On Wednesday evening our local Labour Party GC (General Committee) was held at the Jubilee Room in the House of Commons. West Ham Labour Party activists were also invited by our MP Lyn Brown for an informal meeting and thank you event for all the hard work done by members in the previous year. Lyn had provided a cold buffet spread for us and she had managed to “ persuade ” 8 Cabinet Ministers...
Harrow West MP Gareth Thomas was delighted to open Nower Hill High School’s impressive new sixth form centre last week. Every Harrow High School now has a sixth form, and brand new sixth form centres are opening up to drive standards even higher. Gareth campaigned for sixth forms in schools and helped to secure £25 [...]
The public meeting I held last night with International Development Minister Gareth Thomas MP was a big success. Despite the blustery weather dozens of Putney residents ventured out to listen and contribute on this issue which means a lot to me. A cross section of the Putney community turned up to hear Gareth field a series of questions spanning the globe - from the piracy problems in Somalia; the...
A final reminder that International Development Minister Gareth Thomas is coming to Putney later today to contribute to a public meeting on how the government needs to continue committing resources to the developing world. The meeting takes place at the Platt Christian Centre, 22 Felsham Road, across the road from Putney Labour Party HQ from 7.30pm. This is a free event but there are only a handful...
You may have noticed that I have not posted for a while, the reason is here . Some of the world's poorest countries are to receive a cash injection of £1.5m from the UK government to help improve road safety. Road accidents are now a bigger cause of death than malaria in developing countries, with one person dying on the roads every 30 seconds. The funding will pay for pedestrian crossings and...
The growing use of branchless banking, including mobile phone banking, is inevitable in most countries. But it's far less certain whether large numbers of the unbanked poor will use these alternative channels for financial services beyond payments, such as savings and credit. So says "Scenarios for Branchless Banking in 2020," a new report from CGAP, a microfinance group based at the World...
The UK Government announced a four billion birr grant aid to Ethiopia to support the provision of basic services, social protection and humanitarian assistance, Minister of State for International Development, Gareth Thomas, said on Tuesday at the premises of the UK Embassy here.
The U.K. International Development Minister Gareth Thomas has issued a stark warning that, if action isn’t taken immediately, illegal fishing could have a devastating impact on fish stocks off the coast of Africa. Experts say unless much tighter regulation and policing are introduced, the over-fishing will also lead to the demise of the local, more small-scale [...]
Inspired by Big Finish's Dalek Empire audio series, here's an animated version of the opening scenes from the first story, animated using Carrara 6, Daz studio and Crazytalk 6. After centuries of peace, the galaxy is invaded by the Daleks. And nothing will ever be the same again... the first story, Dalek Empire I: Invasion of the Daleks, written and directed by Nicholas Briggs stars Sarah Mowat, Mark...
MIKE SHELDON (2), Matty Cookson and a Chris Gillespie effort sparked Railway Meols to a 4-2 victory over Carlton in the Wirral Sunday League's Challenge Cup third round. Lord Raglan put paid to Premier club Eagle & Crown as Tony Edwards (2) and Shaun Bagley netted in Sunday's 3-0 victory. Wirral Health were humbled 12-1 by favourites Prenton Park as Mike, Steve and Philly Owen all bagged hat tricks...
2. Mr. Andy Reed (Loughborough) (Lab/Co-op): What steps his Department is taking to alleviate food shortages in east Africa. [294270] 7. Mr. Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury) (Con): What recent assessment he has made of levels of availability of food in east Africa; and if he will make a statement. [294275] The Minister of State, Department for International Development (Mr. Gareth Thomas): My right...
Petition to the United Nations: In September 2009, Fallujah General Hospital had 170 new born babies, 24% of whom were dead within the first seven days, a staggering 75% of the dead babies were classified as deformed. This can be compared with data from the month of August in 2002 where there were 530 new born babies of whom six were dead within the first seven days and only one birth defect was reported....
• Lions prop set to return in Heineken Cup against Sale • Veteran forward Jake Boer signs again for Gloucester Gethin Jenkins will lead Cardiff Blues in their Heineken Cup tie against Sale at Edgeley Park tonight, his first appearance since exiting the second Test between the Lions and South Africa in Pretoria last June with face and shoulder injuries. The Wales prop was not expected to...
To add to the huge amount of injury worries that the Cardiff Blues currently have there have been hit by more bad news – a flu bug. Blues’ stars Xavier Rush, Sam Warburton and Tom Shanklin are currently suffering from flu like symptoms, which is a big blow to the injury hit squad. When you consider that they are already without Martyn Williams, Paul Tito, John Yapp, Bradley Davies, Gareth...
The Cardiff Blues victory over the Harlequins in the Heineken cup came at a cost with a number of players picking up injuries. John Yapp tore his bicep and is out for at least four months and will have an operation this week. Bradley Davies suffered a soft tissue neck injury and will be out for at least two weeks. Gareth Thomas’ injury is not as bad as first thought but he will not be training...
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