Police and Crime Commissioner Candidate for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight David Goodall has met with the IPCC's Commissoner for the Hampshire Constabulary Mike Franklin to discuss how the IPCC works to improve policing and how they will operate in the new situation with a Police and Crime Commissioner.
Conservatives on Wiltshire council have been left red faced after officers sent back Wiltshire's Core Strategy with concerns that the Conservative administration had cut corners during the consultation period.
We Were Right in the First Place! At last, the result has been announced regarding the appeals over the Planning Applications for the Herts and Essex and Bishop's Stortford High Schools to move to green belt land at Whittington Way.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on local businesses to nominate themselves for the 'Rural Oscars'.
On 10th July, Wiltshire Council submitted its Core Strategy to the Secretary of State for examination. However the inspector threw it back and told the council to consult again, partly because of the last minute change to the document introducing a windmill ban.
As what passed for 'summer' this year clings on for a few final days of dry, warmish weather, I was delighted for all involved with the excellent Bedford Memory Walk at Bedford's Priory Country Park on Sunday that conditions were fair. This is not just because I was taking part (although it was most welcome!), but because it helped a great local charity event in aid of the Alzheimer's Society to be an even greater success than it otherwise might have been.