The figures, for the seven days to February 4, are based on tests carried out in laboratories (pillar one of the Government’s testing programme) and in the wider community (pillar two).Rutland in the East Midlands has the highest rate in England, with 199 new cases recorded in the seven days to February 4 the equivalent of 498.4 cases per 100,000 people.Walsall in the West Midlands is in third place, down from 483.4 to 440.7, with 1,258 new cases. Peter Murrell, who is also the SNP’s chief executive, on Monday denied giving false statements to Holyrood Alex Salmond inquiry during a previous hearing but was told it was “self evident” he had done so. One MSP told him directly that they did not believe his claim that his wife kept him in the dark about an explosive meeting with Alex Salmond at the couple home.

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Even short term federal grants leave the City eventually paying the entire operating cost.Public safety services are most definitely a priority since 1999, public safety staffing has grown more than twice as fast the rest of City government.But we also plow snow, pick up garbage and recycling, clear leaves and brush, install street and traffic lights, ensure fair elections and safe dwellings, and invest in equity by paying to operate libraries, parks, neighborhood centers, clinics and buses.We cannot build both a police station and a fire station in a one to two year period and simply absorb it in the operating budget. Other programs, aspirations, expectations and goals for our residents will have to be curtailed and set aside.While my 2017 executive operating budget adds 4 new police patrol officers by funding the former Education Resource Officers from the City tax levy, I did not provided operations funding for either the Midtown Station or Fire Station 14 in my 2017 executive operating budget. According to the Police and Fire Departments, $500,000 is needed in 2017 to begin recruiting, hiring, training and equipping 34 new positions for these two new facilities (7 at Midtown and 27 at Fire Station 14).Paul R.

The board’s decision is hypocritical, considering that the region’s economy is driven mostly by the auto industry, which is totally tied to oil. Southwestern Ontario is nearly as important as Alberta and Saskatchewan in terms of Canada’s economic output and exports. Without oil and autos, the Canadian economy would be a big version of Prince Edward Island’s..