A wounded Tony Blair has bought himself a little more time in Downing Street by promising to stand down as Prime Minister by next summer. But he refused to announce the firm timetable demanded by some Labour MPs and his statement failed to satisfy critics, who predicted he would fail to complete 10 years in No 10 by remaining until next May.. In his short statement yesterday, he acknowledged that next week's TUC Congress would be the last he attends as party leader. That, he said, would probably come as "a relief" to both the unions and himself.. Mr Clarke himself was then immediately slapped down by the former minister Glenda Jackson, who accused him of preferring to see Tory leader David Cameron in No 10 rather than the Chancellor.. Mr Blair has dramatically failed to quell the rebellion among his main union critics and can expect to experience a rough ride at the TUC Congress next week.
Despite official advertising campaigns urging people to stride out for their health, the Government's annual transport survey showed that walking was declining. While the average person walked 255 miles in 1975 when Harold Wilson was prime minister, that figure fell to 197 miles under Tony Blair last year, according to the latest figures from the Department for Transport released yesterday.. The Labour leadership battle flared again today as the former Home Secretary Charles Clarke criticised Gordon Brown's behaviour as "absolutely stupid ". Walking has taken another backwards step with the publication of official statistics showing that Britons are making far fewer journeys by foot than a generation ago.
There is a little river which passes through the village where I live and I can't pass it without wondering if I should take a sample.caitlind1 aol . This is the archive of front pages from The Independent and The Independent on Sunday for September. Click on each image for a bigger version and scroll down to see all the front pages for the month 01 September 2006 02 September 2006 03 September 2006 04 September 2006 05 September 2006 06 September 2006 07 September 2006 08 September 2006 09 September 2006 10 September 2006 11 September 2006 12 September 2006 13 September 2006 14 September 2006 15 September 2006 16 September 2006 17 September 2006 18 September 2006 19 September 2006 20 September 2006 21 September 2006 22 September 2006 23 September 2006 24 September 2006 25 September 2006 26 September 2006 27 September 2006 28 September 2006 29 September 2006 30 September 2006. It could also be used for rapid response to pollution events, and to test for clean drinking water in a disaster management situation.Essentially I'm working for myself and managing myself which is lovely compared to working in industry Nowadays I'm becoming a bit of a water bore. The technique is important because it's quick and can be used in the field, which means it could replace the standard five-day lab test used by the water industry. I can then see if there are any peaks associated with discharges from sewage treatment plants, agricultural waste or other pollutants.The spectrophotometer has been used to look at sea water for the past 20 years, but only more recently to test for pollution in rivers.