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27/04/2012

At Least One Voter Delighted to Receive my Letter about their Postal Ballot

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My student daughter, Imogen Bidwell, has just emailed me this photo of her holding a letter from her Father and Labour Candidate about her...
26/04/2012

Royal Mail Blocks Customers Stocking Up on Postage Stamps Ahead of Massive Price Rises Next Monday

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From next Monday the cost of sending a letter will dramatically increase by nearly 40 per cent. A first class stamp will go up  from 46p t...
25/04/2012

Eastern Primary School Parent Council Meeting Tuesday 24 April Beginning at 19:15

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On Tuesday evening after my surgery at the Broughty Ferry Library, I attended the meeting of the the Eastern Primary School Parent Council...
24/04/2012

Litter Pickers Needed on Broughty Ferry Beach this Saturday Morning

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Broughty Ferry in Bloom group have appealed for volunteers to join them for a litter pick on Broughty Ferry beach/esplanade this Saturda...

Council Meetings Monday Evening 23 April 2012

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Last night at a series of Council Meetings I made the following contributions: Education Committee  Item 1 - Additional Funding to Supp...
21/04/2012

School Parking and Pupil Safety Working Group visit Forthill Primary School

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On Thursday afternoon I visited Forthill Primary School with members of the School Parking and Pupil Safety Working Group . This included...
20/04/2012

Whinny Brae School Site More Difficult to Sell After Budget Changes to VAT

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Unfortunately, the sale and the redevelopment of the former Eastern Primary School site looks more unlikely. This gloomy prediction comes ...
19/04/2012

First Day at Magnificent new Ballumbie Primary School

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I feel privileged to have to have joined parents carers, teachers and of course the pupils of Ballumbie Primary School on Wednesday mornin...
18/04/2012

Dundee Labour Offers Alternative Vision for Education in the City That Includes Bringing Back the Visiting Primary PE and Music Teachers

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Despite receiving an extra £97,000 from the Scottish Government towards providing two hours of quality PE for all our primary and secondar...
17/04/2012

Open Day Success at Age Concern Broughty Ferry

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This morning I attended the Open Day at the Age Concern Centre in Central Broughty Ferry at  343 Brook Street. I received a very warm we...

Entente Cordiale - Developing Election Twinning Links With Orléans

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Next Sunday is the day when voters in France go to the polls in the first round of their Presidential Elections. The Scottish Labour Par...
16/04/2012

Parkinson's UK Awareness Week and Coffee Morning in the YMCA

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This week is Parkinson's Awareness Week throughout the UK. They invite us to support them to find a cure for this   progressive neuro...
14/04/2012

Gray Street Temporary Closure Begins Monday 16 April 2012 for Gas Connection Works

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THE ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) THE DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL AS TRAFFIC AUTHORITY being satisfied that traffic on...
13/04/2012

Could You Be a Mentor to an S3/4 Pupil?

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The Education Department, in partnership with colleagues from the wider business community, operate a mentor programme within our secondar...

Predictions of Downgrading or Closure of Balmossie Fire Station Unwelcome

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Campaigning with Firefighters to Save Balmossie Fire Station in December 2009 Councillor Fairweather's statement on Monday predict...