On September 5, the Casino Advisory Panel is coming to assess our bid for a regional casino. Our plan is to develop a Convention Centre and Casino which we think will bring real benefits to the city.
Lots of you will have been on holiday over the summer and spent time exploring the towns and villages you’ve visited. But how often do you take a good look round your home town? We hope our guide to some of Newcastle’s heritage hotspots will inspire you.
We also want to encourage you to help us keep our city clean and green so we’re running an Environment Week in September. In October, we’ve got lots planned for National Customer Service Week, including a return to the frontline by some of our senior managers. With all this plus lots of fantastic competitions, what’s on guide and lots, lots more, we’re sure you’ll find plenty to enjoy in this edition of Citylife.
Haad away!You might have seen some press stories recently about us banning staff from using words like ■pet■ and ‘hinny’ when they■re talking to the public. As if!
Graveyard inspections start across cityWe’ve recently started inspecting all the memorials in Newcastle ceremonies.
Down on the FarmOuseburn Farm
Shopping is wheely easy!Newcastle shopmobility
What should we do with our rubbish?
Green-fingered GloryNewcastle Allotment and Garden Show 2006
Making a clean sweep of itNewcastle named in top ten cleanest cities
Environment Week 2006The autumn and winter Environment Week takes place between 23 and 29 September.
Bulky waste collection chargesLorraine Chambers of Gosforth has contacted us about the new charges for households requesting more than four bulky refuse collections per year. She is concerned that it will lead to more fly-tipping causing environmental problems and costing more in the long run. She■d also like to know what we■re doing to increase recycling of the bulky items collected and what contribution fast-food outlets make to the cost of clearing up refuse around their premises...