†The absolute failure of supermarkets to pass a fair share of the milk price on to dairy farmers is a key issue. The survival of the industry is wholly dependant on the Commission taking urgent action to tackle this

Borders MP Michael Moore has welcomed a personal assurance from the Transport Secretary, Lord Adonis, that rail services to and from Berwick-upon-Tweed on the East Coast Main Line will be sustained at current levels whilst the line is under state

These figures are shocking. The priority for Health Boards must be to find the cause of this increase so we can begin to address this alarming trend."

Figures secured by North East Fife MP Sir Menzies Campbell show that the number of people claiming unemployment in the constituency in June 2009 has risen 72% compared with the same period last year. Commenting on the figures, Sir Menzies

Alan Reid, Liberal Democrat MP for Argyll & Bute, condemned the Scottish Government for downgrading the Vale of Leven Hospital. The Scottish Government have removed anaesthetics cover from the Vale.

Odd Down Councillors Steve Hedges and Nigel Roberts are celebrating the tenth anniversary of their weekly advice surgery for residents this month.

Councillor Neil Butters (Lib Dem, Bathavon South), who represents the villages south of Bath, has called for the B3110 between Hinton Charterhouse and the Somerset County Council Border to be resurfaced as a matter of priority. The road is currently

The Community Composting Club in Wellow has taken delivery of a giant sieve for removing sticks, large lumps and aerating the compost (thereby removing the need to shred before the material goes in), which has been paid for using the

Councillor Gerry Curran (Twerton) who is the Lib Dem lead on planning, has said that the situation following last week's second Bath Transport Package planning committee is one of chaos and confusion and is trying to persuade the Council Leadership

News that the Government has cancelled a £112 million of funding to pay for work to bring the borough's Council housing up to decent home standards has been met with shock and anger by local tenants and Council Leaders. The

Paul Burstow, MP for Sutton and Cheam, is putting pressure on the head of Sutton and Merton PCT to respond to the concerns of the local Hearing Support Group about audiology services because they feel they are being ignored.

After vehemently denying that it had authorized the use of the Suez Canal to the Israeli Navy, the Egyptian government acknowledged the evidence. It invoked the application of the 1880 Convention of Constantinople which allows for the transit of military

Whereas the corporate media in NATO countries have sanctified the Kean-Hamilton report of the government-appointed commission on the attacks of September 11, 2001, French comedian Jean-Marie Bigard's mockery of this preposterous tale is a resounding box-office success. Indeed, it is

The mediation of the Nobel Peace Prize, Oscar Arias, between the Honduran constitutional president Manuel Zelaya and the putschists who expelled him, turns out to be a mere delaying tactic. Washington is trying to gain time in order to render

Cuban President Raul Castro held official talks in Luanda with his Angolan counterpart Jose Eduardo Dos Santos shortly after the Cuban delegation was officially welcomed in that African nation.

Obama's revamping of the Unites States' image is still in full swing. In a speech delivered in Accra before the Ghanaian parliament, he reached out to Africans and vowed to help them defeat under-development. As previously in Cairo and Moscow,

A hidden camera report, which was given widespread coverage by western television networks, shows the Melia Cohíba Hotel management in Havana prohibiting internet acces to Cuban nationals and reserving it for the exclusive use of its customers. This report was

The central rally to mark National Rebelliousness Day to be held next July 26 in eastern Holguin province will be attended by 200, 000 citizens in representation of the Cuban people.

Cambridge is seriously lagging behind other cities in improving its air quality and the blame has been laid firmly at the door of the Tory-run county council.

Cash to provide new social housing in Cambridge has been plundered by the government.