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- Reading Women 1-2 West Ham United Women
- Chelsea Women 6-0 Bristol City Women: Fran Kirby & Beth England score hat-tricks
- Arsenal Women 3-0 Yeovil Town Ladies: Kim Little & Beth Mead help Gunners to win
- Europa League: Arsenal kick-off time v Borisov 'totally unacceptable'
- Chelsea v Malmo: Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga to miss game through injury
Oxford City
- Formula 1 testing 2019: Williams describe delayed start to testing as 'embarrassing'
- Henley Standard newspaper letters page drops 'sexist' Sir
- Oxford United: Karl Robinson prepared to take weight of club's problems
- Oxford University to increase bursaries for low-income students
- Boy, 16, arrested after attempted rape in Kidlington
BBC Birmingham News Feeds
- Brighton & Hove Albion Women 2-1 Birmingham City Women
- Man charged after boy stabbed in stomach in Smethwick
- FA Cup: Wolves v Man Utd quarter-final live on BBC
- Birmingham bin strike: Council legal action against union
- Che Adams: Birmingham forward will 'enhance career' if he chooses Scotland
- Youths charged after Birmingham stabbing leaves man 'critical'
- Wolverhampton murder probe as man dies in street
- Paedophile hunter claims Sikh girls targeted by men
- Brexit: What do Birmingham's Number 11 bus passengers think?
- Wales v England: John Terry gives pep talk to Eddie Jones' team
BBC Bristol News Feed
- Chelsea Women 6-0 Bristol City Women: Fran Kirby & Beth England score hat-tricks
- Pontins holiday camp ceiling collapse: 18 people injured
- Two brothers jailed for 'barbaric' Bristol machete attack
- Neighbours 'misled' over 'dream homes' on Barratt estate
- Plans for new Bath City football stadium revealed
- Portsmouth investigating after bottle thrown towards Bristol Rovers' Tom Lockyer
- 'Institutional racism' at Bristol City Council
- Bristol apartments on stilts to be built over car park
- Bristol teacher Benjamin Bird asked boy for 'penis photo'
- Patchway war memorial lists dead for first time
Cornwall Council News feed
- Budgets and council tax lead the agenda at full Council meeting next week
- Twelve Cornwall Council car parks to move over to ‘pay on exit’
- Highways England and Cornwall Council funding delivers cycling and heritage boost for Cornwall
- Call for young people to learn emergency skills through Duke of Cornwall Community Safety Award
- Cash for greener taxis in clean air boost for Cornwall
- Cabinet backs £495,000 Torpoint regeneration plan
- Anti-social behaviour team takes action in Camborne and Newquay and secures closure orders
- Partnership backs plan for dedicated Penzance caseworker in anti-social behaviour clampdown
- Cornwall steps up action at national clean air summit
- Leading national culture organisations commit to Cornwall’s culture, arts and heritage
BBC Essex News Feed
- Tilbury2 gets approval next to Port of Tilbury in Essex
- Colchester rape: Two jailed for 'birthday' attack on woman
- Essex Police's 'Craig David' e-fit mocked on social media
- Nephew, 5, inspires hairdresser's Spargoland 'sensory' salon
- Boy convicted of sex assault on pupil allowed back to school
- Coin collector murder accused 'amazed' by collection
- Paras and Royal Anglians in Afghanistan as Nato bodyguards
- Snooker Shoot-Out: Emma Parker ready for 'massive opportunity'
- Wilko Johnson backs campaign to save Southend music venue
- The naked women of Britain's churches
BBC Hampshire News Feed
- Eloise Parry diet pill death man 'wrongly charged twice'
- Michael Obafemi signs new Southampton contract to 2022
- Portsmouth investigating after bottle thrown towards Bristol Rovers' Tom Lockyer
- Jeremy Hardy: Comedian's funeral held in Dorset
- Arrest after boy shot in legs and ankles in Southampton
- VR paragliding 'could be used by Red Devils'
- The Isle of Wight ice skaters without an ice rink
- Cammell Laird's new £10m ferry takes to the water
- Isle of Wight dementia sufferer left with just pyjamas
- Teenager shot in leg outside Southampton house
BBC Manchester News Feeds
- Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola 'a big fan of VAR' after win at Schalke
- Manchester City Women 3-1 Everton Ladies
- Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury rematch: WBC 'confident' the fight will take place
- FA Cup: Wolves v Man Utd quarter-final live on BBC
- Super League: Huddersfield Giants v Warrington Wolves
- Shamima Begum: IS teenager says losing UK citizenship 'unjust'
- Hit-and-run killer had 'flagrant disregard for rules of road'
- Salford Red Devils: Victims of racist graffiti to be guests at St Helens game
- Bolton winding-up petition court date set
- Metrolink services disrupted after woman hit by tram at Oldham Mumps
BBC Lincolnshire News Feed
- Gang leader's dog forced to fight larger dog for 45 minutes
- Animal lover's campaign for life-saving pet oxygen masks
- RAF Tornado flypast marks active service retirement
- Lincolnshire hospital parking system 'not fit for purpose'
- David Ibbotson: Search for Emiliano Sala pilot's body to start next week
- Two deny murder of man in Boston street
- Lincoln City v Stevenage
- Man jailed for assault on homeless men in tent in Hull
- Concerns over Lincolnshire Police child protection
- Hare coursing falls 'due to new policy' in Lincolnshire
Amersham News Views and Information News Feed
- Jumble Sale – 2nd Amersham Common Scouts – 30 March
- 2019 Amersham Art Demonstration Programme
- Rotary Amersham Fundraising Quiz Night – Feb 23
- Chesham Musical Theatre Company – present Fiddler on the Roof – April 10th to 13th
- Piano Recital – Aizhana Nurkenova – 15 February – Dr Challoner’s High School, Little Chalfont
- Chiltern Name Change For Local Charity
- Charity Quiz Supper – MND Association – Saturday Feb 2
- Amersham Track Party On December 9th
- Friday 14th December Wear It Festive to support local Hospice
- Chiltern Humanists – 12 December – Valerie Jack – A Happy Ending – Amersham
How Safe Are Your Trees - Parish Council To Pay £500k Damages Bill
This case from 2018 flags up the importance of local councils having in place a proper regime of inspections and upkeep of trees that the council may be responsible for.
LRALC is looking to provide a level 1 tree inspection training courses for council staff,...
Market Bosworth nominated for a Royal Town Planning Institute Award
Member councils undertaking similar work may be interested and inspired to see that Market Bosworth has produced a document which has been nominated for a Royal Town Planning Institute Award and is a finalist at the upcoming awards ceremony.
This is very exciting...
Purdah FAQs and Guidance
The Local Government Association have previously published a very useful set of FAQs on "purdah", the pre-election preriod, click here to access the FAQs.
The full range of LGA purdah advice can be accessed here.
This confirms, amongst other things that:
1. All...
Elections Course running today
There was some concern over snow forecast for today but the forecast is now clear and both AM and PM courses will be running.
LRALC Development and Member Support Questionnaire 2018
Since 2012 Leicestershire and Rutland Association of Local Councils have run a biennial Development and Member Support Questionnaire. The survey was last run in 2016. Our Strategic Plan commits us to re-running it every two years.
As a membership association...
Standards regime for local councillors to be strengthened?
The Committee on Standards in Public Life report on ethical standards in local government is being published today, and should be available on their website from 10.00.
A number of NALC colleagues will be at the report launch in Parliament. The Committee have...
Leicestershire and Rutland Association of Local Councils secures £2,900 to design and deliver a series of webinars to Harborough parishes
LRALC is very pleased to be able to announce that our bid for funding from Harborough District Council has been succesful. We can now deliver webased learning materials/webinars on specific topics in manageable bite sized chuncks.
HDC have said "A diverse range...
New NALC publication shines a light on 150 local councils
Points of Light is a collection of case studies highlighting the work that local (parish and town) councils are undertaking to support their communities. Well done to Anstey, Syston, and Uppingham councils for their excellent work being highlighted in the...
The Plunkett Foundation & NALC - Working together to improve rural communities
The Plunkett Foundation and NALC delivered a webinar on the theme of rural community business and how local councils in the East Midlands can support and promote rural community businesses moving forward.
We are sure that this will be of interest to a number...
Timetable for local elections in England: 2 May 2019
The Electoral Commission's guidance for the timetable of key formal dates for the 2nd May 2019 elections can be found by clicking on the link below.
LRALC and NALC give scrutiny evidence on the County Council's unitary proposals
This morning Jake Atkinson (Chief Executive of LRALC) and Justin Griggs (Head of Policy for NALC) gave evidence at the Leicestershire County Council (LCC) scrutiny panel which was convened to discuss the current LCC unitary council proposal.
LRALC and NALC...
Cllr Melissa Boyden of Asfordby Parish Council wins "Young Councillor of the Year" NALC Award
Cllr Melissa Boyden of Asfordby Parish Council was the deserved winner of the NALC Young Councillor of the Year Award at the NALC Conference this week.
This continues a strong record of the Leicestershire and Rutland area being represented in shortlisted and...
Statements from BC/DC Leaders and LCC Leaders on Unitary Proposals
The leaders of Blaby, Charnwood, Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Melton, North West Leicestershire, and Oadby and Wigston councils issued a joint statement on 29th October 2018.
It said: "We would like to thank the Leicestershire MPs for their joint letter...