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FIFTY homes in a small Cotswold village have been left without clean drinking water after sewage contaminated the supply.
FOLLOWING my letter “All hands to the pumps” on August 19, I thought that your readers in Fairford might like to know that I had a meeting with the Environment Agency (EA) last week and, amongst other issues, I challenged their findings that only 12 properties are at risk of fluvial flooding in Fairford. Robust reasons were given for this based on local knowledge and reports from the families who were flooded in July 2007 and I asked the EA to consider my comments in relation to their figures and the criteria which produced their conclusions.
NOISE reduction equipment is set to be installed at the site of the new Uskmouth power station, after complaints from nearby residents.
The results of the annual PRWeek/Brands2Life Communications Directors Survey show that the recession has prompted more efficient, effective campaigns. Claire Murphy reports.
TWO constituency issues which have been of great concern to local residents recently are the future of Lister Petter in Dursley, and the planning application approved by Stroud District Council for a Motorway Service Station at Brookthorpe.
Staffing levels at Withybush Hospital are “at breaking point” and there are fears that a system of approval to fill vacant posts could make things worse.
Emergency services rushed to Withybush Hospital in the early hours of this morning (Monday), following reports of a suspected gas leak.
POLICE seized three quarters of a tonne of suspected stolen copper as part of an operation targeting the theft and sale of scrap metal.
Murco oil refinery has confirmed that unusual sulphurous smells reported at the weekend are likely to have come from its site – and could happen again.
WORK to protect homes in Newport from flooding was delayed after what experts think may be an unexploded World War Two bomb was found at the site, the Environment Agency said.
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