On Saturday 18th April 2015, a group of activists occupied the old Bank of England building at 31 Castle Street in Liverpool. This huge building has sat empty for several years, while local homelessness services have seen a dramatic increase in demand for the help they provide. The Whitechapel Centre has reported a 32% rise in demand for the service over the last three years: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/whitechapel-centre-fears-new-year-8416181 The occupied bank has yesterday received papers for a court hearing about the occupation. The hearing will take place on the 28th of April. We are petitioning Liverpool City Council and the court judge to not evict the activists and to allow the centre to remain open indefinitely, to meet the acute needs of local people living in poverty. Article 25, Universal Declaration of Human Rights: (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. A "perfect storm" of central government cuts, stagnating wages and other unfavourable economic conditions have hit Merseyside the hardest out of any area in the country (While the national average cut in council budgets has been 2.9%, Merseyside councils are facing a reduction of 4.7%) and led to a dramatic increase in homelessness and housing issues, food poverty, fuel poverty and other types of material deprivation. Liverpool City Council has been instrumental in enacting cuts that have affected the most vulnerable members of the local community, and existing services are struggling to cope with the increased demand that this hardship is causing. http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/one-seven-merseyside-homes-living-7305611 http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/merseyside-foodbank-capital-country-according-6994144 http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/04/23/labour-austerity-benefit-cuts-deprived-areas-_n_3137416.html A group of concerned local people have decided this situation can no longer be tolerated. We have therefore set up the "Bank of Love" - the Jess James Community Outreach Centre - inside the abandoned building. As it was mainly the 2008 UK bank bailout that has led to the imposition of damaging austerity policies which are devastating out local communities, we feel it is apt that a former bank building should be used to house, feed and clothe those in need. Inside the bank we have set up a kitchen which has fed hundreds of people since the occupation began, and the big empty rooms above have housed many local people with nowhere else to go. Activists at the bank have also been providing food bags and free shoes and clothing to those in need. Government policy in the form of benefit sanctions (state-approved destitution) and the bedroom tax and changes to council tax benefit are leaving people unable to meet their most basic needs and the most basic needs of their families. Unless and until the government/local council addresses this ongoing breach of human rights, the centre must remain open.

Obesity is a threat to good health and is best controlled through exercise. Diabetics can lower their blood sugar levels with exercise. Exercise also improves mental health. (Exercise releases a hormone - Serotonin - which reduces depression.)

There is a very important issue that has not been raised in the press, possibly because the media is covering up for the establishment and dont want to to rock the corporate boat that they are all in it together, the rest of us are not of concern. I should point out that I was a Police Officer and have been retired for nearly 10 years. I know that things change, but I have it on very good authority that the system is now broken. There is a fraction of Officers to police an area where there was enough work 10 years ago to keep 50 Officers busy, now there is less than 25, and the area is bigger. The rate of recorded crime is falling, because there are no proactive operations to arrest people who are committing crime, and because the public believe that the Police will do nothing, they are not reporting the crimes that are occurring. Because Officers are rushing the public and making more mistakes, there are more complaints against the Police. That leads to greater stress and more Officers being long term sick, which increases the strain on the people left. The Police are being passed jobs by the ambulance service because a patient has chest pains and they have no resources available, so the Police are not able to do the job as they should . Whilst the wheel is still on at this moment, it is only because of the professionalism of the Police Officers who are doing their best, but it wont last. This Home Secretary has made some big promises to the public, that front line services will not be effected, well that will be tested in the next major incident or public disorder and we will then see this illusion for what it is. The cuts experienced so far will continue for another 5 years if the present government is returned to power, and there will be no going back from that situation. The bankers have had their bonuses and the rich their tax cuts, but I was not aware that it was on the back of the destruction of our public services.

We have duplication of research in cancer from around the world brining the great and the good will being a cure for ALL cancers quicker and use charity funding effectively.

You can only have a medical abortion in Northern Ireland. It is only done at a independent clinic in Belfast, and only up to nine weeks in the pregnancy. Women should have the right to decide what to do with their bodies. Stopping abortion here is forcing women to fly elsewhere to get an abortion or forcing them to have a child they do not want, or in some cases seek out illegal means. A pregnancy does not only affect a woman physically but affects a woman's education, her employment, and her entire family and social life. Preventing women having the right of abortion makes women carry all the adversity and blame for unwanted pregnancies. Motherhood should be a choice.

Click to see the full bilingual version of the declaration:: http://pawalescymru.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/referendum-against-austerity-in-wales.html People across Europe and the UK who did not cause the financial crisis are the ones who are paying for it. Cuts in public services, benefits, wages and conditions at work are being imposed in the name of austerity. These cuts are causing permanent damage to people’s lives, to their health, families and communities. The very structure of our civic and cultural life is being permanently degraded. As the People’s Assembly Wales we say on the grounds of justice and equity that enough is enough. Austerity cuts must be stopped by every means possible. They are unnecessary, cruel and alternatives can be implemented – if there is a political will to do so. Action in Wales against austerity: • We support all local campaigns against austerity in Wales joining together to strengthen collectively the effectiveness of our challenge. • Get involved – we call upon every individual in Wales to defend all services and benefits and unite to challenge the UK government austerity policies. It is easy to start campaigning – just contact us. • We call upon Welsh trade union leaders and members to oppose austerity in every way possible, including through the use of industrial action and joining with local community campaigns. • We call upon all Welsh political parties which oppose austerity to work toward joint action and policies, including support of trade union and anti-austerity action and campaigns. • We call upon all Welsh election candidates and elected representatives to commit themselves to act against austerity policies. First, by being prepared to implement alternatives. Second, by voting to do whatever is necessary to stop austerity cuts up to and including refusing to set a cuts budget. Mae pobl ar draws Ewrop a’r D.U yn talu am greisis ariannol nad ydynt wedi creu. Mae toriadau mewn gwasanaethau cyhoeddus, budd-daliadau, cyflogau ac amodau gwaith yn cael eu gosod yn enw llymder. Mae’r toriadau yma yn achosi niwed parhaol i fywydau pobl – eu hiechyd, eu teuluoedd a’u cymunedau. Mae fframwaith ein bywyd diwylliannol a dinesig yn cael ei iselhau am byth. Fel Cynulliad y Werin yng Nghymru, rydym yn dweud ar sail tegwch a chyfiawnder mai digon yw digon. Nid yn unig y dylai toriadau llymder gael eu hatal wrth ddefnyddio pob modd sy’n bosibl, rydym yn dweud bod y toriadau yn ddiangen, yn greulon, a bod dewisiadau amgen os yw’r ewyllys gwleidyddol yn bodoli. Gweithredoedd yng Nghymru yn erbyn llymder • Rydym yn cefnogi pob ymdrech leol yng Nghymru yn erbyn llymder, ac yn ymuno gyda’n gilydd i gryfhau effeithiolrwydd ein her. • Ymunwch â ni -rydym yn galw ar bawb yng Nghymru i helpu i amddiffyn ein gwasanaethau a’n budd-daliadau, ac i gyd-weithio i herio polisïau llymder llywodraeth y D.U. Mae’n hawdd dechrau ymgyrch - cysylltwch â ni. • Rydym yn galw ar arweinwyr ac aelodau yr undebau llafur yng Nghymru i wrthwynebu llymder ym mhob ffordd gan gynnwys trwy weithredu diwydiannol ac ymuno ag ymgyrchoedd lleol yn erbyn llymder. • Rydym yn galw ar bleidiau gwleidyddol Cymru sy’n gwrthwynebu llymder i weithio tuag at sefyllfa sy’n datblygu gweithredu ar y cyd, a pholisïau unol, gan gynnwys cefnogaeth i’r undebau llafur a’r mudiadau sy’n gwrthwynebu llymder. • Rydym yn galw ar bob ymgeisydd yng Nghymru yn yr etholiad cyffredinol a phob cynrychiolydd etholedig i ymrwymo i weithredu yn erbyn polisïau llymder - yn gyntaf drwy fod yn barodi i weithredu polisïau gwahanol, ac yn ail i bleidleisio i wneud popeth sydd ei angen i roi stop ar doriadau llymder, gan gynnwys gwrthod sefydlu cyllideb toriadau llymder. Detailed arguments: http://pawalescymru.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/english-no-cuts-38-degrees-petition.html http://pawalescymru.blogspot.co.uk/

An amount of £100billion has been touted to replace the UK's Trident Nuclear deterrent. It is important to scrap this for two reasons: 1) The amount of money involved is vast and can be spent in other much more needed areas, such as schools and hospitals. More importantly this money can be used to fund the British Armed Forces and buy much needed equipment. 2) We no longer need a nuclear deterrent. Wars and battles are not fought with nuclear weapons but with men and modern equipment. Any future deterrent should include a well equipped and modern army.

Belmont Children's Farm is a fabulous local community and educational resource in London Borough of Barnet allowing children, students and those with learning difficulties access to farm animals and a day out in a beautiful rural environment in the heart of London. It educates through practical experience and helps to raises awareness of farming and animal welfare, and to teach children (and adults) where our food really comes from. WHATEVER YOUR POLITICAL PERSUASION please support the campaign to try to get Barnet Council to reverse their closure decision (after a one month reprieve the farm is still set to close at end April 2015). The farm is just 9 miles from Marble Arch in the centre of London. It is a unique and invaluable rural educational resource in the heart of London. Maybe the Tory council in Barnet and the property developers would prefer to build thousands of houses here instead ? Who knows the real reason ? Please support the campaign to keep Belmont Children's Farm open. You can watch the campaign video here https://vimeo.com/123298701

The Austerity programme the last coalition Government implemented, has hit the poorest and most vulnerable in our society the hardest. You might have noticed that the economic crisis and the recession have left a massive hole in the UK’s public finances. Frontline services and jobs are at risk. Many other developed and developing countries face a similar struggle. The financial sector is responsible for a big part of the mess we're in. So our merry band of hundreds of thousands of Robin Hood supporters believe that banks, hedge funds and the rest of the sector should pay their fair share to clear up the mess they helped create. For more information, use the link. http://www.robinhoodtax.org.uk/

Arlington is one of the first thing you see when you come out of Margate railway station. Billionaire leaseholders Freshwater only pay Thanet Council £7,500 per year for the entire Arlington site, which is less than the yearly rent on a shop in Margate! Tesco have pulled out of opening a superstore at Arlington and Dreamland is opening on June 19th. Now is the time for Thanet Council to act. Dreamland needs to be a success. Walking past a boarded up site and with badly needed parking out of use isn't acceptable.

Our one Earth is slowly being poisoned to death by our thirst for energy. BP should be doing everything in their power to alleviate this situation and help us make progress. The research they have locked away could hold vital clues for future breakthrough discoveries and, at the very least, stop scientists wasting their time by duplicating experiments that have already been attempted. There is absolutely no excuse for BP to avoid disclosure. They are literally murdering innocents through their silence. The Guardian newspaper has presented credible evidence of their culpability in this matter and I would strongly encourage everyone to read this article: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/apr/16/bp-dropped-green-energy-projects-worth-billions-to-focus-on-fossil-fuels Why is this urgent? Well, the longer BP keep their knowledge locked-up, the more our planet is choked to death by pollution. A barrel-load of signatures from everyone on this petition mean we can bring real pressure to bear on this corporate behemoth, which would make all our futures much brighter.

Bicester was a little market town when we came here. We seem to be everything built here we havent got the roads or the schools. Bicester is becoming overcrowded as it is.