Disabled sports or more cigarettes? European Parliament votes cash for tobacco barons and none for Special Olympics
Posted,10/25/2007 12:00:00 AM
Disabled sports or more cigarettes? European Parliament votes cash for tobacco barons and none for Special Olympics
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Labour must give the red card to tomorrow's Commission proposals on sport
Posted,7/10/2007 4:00:00 PM
Strasbourg 10th July -- Two weeks after sports policy sneaked into the revived EU constitution at Blair's last summit, the European Commission will tomorrow reveal its long-awaited White Paper on Sport. Conservatives urge the Government to ensure that the report is shelved and a new consultation started to avoid confusion as to who now is responsible for overseeing sport in the UK.
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Conservative MEP wins support to scrap rising levels of waste
Posted,7/10/2007 9:00:00 AM
The amount of rubbish we throw out could stabilise at next year's level, thanks to a proposal from Conservative rapporteur on the Waste Framework Directive Caroline Jackson MEP endorsed in Strasbourg today.
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UEFA must deal with European football violence head on by learning from the UK, not blaming us
Posted,5/11/2007 12:00:00 AM
Brussels 11 April -- Following the violence at recent Champions League matches in Rome, Seville and Manchester, Chris Heaton-Harris MEP, Conservative Sports Spokesman, condemned those who say British hooliganism is back. British football fans have also been the victims of violence and police at European games on the Continent should learn from the best practise which has evolved in the U.K.
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Red card to Eurocrats plotting to pickpocket English football
Posted,3/27/2007 4:00:00 PM
Brussels 27th March -- European politicians are about to vote on an attempt to take control of how English football is played, managed and financed.
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