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NEWS REEL :: 28th April - Peter Ainsworth's Office send follow up letter to Hilary Benn's Office :: 2nd May - petition hits 1317 and breaks into top 100 :: 2nd May - Letter from DEFRA's Head of Policy at last!! :: 5th May - Letter sent to Head of Policy Requesting Meeting to resolve the knowledge gap!! :: 12th May - BKFA raises campaign issue with CCPR :: END

Monday, 6 August 2007

Back on the right track.......

This week has been relatively uneventful, but the RPA tell me that we have been rescanned and are now in Exeter for task allocation. So we have now been to Cumbria, Newcastle, North Allerton and now we're in Exeter. The wonders of ethernet travel ;o). The upside of this is that I've been able to get out in the glorious sunshine and get some kiting done....it had seem an age since I was able to get out....roll on summer!!! (There is always hope!!)

Thanks this week go to the Kite Society of Great Britain who have featured the campaign in their All New 'News' page (http://www.thekitesociety.org.uk/news.htm) on their website. It's a real boost for another National to sign up as a campaign backer, thanks once again.

Oh yes score on the door for the petition is 656 and we're in the top 300 standing at 292. We're surrounded by serious petitions now, please keep signing......

Lets see what happens this week.........

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