If we don't act now, the proposal for this site will remain in the Local Plan due to be sent to The Secretary of State for approval later in 2017. The land is owned by the District Council, so once the Local Plan is approved, it would be very difficult to stop the land being sold and redeveloped in a few years time. The leisure centre and swimming pool will be closed along with most of the carpark which is also used and needed by the 12,000 patients using the local doctors surgery. The site has been in marked for 24 houses. There is nowhere else to build any new Leisure Centre and Swimming Pool in its place in Ongar We have had a great deal of feed back from our "Save Ongar Leisure Centre" Facebook page. Here are some of the comments: "Are they really going to knock down a Leisure Centre that provides facilities for 1000s of people, just to put 24 houses plus lose valuable parking for the doctors" "If EFDC was to take Ongar Leisure Centre away what will be there for the children. It will only bring more crime. When I take my younger brother to football to center is packed full" "Classes are always booked to the max. And you can't get in if you don't book 2 weeks in advance". If the Leisure Centre were to close it deprive over a 1000 pupils of swimming lessons, 1200 fitness members of their facilities and numerous gymnastics, trampolining, badminton, netball and martial arts non member users and clubs. This centre provides a focal point for our community and is so important for our social and physical well being. To lose this Centre would be a disaster and would leave a massive gap in peoples lives and take away the only leisure facility all ages can use.

Moorwell Place sits at the bottom of Eccleshill Recreation Ground. It is public right of way and the only pedestrian footpath leading from Moorside Road to the footpath that runs down the side of the recreation ground, by the bowling green. It is used by the residents of Eccleshill, including Parents with toddlers and pushchairs, children on their way to school, cyclists, followers of the Eccleshill History Trail and many others, along with the residents of the street. At present, it is in a sorry state. It is muddy and full of deep potholes, making it extremely unsafe. It is inaccessible to mobility vehicles/wheelchairs. For a number of years, the residents of Moorwell Place have asked the council to maintain the road which, although they have previously acknowledged responsibility for, they have refused to maintain in an effective manner. More recently the residents have been told that the road is an “unadopted road” and the council have refused to undertake any maintenance work. After some investigation, it has been established that the road was in fact created by the local board (the council) in 1864 and as such cannot be deemed an unadopted road – it is in fact a road created by the council in 1864 and they have failed to maintain it. Further evidence suggests that a court case in 1864 established that the council were responsible for the creation of the road – but that it must remain part of the recreation ground "intact" forever. Council asset management documents show that the road is part of the recreation ground which is a registered village green. The council are owners and managers of the village green and are responsible for its maintenance.

FutureTech is an excellent provision for the children of Warrington who believed in and chose a completely different approach to learning. It's unique selling point was small numbers, small class sizes and work experience. Numbers for the school may be low but the grass roots difference that it is and has made to those attending is imperative for our town. Plus the intake number was originally set at 200 (changed to 300) and currently has 187 students. Some (NOT ALL) of the children there did not engage in the schools that they have left, for a myriad of reasons but under FutureTechs tuition and guidance have engage with education again and gained confidence and self worth beyond measure. These kids will now be left to find new school placements (often to places that will not offer the subjects they are taking now) and will be disrupted right in the middle of their preparation for their GCSE's.

Sixteen and seventeen-year-olds are the future of our society, so we believe that they deserve a say in this future. Voting is a right, and we don't believe that there is a strong enough case to deny this right to sixteen-year-olds. Sixteen-year-olds can already do so many of the things that adults can. They can work, pay taxes, start a family, and join the military. However, they do not have any say in the rights that they have in this job, how much they pay in tax, what those taxes go to, how the government treats their family, or what that military fights for. Rights are things that are given, and only taken away when there is a strong enough case to do so. When it comes to voting, and when it comes to sixteen-year-olds, we do not believe that there is a strong enough case to deny the right to vote to sixteen-year-olds. For these main reasons (and many more!) we believe that sixteen-year-olds, should have, and need to have the vote.

The Potting Shed@Radstock is an important resource for local people who suffer with mental health and isolation issues. Closing the project will result in the loss of a valuable wellbeing project and a possible route into employment for people living in Radstock and the surrounding areas. Many people have benefited from the project. The community also benefits from the project. It makes no financial sense for the Trustees to charge the group rent and water charges to maintain the gardens voluntarily, as without the group they will need to pay a gardening contractor to do the same work. Without a Support Worker managing the project and encouraging people to attend the project is doomed to fail.

Parents would have much more flexibility to ‘buy’ the childcare they required rather than be restricted to only using two or three hour bands with a morning or afternoon session with childcare settings, which is what currently happens with the ’15 free hours’ scheme and will continue with the ’30 free hours’ scheme. It has to be operated like this as childcare businesses loose so much money subsidising 'free' childcare; it's the only way we can survive financially. Giving parents this option would save millions of government pounds on employing a league of officials within the 150 local authorities to administer this very complicated and overly bureaucratic ‘free hours’ scheme which is full of forms and red tape, as well as duplicates some of the work of Ofsted. This is a win-win approach for everyone – parents get the child care they need at the times they want it; and childcare providers will still be in business to do their job so parents can go to work and be economically active. Please sign our petition to show your support for a common sense scheme for working parents of 3 and 4 year olds.

As the North East is one of the most unemployed areas in the country, an additional loss of around 400 jobs, on top of the jobs lost last year from steel works closures, would be a massive loss to the area and would also see a number of families left without an income.

The Creative Writing A level will shortly come to an end after the Department for Education decided to turn down the AQA submission for Creative Writing to continue as an AS and A Level subject from 2017 onwards. If writing is a chance to reflect on who we were, who we are and who we can be, it is important anyone has a chance to pursue this career and become a writer. By removing the opportunity to consider this subject for A level, we are guiding students away from considering this career path later on which is then limiting the diversity of who writers are and making it more likely that the same kinds of people will always be the ones who become writers. This is why the Creative Writing A level is so important – it has been shown that the subjects we study at school lead to the subjects we consider for university and/or our careers, then, when we become parents, our own choices influence the choices we guide our children to make.

The staff from the dvla park on our street causing problems for the residents to get into or out of their driveway

The library provides a valued learning and leisure resource within a community where such facilities are scarce. The library and its staff provide services that are highly valued and needed by the local community in and around Abbeyview.

Having held a full car driving license since 1995 I feel very insulted and stupid that I can only ride a 50cc moped without L plates. I'm 6'2 a push bike can go faster than me on a 50cc just imagine how fast I can go with a pillion very dangerous. I've been disabled for the last 8 years and had my motability car taken away due to cutbacks. I cannot afford to buy a car let alone keep one on the road, the only way I can go anywhere is on a 50cc moped which is dangerously slow so I traded it in for a 125cc scooter now I have to find 100 every 2 years for a CBT and display L plates if I want to go anywhere with my wife she has to get the bus, I can't get the bus because I can't walk far enough to get to the bus stop.

As students we are already paying above what we should for university halls. Many students have been treated in an unjust way and not had complaints resolved or listened to. Maintenance issues aren't resolved for long periods of time. Students receive no apology or compensation when things go wrong. The accommodation we expected upon arrival was not what we received due to false advertisement. We are fined for responsibilities that the landlord should take care of whilst not receiving sufficient housing for the price point we pay. It is important to allow students sufficient and affordable housing as well as to operate as a satisfactory landlord. Students struggle to afford living costs and should not be pressured into paying above what they should for the service they receive.