The MP for Bristol, Kerry McCarthy MP, has lent their support to Carers UK’s national carers’ rights campaign, urging people caring for ill or disabled loved ones to access all the support they are entitled to. The focus of Carers Rights Day 2011 is making sure that carers have clear information and advice about the ...
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Bristol schools, youth groups & businesses share ideas to realise youth talent A major development is underway in Bristol to realise the potential of local young people by unlocking their creativity. On completion in Autumn 2012, the Creative Youth Network’s (formerly the Kingswood Foundation) latest development, its remarkable £5.75million world-class youth hub, will provide an ...
Hundreds of TV Licensing workers walked out on Monday 17th October in a dispute over pay as management refuses to improve a below-inflation pay offer. Over 500 staff took part in the action in Bristol and Darwen which brought TV Licensing call centres to a standstill throughout the day. Staff are seeking an improved pay ...
City MP, Kerry McCarthy, has been granted a special debate in Parliament this Tuesday to discuss the drastic shortage of Primary School places in Bristol. Kerry is holding the debate to highlight the looming crisis in Bristol’s primary schools and will call upon the Department for Education to step in and provide emergency funding. Over ...
Yesterday Shadow Business Secretary, John Denham, joined local MP Kerry McCarthy to meet with small business owners and trader’s to discuss how the Government and Local Council’s can help support small businesses. John Denham’s visit to Bristol comes after it was revealed last week that Bristol has the most number of vacant business premises in ...
Yesterday in Liverpool, Kerry McCarthy, MP for Bristol East, joined the Shadow Transport Secretary, Maria Eagle to back Better Transport’s ‘Save our Buses’ campaign, raising awareness of the impact of the Government cuts to our local bus services. Research conducted by the Better Transport Campaign shows that over 70% of the 88 local authorities in ...
The search is on for 15 expert chefs in cuisines from across the world, as a new restaurant on Bristol’s Harbourside undertakes a major recruitment drive. Za Za Bazaar, the region’s biggest restaurant and bar attraction, which is due to open in the autumn, has been scouring the UK for chefs specialising in a broad ...
A 25-year-old man has been sentenced after an investigation into the importation of drugs by members of Avon and Somerset Constabulary’s Serious Crime Group. Mandela Staples from Herne Hill, London, was sentenced to 22 months imprisonment at Bristol Crown Court. Staples will serve 12 months for fraudulent evasion, four months for dangerous driving (to run ...
Kerry McCarthy, MP for Bristol East, has called upon the Government to postpone its plans to introduce Police Commissioners and to reconsider the stringent and deep budget cuts it has imposed on Police Forces throughout the Country. Estimates suggest Elected Police and Crime Commissioners will cost £100 million – equivalent to 600 full time police ...
The holy month of Ramadan is a time when many community organisations and mosques benefit from the generosity of Muslim people. Many charities are also raising desperately-needed funds to help the people affected by the famine in East Africa at this time.The MP for Bristol East, Kerry McCarthy, and the Charity Commission, the independent regulator ...
The MP for Bristol, Kerry McCarthy MP, has lent their support to Carers UK’s national carers’ rights campaign, urging...
Bristol schools, youth groups & businesses share ideas to realise youth talent A major development is underway in Bristol...
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