At the Liberal Democrat Conference in Bournemouth David Chappell was called to speak on an emergency motion on Georgia. David criticised the knee jerk reaction to blame Russia for the crisis. It was…
Local volunteers have successfully launched a new Youth Club in the Fornhams!
It is common to see the Banks being blamed for the current economic crisis but that is far too easy a solution. It would be just as easy to blame local authority planning departments for the…
David Chappell was invited to be one of the readers of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Bury St Edmunds at a special Unitarian Church Service on 5th October 08. The occasion was…
To Vote, or Not To Vote was the very important issue raised by John Culverhill (EADT 1st August). What is achieved by not voting? Precisely...nothing.
With around 74,000 people eligible to take part in the consultation over the future of the Borough only 118 responses were received to this opportunity for local people to tell their Councillors and…
Your Borough recently extended Concessionary Fares to those over 60, or disabled.
What can St Edmundsbury do to address the problem of deprivation in the rural areas of St Edmundsbury that have been identified as being particularly acute?
The recent report of rural poverty makes grim reading and while some local conservatives have responded by trying to rubbish the messenger anyone who, like me, has knocked on doors in rural areas…
