Merton News

LINk Merton meeting Tonight! 22nd July, 6.30pm
Topics include an update on LINks work over the past 12 months and the work plan for the coming year, a discussion on the implications of the NHS White Paper, plus an opportunity to take part in local consultation activities.

Axe falls on NHS services
Patients' groups fear sweeping cuts to services, with restrictions on the most basic treatments, being planned by NHS bosses.

David Lister: Yet another reason for comedians to be miserable
If you are in need of a laugh, avoid comedians. On stage they can be pretty good, but off stage they are in my experience the most dour, paranoid, chippy and unsmiling bunch of people you can hope to meet.

Put a gag in it! Comics take a pop at Keith Chegwin for stealing jokes
It's deadly serious among comedians: the tacit understanding that you do not steal someone else's joke.

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Cycle superhighways are launched
London's first two cycle superhighways have been officially opened. The pilot lanes run from Merton, south London, to the City and from Barking in the east to Tower Gateway.

Vince Cable's ministerial car caught parked up on new cycling superhighway
The Lib Dem MP's silver Honda was photographed by cyclists after it pulled up outside London South Bank University.

What is the "Big Society" initiative?
Find out what David Cameron's big phrase means.

Cycle Superhighways Open Today
Over the past few months, London's main highways have been turning black and blue in an effort to prevent cyclists doing the same. Today, the first two (of ten) cycle superhighways open: route CS7 , connecting Merton to the City; and CS3 , linking Barking to Tower Gateway. The BBC are out testing the former (opinions range from 'brilliant' to 'won't make any difference'), while Diamond Geezer ...