Claire McCarthy, who’s living and working in Kuwait, grew up in Plymouth and missed the sight of the open sea – but the seaside on the Gulf coast, isn’t quite the same as the seadside in the south west
|
||||||||||||||
 2 comments - ()
The anti cuts march, the March for the Alternative is attracting people from throughout the South West and the country for different reasons. For Luke Pollard there are three main areas that are getting him protesting: Cuts to education, cuts to defence and cuts to the NHS as it is primed to be sold off 
Plymouth Greens are calling on all to join in with Earth Day and join in with saving the world 
The first half of the week was dominated by the troubles in North Africa in the European Parliament and the second half of the week was givenn over to the euro bailout. South West MEP Graham Watson on his week in Europe
South Devon is sending four full coaches of people to the March for the Alternative anti cuts demonstration in London, with other events pland in the region 
Naomi Klien was in Totnes talking to the transition culture people, as well as a wide ranging interview, she also spoke and took questions. Here’s a film of the event 
Torbay Council is to lobby Secretary of State, Eric Pickles, to permit an early referendum on the future of the elected mayor system in Torbay – a move which has cross-party support |
 |
|||||||||||||
|
Copyright © 2012 News and Media Republic Ltd
- All Rights Reserved
News and Media Republic Ltd, company number 05946401 |
||||||||||||||
