Peterborough Diocese Educational Trust (PDET) have just informed us that they want to close our village school. This has just been communicated a number of weeks before the end of term. Their proposal is to bus our little ones to the other side of Stamford! The educational welfare of our children is more important than being 'financially viable'. We cannot be forced in to a new school selection just because PDET have chosen to announce this so late.

Many awful things happen to cats and kittens living rough. Few of us witness their suffering and deaths. 100's of thousands of cats endure atrocious conditions because owned cats still produce far more kittens than there are homes available. Kittens are born only to die young without knowing anything in their short lives but starvation and cold. 13% of owners in Scotland still keep their cats un-neutered - even if each female produces just one litter a year that's enough to double the cat population every four years. Those that are 'excess-to-requirements' leak out and swell the already extensive stray and feral cat populations. Some argue that this over-production of moggies is important to ensure adopters get a choice of kittens from a diverse "gene pool "- but that's a huge animal welfare issue! Is a high death rate after protracted suffering among innocent animals, homeless and feral through no fault of their own, an acceptable state in Scotland? I think you and I agree - it's not acceptable! Hero's kittens were caught by the baler and crushed. Bonnie weakened by serial pregnancies was shot and took 2 days to crawl back to her kittens which had died. 15 homeless cats 'in the wrong place' were wiped out by poisoning. Stray and feral cats and their offspring suffer disease, starvation, persecution and protracted deaths in dangerous environments. These cats are everywhere across Scotland, but avoid showing themselves and only when injured, ill or nursing kittens are they spotted by humans. I've caught and neutered 4,500 cats in the past two decades and could have done 10 times that number - they are just everywhere. Trap Neuter Return programmes have a local effect but that's lost as soon as the TNR finishes. New stronger measures are needed to protect domestic cats from the suffering that goes with being bred and traded in an unregulated way The wildcat in Scotland has reached the edge of extinction largely through cross-breeding with cats of the domestic species (a middle eastern/ hot climate species). Nowhere in Scotland are wild cat ranges far from human activity which is where un-neutered cats of the domestic species come from. If captive bred wildcat kittens are to survive they need an environment free from fertile cats of the domestic species, so they can thrive and extend into their natural ranges. ID chipping combined with regulation of breeding for owned cats will both protect owned cats from preventable suffering and ensure space for the wildcat to thrive in Scotland. Win win! Please SIGN THIS PETITION and SHARE. Thank You - by SIGNING and SHARING you are helping to alleviate the suffering of Scotland's most vulnerable cats and kittens, and to give the Scottish wildcat a future. QUESTIONS Wouldn't this ban people from breeding cats? No. On the contrary, there would be improved opportunities for responsible 'high welfare' breeders through education and inspection. What's the legal position? There's no need for new legislation. Measures could be introduced through the Code of Practice associated with the Wildlife and Natural Environment Scotland Act of 2011. What's the impact on human rights? Positive. The public will be able to adopt/buy pet and working cats from breeders whose welfare standards can be scrutinised. Microchipping is the most important thing that a person can do to ensure they are re-united with their cat if it does get lost. Neutering is the most important thing a person can do to protect their cat from getting into fights which is how they get infected with viruses. What's the economic impact? Some investment is likely to be needed at first to get compulsory neutering going. In the long term costs will go down permanently. Won't people just refuse to cooperate? There were similar worries about the ban on smoking in public places. Some people refused, but most complied, resulting in permanent widespread changes in attitudes and behaviour. When you sign here that will be counted as support for the same Petition at present before the Petitions Committee in the Scottish Parliament.

The public bowling greens in the Trafford area and indeed any other area provide an opportunity for people of all ages to participate in a sport which although quite gentle provides valuable exercise and fresh air to people taking part. Generally the game is played by older people and it provides a much needed physical and social activity to a number of people in the community. The greens have not been maintained efficiently and have been treated incorrectly with weed killer and fertiliser. The cutting of them has become very erratic and insufficient. It appears that the people doing the work on the greens are simply gardeners and not green keepers they need to be trained to look after greens correctly to provide greens suitable to play bowls on. Recent cost cutting exercises have resulted in a rapid decline in the condition of the public greens and this needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency.

48% people voted to remain in the EU. In the 2017 election 42% voted Conservative and 40% Labour. In Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales there are other parties and other views on Brexit. It's everyone's future.

I could have died.

It has been about 5 years now since course fees rose to £9000 and so Students who are leaving university now with degrees have debts of around £40,000 ( £50,000 plus if they've done a 4-year course such as an Integrated Masters degree which are especially common in science) Students will barely be paying off the interest when they work as this will be £200 to £300 per month. Presumably their debt will grow further if they are unable to pay back even the interest because they are in low-paid jobs.

Adults with learning disabilities should be treated with equality not single out. I myself is an adult with learning disabilities and other disabilities.

We the undersigned urge Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to appoint Green MP Caroline Lucas to his shadow environment team - assuming she would accept the invitation. There are both principled and expedient reasons for this course of action. First, it's simply the right thing to do: Caroline is an outstanding MP and person, and the Greens stood down candidates in a substantial number of seats in the general election to help Labour and Lib Dems unseat sitting Tory MPs. Labour did not reciprocate by standing aside in either Caroline's Brighton seat or in the Bristol seat targeted by Green candidate Molly Scott Cato; and this generous gesture by Jeremy would be an excellent way of showing our appreciation for the efforts the Greens made in the general election to move beyond the parochial triballsm of "the old politics". Such a course of action would also show that Labour is open to working collaboratively with progressive voices who can help advance the causes of the progressive left, including environmentalism; and it would give a strong signal to such forces that we can and will strive to work together in future to lock right-wing Tory governments out of political power for good. Offering Caroline a shadow cabinet post is surely a no-brainer - and we know that many if not most Labour members would support it. Please, Jeremy - do the right thing by us all! Organisers: Dr Richard House and Councillor Skeena Rathor The Politics Kitchen, Stroud, Gloucestershire

Each year, 5,000 children under 16 are seriously injured or die on Britain’s roads. The incident rate for children peaks between 8am and 9am, when they are travelling to school, and again at 3pm when they are on their way home. Without the lollipop/ school crossing patrol service, the community will be put at risk as they try to cross such a busy road at peak times to and from school.

We need our government to bring stability to see us through the brexit negotiations.

iTS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE ESTATE THAT IS EXCLUDED FROM THE PARK ENTRANCE HAS NOTHING BUT FAMILIES LIVING ON IT. I MYSELF PLAYED IN THAT PARK SO DID MY SON. MY GRANDAUGHTER ALSO PLAYS IN IT BUT I HAVE TO TAKE HER IN HER PUSHCAHIR DUE TO THE MAIN ROAD BEING TOO DANGEROUS FOR HER. THE PARK SHOULD BE FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AND ACCESS COULD EASILY BE MADE TO THE HERBERTS PARK ROAD SIDE AGAIN.

In February 2017 after months of negotiations trying to avoid compulsory redundancies triggered by deep budget cuts, EHRC management sent e-mails to 8 workers work addresses informing them they were being made redundant whilst they were taking part in a lawful one day protest strike. The EHRC still has over 47 equivalent vacancies these displaced workers could easily fill, but has so far refused to do so. What is so shocking is this employer also happens to be the UK's UN recognised guardian of our Human Rights! With Brexit uncertainty and challenges to Human Rights law being suggested, we need a strengthened fully resourced EHRC to defend the most vulnerable from discrimination and attack.