RHS Britain in Bloom Awards 2011
Hosted by TV Gardener Rachel De Thame

Cricklade, in Wiltshire, has been named this year’s Champion of Champions at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Britain in Bloom Awards for 2011. RHS Britain in Bloom, supported by Anglian Home Improvements, works to improve people’s lives through community gardening and is one of the largest voluntary campaigns in Europe.

A Northamptonshire village is celebrating the completion of a much-needed development of six affordable new homes.

Villagers in Hannington were joined by land owners Mr and Mrs Clarke, Allan Burridge, chairman of Hannington Parish Council, and representatives from Northamptonshire Rural Housing Association (NRHA) to mark the official launch of the development, off Lime Trees Close.

Arch Timber Protection’s expertise will be on show at the Olympics, as Tanalised Clear pressure treated timber has been designed into the T12 bridge, one of the site’s key wood-clad pedestrian bridges.

Where does equality fit in Transition?  Are last week’s riots in the UK in some way separate to Transition’s work? Or could it be said that the riots are symptomatic of a deeper malaise of separation and status differences that sets people against one another and scrapes away at a  community’s resilience?