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Overslade Lane Seepage
Severn Trent have been probing the mysterious water seepage along Overslade Lane. Their underground cameras have found a drain that even they did not know about but dye tests have shown that this…
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Cllr Bill Lewis makes his annual appeal for volunteer snow wardens
Cllr Bill Lewis is making his annual appeal for volunteer snow wardens for the Rokeby & Overslade Ward. Snow wardens use salt provided by Warwickshire County Council to de-ice critical public…
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Rugby’s First 1st Thursday – countdown to 5 March 2015
Work on the First Thursday project continued with a buzzy meeting of local business people at St Andrews last night (9 December 2014). Over forty local businesses have now said they will support the…
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Rugby Borough Council decisions 9 December 2014
It took Rugby Borough Council just forty minutes to make five key decisions for the future of our town last night.
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Neil Sandison’s green ranger scheme gets the amber light
Last night, 9 December 2014, at the Rugby Council meeting Cllr Neil Sandison (Lib Dem, Eastlands) made a passionate appeal for the Council to unite behind his green ranger proposal - see…
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Jerry Roodhouse presses Tories on Rugby Council’s financial performance
At the Council meeting last night, 9 December 2014, Cllr Jerry Roodhouse (Lib Dem, Paddox) pressed the ruling conservative group on their financial performance.
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All party support for longer Hunters Lane recycling centre opening
There was all party support for longer opening hours at the Hunters Lane recycling centre in Rugby at the Council meeting last night, 9 December 2014.
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Labour rebel against leader over Council Tax
A pattern seems to be emerging in Rugby Borough Council of parties rebelling against their representatives on all-party working groups.
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Tory delays leave the door open to property speculators
Fourteen years ago Tony Blair's Labour government passed new laws creating two classes of councillor. Those who sat on the Council's cabinet and directed the officers and ordinary ward councillors…
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Eric Pickles’ threat to Rugby’s green fields
Eric Pickles MP (Con, Brentwood & Ongar) the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government is trying to "persuade" local authorities to release land for housing.