish the Bounty from Celebrations once and for all.

Its important because doing hard graft at 65 is bad enough never mind 70... Manual workers shouldn't be made to work till their 70 its a disgrace. Sit behind a desk yes... but digging roads, on roofs etc is a disgrace. They have worked long enough at 65!!

One of the joys of the World Cup is to watch - or try to watch - every game and develop favourites throughout the tournament. 48 teams is counterproductive to that and is just a moneymaking ploy by an organisation which never learns its lesson.

Because they are flouting the law and putting innocent people in danger with their actions.

We the public need to have confidence in our ministers and the NI Assembly and also OFMDFM. This cannot be done without a Independent Public Inquiry to restore that confidence.

The consequences or a company's deliberate avoidance of healthcare measures (such as NOx control measures) must be punishable by compensation and/or costs to all affected parties. The NHS and taxpayers should not have to carry the bill for this type of profit enhancing avoidance measure. In this particular case (VW 'dieselgate') it seems likely that the NHS will be the largest single financial loser and should therefore seek to recover costs.

Climate change is the single biggest threat to our economy, our way of life and our very existence, and it's now urgent. To not prioritise it, above all other considerations, is a gross dereliction of the government's responsibility to ensure the safety of the people of the United Kingdom and the wider world.

Though those of us with acquired brain injuries used to be entitled and I myself had a bus pass until it ran out, the council changed the criteria about brain injury saying it had to be from birth. My brain injury happened when my beloved late wife Tracy Kimble - who suffered from clinical depression - killed herself and our pet dog and in doing so left me with carbon monoxide poisoning. I had to accept retirement from work due to memory problems and have my small pension topped up by income support.

This is important because there are hundreds of thousands of people around the world suffering this horrendous affliction and we are being ostracised and denied treatment. We are frightened to speak out for fear of being sectioned because psychiatrists threaten to use the mental health act this illness is physical we need it to be taken serious as this can only be looked on as lawful genicide if not treated. It's also important because thousands are terrified to talk about this affliction for fear of their family and friends ostracising them i have personally been threatened with the mental health act if i dont take the antipsychotic drugs against my will this needs to stop today right now we are all sufferring because the medical profession refuse to test us for Lyme disease which can show if we have Morgellons we get refused many blood tests that could be of great help this is why it's important to validate this microscopic pathogen that destroys the human body slowly but surely. It is important as Human rights are being infringed ! All based on fact. William Windsor-King January 2017

We do not allow an animal to suffer, how can it be possible to allow human beings to die in agony, or pumped full of drugs so they are unaware of anything or anyone, and become a vegetable causing suffering to family and friends, and loved ones are "Legally"persecuted for assisting a loved oneto end their life, when it should be a legal right to do so.