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Incinerator campaign goes viral
Published onPERTH residents have given massive backing to the Stop the Incinerator campaign this weekend. Campaigners at Tesco’s Edinburgh Road store, adjacent to the proposed incinerator site, collected more than a thousand objections to Grundon’s planning application. Taking time out from collecting objections at Tesco, campaigner Tina Ng A Mann from…
Teignmouth youths sentenced for microwave cat cruelty
Published on9 February 2011: According to BBC News, two youths involved in the torture of a cat which was forced into a microwave have avoided a custodial sentence. The 17-year-olds from Teignmouth had earlier admitted causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal. A youth court, sitting at Newton Abbot Magistrates' Court,…
Tourist bosses back better trains bid
Published onCutting rail times between Norwich and London could bring a massive boost to Norfolk's tourism industry, it was claimed at the launch of an important campaign this February. Some of Norfolk's most powerful people have joined forces together to lobby hard for improvements to the county's railways and in particular…
Artists back Gallery Lambton project
Published onCanada's "The Observer" has reported that support for a plan to build a new multi-million-dollar home for Gallery Lambton in downtown Sarnia is gathering momentum online. Lambton County council is expected to consider the fate of the project during a special meeting Wednesday, 11 a.m., at the county buildings in…
Blair for President? Polls raise serious doubts
Published onPolls throughout Europe – and 40,000 petition signatories – agree. There is gathering momentum to stop the former PM. Tony Blair's former chief adviser on the EU has misgivings about the ex-prime minister becoming President of Europe, as the campaign to overturn his bid gathers pace. Sir Stephen Wall –…
John Lennon Way, New York, NY
Published onA fan of John Lennon is attempting to get the corner of Central Park West and West 72nd Street named after the slain music legend. The West Side Spirit is reporting that Toni Diffley, a lifelong fan of Lennon who says she got the idea for the renaming a year…
Sheriff Judd Goes Online to Urge Man's Execution
Published onBARTOW, Florida, USA | The Polk County Sheriff's Office has posted an online petition urging the governor to sign a death warrant for triple murderer Paul Beasley Johnson. In a move that legal professionals have called unusual, odd and unheard of, the sheriff's office launched the petition Wednesday requesting Gov.…
Thousands sign petition lobbying for extended WA trading hours
Published onPERTH, Australia: Opposition Leader Eric Ripper is facing a community backlash after voting down longer shopping hours in WA - with thousands signing an online petition for change. The petition, quietly launched to push for extended trading hours on specialist website gopetition.com.au this week, had 3798 signatures in favour of a…
Campaign to Investigate Hauntings Gains Momentum
Published onRobert Sinclair and his team of investigators with Mid-Iowa Paranormal were thwarted by the Jasper County Board of Supervisors last week in their attempt to investigate possible hauntings at the former care facility buildings. The supervisors claim the care facility is too dangerous to allow anybody in, with broken glass…
Humanitarian Aid for Isolated Gaza
Published onΑναχώρησε γύρω στις 11.00 το πρωί της Τετάρτης από το λιμάνι της Λάρνακας το υπό ελληνική σημαία σκάφος «Αρίων», το οποίο μεταφέρει ανθρωπιστική βοήθεια προς τον αποκλεισμένο παλαιστινιακό πληθυσμό στη Λωρίδα της Γάζας. Ο απόπλους του σκάφους που μεταφέρει ανθρωπιστική βοήθεια του κινήματος «Ελεύθερη Γάζα» κατέστη δυνατός αφότου ολοκληρώθηκαν οι…