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Environment News Links 2008

Links to articles addressing everything to do with the accessible environment for blind & partially sighted people.  Total 171 Links

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December 2008 (6 Links)

• Birkdale blind school is to be developed into houses and flats SOURCE Southport Visiter, 18/12/08
• Thrive: Blind boy whose green fingers have an award-winning touch SOURCE The Times, 18/12/08
• Shared-space schemes: Ashford experience may not be shared SOURCE LocalGov.co.uk, 12/12/08
• Blind gardeners grow a new sense of hope SOURCE The Times, 6/12/08
• Mayor consults on London 2012 accessibility SOURCE Building Design Online, 5/12/08
• Can a car be too quiet? SOURCE The Guardian, 4/12/08

November 2008 (10 Links)

• Free On-line Guide Helps Architects Meet New Building Regulations SOURCE IBLS.com, 30/11/08
• Green shoots of recovery * features THRIVE * SOURCE The Times, 29/11/08
• Gardening for the less able SOURCE Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 29/11/08
• Stourbridge centre gets new signs SOURCE Stourbridge News, 27/11/08
• Green’ Cars Called Threat to Blind Pedestrians SOURCE Accessibility News International, 26/11/08
• Surface Tension SOURCE Disability Now, 21/11/08
• South Durham Sensory garden opening SOURCE Northern Echo, 16/11/08
• Hazelwood School, Glasgow among those described as "great and inspirational buildings" SOURCE The Herald, 13/11/08
• Blind Carlisle pensioner wins roads resurfacing battle SOURCE News & Star, Cumbria 13/11/08
• Pavement parking SOURCE Huddersfield Examiner, 12/11/08

October 2008 (15 Links)

• Mobility scooter in hit and run SOURCE Saffron Walden Reporter, 30/10/08
• More road chaos expected as work begins to install new crossing SOURCE Crawley Observer, 28/10/08
• Family blossoms in garden SOURCE Northeast Journal, 24/10/08
• Dalsouple 'Transform the Future' competition SOURCE BuildingTalk.com, 24/10/08
• Improvements to signals in pipeline SOURCE Leyland Guardian, 24/10/08
• Letter: HGV driver drove up on to the path SOURCE Grantham Journal, 24/10/08
• City streets put blind in danger SOURCE Stirling Observer, 22/10/08
• Sensory feature at Hereford charity SOURCE Hereford Times, 20/10/08
• £2500 penalty for using on-street ads SOURCE Sunday Sun, 19/10/08
• Drivers Don't take a blind bit of notice SOURCE Bournemouth Echo, 19/10/08
• Experiencing being blind SOURCE Weston Mercury, 17/10/08
• Shared high streets 'not safer' SOURCE BBC News, 16/10/08
• It's green for go at Tramlink SOURCE This is Croydon Today, 9/10/08
• 'Garden for the blind not the blind drunk' SOURCE Fenland Citizen, 8/10/08
• How the blind and disabled fare in city SOURCE Norwich Evening News, 3/10/08

September 2008 (18 Links)

• Give us back our shelter SOURCE Leyland Guardian, 28/9/08
• Braille signs bid for town SOURCE Shropshire Star, 27/9/08
• Readers' letters: Not impressed with crossing design SOURCE Peterborough Today, 26/9/08
• Road concerns are highlighted SOURCE Lowestoft Journal, 26/9/08
• Marc Allinson: "A" board blog SOURCE The Publican, 26/9/08
• 2012 target to transform London’s accessibility SOURCE Wired-gov.net, 25/9/08
• A wheelie good idea for the nature reserve SOURCE News & Star, Cumbria 24/9/08
• Naked streets are no good for blind people SOURCE The Guardian, 23/9/08
• Flagship Home For Blind On The Way SOURCE Housing News, 23/9/08
• New home for blind on the way SOURCE Suffolk Evening Star, 20/9/08
• Blind pedestrian calling on people to be more considerate with their mobility scooters SOURCE Southport Visiter, 19/9/08
• Blind man calls for more bus stops SOURCE Fenland Citizen, 18/9/08
• Hoping the public will share our concern (on shared surfaces): letter SOURCE Hamilton Advertiser, Scotland 18/9/08
• Plea for motorists not to park on grass verges SOURCE Swindon Advertiser, 16/9/08
• Bring a little colour into your care home SOURCE CaringBusiness.co.uk, 9/9/08
• A difference everyone can feel SOURCE Glasgow Herald, 6/9/08
• Bid to build world’s first intelligent city SOURCE Silicon Republic, Ireland 4/9/08
• New garden to honour ex-servicemen & women * Video Report with sound * SOURCE ITV News, 4/9/08

August 2008 (21 Links)

• Porch is passed despite fears of blind neighbour SOURCE Whitby Gazette, 29/8/08
• Letter: Shared footpaths would create a danger SOURCE London Informer, 27/8/08
• Blackpool's pavement hazards SOURCE Blackpool Gazette, 27/8/08
• Plaques help visitors enjoy city's wall treasures SOURCE Yorkshire Post, 22/8/08
• Quiet cars 'a threat for the blind' SOURCE Channel 4 News, 21/8/08
• New move to get rid of street clutter SOURCE Burton Mail, 21/8/08
• Sound alert at crossings SOURCE This is Hampshire, 20/8/08
• New pressure for level crossing action from blind man SOURCE Portsmouth News, 18/8/08
• Sensory garden on show at Southport SOURCE Clitheroe Advertiser, 18/8/08
• Elderly in touch with sensory garden SOURCE News Shopper, Kent 18/8/08
• St Austell invests in braille menus SOURCE The Publican, 15/8/08
• Harthill sensory garden is 'bloomin' lovely SOURCE Dinnington Today, 15/8/08
• New energy efficient sensory lighting at Preston special needs padded play centre SOURCE Environment Times, 14/8/08
• Council plans special textured sacks SOURCE Milton Keynes Citizen, 13/8/08
• Street furniture taking over Cork City SOURCE Barkeeper.ie, 12/8/08
• Caulder Moore creates sensory Thornton's Stores SOURCE Design Week, 11/8/08
• Sensory garden wins special award SOURCE Bury St. Edmonds Free Press, 8/8/08
• New sensory garden in Welwyn Garden City SOURCE Welwyn & Hatfield Times, 7/8/08
• Delight at new town crossing SOURCE Newmarket Journal, 7/8/08
• Silent lights no good for blind SOURCE This is Gloucestershire, 6/8/08
• Disabled shoppers run into problems at new post office SOURCE Dorset Echo, 3/8/08
• Sensory garden for care home SOURCE Diss Express, Norfolk 1/8/08

July 2008 (23 Links)

• Sensory and wildlife garden blooms SOURCE Hebden Bridge Times, 31/7/08
• Accessibility guide to Sutton High Street’s shops launched SOURCE London Borough of Sutton, 31/7/08
• Letter: Thoughtless parking SOURCE South Yorkshire Star, 30/7/08
• Anniversary of pioneering crossings for the blind SOURCE Chronicle Live, 28/7/08
• Accessibility is going to be a major factor in housing SOURCE The Scotsman, 26/7/08
• See sense in tenants' oasis SOURCE Halifax Evening Courier, 25/7/08
• Rediweld Introduce the 'Buspad' SOURCE Architects Datafile, 24/7/08
• Car park transformed into sensory garden SOURCE Worcester News, 24/7/08
• Safety fear over Crown Square proposal SOURCE Matlock Mercury, 24/7/08
• Rickshaws "Death trap's on London streets" SOURCE London Daily News, 22/7/08
• Support for blind mum's crossing bid SOURCE Bournemouth Echo, 20/7/08
• Tactile Paving Helps Blind People For Twenty Five Years, UK SOURCE Medical News Today, 17/7/08
• Purple Line Aids Visually Impaired SOURCE This is Surrey Today, 17/7/08
• Dublin City Council to review ad panels over risks to blind SOURCE Irish Times, 17/7/08
• Sensory Garden For Newstead Primary SOURCE This is Nottingham, 17/7/08
• Place of tranquility * Features the Iris Gardening Club SOURCE Tameside Advertiser, 16/7/08
• Accessibility for all in London SOURCE Group Travel Organiser, 12/7/08
• A walk on the wild side SOURCE This is Lancashire, 8/7/08
• Disabled access concerns at town * Caernarvon SOURCE BBC Wales, 8/7/08
• Pumping up the volume * in hybrid cars * for safety SOURCE Birmingham Mail, 4/7/08
• Hidden gardens open for Blind Jack appeal SOURCE Knaresborough Post, 4/7/08
• Clacton: You've bin penalised SOURCE The Gazette, 3/7/08
• Families in rubbish collection row SOURCE Norwich Evening News, 2/7/08

June 2008 (17 Links)

• Footpaths more accessible for the disabled SOURCE Henley Standard, 30/6/08
• Improving access SOURCE Watford Observer, 29/6/08
• Milan for the Blind SOURCE ItalyLogue.com, 27/6/08
• Hybrids Too Quiet? SOURCE CarKeys.co.uk, 26/6/08
• Fears over city bridge design SOURCE Glasgow Evening Times, 25/6/08
• Garden gives pupils a sense of success SOURCE Banffshire Journal,24/6/08
• Special sensory garden being built at Benenden Hospital SOURCE Only Kent, 24/6/08
• Guide dog owner among locals who fear deaths at accident black spot SOURCE Dublin People, Ireland 20/6/08
• Sense of delight as school garden opened SOURCE Press and Journal, 19/6/08
• Blind gardeners create a heavenly space SOURCE Grantham Journal, 18/6/08
• Charity's plea over unsafe pavements SOURCE Wakefield Express, 18/6/08
• New technology helping blind across the road * video report with sound, autoplays SOURCE ITV News, 17/6/08
• Nursing homes calling for helpers to develop their sensory gardens SOURCE News Shopper, Kent 17/6/08
• Visually impaired can now explore the Grand Union Canal SOURCE Waterscape.com, 11/6/08
• Nightmare for the blind SOURCE Herts Comet, 11/6/08
• Blind mum fears delay for vital crossing work SOURCE Bournemouth Echo, 10/6/08
• Hybrid cars a danger to blind SOURCE CAF Online, 5/6/08

May 2008 (21 Links)

• The hazards on our high street SOURCE Newquay Voice, 28/5/08
• Signs point to a better future SOURCE Tomford & Havering Post, 27/5/08
• New equipment for Cassiobury Park, Watford SOURCE This is Local London, 25/5/08
• House pioneering assisted and sustainable living technology unveiled SOURCE BJHCIM, 23/5/08
• No noise is bad news for blind pedestrians SOURCE Northwich Guardian, 23/5/08
• Hazards to the blind are highlighted SOURCE Leigh Journal, 22/5/08
• Letter: Blind gratitude to Nosh staff SOURCE Dewsbury Reporter, 21/5/08
• Sensory garden given gold award SOURCE BBC News, 20/5/08
• Neil's garden needs special plants SOURCE Worcester News, 17/5/08
• Prospectors society holds rally for blind people SOURCE Tenby Today, 16/5/08
• Blind pedestrian raises traffic fears SOURCE Shoreham Today, 15/5/08
• David’s crossing plea to drivers SOURCE Ormskirk Advertiser, 15/5/08
• Fight to keep pavements: Jill Allen-King SOURCE Cranswick Today, 13/5/08
• We're cross at delay in moving crossing hazard SOURCE Biggleswade Today, 12/5/08
• Council 'taking health and safety a step too far' SOURCE Scotsman.com, 10/5/08
• Central Park's new, improved water feature has arrived SOURCE Peterborough Today, 8/5/08
• New guide to services is launched for the visually impaired SOURCE Newham Recorder, London 8/5/08
• Future plans for Monkey World include "more sculptures of ape & monkey heads so that the visually-impaired can feel involved" SOURCE Bournemouth Echo, 7/5/08
• Yorkshire Street can boast flagship status SOURCE Lakeland Echo, 2/5/08
• Kington Museum project currently being made accessible to the blind & partially sighted SOURCE Hereford Times, 1/5/08
• Staff on hand at polling stations to help blind or partially sighted voters SOURCE Get Reading, 1/5/08

April 2008 (20 Links)

• Growing problem at the roadside SOURCE Dorset Echo, 30/4/08
• Post office development designed to be accessible by disabled & visually impaired people SOURCE Melton Times, 30/4/08
• Westminster Abbey launches unique Braille-guided tour SOURCE Independent Catholic News, 29/4/08
• New Design Guide For Homes For The Blind SOURCE Housing News, 29/4/08
• Viewing tower for the visually impaired SOURCE Manchester Evening News, 28/4/08
• Future's bright, the future's orange for Subway SOURCE Glasgow Evening Times, 28/4/08
• Thomas Pocklington Trust’s guide aids design of homes for the blind SOURCE Inside Housing, 25/4/08
• Growing for colour, touch and perfume SOURCE Worcester News, 23/4/08
• Row over Rushden potholes taken to town MP SOURCE Northants Evening Telegraph, 22/4/08
• Ballymena Town Centre Partnership wins UK nationwide accessibility award SOURCE Ballymena Times, 22/4/08
• Arriving soon: better rail links, promises Ken SOURCE Islington Tribune, 18/4/08
• Plans for a driving track at Seighford airfield SOURCE Staffordshire Newsletter, 18/4/08
• Sence Valley - A wildlife haven SOURCE accessible in the National Forest SOURCE Easier Travel, 14/4/08
• The Rough Guide to Accessible Britain: review SOURCE BBC Ouch!, 9/4/08
• Government Backs British Retail Consortium’s Town Centre Accessibility Manual SOURCE BRC, 7/4/08
• Countryside to be made more disabled friendly SOURCE Burnley Citizen, 6/4/08
• Blind man 'risking injury' because of bad pavements SOURCE Northampton Chronicle, 5/4/08
• All invited on ‘access walk’ SOURCE Dorset Echo, 4/4/08
• New outdoor scheme is a walk in the park Kent Online, 3/4/08
• Overcome barriers to access with "foot braille" SOURCE Building Talk, 1/4/08

March 2008 (9 Links)

• Station's blind aid is hailed SOURCE Edinburgh Evening News, 21/3/08
• Blind man's plea to improve road safety SOURCE Richmond & Twickenham Times, 17/3/08
• Blind woman is hurt in bus fall SOURCE Northants Evening Telegraph, 16/3/08
• Chesterfield: Town guide for the blind SOURCE South Yorkshire Star, 14/3/08
• City roundabout gets a revamp SOURCE York Press, 12/3/08
• Traveleyes helps blind holidayers experience the world SOURCE TV3.co.nz, 11/3/08
• Sensory garden part of GCSE course SOURCE Somerset County Gazette, 11/3/08
• Cumbria Is Still Home Sweet Home For Over 100 Blind People SOURCE Housing News, 5/3/08
• Letter: Make South Parade a sensory garden SOURCE Skegness Standard, 5/3/08

January/February 2008 (11 Links)

• Pedestrian-friendly street plan changed after complaints SOURCE Hastings Observer, 28/2/08
• 'Blind' garden work begins SOURCE Edinburgh Evening News, 28/2/08
• "William Davis is to provide an £18million state of the art ‘village’ for the visually impaired" SOURCE Midlands Housing, 27/2/08
• Ancient footbridge in Stratford will be made safer SOURCE Coventry Telegraph, 27/2/08
• New Leeds estates 'no-go areas for the blind' SOURCE Yorkshire Post, 25/2/08
• Plea to fix town’s faulty footpaths SOURCE I C Cheshire, 20/2/08
• Leisure Centre leads the way on disabled access SOURCE This is Swansea, 18/2/08
• Blind fury at Perth High Street cycle plan SOURCE I C Perthsire, 12/2/08
• Probe over ‘dangerous’ junction SOURCE Crewe Chronicle, 6/2/08
• Traffic lights issues to be solved SOURCE Redditch Advertiser, 29/1/08
• Spring walks for the visually impaired SOURCE Stroud News & Journal, 14/1/08

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