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Bristol drug agencies to work with dealers

28 August 2008

Drug and alcohol agencies in Bristol are to offer opportunities in education and rehabilitation to drug dealers in an attempt to tackle the city's rising substance abuse problem, in a scheme that organisers claim is the first of its kind.

Livingstone 'to advise Chavez on urban issues'

28 August 2008

Venezuela has reportedly appointed former mayor of London Ken Livingstone as an adviser on urban issues.

National happiness figures revealed

28 August 2008

The most sparsely populated county in Wales is the happiest in Great Britain, a new survey says.

Leith Docks regeneration gets outline consent

27 August 2008

The City of Edinburgh Council has granted outline consent for Forth Ports' Leith Docks regeneration scheme.

Adviser warns on empty building tax

26 August 2008

The removal of rate relief on empty buildings is threatening to derail regeneration projects across the country, according to a government adviser.

Stoke Aldermoor Renewal Project, Coventry

22 August 2008

Pre-awards assessment of contender for Neighbourhood Renewal Project of the year.

Innovations

22 August 2008

A deal to cut street drinking and crime

Crisis-hit Notts NDC has its funding restored

22 August 2008

A New Deal for Communities partnership in Nottingham is to have its full government grant allocation reinstated after months of upheaval at the organisation.

A statutory Compact is under review

22 August 2008

The launch of a consultation on the uneasy relationship between the public and third sectors aims to beef up their current agreement. But will it take the plunge and recommend giving it legal teeth, asks Herpreet Kaur Grewal.

Broken Society

By Karen Buck

15 August 2008

A vital antidote to uninformed talk