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Issue Date:- 28 January 2008

St John Ambulance Invitation to Join The Team!

THIS year like so many others, St John members are playing a key role in the events that take place all over the UK. On Merseyside, things are getting even busier for them and they always need help, but at this point in time, even more than ever!So Merseyside St. John Ambulance will be opening the doors of its flagship Headquarters in Liverpool over the 16 February 2008 and 17 February 2008 to hold more induction week-ends for any adults who wish to become members of their thriving organization. The courses will run from 9:30am until 4:00pm each day at 2 Edgar St. close to the city centre. Attendance on both days is necessary. There is ample car parking at the venue and a light lunch will be served each day.

Commissioner of Operations, Martin Amlot, told us that:- "St. John Ambulance volunteers provide a valuable service to the local community. We are looking for any new recruits to join the team now, as we are receiving an increasing number of requests for first aid cover at events throughout Merseyside during and after the Capital of Culture. Without your help, we cannot run the service and this is your chance to do your bit for the community."

FULL FIRST AID TRAINING
will be given to those who successfully complete the introduction course. For an application form to reserve a place, please contact Joan Johnson on 0151 298 2838.

Tougher Toy Standards On The Way says a Local Euro MP!

COMMENTING on the draft toy safety law presented last week by the European Commission Arlene McCarthy, Labour Chair of the European Parliament's Consumer Protection Committee, said:- "We have been demanding tougher toy safety standards across Europe and action on dangerous imports from China and other countries."

The draft law, issued on 25 January 2008, will now be scrutinised by the Parliament's Consumer Protection Committee.
Arlene told us that:- "It is our job to check if it meets the higher standards we have been demanding in the wake of recent toy recalls and toy safety scares. We want a tough law with a tough enforcement regime which protects children's health and safety."

Parents of young children will welcome:-

· stronger rules to protect children from suffocation and choking risks,

· the ban on toys embedded in food or sweets and

· new powers for enforcement bodies and an obligation on them to cooperate across Europe to crack down on dangerous toys.

Arlene McCarthy said that:- "This new law must take account of new toy risks and the fact that 90% of our toys are imported from China and other non-EU countries.

It must stand the test of time and meet our demands that toy imports meet the highest standards. Importers and brand owners must accept responsibility and liability for placing dangerous toys on the market.

Our objective is for Europe to lead the way on global standards for toy safety."

Let us know what you think about this by emailing our news room at:- news24@southportreporter.com.

Letters to Editor:- "Don't buy petrol on a certain day campaigns do not work! An alternative to consider..."

"HAVE your readers stopped and taken note of this? With the price of petrol going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. It was only a few years back that a price increase, small compared to recent increases, meant thousands of people took to the streets to protest and it nearly collapsed a government!  We are now hitting 106.9p a litre in some areas today and soon we will all be faced with paying £1.10 a litre!   The oil companies and the OPEC nations have become conditioned to make huge increases in prices and we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the market place and not sellers. Sadly, the 'don't buy petrol on a certain day' campaign which was going around April 2007 and in May 2007 did not work! The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to hurt ourselves by refusing to buy petrol. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work for this year! The UK pays the highest price in the world for its oil, yet BP and Shell are some of the biggest producers! Not only that but the huge amount of Tax is crippling businesses and people's way of life without any benefits being passed on to public transport. If more tax raised through the cost of petrol was put into public transport, less demand would be required for petrol and prices would fall. So you have to ask if the government in the UK is just helping to push prices up to pay for their own pay rises at the cost to the economy. The only way we are going to see the price of petrol come down is if we hit someone in the pocket! Sadly, this cannot be the HM Treasury, so the only option is to target the oil companies themselves, by not purchasing their Petrol! And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves as well! Here's the idea...

For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY petrol from the two biggest oil companies (which now are one), ESSO and BP. Also target all Tesco stations as well.

If they are not selling any petrol, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Esso and BP petrol buyers. It's really simple to do!!!

Now, don't wimp out on me at this point... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!!

I am sending this note to a lot of people and to lots of newspapers like this one. If thirty people send this information to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it... .........

So not buy at ESSO/BP or Tesco petrol. How long would all that take? If each of us sends an email out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!! Acting together we can make a difference If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on.

PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE 69p a LITRE RANGE

It's easy to make this happen. Just fill up petrol at Shell, Sainsburys, Morrisons, Jet etc. Boycott Today!"
Philip Hollsworth.  Editor's note:- Do other readers have other opinions. We'd like to hear from you.

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