• PLEASE replace and widen footpath urgently!
    As only weeds grow either side of that path maybe consider widening it making much more accessible to local nursery, school children and the local elderly residents. Come the summer the nettles grow and last summer were 4ft tall for a lengthy period of time before cut back. Long nettles hardly a safety net for the numerous excitable Young children on scooters and bicycles. After all are we not constantly striving to promote children being active? A high volume of children use this footpath daily and it's in a terrible condition. Also many local elderly residents use this footpath. Yesterday mid morning I tripped on this uneven and unsafe footpath and suffered mild head injury and a nasty bruise to my chin. I work as a Teaching Assistant in the local school and arrived visibly upset and shaken. I could have been that elderly resident, expectant mother or other.
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  • Don't force Moulton Primary to become an academy
    No two schools are alike. But the government doesn't seem to agree. It wants to rush through plans to force every single school in England to become an academy the type of school paid for by taxpayers, but run by businesses, sponsors or trusts. Many teachers and parents are already standing against the plans, saying that they're "a step towards privatisation", ignore local views, and could force some schools to close. One size does not fit all, and local parents and teachers should have a say in the future of our school. ------ If this isn't your local school, click here to sign your local petition, or start one if no-one else has yet: https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/start-a-campaign-for-your-school
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  • Stop closing allotments to build houses
    There is a growing community of allotmenteers, who, driven by need, have taken to cultivating their own crops. Some people have spent years to transform what was essentially waste land into arable soil, and have often spent a considerable amount of time and money in order to reap the benefits of home grown organic fruit & vegetables. Recently, we have heard of numerous councils serving notices that they are reclaiming these valuable resources to convert into building land. In many cases, allotments are utilised as a way of not only growing food, but also as a way of keeping fit (something that the government is keen to promote!), so it makes no sense, other than to reap financial rewards, to close them. Whilst there are waiting list of several years to secure a plot, it is obvious that this is a popular, and worthwhile, leisure facility. Please take action to stop this practise now, before it is too late to stop the rot!!! In these times of austerity and obesity, allotmenteering is a way to grow healthy produce, and to reap the rewards of an outdoor activity which also promotes physical fitness.
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  • Sir Michael Deegan, do not impose the unsafe and unfair new contract on Junior Doctors
    It is widely recognised that junior doctors are the lifeblood of the modern NHS. They are the consultants of the future, and through years of dedicated training provide a truly 24 hour a day, seven day a week service. The proposed contract undermines safe working practices, reverts to a previously failed system and has been roundly rejected by the workforce. It is openly discriminatory against female doctors. The proposed changes are based on flawed analysis of data that suggests a “weekend effect” and while we are keen to improve safety in hospitals across the UK, this contract will harm patients, harm the workforce and harm the training of junior doctors. Further to the overwhelming rejection of this contract by junior doctors, they have huge support from consultant colleagues, multiple Royal Colleges and the public as a whole. Please publicly reject the imposition of this contract at Central Manchester NHS Foundation Trust and call for new negotiations without pre-condition in a mark of support for the hard working and dedicated staff of these fine hospitals. For more information about why the new contracts are unsafe and unfair, please visit the BMI website: http://oneprofession.bma.org.uk/ On Behalf of the Support Junior Doctors Manchester Campaign. To find out more please join our facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1704071369861870/permalink/1708719502730390/?comment_id=1709001592702181¬if_t=group_comment_follow¬if_id=1461101572281468
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  • Reverse plans to close 50 of the 73 public toilets in Gwynedd.
    After the £4.6 million pound cuts to our services there will only be 23 public toilets in Gwynedd and they are already few and far between. This will make shopping and other commutes for a range of people difficult or catch them out possibly leading to embarrassing and preventable accidents. As someone who suffers from Crohn's disease this is important for me knowing that I and many others often need Immediate access to toilets.
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  • Keep our kids safe
    This is of the upmost importance as the road is very busy with traffic and my little girl and as many other need the safety of a school crossing patrol near to the school is a nursery which provides an after school facility in the area for children attending Calderwood. They now have to.provide a bus as the road crossing is dangerous. This removal will also cause more congestion with cars at the local school and parking is very limited as it is just now
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  • Ban non tax paying corporations and individuals from sponsoring political parties.
    The resistance of certain politicians to force corporate sponsors to pay their fair share of taxes, in return for large amounts of money and manipulation of information, must be stopped. It is corrupt and means our country is being taken over by rich crooks who respect no laws other than their own. Google, Amazon, Macdonalds, Rupert Murdoch and the like are just a small example of these sponsors.
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  • Revenge Eviction
    Date: 9th August 2015 Dear Sirs, I write with regard notice applied for by my landlord for rent arrears. I provide the following defence that a) provides details of process failures by both landlord and letting agent prior to the incident of rent arrears, and b) provides my repayment offer to clear the rent arrears. Please note the following:- History To summarise, there were some failures of process made by both landlord and letting agent:- 1. NPower dispute. Caused by letting agent mixing up gas meter readings. 3 emails provided from communication trail with NPower, Energy Ombudsman and OfGem as evidence of this. 2. Lease extension not properly executed. Evidence attached. 3. Letting agent enter property without my permission. Evidence attached. 4. Landlord not updating Hazelvine of true details, accrued service charges, used my address as her correspondence address. Evidence attached. Below provides a brief timeline of events over the whole tenancy:- 1. 2013 – moved from Address 1 to Address 2. Reason for moving was that I was unhappy with the conditions of previous property and lack of restorative/reparatory work by the landlord. This gave rise to the Requirements for Accommodation checklist (evidence item 1). Let me expand on issues with this previous accommodation:- a. Jan 2004 – moved to Address 1. b. 21st August 2009 – property sold from Landlord 1 to Landlord 2. Informed in writing of this, ref Appendix A of MMCN0140. c. 6th December 2010 – report made to Landlord 2 of defective shower, ref MMCN0061. d. 11th June 2011 – offer made to Landlord 2 to refurbish Address 1, ref MMCN0109 as something other than residential. e. 10th August 2011 – further offer made to Landlord 2 to refurbish 18A Parson Street, ref MMCN0121. f. 16th December 2011 – complaint made about conditions of property to Landlord 2 ref MMCN0140. Bristol City Council copied in on correspondence. No action was taken to rectify these reported issues. g. 22nd February 2013 – 2nd complaint made to Landlord 2 ref MMCN0186. No action was taken to rectify these reported issues. h. 17th August 2013 – notice given to landlord 2 ref MMCN0191. Notice letter made reference to 2 complaint letters. 2. 14th September 2013 – I officially moved into 91 Parson Street. Relations with letting agent were good, i.e. Agent 1, Agent 2, Agent 3, Agent 4. 3. When I first moved in, I noticed a discrepancy with the gas bill. I had 9 months of correspondence with NPOwer, Energy Ombudsman and OfGem to get this corrected. The reason for the discrepancy was that the letting agents had mixed up gas meter readings between my property and another. I have all this correspondence and can use as evidence if required, I enclose a CD of this correspondence and relevant documents. 4. Quarterly inspections were carried out at the planned times Agent 2 with myself present. Good reports were provided to landlord via letting agent. 5. Sep 2014 – Portfolio Manager changed without notice from Agent 2 to Agent 5. 6. Sep 2014 – Planned inspection for 30/9/2014 cancelled without sufficient notice, i.e. same day. Inspection rearranged for new date, then on that date, was informed she got the date mixed up with another inspection and had already been into property to inspect and had sent the report. The inspection report sent to landlady was fine. Letting agent entered property without my permission. I can provide email of letting agent admitting this. 7. Sep 2014 – there was some toing and froing with the 12 month tenancy extension. I did sign and return the lease agreement as requested, but was returned without letting agent signature. Although, signing of the new agreement should not have been via post but in person such that the witness signature can be put on at that time, no appointment was made to do this. Lease agreement extension paperwork not properly completed. I can provide emails of correspondence where I wanted to sort out. 8. I have copy of agreement signed by myself. 9. Dec 2014 – found out about landlord not informing Hazelvine of her proper address and of arrears with service charges amounting to approximately £1,000. I have paperwork providing 3 separate addresses for the landlady, i.e.. original lease agreement signed under witness 14/4/2013 states her address as Marshalls Drive, then 12 month extension for Sep 2014 (which would have taken me to Sep 2015) states address as Henrietta House, Haringey, then I now have paper work (Sec 21) stating address as Carlton Lodge, London. 10. Dec 2014 – I informed Hazelvine of the landlord address to what I had on lease agreement paperwork as Henrietta House. Landlord not updating Hazelvine of details, therefore they defaulted to last known address, i.e. my own address. I have an email from Hazelvine solicitors. 11. I subsequently reported this to Action Fraud as it looked suspicious, and had I not, the service charge arrears could have continued to accrue in my opinion. I informed Ocean of my Action Fraud report ref letter MMCN0200. 12. After advice sought from the Citizens Advice Bureau, I wrote to the landlady at the last known address with regard rent arrears and making arrangements to clear these with herself, and continue leasing the property maintaining good landlord/tenant relations. 13. I informed Bristol City Council tenancy relations of the issues I was having. 14. I requested that she phone me or email me with regard all of this by Monday 25th May 2015. I have not heard from her, and sought further advice from the Citizens Advice Bureau on Wednesday 27th May 2015.
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  • Remove the exclusion of ostomy patients from the Blue Badge scheme
    Currently those with colinic/bowel disorders and who have a permanent condition as a result of this are rejected from the Blue Badge scheme. Granted that this is true of many others as well, but ostomates usually have to carry with them a set of spares (from clothing to appliances) and having easy and close access to these would be a huge relief, especially in an emergency. Believe me, walking through a supermarket car park knowing that you clothes are soiled is not pleasant, and being able to be back at the car and safety would be a huge physical and psychological benefit. Likewise, many ostomates end up with hernias as a result of their surgery, meaning that carrying heavy items and distance can be challenging if not actually harmful, let alone the issues of having to stack/pack these into a boot or onto a back seat. There are over 100,000 ostomates in the UK currently who have to fend for themselves (I speak as one of these). Seeing others abuse the scheme of course makes one think that it should be tightened, but not to the exclusion of those with genuine needs.
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  • STOP FRAUD ON THE COURT IN THE UK
    FRAUD ON THE COURT IN BRIEF: Those instigating Fraud on the Court do not pay the court’s fees to obtain fake warrants or court’s orders used to deprive law abiding citizens stealing properties, land, money and assets. Invalid court’s papers are then used to secure unlawful entry and adverse occupation of residential premises by means of violence combined with the creation of a sense of authenticity through the invention of false court’s documents which appear to be factual. Fraud on the Court involves (with intent) a serious abuse of the court’s process and “contempt of court” (Common Law). The victims are routinely ignored by the already overstretched police and other law enforcement bodies who are unable to investigate thoroughly and independently. No matter what undeniable evidence is provided, there is no redress for the victims who are told that this scam is ‘it’s a civil matter’. It is a matter of fact that when victims DO REPORT this crime NO ONE INVESTIGATES. The only option left is to go back in the hands of the same staff in courts who are perpetrating the scam. FRAUD BY CONCEALMENT: The victims are denied inspection and copies of data from the court’s file which remain concealed. Victims are also crucially denied access to and release of the computerised court records where all the documents and interactions with the court of any party into the proceedings are recorded. The nature, extent and sophistication of this fraud, is far beyond the comprehension and reach of the average litigant in person and law enforcement officers by the police force. We are asking for the full support of: All Her Majesty the Queen’s servants who are designated to ensure a fair and just society against this serious organised crime. We are demanding urgently a Public Inquiry to investigate fully and independently the seriousness of the crimes involved by using Fraud on the Court. The non-payment of the court’s fee is not only a major deception and fraud on the on the public purse but also on the individual. This theft on the public happens in a time when the UK court’s system is crying for more funds. The recent sharp increase in the court’s fees have already reduced considerably the access to justice for the most vulnerable that cannot afford to pay. Fraud upon the court is devastating for the victims waiting and hoping to receive relief from the courts. The victims lose their homes, their assets, their jobs, their companies and ultimately their liberty and health in breach of their fundamental statutory rights. This adds burden on the already struggling NHS and Social Security systems whilst the income from many tax payers is lost. This scam is often used by banks, legal professionals, private companies, and dishonest landlords and council officers aided by court’s officers. Meanwhile criminal convictions and assets stripping founded on complex illegalities and irregularities send every day honest hardworking families and people left penniless and homeless in the streets begging for help. Innocent families and people are held hostage with children and frail old people ending up homeless and traumatised as victims of Fraud on the Court. Those few victims of Fraud on the Court who persist in chasing justice are being passed between agencies without any result or redress. Stealing from people is a crime. Taking away their assets and homes making people homeless with Fraud on the Court is a very serious and sophisticated crime for which there is no defence for the victims. Fraud of any kind is a crime and Fraud on the Court is one of the worst. An unpunished crime encourages new ones. Those committing Fraud on the Court are still there and get away with impunity. It is only a matter of time before someone you know will become the next victim. In the public interest, in order to strengthen the fairness, accountability and transparency and in name of justice join by signing this petition for a Public Inquiry and ask for the Parliament’s full support to investigate and stop the Fraud on the Court in the UK. Any person who believes to be a victim of Fraud on the Court can send their opinions contacting UK PEOPLE at a new email address to come as ODDLY our 1st email address has been hacked and the account disappeared mysteriously from Google.....Strange he.... ?!? Useful links: The Fraud Act 2006 - http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/35/contents The Protection from Eviction and Harassment Act 1977 - http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/43/contents The Tort (and interference with Goods) Act 1977 - http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/32/contents Fraud on the Court - What is it? - http://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/fraud-on-the-court.html Fraud on the Court - Some stories of honest families plainly wronged - here: The next phase of the Crawford Castle - (Type and search for 'The next phase of the Crawford Castle' to watch one of our selected videos on Youtube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLtdNlwPckQ Fraud on the Court - Evictees and families Unite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfkSW4LvvXM Civil Matter or Criminal Matter? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jG045tnTaI The drama of the Jackson's Family exposed on BBC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxHHaOOBzyU
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  • Help more young people find suitable apprenticeships!
    This is important because many young people are being taken advantage of through these types of apprenticeships that require no skis to lean and can be completed in as short as time as two months. There are companies who are keeping individuals on for longer to earn the funding and gain cheep or free labour. This is unfair and unjust because these apprenticeships are meant to teach you new skills and offer you a chance at progressing. These types of apprenticeships give you next to none of those. This is what happened during my apprenticeship. My original tutor was let go because they entered into an agreement to keep me there for over a year so the company could earn the funding as they were struggle with money, I was told this by my new tutor. I was on three pounds per hour for nearly six months, being told they would promote me to a supervisor position because of my hard work and dedication. This never happened, there was no progression and I learned nothing new about the customer service industry. After my apprenticeship had ended I felt a lack of confidence in myself due to the amount I had been exploited in my place of work. After seeing a documentary two years later I learnt the horrid truth of the sheer amount of companies that set up these apprenticeship schemes, taking full advantage of young, vulnerable individuals. I feel that these types of action should are going against the purpose of apprenticeship schemes. These schemes are are being used against young people, lowering their confidence, prolonging training to enhance profits whilst maintaining false promises. The skills in a customer service role such as retail, hospitality and administration take weeks to learn not a full year. Please let us only allow apprenticeships that can develope young people into supervisors, managers or teach them a trade whilst nurturing their confidence and knowledge.
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  • Cambridge City Council - Take the renewable option
    Cambridge City Council made a commitment to a fossil free future in October 2015, pledging to end investment in fossil fuels and carbon-heavy buildings. This was done with cross-party supported and formed part of a global movement for divestment from harmful fossil fuels. http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Landmark-pledges-sees-Cambridge-City-Council/story-28044516-detail/story.html Around the same time, the executive councillor for Finance and Strategy agreed to a deal with the Eastern Procurement Purchasing Organisation to take over energy supply to the council. At this point, the opportunity to make a deal with suppliers who deal exclusively in renewable energy was lost. However, there will still be a chance for the executive councillor to choose between a 100% renewables tariff and a non-renewables tariff, before the deal is finalised. It's worth noting that all suppliers are obliged to provide around 30% of their energy from renewable sources under the Renewables Obligation rules, but most of the major suppliers charge extra for this energy anyway. http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/domestic/buying-green-electricity Cambridge City Council currently consumes approximately 10,000,000 kWh of gas and approximately 8,000,000 kWh of electricity per annum. This equates to around £260,000 for gas and £1,000,000 for electricity on the current contract. Finally, the current executive councillor for Finance and Resources is standing down in May, so there is certain to be a new councillor in this role who comes to the role with the freedom to change things. The incumbent has shown little appetite for environmental concerns, claiming for example that a target of going zero-carbon by 2050 was ambitious when it is a bare minimum under the terms of the COP21 agreement in Paris. The new executive may be open to persuasion and a strong petition on this particular matter will help.
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