High rise residential buildings are a recipe of urban blight. Particularly in a picturesque location like Cambridge. The Marque development pushes the envelope of acceptable heights for living in the city centre. Not only has it won awards for truly bad architecture, it sets a terrible precedent for residential buildings in Cambridge. Housing has plenty of scope to expand within the city without extending permission above six floors for residential building and use. Street level daylight is getting limited and if ten storey apartment blocks become the norm (by precedent) then a small city that is mostly two storey housing will over develop, past more reasonable four or five storey apartments into slum high-rises. Councils generally should be managing upward growth of redevelopments in a more gradual way that allows the pressure for elevation to spread more evenly over the city landscape before accepting a new height.

As carer a Social event once a month which includes Chair Yoga is very important for those we care for and the cares. There are not many things we can both take part in. Memory Lane was only from 2 to 5 pm on a Saturday once a month. We were able to talk to other carers have an hour of Chair Yoga followed by some sandwiches . Then we were able to sing along to live music. A pleasant afternoon.

Sign this petition to protect the air we all need to breathe, pollution is on the rise and so are deaths caused by poor air quality, trees clean the air for us, we should respect them and protect them. Other organisations are supporting this cause such as the Woodland Trust, WWF and RSPB. I hope you can support this campaign, as I am not doing it just for me or my family, my town or charity but for everyone.

For the last week or so, my family and I have been living in a cloud of chemical fumes so obnoxious that it's affecting our life considerably. We live in rural East Lothian and the air pollution has been caused by the use of a human waste based fertiliser which is being spread on local farmland. Five days on from the start of the spreading of this treated human waste on fields around our house, my family and I are still enduring the most vile stench, the fumes are making us feel light-headed and nauseous, and despite keeping all of our doors and windows closed, the odour pervades our house. We have found out that the resource management company, Veolia, is responsible for the production and spreading of this product, known as Thermal Hydrolysis Cake (THC). THC is basically human waste (and anything else which goes down a drain, including industrial chemicals and pharmaceuticals) which has been processed to make it "suitable" for use as an agricultural fertiliser. However, although the processing destroys the majority of the pathogens in the waste, it still contains potentially environmentally damaging contaminants. Whilst it is currently legal to use THC in Scotland, the use of THC or other fertilisers originating from sewage sludge cannot legally be applied without strict testing due to the potential toxicity from the presence of heavy metals. There is also some evidence to show that the thermal hydrolysis process does not destroy prions ( excreted by victims of CJD ), radioactive material ( excreted by patients treated with nuclear medicines ) and a whole host of other toxic chemicals and pharmaceuticals which enter the sewage system on a periodic and unpredictable basis and are then concentrated in the process of water extraction to form sewage sludge, which is further concentrated to make the THC. As well as the vile smell, it is unknown what the effects on humans are of short term inhalation of the THC particles during and after spreading. It is also unknown what effects the water run off from the treated fields will have on the ecosystem in the long term. If the aim is to add organic matter to the soil in as sustainable a manner as possible, there are many, many alternative products that can be used as an alternative to THC. East Lothian is one of the most beautiful counties in the country and has a precious and sensitive ecosystem. The most valuable resources we have are our healthy soil, pure air and clean waterways. We therefore ask Estelle Brachlianoff and Veolia UK to immediately cease the use of THC or any other product originating from sewage sludge as fertiliser in East Lothian.

Being passengers in wheelchairs should not be made to wait at bus stops sometimes for over an hour to wait for the next available bus. Also in 2004 a disability law was brought into the country by the government at that time to help the disabled.

To uphold a basic human right that families are united. I am an UK citizen married to a Russian citizen. France has granted my wife the right of residency (a carte de sejour) this entitles her to visit most EU countries without the need for a visa. European Directive 2004/38/EC (https://eumovement.wordpress.com/directive-200438ec/ ) The UK government will not fully comply with this directive but It will allow entry to the UK to anyone who has an Estonian or German certificate of residency. One can only assume that the Westminster government considers that other EU countries are too liberal when it comes to issuing certificates of residency.. This is an insult to the integrity of other EU States, in our case France. They are suggesting that France issues such documents without careful examination. I can assure you that is not the case their enquiries are vigorous and searching. My wife and I had intended visiting the UK earlier this year to visit friends and relatives but the UK Visa and Immigration Office refused her a visa on the basis that she does not have her own financial means to fund a visit. The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that UK rules requiring visas for non-EU family members of EU citizens entering the UK are in breach of EU law and the matter has been referred to the High Court in London for final judgement. Procrastination by all the agencies involved affect many people who simply want to visit the UK. I implore you to support my petition to get the UK government to respect the Human rights of a family to be together. We only want to visit, there's no way we'd intend settling in the UK. How did we get in ? We arrived in Calais and took our chances. Fortunately the two Border Agency employees at the sharp end were sensible people and agreed with us that the decision by the UK Border Agency to refuse her a visa was ludicrous and gave her a 6 month tourist visa. She enjoyed her visit and we will not be applying for another visa. If the UK government persists in breaking the law i.e. the EU Directive 2004/38 then if we ever decide to revisit the UK at some date in the future Catherine will do so on a French passport. On 19th May 2015 Catherine and I caught the 0920 hrs Channel Tunnel train and to our disappointment no-one bothered to check her out of the UK. I suppose she'll now be included in the Westminster government's figures of Immigrants who remain illegally in the UK. They couldn't organise a party in a brewery. Catherine's visa expires soon so we hope to get it extended by persuading the Border Agency to stamp her passport with a 6 month Visitors visa.

Bad parking restricts visibility to other road users, restricts the road width , forces lorries and buses into the opposite carriageway and has caused a number of near miss accidents.

Blackpool's major asset its tourism. However when the tourists come here they are greeted by rubbish bins that are overfull. Rubbish is strewn over the streets and no one is cleaning it up. The council need to keep on top of this to present a cleaner town for tourists and residents. It is unsightly, unhygienic and puts off residents and tourists alike. The petition is being put up here due to Blackpool council not allowing petitions on their own website.

There is an increasing number of local people who need support and guidance in coping with hard times. The support they need is Botha practical and essential. There is no other service providing free advice and support in the community. Without Helping Hands Community Trust many will find it increasingly difficult to have access to the help they need.

We fund so much money into research which is done worldwide yet we know so little about what we are all surrounded by. Climate Change is affecting these areas massively and the research into the changes could tell us so much about our planet and about how it changes, these environments are undisturbed, life is at its purest, most natural and from this we could learn so much, not only about our planet but also the information found could lead to discoveries about other planets in our solar system and in the universe.

National targets for recycling cannot be reached while some manufacturer’s plastic packaging provides no information regarding recycling. Meanwhile others state the container is recyclable but not the lid, and others place onus on consumers to check local policy. Councils and customers are expected to play their part in recycling - What are manufacturers doing?

Jamaican campaigners and parliamentarians are calling on the UK government to apologise for Britain's role in the Atlantic Slave Trade and colonial theft, and to contribute reparations to help tackle the lasting damage that slavery and colonialism have done.