Archive for October, 2012

Council housing on the Heygate

by Graham Neale on 25 October, 2012

I was with Simon Hughes earlier today when he did a TV interview about the Heygate Estate, near my flat at The Elephant & Castle 100 homes are being knocked down in phase 1. they are being replaced with 235 new flats. 8 of these will be rented at council house prices. There will be […]

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Trixi Mirror Letter in Local Press this week

by Graham Neale on 20 October, 2012

Both the  local papers printed my letter about Trixi safety mirrors this week. This one is from South London Press.

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Following my speech at a Southwark Council meeting in January (Click here), When I requested that Trixi mirrors be installed in the borough; I’m pleased to see that Southwark council has finally agreed to install the life saving mirrors. When I referred to them, I wondered if any of my colleagues had even heard of […]

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Bee keeping – but what about our wildlife?

by Graham Neale on 4 October, 2012

The excellent Southwark News printed a story about my views on bee keeping today, and the deleterious effects bee management is having on our natural fauna. Indigenous UK bees (apis mellifera mellifera) have been pushed to near extinction by introduced species, and by apiarists in-breeding strains, to produce bees that are more docile, and that […]

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