SUFFOLK’S health chiefs should be more accountable and have elected representatives, it has been claimed today.
Elected councillors have highlighted concerns that NHS bosses are appointed and do not rely on the support of the public to stay in office, despite making extremely important decisions.
On Monday eighteen Ipswich Borough councillors met with Carole Taylor-Brown, the chief [...]

Proposed development off Johnson Drive in Ventura is the subject of a City Council workshop Wednesday that could help determine what mix of housing, offices or stores should go on a vacant piece of property.
A plan for the property at the corner of Johnson Drive and North Bank Drive, which went before the council in [...]

This Patagonian winter resort town wears a mantle of white in the South American autumn. But it’s not from early snows.
Ash from the Chaiten volcano across the Andes in Chile has been falling on the Argentine side of the border since the long-dormant volcano erupted last week — its first eruption in thousands of years.
The [...]

Prepackaged food such as Kraft low- fat Italian salad dressing and Kettle Chips may be forced from Hong Kong shelves because of new labeling rules passed last month, according to supplier associations.
Imported, prepackaged products will need to be retested and relabeled to comply with new Hong Kong regulations that require detailed nutritional information. This may [...]

The contracts range from $174,000 for the No1-ranked player down to $72,000 for No 20, and though the seedings are not made public the blockbusting one-day batsman would probably slot just below the middle.
Crickets bad boy said he was %26quot;stoked%26quot; at being on NZCs payroll and when asked whether he was happy with his ranking [...]

For Vance, the bruise is a double whammy of higher expenses and lower revenue.
“Gas prices have gone up,” she said. “The price of wine has gone up. We’re being charged a delivery tax because they’re compensating for gas prices.”
Meanwhile, some sippers are holding back.
“People are upset,” Vance said. “They’re not spending because [...]

Industry followers say shoppers’ fear, which has been escalating since last July, could very well worsen what ails us.Such spending cuts could be “a self-fulfilling prophecy” and could hasten the economy’s slide, said Lynn Franco, director of The Conference Board Consumer Research Center.”I don’t think (the spending slump) has bottomed out,” said Candace Corlett, principal [...]

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson rightly worries that an oil spill so close to Florida’s coast would devastate the state’s environment and its tourist-driven economy.
If the United States had diplomatic and economic ties with its neighbor, the two countries would be talking about the drilling. If Washington couldn’t stop it, at least U.S. oil companies might [...]

Ernst Hirsch Ballin told parliament it would be easier to prepare and assess possible risks if the government knew when populist Geert Wilders planned to release his film and what was in it, Dutch news agency ANP reported.
Wilders, who says the Koran is a fascist book that incites violence, has given few details about his [...]

Ugly Betty has always been a lively show, with lots of sub-plots, all saturated in squintingly bright colours, and I was pleased to see that the formula hasnt been messed with.
Success hasnt gone to Ugly Bettys head, and its business as usual for the staff of Mode magazine.
By which I mean secrets, lies and scheming.
And [...]