Several ALTER members attended a seminar organised by the Coalition for Economic Justice last week, which aimed to explore common ground between campaigners on Money Reform and Land (Tax) Reform. A full report will shortly appear on the CEJ website.
Nearly three hundred people have signed Troy Laver's petition calling for self locking alley gates in the Clarendon Park and Grasmere Street area's.
Park Ward Liberal Democrats have started to deliver a special post budget Focus with a major item on "Cleaning up Labour's Mess" by the Deputy Prime Minister.
A grand showcase of the new film "Blackburn" is being launched with the help of some of TVs top entertainers.
The European Court of Human Rights last week ruled against a claim by an Austrian same-sex couple that the authorities' refusal to allow them to marry was a breach of their rights to marry, to a family life and to non-discrimination, all of which are protected by the European human rights convention. But it did so only narrowly, signalling a prospect of a more liberal interpretation in future.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed a review into search and rescue helicopter cover launched by the new coalition government. The government has suspended plans, announced in February, to privatise the service which would have reduced the amount of cover available in the Lake District at night.