Labour Euro MP to visit Highfields Centre in Leicester

Glenis Willmott, the Labour MEP for the East Midlands, will be visiting the Highfields Centre in Leicester on Friday 9th March 2012 at 1.30pm, following a visit she hosted for Highfields Community Association to the European Parliament in October 2011.…

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East Midlands still alive and kicking

The Tory-led Government may have closed down regional development agencies, but co-operation between universities, councils, industry and other regional partners still continues.    Despite the difficulties caused by the loss of EMDA (East Midlands Development Agency) as well as its …

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Don’t let “Asia’s Switzerland” disappear from the international agenda

It’s been variously described as “Asia’s Switzerland,” “the most beautiful prison in the world,” and “the oldest unresolved international conflict in the world.” It is the disputed region of Jammu Kashmir.

It is one of the most militarised areas in …

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