Pedestrians and cyclists are forced to play Russian roulette with speeding traffic Ashton's deadliest road when crossing. We have just witnessed two pedestrians nearly getting run over trying to cross over Riversway (A583) to the pavement that cuts through to Morrison's, not the first time we may add. It is completely terrifying crossing the road, particularly at this time of the year when the nights start to close early. The dangers posed to residents who daily fear crossing Riversway with some cars racing well over 40m/ph along this stretch is unacceptable forcing people to play Russian roulette with their lives. With no signage or pedestrian crossing or visible slowdown drivers are unaware that pedestrians/ cyclists may cross the road. We have spoken to a wide number of residents of Ashton who have all felt the same regarding this stretch of Riversway who have all voiced the same concerns as ourselves . It effects us all in our neighbourhood. Safety is paramount to all of us before a road fatality. As well as providing a safe crossing it would also help to keep the traffic to 40p/hr which there has been many complaints about Riversway being used as a racetrack.

If insider trading takes place it is illegal. Our law makers are in an ideal position to benefit from inside knowledge before it is made public. This knowledge can be relayed to friends and family who can also benefit. You and I, and our children, will be paying for these decisions for many years. Decisions that may have been made to generate massive amounts of money for those who are already wealthy rather than for the common good.

The UK has enshrined its objective of carbon neutrality in law. Now, the double whammy of soaring energy bills and Russia's use of gas as a weapon of economic warfare make the development of renewables and increasing energy efficiency more urgent than ever before. Grade 2 listed and conservation area properties are numerous and among the most energy-inefficient in Islington, which aims to become a net zero borough by 2030. With residential buildings accounting for over a third of carbon emissions, planning regulations are preventing landlords, tenants and residents from radically reducing their energy bills and their carbon footprint. Councils such as Kensington & Chelsea are adapting their planning rules to help. Experts agree that London will not meet its climate targets if its many listed homes and conservation areas are left unchanged, as current planning regulations demand. It also means homes are less energy-secure and more expensive to heat than they need be.

Leeds Local Authority have proposed a detrimental movement to permanent close Queensway Primary School. The proposal is due to a decrease in birth rate within the area and unfortunately Queensway is no longer seen as a viable source of income - but we believe that this is something that cannot happen. We fundamentally believe that schools are not for profit, they're to inspire life long learning. We all feel that this is a very short-sighted decision and that the authority should investigate alternative routes that would be less impactful to the vulnerable children within our local community. Queensway has a disproportionately high number of children with complex special educational needs, as well as a large percentage of highly vulnerable families, and even more who are in receipt of pupil premium funding. The school is equipped with the appropriate purpose-built provision to help support these children, which no other school within our proximity is able to fulfil. The closure of this school would mean that our most vulnerable members of society will not receive the quality care and attention that they need, which is going to lead to devastating consequences to the families that we support. We are an inclusive school that support all children that walk through our doors and staff know each child on a personal level. These vital relationships support pupils within every aspect of school life, such as lessons to playtime, as well as extending into their home lives, supporting parents where they need it most with guidance, additional support and food bank services. Removing these established connections will have a detrimental impact on children's mental health and wellbeing. Further to this, places for older children in Key Stage 2 are unable to be fulfilled within immediate proximity to Queensway Primary School, which would mean that children are likely to be placed in schools that are a significant distance away from their homes. Not only would this be challenging for the pupil to travel so far each day, but will also disrupt parents who have jobs and rely on our school to be able to go to work, and support their families. As well as the blatant safeguarding failure of our children, there is also the role Queensway has played historically within the community. Being a local school in a small town, Queensway has always been played an important role for the surrounding families. Over the years, thousands of families have come through Queensway and many of the current staff started as parent volunteers. The school often gets involved in surrounding events, supports local businesses and helps promote town-wide happenings, contributing significantly and supporting the growth of the local economy. The role that this establishment has played over the last 50 years has had an ongoing positive impact for many people and it is something that this community should not lose due to the incorrect decisions being made. Queensway takes part in local charity events, hosts other agencies such as a Children Centre and wrap around care in the form of Kangaroo Kids - although there are not current plans to remove these, it is highly likely that both of these will be rehoused too - removing further support for vulnerable families in the area. We are asking everyone to please consider the impact that this closure will have on all of our children, families and staff - especially the most vulnerable members of society. Join the fight to overturn this decision and lets work together to keep Queensway Primary School open! To quote a pupil at our school, “Don’t think about the children that aren’t here, think about the ones that are.”

The Government has introduced a long-term plan which is supposed to stop the aviation industry damaging our environment. In reality, it does the opposite. The strategy allows airports to keep expanding - helping frequent flyers to fly even more and increasing noise pollution in our local communities. Not to mention the damage more flights will do to our precious planet. This isn’t about stopping families going on well-deserved holidays. There is plenty of capacity for that at our existing airports! It’s about preventing unnecessary airport expansion for the benefit of the tiny number of frequent flyers responsible for most of our environment-damaging flights. Even the Government’s own environmental experts think the plan is bad - they’ve said there can be no airport expansion if we’re to hit our crucial environmental targets! In fact, the Government has just been ordered by the courts to rewrite it’s big climate plan because it wasn’t clear or ambitious enough. The ‘Jet Zero’ strategy is part of that plan and is just as shambolic - for example, relying on unproven tech like carbon capture and hydrogen planes. It needs to be rewritten to include things like frequent flyer levies to reduce demand. That’s why we are calling on the Government to rewrite its Jet Zero Strategy - and stop all airport expansion now. Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport (GALBA) and Bristol Airport Action Network (BAAN)

Instead of addressing the energy crisis through home insulation and cheap, green options like wind and solar, ministers have doubled down on dangerous fossil fuels by trying to revive the failing fracking industry. Fracking will have no impact on energy bills for those struggling this winter. It will only make our homes less safe, pollute our environment and industrialise our countryside. Not to mention the fact it will accelerate the climate emergency exactly at a time we urgently need to end our dependency on oil and gas. The government believes that paying a community to accept fracking is the same as consent. Now ministers are planning to bypass the democratic process altogether and ignore the views of local residents that have stood firmly against fracking in the past. We need to show them this is wrong. Our local communities have rejected fracking time and time again. We want the final say on what happens in our local area, and we won’t take no for an answer.

There is currently no measures to control the traffic and restrict speed limit outside Langmoor Primary School in Oadby. With no speed bumps and only a tiny sign indicating there is a school there, many drivers drive 30+ miles per hour. This regularly occurs during start and end of school time. Heavy vehicles such as trucks, lorries and vans drive pass the road during school drop off and pick up times, creating hazardous situations for primary-age children. With the school on one side of the road and park/playground on the other, and with the parents' cars parked on the road (temporarily) the passing heavy vehicles and frustrated drivers, who want to speed up as usual and make their way through, create high risk for families to walk by. Local authorities should have already put measures in place to control the traffic and restrict speed outside this school just like all other schools in Oadby and Wigston. It's time for the Council to take action to protect safety of our children before a regrettable incident. Please join me and sign this petition in the hope we can make a change, not just for our own kids, but for the safety of other kids going to this school in the future.

The Government should be focusing on providing support for ordinary people around the country - not city bankers. Millions of people up and down the country are struggling to make ends meet. As energy, food and fuel prices continue to go through the roof, many of us will be forced to make the impossible choice between heating and eating this winter. This is the wrong policy at the wrong time. Why should city bankers be first in line for help when millions of people around the country don’t know how they’ll keep the lights on over the coming months? These caps on bonuses were introduced to provide a more balanced economy - and to get away from a culture of bankers taking “excessive risks”. If Liz Truss believes in ‘levelling up’ the whole of Britain, then she should prioritise places outside of the City of London and put ordinary people at the front of the queue for support.

Turtles live a long time, and normally cover thousands of miles. Laying thousands of eggs. Yet sadly Lulu is unable to do that in her tiny tank. Sealife in UK aquariums has no chance to exhibit natural behaviour. Instead, circling, head bobbing and spiralling. All evidence of zoochosis. Due to stress and boredom. It is time for the UK government to bring an end to turtles being held captive in the UK. Sealife belongs in the sea, not in tiny tanks. Over 80 years in captivity - 'FREE LULU' - It's time for Lulu and Gulliver to be free.

When purchasing any animal or aquatic creature, a responsibility is taken on to care for that creature humanely for the duration of its life. It is costly looking after creatures, nonetheless, at the point of purchase a commitment is made to adequately meet its needs for food, shelter, and giving a stimulating environment. The recent announcement that the animals and aquatic creatures of Southend’s Sealife Adventure and Wild Centre may be euthanised due to the rising cost of their care with the energy price rises is therefore not acceptable. This letter urgently calls on Philip Miller to seek alternative means to recover costs, safeguarding the welfare of these creatures throughout the winter, and to not euthanise any creatures on the grounds of affordability of looking after them. By joining voices we can persuade the owners of Sealife Adventure and Wild to save the lives of tens of creatures, including meerkats, monkeys, and sealife creatures, who may be euthanised due to cost saving measures.

A document which is supposed to inform future housing policy in our area should be clear and precise. Paragraph CH9 does not achieve this. If the wider community had been given the opportunity to engage at the time when the policy was amended, clarity would have been sought and a better outcome achieved.

Our energy bills are being capped to an average of £2,500 a year. But the Government is planning to loan energy suppliers, like British Gas, EDF and E.ON, tens of billions to keep their prices down. Instead of making energy giants like BP and Shell cover the cost by taxing the enormous profits they’ve been making, we’ll still all be paying for it via taxes or artificially inflated energy bills for years to come. We need the Government to tax their enormous profits to fund proper support so everyone is warm this winter, and it is energy giants rather ordinary working people like nurses, teachers and those already struggling with the cost of living who foot the bill.