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30/09/2012

Developing Visions and Values in Our Schools

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Photo copyright acknowledged www.angusreid.co.uk Many of our schools are developing or revising their statement of their vision and va...
29/09/2012

Paving the Way for Falls Prevention in Broughty Ferry

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Click on image to enlarge Earlier this week, a sprightly constituent over retirement age contacted me about her unfortunate fall. She ha...
28/09/2012

Dundee University Almost Top of the Class Again

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Dundee University come very close to the top of the class again in a student satisfaction survey. They achieved a 90% level of student sa...

Broughty Ferry Library Seeking Friends' Group

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On Wednesday evening I attended a consultation event about forming a Friends' Group for Broughty Ferry Library. This followed an afte...
27/09/2012

Welcome for Funding Commitment for Rebuilding Baldragon Academy

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I welcome the announcement made yesterday, by the Scottish Government, that the rebuilding of Baldragon Academy has been approved as part ...
26/09/2012

'Crisis' Looms as Staffing Levels at City Schools near 'Breaking Point'

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This post reproduces a substantial part of an article which was published in the Evening Telegraph on Tuesday 25 September 2012 written b...

National Go Home on Time Day

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Today is National Go Home on Time Day. The reason why I am featuring this is that I think many folk who are in work are working excessive ...
25/09/2012

Christmas Lights with £19,000 Worth of Health and Safety

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Click on image to enlarge At the City Development Committee meeting last night, a report had been added to the agenda recommending ...
24/09/2012

Dead Branches Overhanging Open Space in Forthill Road Reported

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A constituent has alerted me to the large dead branch of a tree overhanging the open space on Forthill Road.  More worrying, in the...
23/09/2012

No Extra Budget Cash for School Building in Dundee in 2013/14

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In his Budget statement last Thursday, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance announced an additional £80 million for school building. This wo...
22/09/2012

Cyclists and Pedestrians Need to Show Mutual Consideration on Shared Coastal Pathway

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Diverse traffic on the coastal pathway  at Grassy Beach - click to enlarge I think many of my constituents are aware that I enjoy walkin...
21/09/2012

No Extra Places at Dundee College in Draft Scottish Budget Yesterday

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Yesterday afternoon, John Swinney MSP, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance delivered his statement to the Scottish Parliament on his draft b...
20/09/2012

Dundee Peer Educators Share their Project at Scottish Learning Festival

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Yesterday I attended the Scottish Learning Festival 2012 in Glasgow. This annual event aims to inspire and transform learning and teaching...
19/09/2012

Brian Cox Filming Bob Servant Independent on Douglas Terrace

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Click on this image to enlarge Yesterday, while I was out on my regular dog walk along the coastal pathway, I came across Brian Cox and ...
18/09/2012

Anton Drive Residents Impatient for Replacement Retaining Wall

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In early July, following torrential rain, the City Engineer decided that the weight of water above a retaining wall in Anton Drive was pot...