Local services 'better than ever'
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Councils are providing better services than ever before according to the Audit Commission.
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The amount spent in the UK on pay-TV services is now greater than advertising revenue in the TV industry.
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Local authorities are increasingly paying private contractors to provide municipal social services.
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New research indicates that helping others raises quality of life for British Citizens.
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One idea promises to make a good thing even better.
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By Brent Champaco, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Sep. 25--The Pierce County Council isn't the only local government whose leaders are testing the choppy waters of growth-impact fees.
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Express features editor Holly Morris discusses Tuesday's special report about local providers of VoIP -- services that let you talk over the Internet with a regular phone and a broadband connection.
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At a time when local governments are in a whirl of planning for aging baby boomers, folks in one Montgomery County community have mastered the art of delivering senior-friendly services.
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The federal government is now telling patients whether their local hospitals are doing what they should to treat heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia.
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By Nic Fildes  Scottish citizens are plugging into high-speed internet at a faster rate than anywhere else in the UK, with more than half of residents and businesses in outlying areas such as Shetland and Aberdeenshire already on broadband.
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The health service should focus more on customer service to improve performance and staff morale, says a report.
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The quest for local information has increased during the past decades. This involves research in documents and publications in archives and libraries.
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Commuters would get better train services if a new regional rail authority was created, it was claimed.
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The government warns local authorities it will not hesitate to cap "excessive" council tax rises.
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Google Enhances Google Local Service  Google has announced enhancements to its newish Google Local service at http://local.google.com . When you go to the page you'll see a space for what you're looking for and another space for where you'll looking. The results pages is where you'll see the real difference.  I decided ...
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Newly-released figures for hospital infections such as the superbug MRSA show Welsh hospitals are performing better than their English counterparts.
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By NO BYLINE  A CITY woodland is being given a GBP 200,000 makeover with new paths, wardens and thousands of trees.   Work will begin on improving Colinton and Craiglockhart Dells next month thanks to the grant from Forestry Commission Scotland.