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KCC COVID-19 cycle lanes cost over £400,000
A freedom of information request has revealed that Kent County Council spent £414,528 of their emergency travel fund on the highly controversial pop up cycle lanes. Kent was allocated a whopping £1.6 million pound from the Emergency Travel Fund, which was designed to allow local councils to produce better walking and cycling facilities. Over 25%…
Your Little Lift: a gender neutral, eco friendly care package
Your Little Lift is a new, original startup created by Ryan Mairs, known as Mairsy, to encourage people to take a well deserved break in our hectic, busy lives. Ryan suffered the loss of his father at 12 years old, and lived unaware that his mother for six years was at the time an paranoid…
“Having herpes isn’t pretty; but it’s not something you should hide behind”
According to Marie Claire UK, over two thirds of your friends probably have herpes. Over 66% of people over 50 have herpes. Worldwide, herpes is thought to affect over 3.7 billion worldwide. Herpes Simplex, known as herpes, has two subtypes; HSV-1 and HSV-2. HSV-1 is typically defined by mouth ulcers, where as HSV-2 is characterised…
Blind man “told to queue like everyone else” by B&M staff
Rick Newman, lives in Ashford with his wife Tracey. He’s severely sight impaired, and uses a white cane to go about his daily life. His wife is arthritic, and has to use two crutches to walk. This means she can only walk short distances comfortably. This weekend, Rick and Tracey recently visited three B&M stores…
Take Home Exams: What are they like?
I sat my Politics, Law and Ethics exam this week. But from home. What was it like? At 11 o’clock this Tuesday, my Politics, Law and Ethics exam paper became available on Blackboard to complete. I should have been sitting it in an exam hall, with two hours to complete it, but instead, due to…