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Thu, 10 June 10
Environmental Transport Assocation

MAYOR OF LONDON TO INVEST £3.1M IN 'GREENWAYS' CYCLING SCHEME

Transport for London and the Mayor, Boris Johnson, are investing £3.1m in a new ‘Greenways’ scheme in the capital

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Tue, 8 June 10
TimesOnline

PRINCE WILLIAM HEADS DIAMOND JUBILEE CAMPAIGN TO SAVE PLAYING FIELDS

Prince William yesterday launched a campaign to safeguard 2,012 public playing fields as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

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Mon, 7 June 10
The Guardian.co.uk

DEMOS SEES BIG ROLE FOR SUPERMARKETS IN REGENERATING POOR COMMUNITIES

Big supermarket chains have a key role to play in regenerating Britain's poorest communities, according to a report published today by an influential thinktank.  Demos argues that the presence of mainstream retailers....

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Thu, 20 May 10
Bloombery Business Week

U.K. GOVERNMENT PLANS TO BUILD OFFSHORE ENERGY GRID FOR WIND

The U.K. government pledged to build an power distribution grid offshore, removing one of the barriers to expanding wind and tidal energy planning to new plants to generate electricity.  The commitment was included in a “program for government” today by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties, which last week agreed to form a coalition.

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Thu, 20 May 10
eGov Monitor

NEW GOVERNMENT LAYS OUT PLANS TO TRANSFORM PLANNING

Ministers have confirmed that “radical” reform of the planning system will be central to the new coalition Government’s programme with the scrapping of Regional Spatial Strategies, the abolition of the Infrastructure Planning Commission and the adoption of the Conservative’s ‘localism’ agenda.

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Wed, 19 May 10
Telegraph.co.uk

PRINCE CHARLES ATTACKED OVER 'INAPPROPRIATE' ATTEMPT TO DERAIL CHELSEA BARRACKS DEVELOPMENT

The Prince of Wales has been accused of abusing his position to derail the Chelsea Barracks development by the president of the Royal Institute of British Architects

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Mon, 17 May 10
Daily Echo

NEW BLUEPRINT FOR CITY’S (SOUTHAMPTON) FUTURE

CONSULTANTS will this week begin drawing up a masterplan to bring 25,000 new jobs and 5,000 new homes to the centre of Southampton by 2026.

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Fri, 14 May 10
The Guardian

CAMERON: I WANT COALITION TO BE THE 'GREENEST GOVERNMENT EVER'

PM announces commitment to 10:10 campaign during visit to Department of Energy and Climate Change with Chris Huhne

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Wed, 12 May 10
The Independent

RESIDENTS' DELIGHT AS HEATHROW RUNWAY PLANS SCRAPPED

The new coalition Government's scrapping of a third runway at Heathrow airport reflects the manifesto promises of both the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties.  The decision, confirmed in details of the coalition agreement announced today, will anger

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Mon, 10 May 10
The Guardian

BORIS JOHNSON URGES DAVID CAMERON TO SHELTER LONDON FROM CUTS

Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, today made a plea to David Cameron to shelter the capital from cuts to major projects.

The Conservative mayor joked that he expected Cameron to be confirmed as prime minister by mid-morning as he warned the new government that it was "in the national interest" to protect London from cuts.

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