Mercury, barometers and daft EU law

Posted by on Jun 6, 2007 in updates | 14 comments Robert Sturdy MEP tried his best to ensure that new laws banning the use of mercury in new barometers did not go through. But unfortunately, common sense did not prevail. The ban will also apply to thermometers and blood pressure gauges. If there was any real concern that the miniscule amounts of mercury were harmful to health and the environment, then Robert would have been the first...
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UK political bloggers head for USA

Posted by on Jun 6, 2007 in updates | 5 comments I would love to go on a trip like this to the USA for political bloggers. I thought it was all so interesting that I have published the article in full. If ConservativeHome need a female blogger to help advise during the trip to Australia, I could check my diary….. Bloggers behind two of the UK’s most popular political websites are to travel to the US to learn...
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Recycling – New York style

Posted by on Jun 6, 2007 in updates | 7 comments You would probably imagine that New York City with its dense 8.2 million population and towering apartment blocks would struggle to cope with recycling. So how does it compare to London and its 7.6 million residents? Sharon Fisher, a Recycling Coordinator, says the state is averaging around 32%. In London, figures published last year showed our capital city had a recycling rate of 17.7%...
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James’ mystery leading lady

Posted by on Jun 6, 2007 in updates | 2 comments My son James is filming again today, we had a 5am start so he could get to the studio in Stoke Newington, which is recording a new BBC series of Love Soup. He has his first speaking part too in a professional role. He will be filmed coming out of the cinema with another lad when they see the film’s leading lady in the foyer and brashly ask her to autograph their chests....
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The missing – Trenton Duckett

Posted by on Jun 6, 2007 in updates | 1 comment Two-year-old Trenton Duckett disappeared from his cot where he was sleeping at home in Leesburg, Florida last August. His 21-year-old mother Melinda committed suicide two weeks later, apparently following a TV interview with Nancy Grace, a controversial former prosecutor. Officials said there was not enough evidence to lead to his mother and nine months later, the trail has gone cold, with no...
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