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1041.Cheltenham cycle planning conference(Monday 05th of February 2007 10:56:41 PM
1 year, 10 months ago )
picture courtesy & © Roger Vaughan
GMCC attended the annual CTC conference in November in the genteel surroundings of Edwardian Cheltenham. Over a 100 cyclists from around the country attended the event to hear the latest in cycling policy, planning and campaigning.
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1042.Manchester's "Bill Gates" moments(Friday 02nd of February 2007 10:15:00 AM
1 year, 10 months ago )
This week we've been at the Microsoft Government Leader's Forum Europe up in Edinburgh. The Forum was hosted at the magnificent Scottish Parliament building by Scotland's First Minister, Jack McConnell. It brought together local, regional, national and European representatives, ranging from Manchester City Council to European Commissioners to the President...
1043.Microsoft comes to town(Friday 02nd of February 2007 10:05:00 AM
1 year, 10 months ago )
On Wednesday Jan. 24th the MDDA hosted the Microsoft Vista Roadshow which brought together colleagues from Microsoft and the local developer community to look at Vista and other new products. It was a lively discussion and lots of ideas were generated about potential future collaboration. Pictures from the event with...
1044.The Ups and Downs(Friday 26th of January 2007 01:17:00 PM
1 year, 10 months ago )
Life is full of decisions (in case you hadn’t noticed). In fact, more than that, I think so much of life revolves around the interplay between our own decisions, (our autonomy, our choices) and external influences (coincidence, other peoples decisions etc). Life is like a game of ping pong (my...
1045.Storms(Tuesday 23rd of January 2007 06:06:46 PM
1 year, 10 months ago )
Well, last week’s weather was a bit of a shock and what a lot of damage it did in the area.
There was a tree blown down in Crowcroft Park and another over by Bickerdyke. Two more came down on the open ground next to the railway bridge on Stanley...
1046.My name is Stacey-Ann I have been a volunteer for ...(Tuesday 23rd of January 2007 04:59:33 PM
1 year, 10 months ago )
My name is Stacey-Ann I have been a volunteer for nearly 3 years. I volunteer because i enjoy working with the children on a Monday night and have fun doing so. I also enjoy going on the trips that the children earn points for on a tuesday night.
1047.My name is Stacey-Ann I have been a volunteer for ...(Tuesday 23rd of January 2007 04:35:00 PM
1 year, 10 months ago )
My name is Stacey-Ann I have been a volunteer for nearly 3 years. I volunteer because i enjoy working with the children on a Monday night and have fun doing so. I also enjoy going on the trips that the children earn points for on a tuesday night.
1048.The footbridge vanishes(Sunday 21st of January 2007 04:52:11 PM
1 year, 10 months ago )
Much publicity has been given to the new CycleGM route maps that replace the old CycleCity Guides map, which is now out of print.
The new ones are free, and can also be downloaded as pdfs.
But some riders have queried whether they are an adequate replacement for the original...
1049.Today - Jan. 19th 2007 - the day after the (many) days before....(Friday 19th of January 2007 05:07:00 PM
1 year, 10 months ago )
It’s now nearly the end of the day after we got the bid out. The worst storm to hit Manchester since the tail end of the hurricane hit home in 1987 was not a good omen. We’d been working 12+ hour days all week and had to balance:The bid -...
1050.Workshop with Changing Media - Jan. 11th 2007(Friday 19th of January 2007 04:53:00 PM
1 year, 10 months ago )
We had barely recovered from the Digital Challenge judges visit the day before when we took on another challenge of our own - with support from an organisation called Changing Media. They are working for DCLG to help all of the bidding teams to ensure that their bids are well...