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Justice system failing
With the government planning mass releases of prisoners to reduce overcrowding in prisons they are highlighting the complete failure of the system to rehabilitate and retrain prisoners before their…
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Save Our Post offices
Post Offices are the lifeblood of communities in both rural and urban areas, particularly when they are combined with other services, such as the local shop. They have a vital role to play for the…
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Support our Troops
There was a time when British soldiers were the best trained and best led soldiers in the world. Of course, the same could be said of the Zulu's they fought at Rork'e Drift. The Zulu's died while our…
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Taxes or Green Action
It seems the need for taxing us for energy use has won the argument and the government has embarked on a programme of new nuclear power stations. These will not come into use for 15 years and by then…
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Has our PCT gone mad?
First they decide to put out to tender the 'personal medical service' contracts of our GP's; then they decide there are enough NHS dentists in Bury St Edmunds and refuse to fund more!
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Ward Councillor judges Scarecrow Festival
In September the village of Fornham All Saints held its Scarecrow Festival. The whole community takes part and it was a great honour to be asked to judge the scarecrows. It took me four hours to walk…
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Parking Charges
I noted with interest the comments of Sandra Pell (BFP 4th May) regarding parking charges. While she is right to say that there is no such thing as free parking she has missed a fundamental point in…