Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

Swimming to a New Pool?

by Alison Whelan on 18 November, 2014

Swimming is fantastic exercise – low impact and uses many different muscles. In fact, it is one of the few exercises that my doctors have recommended for the medical condition I have. A lovely big, quality pool may encourage lots more people to swim more, helping with obesity and many other health issues. Swimming is […]

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Cycling!

by Alison Whelan on 17 November, 2014

In an increasingly passive world, we need to encourage everyone to exercise. There are easy ways that are free: walk, run, bike (at least once you have a bike). A good friend often comments on how amazing it is that people jump in their cars to drive to a building that they pay £40 per […]

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Developer Contributions – North Ely Development

by Alison Whelan on 2 November, 2014

East Cambridgeshire District Council will approve, on Wednesday, the next stage in the North Ely Developments.  Naturally, they have not provided the public with all the information. ECDC policy requires all new developments to include 30% affordable housing – not just social housing, but all types of housing that help those who cannot afford to […]

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Supporting the Growth of Ely

by Alison Whelan on 17 September, 2014

LibDem policy calls for the construction of 300,000 houses each year for the next 10 years.  Brilliant because that should solve the housing shortage.  Make no mistake, we have a significant housing shortage.  Perhaps we should ask why there is such a shortage, I mean 3 million more houses is an awful lot of houses […]

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