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| Friday, 12 June 2009 17:15 |
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First of
all thank you all for your messages of support. It’s been an incredibly
busy week and your emails and letters have given me a shot of energy to get
me through it all! I’ve got a big brief - leading on transport business
in the House of Commons, and being responsible for regional and city networks
(including Crossrail), as well as environmental impact, climate change and
integration with European transport networks – so there’s a lot to learn.
But I’ve had to hit the ground running. I’ve
already been up to Blackpool to announce £100 million of funding to upgrade
the tramway there, and been to Of
course, no Transport Minister’s first week in office would be complete
without a major tube strike to enflame passions and generate hundreds of
emails, facebook messages and twitter messages etc. Ultimately
this is a matter for London Underground, Transport for Summer
fun in Tooting Tomorrow
is the Balham and Tooting Community Association Fun Day at It’s one
of my highlights of the summer in Tooting, and I’m really looking forward to
seeing old faces and spending some time with my family. The day
includes rides, sports and craft workshops, international food
and salad bars, freshly made smoothies, a clown and storyteller,
free health checks from NHS Wandsworth, an amazing arts workshop
where you can create hats and costumes from ‘trash’ and join the
'Trashcatchers Parade', and there will be musical entertainment from
the excellent ‘Great Gustos’ community choir. There’ll
also be the annual ‘ambulance pull’ – which will see the great and good of
Tooting heave an ambulance around to raise money for
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