Street Repairs is a brand new way of linking local people to local authorities, councils, and highway transport bodies on a nationwide scale.

It empowers residents to improve their local environment while saving local authorities money on maintenance and administrative costs. The publicly accessible, free-to-use transparent reporting and monitoring system, hands power over to local residents by making it easy to report faults and track the council's progress in addressing them.

The Street Repairs website is used to capture information about street maintenance issues such as broken pavements, rubbish, street lighting and potholes. Residents can reclaim local streets and work with their council to keep them clean, tidy and safely maintained.

To submit a report the user simply completes a few simple fields, including the uploading of photos and a brief description of the defect. The built-in geo tracking automatically identifies the user's location and provides exact coordinates which are then overlaid onto a map. This process takes just a couple of minutes and there is no fee to the fault-reporter (normal data handling charges from their service provider apply). Confirmation of the report is sent immediately to both the reporter and the council in question. Regular updates are then made as the report is processed by the council.

Another big advantage is that the system encourages early reporting of problems, when they are cheaper to fix, thus reducing higher costs to councils.

Colin Mahoney, the IT Developer behind streetrepairs.co.uk, designed the reporting system to boost engagement between local people and local councils. Evolution of the system is continuing on a daily basis as his team of software developers fine-tune functionality. He stated: "By making the reporting and progress tracking system transparent and freely accessible to the public, residents are now empowered to improve their local environment by flagging faults as the system chases progress updates from the local authorities."

www.streetrepairs.co.uk

World Superbike stars Carl Fogarty and James Whitham show no sign of slowing down as three extra dates are added to their sell-out 2014 tour…

No strangers to a victory lap, the four-times World Champion and British Champion turned top TV-pundit are back on the road due to popular demand.

May 13th - National Motorbike Museum, Solihull.
May 14th - The Palace Theatre, Paignton.
May 15th - The White Theatre, Hastings.

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Dust off those winter blues, rev up and join Ace Cafe London's first major ride out of the year,the 16th annual Southend Shakedown, departing the legendary North London venue at 10.30am
on Easter Bank Holiday Monday 21st April.

Being Easter, and as in previous years, this free to attend, fun day out at the seaside, with stands and displays has always involved a charity aspect focusing on children. This years Shakedown is again in aid of the registered children's charity, the NSPCC, which depends for its funding on voluntary donations - either at the cafe, or on Southend's seafront.

For more information about the work of and how you can support the NSPCC check out

The route from Ace to Southend: A406 East to A12 East, to A127 East and Southend seafront.

All Enquiries: Clubs, Individuals, Trade Stands, Contact: [email protected]

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We think we make the best motorcycles in the world. Now it's your turn to put them to the test.

 One unique day put aside by all Triumph dealers, when you can take to the road and put our range through its paces†. Whatever your riding style, we have your perfect match, including the new Thunderbird LT.

 Like what you try on the day? If you want to find out how you can ride away on a new Triumph every 2-3 years* with low** monthly repayments, we'll tell you how with TriStar Personal Contract Purchase (PCP).

WIN A TRIUMPH FOR 6 MONTHS  Plus, if you register your attendance online here you'll be in with a chance to ride the Triumph of your choice for a full 6 months. Entry is absolutely free. One lucky person will win on this special day! REGISTER NOW!

 We'll also be giving away 10 pairs of Triumph Triple Challenge Hospitality tickets to runners up. Tickets can be used at any Triumph Triple Challenge round / venue.

 Don't know where your nearest dealer is? Find them here.

For people, motorbikes and cars of all ages! Rally with purpose.

We’ll be starting from Newlands Corner, a beautiful spot on top of the Surrey Hills, from here we’ll be taking a meandering route via great country roads to the Watercress Railway and then on through the New Forest to the famous Beaulieu Classic Car Jumble and Car Museum.

From 5.30 we’ll regroup at the Master Builders hotel, with beautiful views over the Beaulieu River and set at the end of the grassy street that is Buckler’s Hard village, it is difficult to imagine a more picturesque setting for the end of our rally and it’s just down the road from the Car Museum. Time for a well earned drink and a chat about the rally.

To enter costs just £25 per person and this includes a rally guide, (which will be posted to you) a limited edition commemorative lapel badge, a rally plate to fix to you car or bike and entrance to Beaulieu Classic Car Jumble... which also gets you into the famous motor museum! All items have been generously produced and paid for by Adventure Ashram supporters.

Order an exclusive UK Rally t-shirt! Wear a lovely and exclusive UK Rally t-shirt on the day, there's a picture of it in the gallery to the right. S, M, L, XL and XXL sizes avaiable on a first come first served basis... simply add another £12.50 per t-shirt to your donation. (includes postage and packaging)

Some people are staying in the area so will be making a night of it... would be great if you could join us. There is quite a selection of accomodation in the area, from campsites to B+B and hotels. Sign up by simply making a donation of £25 per person.

Please make your donation using this Virgin Money Giving site and please remember to click YES to the gift aid option, we get 25p extra for every £1 donated. One of the awards is for the "best comment on the Virgin Money Giving page", so get those creative juices going. Once you have made your donation, you will receive an automated email explaining next steps.

Book your place NOW… What a great way to spend a Saturday and all money raised is going to charity. Rally with purpose with Adventure Ashram.

The rest of the trustees and I are really looking forward to rallying with you on May 17th. 

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