If this Local Plan goes ahead as it is now, there will be a huge strain put on public services (e.g. school placements, doctor's surgeries, community centres), significant increases in air pollution, increased traffic and big losses of wildlife.

Almost 9000 people have been fined £30 or more for accidentally driving through the bus gate. It is a very easy mistake to make as the signage is inadequate and there are no road markings. The Council has not made the bus gate restrictions clear enough, as evidenced by the huge number of people driving through it. Innocent people are being fined. Many of these will be visitors to the city who will be left with a bad experience of our beautiful city. This has brought shame to the city of Bath. IF YOU WANT TO APPEAL YOUR FINE, YOU CAN DO SO ONLINE: https://parking.bathnes.gov.uk/pages/home.aspx Please also visit the Facebook Campaign Page at: www.facebook.com/cancelbusgatefines

There are relatively few traces of Bournemouth's glorious past but Dean Park cricket ground, in a treasured conservation area, is one of them. This precious site is a legacy of Victorian times when 'gentlemen' played professionals. The ground was used for the first time for athletic sports in connection with the new Bournemouth Cricket Club in the spring of 1871; the first match was played on the 30th June 1871. Since that time it has been in constant use and before 1974 when Bournemouth was moved from Hampshire into Dorset it was Hampshire's county cricket ground and continued in that role till the early 90's. AFC Bournemouth used it as their football ground at one time and it was the launch pad for the internationally famous West Hants Lawn Tennis Club. The Duke of Edinburgh led the winning team in September 1949 in a match at the ground. More recently the ground has been leased to Bournemouth University and still hosts many games as well as being a venue for local schools to teach cricket and stage sports days. Now the lease is running out and Bournemouth University say they can't afford to carry on. Not just local residents but everyone who values our English heritage is urged to sign this petition to save Dean Park as a multi-use sport ground. If we lose this cricket ground then we lose a part of our cultural heritage and we lose a part of England forever. Look at our website: www.friendsofdeanpark.org More background: http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/10582085.Dean_Park_cricket_ground_up_for_sale/ http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/10828642.Bournemouth_cricket_ground_listed_as_community_asset_after_residents__campaign/

Trans fatty acids (produced industrially as hydrogenated oils) are estimated to KILL 7,000 people in the UK every year. All responsible bodies in the UK, and many countries in europe and states of the USA have already banned them. Doctors, NICE (the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence), and main articles in the Guardian, the Telegraph, the Daily Mail all agree: there is no reason to have these in our food. Many supermarkets have also eliminated them - in their own brand products at least - including Sainsburys, Marks and Spencer, Waitrose, Tesco and the Co-op. But other food sources use them, with no required information to customers and no control over their use. The American Medical Association has stated that there is no safe limit. NICE has called for their ban. These fats have no food value, but increase LDL (bad) cholesterol and reduce HDL (good) cholesterol, and even a 2% amount in the diet is reported to double the risk of coronary heart disease. There is no need for this junk in our food other than for the convenience of the food industry (it prolongs shelf life and is a cheap way of solidifying oil in fast foods). Recently Andrew Lansley has stated that the average UK citizen only consumes under 1% in the diet (though this is still a significant increase in risk), and voluntary codes of conduct are sufficient. The food manufacturers make an identical case. But the average is not the point: better off older people - customers of M&S, Waitrose, and other supermarkets - consume very little. But younger people who naturally use fast food outlets often consume considerably more than that average. They are in general unaware of the risks and, being young, sometimes don't think too much about what will happen in 20, 30 years. Older people have a duty to care on their behalf. One other point. Some supporters think such a ban is against the freedom of people to choose what they eat. But this is a poor argument at best. Trans fat was banned from Denmark 9 years ago, and there is no noticeable change in the taste or quality of food, nor any desire to reverse that change. This is such an easy policy change, and so absolutely beneficial. Just do it! References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_fat http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1291041/They-kill-7-000-people-year-trans-fats-wont-banned.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/food-drink/why-are-toxic-trans-fats-in-food-still-legal-in-the-uk-28656231.html http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/07/fda-ban-trans-fats-health http://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/jan/18/trans-fats-ban-comment

In a time of austerity a few are profiting nicely at the tax payers expense. MP's expenses need to be rigourously scrutineed in order to restore public confidence in our leaders. For Osbourne to declare that 'we are all in it together' is rank hypocrisy in the extreme. More background: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/georgeosborne/9729139/George-Osborne-bought-paddock-with-taxpayers-money.html

Because on rainy days...how else are we to be entertained?

It is apparent from experience that choosing parties on the basis of stated agendas is not enough to guarantee we achieve anything. The actions rarely mirror the bold promises once in office. It can appear Breach Of Contract is is just an abstract concept to our Political Parties who show exceptional finesse in being able to do a complete 180, seamlessly, without too much trouble, and yet keep voters aligned to them somehow. It's like a collective amnesia where we're forcing ourselves to replay history over and over, convincing ourselves we won't get short-changed again, ignoring the in-built weaknesses and Conflicts Of Interest arising from our current Democratic System.

Whitton Station is a critical transport hub for the people of Whitton handling 1.3 million passengers per annum, more than the Cities of Walsall and Gloucester. It is run down and has no lifts and only steep stair access/exit meaning that it is off limits to people with children and buggies, the elderly and people living with disabilities. It has been decades since it has seen any investment and with the Rugby World Cup coming to the town in 2015 it is important that the station is made ready for this influx of visitors and more importantly the residents of Whitton. The RFU, as part of its winning bid to host the World Cup, is committed to providing a legacy to local communities and the station should be considered in these plans. Whitton hosts rugby supporters at each match largely with no fuss yet its creaking infrastructure is in need of improvement. With monies from the development of Twickenham's South Stand still unspent we call on the RFU to release these funds for the upgrade/improvement of Whitton station. Ultimately the station is owned by the Alliance (Network Rail and Southwest Trains) and at present it is simply not fit for purpose. It is long due an upgrade we call on the Alliance to bring forward proposals to improve the station and provide essential accessibility to all the residents of Whitton including the use of Access for All Funding made available by the central government. We also call on the Council to bring together all key actors and to act on its pledge to commit Uplift funding to the scheme in order to bring about funding from the Alliance and the RFU. *** UPDATE: Whitton Station Awarded Access for All Funding *** On Tuesday 29th April the Minister of State for Transport, Stephen Hammond MP, announced that Whitton is to be awarded Access for All funding as part of an additional £100m to be spread across 42 stations. This is fantastic news fulfilling the key part of this campaign for better accessibility but is not the end of the campaign. We still need your support to get the RFU and the Alliance to provide funds to bring about a station fit for the residents of Whitton. Click here to read more about the announcement: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/access-for-all-funding-announcement

As it stands now, we can only vote for the candidates listed on the ballet paper. If you do not like any of them, it's a choice to either to not indicate any or defile the paper. Both options are against the law and could have repercussions. With the addition of a none of the above option you will be able to register your dissatisfaction with the candidates and not brake the law. But still support the electoral system.

At the moment LDN is not widely available on the NHS to MS sufferers in the UK but in other parts of the World,like the USA it has been available for years. Lots of MS sufferers who've had to buy it on private prescription say that it has rid them of symptoms which even high dose toxic drugs did not. It has also been for use in many other conditions, http://www.lowdosenaltrexone.org/index.htm#How_does_LDN_work_ but it seems that this is not widely known to most sufferers. At the moment most Doctors do not prescribe it or know of it's uses for other conditions and sufferers have to buy it privately. It is a cheaper Drug to buy than most other MS Drugs I've heard but yet it's not viable for Drug Companies to endorse it at such low doses (profit wise) and therefore tests have not been untaken on a large scale to make NICE approve of its use for this purpose

Why should a resident of doncaster recieving treatment by doncaster nhs have to go to leeds nhs to qualify for funded treatment? This is creating all sorts of problems and issue for this lady she is 69 years old and as had a horrendous experience with her treatment as it is and to cap it all doncaster n.h.s. will not fund her home care. This is terrible and unfair. Sign this petition if you agree and want to do something about this.

The initial consultation was manipulated to include responses from people who wouldn't be affected by the scheme. This 'fix' enabled the council to claim a 50%/50% split vote, but their own guidance (document HP 4/15) states "Experience has shown that Resident Parking Schemes will not be successful unless they have majority support of responses received". 50% is not a majority, but members of all parties (including the Greens!) decided to go ahead anyway. There is neither the wish nor the need to move from free parking to permits of £120 per year plus the cost of visitor permits. Council officers and members deny that the scheme is about the money. But a FOI (Freedom of Information) request showed that, in this zone alone, they could expect net profits (ie profits after costs) of £700,000 over 10 years: and that without any increase to permit or parking costs. The Council intends to continue rolling out its pay-for-parking schemes right across Brighton and Hove, in every area: these schemes are viral. Once an area has a scheme, displaced parkers create parking problems in neighbouring areas, who then also feel forced into having a scheme, and so it goes on. It is a completely deliberate attempt to create a 'cash cow'. The council was so keen to instigate its scheme (we had already refused it twice) that its contractors worked all over Bank Holiday weekend (starting at 8am with angle grinders, diggers etc). The lines are painted and some of the sign posts are already in. We are already being harassed by 'fake' parking tickets and bully-boy tactics by the council's contractors (and have plenty of evidence). The schemes spoil our environments, discourage visitors and threaten local businesses. In other areas, people have dug up front gardens to create off-road parking: flora and fauna lost, as well as the original parking space that was there. Some of us have organised ourselves, but the Ombudsman will not take our case, and we cannot afford a Judicial Review (complaints investigated' by the council themselves have got precisely nowhere, unsurprisingly). The council called the police twice to arrest our local lay priest - he was only exercising his right to peaceful protest, and - thankfully - the police saw this. We need your help, please, in getting the council to stop and pause, and re-run a fair consultation by which we will all stand.