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Yorkshire and the Humber MEP, Linda McAvan, is urging people to love their heart this Valentine’s Day. A Twitter campaign, using the hashtag #loveyourheart, is raising awareness of the dangers of heart problems, which includes cardiovascular disease and strokes, and is offering tips to make your heart healthier. Deaths from heart and ci ...

In a specially arranged meeting with the European Commission, Yorkshire and Humber Euro MP, Linda McAvan, demanded changes to healthcare regulations across Europe following the breast implant scandal that has affected thousands of women in Britain, France and across the continent. The scandal began after it was discovered that PIP, a French man ...

The Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) between the European Union, Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and the US is currently the subject of much debate across the internet. The European Parliament (EP) has a formal role in the eventual approval or rejection of this agreement. The ...

Click here to read Linda's January e-bulletin in pdf format. International Women’s Day Dinner 2012 As some of you may know, to mark International Women’s Day I host annual fundraising events which over the years have been given fantastic support from women from all over Yorkshire and the Humber. Together, since 2006, we have r ...

Environmental campaigners and representatives from the fishing industry have met with Yorkshire and the Humber MEP, Linda McAvan, to discuss the future of sustainable fishing. Linda hosted the event with Ocean 2012, an organisation which is campaigning to ensure that the proposed reform of the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in 2012 ha ...

Maggi Clark led members and supporters of Rotherham Labour Party on a sponsored walk starting from  Wortley Hall  for Linda McAvan’s  chosen charity for 2012, Practical Action’s Hitting Hunger Hard Campaign. The money will go  towards establishing Women’s Cooperative Farms in Eastern Sudan. It is envisaged ...