(a)        To receive announcements from the Lord Mayor or the Chief Executive;

(b)        To receive announcements from the Leader, Cabinet Members or Committee Chairs.

Deaths of servicemen from the 1^st Battalion The Rifles and 42 Commando

The Lord Mayor referred to the loss of two servicemen since the last Council meeting.  A serviceman from the 1^st Battalion, The Rifles was shot by insurgents during a routine patrol in Helmand Province, in Afghanistan, on 5 August 2011.  A second serviceman, Sergeant Barry Weston, was on patrol with 42 Commando of the Royal Marines when he was fatally injured by an improvised explosive device on 30 August 2011. 

The Council’s thoughts were with their families and the Council stood in silence, for one minute, as a mark of respect.