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Government minister visits Longcliffe to see £3.5m machinery helping quarry firm go green Derbyshire Dales MP Sarah Dines recently welcomed a Government minister to the constituency to hear how one of our biggest employers is cutting its carbon footprint. Wednesday, 12th May 2021, 4:56 pm Ms Dines and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis visited the new £3.5million washing plant at Longcliffe Quarries, which is intended to help the company achieve zero-carbon operations by 2027. The machinery used in the plant was manufactured by Northern Irish firm CDE, and the minister wa...

3/31/2021 Cumberland’s dive team is better equipped Firefighter John Rei asks a question about a piece of equipment while training with new scuba gear at the Boys & Girls Club of Cumberland-Lincoln last Wednesday morning. (Breeze photos by Robert Emerson) CUMBERLAND – Few places make someone feel more alone than descending into the abyss of a dark river and feeling around for something. Members of the Cumberland Water Rescue and Recovery Team, now training new members and boasting new equipment, say the experience of diving to retrieve lost items is sometimes terrifying but can be addicti...

Iconic Long Island Black activists pass the torch to the next generation Feb. 25, 2021 1:13 PM Print Email Newsday interviewed eight activists — icons who played key roles in the turbulent U.S. civil rights movement, and those of a new generation of advocates and community leaders lending their voices to the current racial reckoning and push for social justice and equality. We asked those activists their views on how the nation is confronting its past and present, and their hopes for the future. Samantha ‘Sam’ Law, activist and advocate “What motivated me to join the current movemen...

ONR is Robert Shields who was raised in rural isolation on a sheep farm in the Scottish Highlands. Despite that – or, even, because of it – his songs have an instant, deep, wide-ranging and international connectivity. Big voice, big melodies, big emotional impact, all created by an artist who, growing up, had little to distract him other than his own imagination and aspirations. His capability soon caught the imagination of some of the world’s biggest acts and most respected musicians – most notably, the legendary producer and guitarist Nile Rodgers, who has became a huge supporter an...

WINCHESTER Conservatives have criticised the Liberal Democrats over the emerging local plan. They say the Lib Dems have refused to “rule out” hugely controversial proposals for new towns at Royaldown between Oliver’s Battery and Hursley, and Micheldever Station. The Lib Dems say the inclusion of both proposals on a developers’ wish list does not indicate their support. The SHELAA lists must be regularly drawn up and both were on the list when the Conservatives controlled the city council until May 2020. Local authorities across the South were expecting to have to plan for fa...