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 Nov 10 - Opposition to plans to donate land |
LABOUR councillors in South Derbyshire are concerned about plans to donate a piece of South Derbyshire land to create a £20million complex for the vulnerable and elderly. South De...
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| Aug 1 - plans for Swadlincote |
Swadlincote's Labour councillors Joan and Ron Lane have expressed fears that plans for a retail development in the town could destroy the town centre. Rokeby (Swadlincote) Ltd and Peveril Securities L...
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| June 24 - Michael Edwards is new parliamentary candidate |
Michael Edwards has been selected to be Labour's candidate for South Derbyshire at the next General Election. Michael is 47 and has been a city and county councillor in Nottingham for 1...
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| April 21 - Parking wardens decision |
SOUTH Derbyshire's new parking wardens will be under the control of the county council. Under new powers, parking enforcement will be transferred from the police to councils, allowing officers to...
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| April 20- Kevin criticises plans for committee meetings |
Labour group leader Kevin Richards has criticised the Conservatives' decision to restructure all South Derbyshire District Council committee meetings. Previously, authority meetings would take p...
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| March 13 - Rebuilding Swadlincote schools delayed. |
Building Schools for the Future - the project to rebuild secondary schools - has been delayed in Swadlincote. Derbyshire County Council had proposed to use the £44m to close William Allitt and
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| March 17 - Vandalism at Willoughby House |
Swadlincote ward councillors have taken up the case of pensioners who are being plagued by vandals. People at Willoughby House in Hall Farm Close have had to live with vandalism for years but r...
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| March 14 - Donations to Conservative Party |
Mark Todd has revealed that £56,500 has been donated to the district's Conservatives in the last year. Mark has discovered that a man called James Tyler gave the party £42,500 in December and...
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| October 2007 - Kevin calls for end to prescription charges |
South Derbyshire Labour group leader Kevin Richards is urging people to lobby the Government to scrap prescription charges. Prescriptions are free in Wales and are being phased out in Scot...
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| July 2007 - Fears hospital may lose A & E |
BURTON'S Queen's Hospital would lose its casualty department if it is not granted foundation status, according to the Labour Group in South Derbyshire. Kevin Richards, Newhall ward representati...
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| August 2007 - Council tenants satisfied |
A survey by the Audit Commission has placed the district council in the top five authorities in the country in terms of tenant satisfaction.
Figures, published in August, show tha...
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| October 19, 2007 - Gordon wins by-election |
Labour candidate Gordon Rhind has won the by-election for the Church Gresley ward of South Derbyshire District Council. The election was being held following the death of Labour councillor Bob ...
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