The Senate approved a bill allowing funds to be allocated for the operation of certain agencies, informs The Hill. The Senate voted to approve a package of six bills totaling $460 billion on Friday evening, endorsing funding for various departments thr…
USA finds funds to finance government until end of September
The Senate approved a bill allowing funds to be allocated for the operation of certain agencies, informs The Hill. The Senate voted to approve a package of six bills totaling $460 billion on Friday evening, endorsing funding for various departments thr…
USA finds funds to finance government until end of September
The Senate approved a bill allowing funds to be allocated for the operation of certain agencies, informs The Hill. The Senate voted to approve a package of six bills totaling $460 billion on Friday evening, endorsing funding for various departments thr…
Brussels, my love? Is the European Parliament destined to move to the right?
This week we are joined by Laura Shields, from Red Thread EU, Kait Bolongaro, from MLex Europe, and Andrea Renda, from CEPS, the Centre for European Policy Studies. The elections for the European Parliament – now fewer than 100 days away – were our mai…
‘The Triple Lock has worked. We shouldn’t scrap it,’ says Sir Stephen Timms
Between 1994 and 2013, the proportion of pensioners in poverty fell by almost two-thirds. Pensioners went from having the second highest rate of poverty of any group, after children, to having the lowest. That progress has fallen back since, but only a…
Children at All Saints Inter-church Academy in March turn bikes and scooters into characters to kick-start book week
School children got creative to show off their favourite books. All Saints Inter-church Academy had a grand parade of blinged-up bikes and scooters. Many children and their families decorated their bikes and scooters in the theme of a book or character…
King’s Lynn Samaritans boosted by donation from Rotary Club of King’s Lynn
A cheque for £250 was presented to the Lynn branch of the Samaritans by one of the local Rotary clubs. At a recent meeting of the Rotary Club of King’s Lynn, the Samaritan’s Michael Upton gave a talk about the work of the organisation which was founded…
New recruits needed to meet green homes capacity challenge
Fenland residents and businesses are being urged to discover the opportunities available to them created by the drive to make homes greener. Rising energy costs, government schemes, the push to cut emissions, and the adoption of a new, toughened standa…
Dersingham man Jason Drewery who was banned from Co-op went into store and took gin without paying for it
A Dersingham resident who was banned from his local shop thought it would be okay to go back in – but was told he was not allowed in and left the store with a bottle of gin. Jason Drewery, 37, of Hipkin Road, appeared at Lynn Magistrates’ Court on Thur…
Decision over plans for 48-home development in Wimblington deferred
A decision over plans for a new 48-home development in a Fenland village has been deferred after councillors raised concerns over flooding, road safety and overcrowding. Fenland District Council’s (FDC) planning committee refused to approve the homes, …