Someday I Will Treat You Good

The BBC had this back in April, which I’ve only picked up on today:

In total, 386,374 people died of pneumonia during the eight years
examined, but there were significant regional variations. Lewisham in
London had the highest number of deaths per head, Berwick-on-Tweed the
least.

The researchers think the problems are caused by exhaust fumes, although lung specialists urge some caution in making a direct link.

• The elected few
  Max thinks that James getting elected is good
• Boris
  Gets invited to the Ladywell Fields Fun day by Andrew M

• Thank you!
  Sue thanks her supporters, congratulates colleagues and opponents (though not Len for some reason) and hopes for the best
• Notes from The Island
  Transpontine points to the return of a blog with a different perspective
• London elections
  “News reaches us that the new Mayor is an invader from an old tribe, the Etonians, who have plundered the city on many occasions. The Island doesn’t have an army, but its partisans are on full alert.”
• General Meeting - 7th May
  Go discuss issues of importance to Forest Hill and hear from council officers who’ll be talking about the pool

• The signs of Lewisham
  The Daily (Maybe) is amused by our signs, our spelling and our grammar
• Suffragists and Post Boxes
  Transpontine tells the tale of the struggle for votes for women in Lewisham and South East London.
• questions for the next Council Meeting
  Andrew asks one question he thinks he knows the answer to and one which will be very difficult to know the answer to just yet
• 2 Assembly Members & 4th Place for the Mayor
  Green Dean thinks they did okay.

The Guardian:

“This is like the March on Rome in 1922,” one shadow minister said as Johnson inched towards victory.

(via The Virtual Stoa)

Terrible night and day for us and not even the silver lining of keeping the BNP from City Hall.

Congratulations to Boris, commiserations to Ken.

In Lewisham and Greenwich Len’s back with an increased majority, congratulations to him.

Well done to Sue who came a respectable fourth.

Elsewhere it looks like James has a job for life should he want it to last that long, congratulations there. Bad results for the Liberal Democrats in London too as they’ve felt the squeeze and loose 2 Assembly seats.

Go read Andy for the start of a sensible discussion about what Labour ought to be thinking about nationally.

• The obligatory election day post
  Clare hopes for the right result
• Live Blog III: The celebrity knock-up
  Populist, right wing shock jock votes Tory. Shock.
• Slouching Towards Lewisham (10)
  Apocalypse estate Lewisham
• Mayday madness ….the update
  Kate seems happy with changes to housing policy
• Another long day ahead
  The scout thinks working until the end of polling day is “desperate”.

As Lone Ranger points out the Loampit Vale website is back - having been taken down after Max noticed it a few days ago.

Of course anyone walking anywhere near the site couldn’t help but notice that there’s lots going on, but what the website makes clear is that what goes up on the site is still in the planning stages and that we have the chance to influence that - hence Max’s interest. On the planning page it says:

The Council developed a brief for the Loampit Vale site and invited Barratt Homes to work in partnership on the scheme. A planning application is currently being developed and consultation taking place with key public agencies such as The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) and the GLA.

Consultation is being undertaken with local residents and groups. Public exhibitions will be held in May (15/16/17th) to give everyone the opportunity to comment on the scheme before the application is submitted.

There are artists impressions of what the leisure centre might look like, one of which I hope they don’t mind me posting below.

There’s also a drawing of what the pool might look like, which definitely has windows.

Now whether the final plans bear any relation to these drawings is going to be important to keep an eye on, but if it does I’ll be a happy user when and if it’s up in 2010.

The government are consulting with parents about ideas that we think would make our lives a bit easier:

If you are a parent or carer with a point of view about what government could to support parents and those who care for children, we want to hear from you.

This is why we have put up this online ideas tree. You can post a message, tell us an idea, read what other people have said and let us know whether you agree. All ideas are welcome, big and small.

The ideas tree will be live until the first week of July 2008, and we’ll be changing the question at the beginning of June so please do visit again!