By axing these groups and asking parents and volunteers to run them will have a detrimental effect on safeguarding, mental health, islolation and parenting issues which will in turn place further burden on other health services. Parents and children need this vital day to day support. These are short term cuts with long term implications.

His greed, and that of his supporters, is destroying hope.

Parents should continue to have the freedom to choose from a variety of local childcare providers: council, schools and private. Closing all the council-run nurseries will deny parents this choice. Some nurseries which are run by local schools do not open during the school holidays so this might not be a viable option for many parents, who would then be forced to move their children to privately-run nurseries. Furthermore, the council's current proposals will cause a significant amount of disruption, confusion and anxiety for a lot of pre-school children. UPDATE (18.12.15): (1) If you have already signed our paper petition, please don't sign this online petition as well! (2) North Tyneside Council will only accept petition signatures from people who live, work or study in the borough. If you don't have a North Tyneside postcode for one of these activities, please don't sign this petition. (3) Thank you for your support! There is more information about this campaign on the Facebook page "Save North Tyneside Children's Centre Nursery".

As a parent I want what is best for my children. My son was given an OPPORTUNITY when he was offered a Grammar School place. If free school transport is withdrawn, a grammar school education would become a PRIVILEGE which many parents across Lincolnshire would be unable to afford.

It is important for people as electric cars are cheaper to run, they don't send out a lot of harmful emissions & its better for the eviroment

Steeped in history and certainly Shepton’s largest and most well-known landmark, the country’s oldest prison is set to become a lifeless hulk adding little to the life of our town or our community. The developer’s proposals are for it to become a residential site with a minimum of 160 or a possible 205 units, depending upon what ‘extras’ the Council wants added into the basic scheme. But the site is not easy and development will involve 3 or 4-storey new building and severe limitations on resident parking, with only 1 or 0.75 spaces per unit. Community and heritage usage exists only under the smaller proposal, although under the larger proposal the Council gets cash and social housing. Has this been thought through? Has the property developer effectively engaged the town during its own consultation exercise? Only 120 people filled in City and Country's feedback questionnaire (to date). Shepton Mallet is home to over 10,000 residents, and is circled with numerous villages and communities nestled in the Mendip Hills, close by. City and Country's consultation has not been adequate and has focused solely on a residential option for the Prison site. Mendip District Council has stood by in silence. Although its own Local Plan acknowledges that the town has a "continuing poor image", nothing has been said about how the prison development is to address this crucial weakness. Generally, the town needs a clear vision and identity like other towns in Mendip. Shepton has a rich heritage based on agriculture which spans more than a millennium including the historic architecture of sheep farming, cloth production and brewing; the community struggles of industrialisation, decline and wars and the large-scale food and drink and nascent creative industries that we see today. The question should not be simply how many residential units can the prison site provide, but how will it become a key part of Shepton’s architectural, social and economic story and a prized and possibly unique asset for the town. We hope this will be the catalyst for the change that the town, its communities and the councils want to see. Unless we act now, this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will be lost.

He is a billionaire and his company is still making millions. This is a challenge to see if he has any human qualities and able do the right thing by his employees.

High speed 2 has been predicted to cost between 43 and 80 billion pounds, at a time when the government is making cuts to services that we depend on. This is an outdated service, as a 'normal' train service becoming fully completed in 2033 an insult to humanity. Surely we have a better dream for our future. The obvious alternative is to build a hyperloop system. Such a system has been predicted to cost a quarter to an eighth of the cost of HS2, whilst being three times HS2's speed, making it six times faster than current trains. These attributes could make the hyperloop incredibly low cost, maybe even free. There is no better way to balance London with northern cities than free tickets from London to Manchester with a journey times of less then twenty minutes. The destructive impact of HS2 would be mostly negated if a hyperloop system was built instead. HS2's current proposed route damages at least seven Sites of Special Scientific Interest and 66 Local Wildlife Sites. Hyperloop is elevated above the ground and in a sealed tube, meaning that little damage is done to wildlife on the ground and cannot be harmed by moving vehicles. An example of someone who has to move due to HS2 was shown in the Guardian. This person keeps birds of prey and has to move for fear of the birds harming themselves on passing trains. A hyperloop would not have such problems. Finally, a hyperloop has the potential to reinstate Britain's place as one of the most innovative countries. The transport pioneers of old would be disappointed to see that we have progressed little since their time. A transonic transport system is very possible, and our world class university system could provide the engineering skill base for such a project. We need to make sure we take the cheaper, smarter and greener option.

I've noticed a lot of parents saying how their child has been stripped of support once they have turned 16. One of my children and possibly a second has lost money needed to help them with their disabilities. Since the new personal independence payment came out, too many children, who by law are still minors, and still classed as dependant, are being told that they don't qualify for PIP because they are capable of doing certain things. Should it matter that they can do things? after all, people on disability can still work right? My son has ADHD/ODD. He tried to burn the house down, hes grabbed knives and held them to me in a rage, hes tried to cook for himself and when its gone wrong, he goes into a rage. He has so many problems settling in school/college, he cant keep still that the tutors have to stay with him. He talks of suicide all the time, running off and texting he will be dead soon. Things have worsened since he was stripped of his money. He can no longer do or buy things that helped him. He had a stack of supporting evidence at his PIP medical assessment but they still refused him to carry on getting money for his disabilities. My daughter is now turning 16, she has severe learning disabilities. We as a family are prepared for her to lose her money too. It seems replacing disability living allowance with a need to claim PIP was an easy way for Cameron to make his welfare cuts, cuts affecting disabled and the elderly and poor. How could it be right that they are taking out on children who need this help? How can they say 16yr olds don't need disability money if they can try cook for themselves or get dressed themselves? They have problems and they need more help than the average 16yr old. All I'm asking is this age is put to 18, when they become an age when they are legally no longer children. Time to stop taking away from those who need it most

Primates should not be sold as pets as they are intelligent, complex animals that do not thrive in home environments. Often spending their lives isolated from their own kind, in cages too small for adequate exercise and fed inappropriate diets that lead to stunted growth and ill health, primates kept as pets suffer, one way or another.

Language is about communication and every time we use a term that links the terrorists to Islam we are reinforcing that connection. What they are doing has nothing to do with Islam. The danger is that ordinary moderate Muslims get tarred with the same brush. How would we react if this was a 'so called Christian group'? The words we use have a subtle but profound subliminal effect. Lets use the correct word. They are daesh!

This deprives genuine fans of attending their chosen event without paying vastly inflated prices, whilst offering nothing to society other than disappointment, stress and frustration.