MP ASKS LOCAL RESIDENTS TO 'DO SOMETHING AMAZING TODAY' AND JOIN THE BONE MARROW REGISTER
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has joined with the Anthony Nolan Trust and Alice Pyne to ask local residents to join the bone marrow register.
7 Sep 2011
National News
Conservative Library Closure Plans Exposed
The list of libraries which the Conservative administration on Surrey County Council plans to force local communities to run, or be closed, has grown from 10 to 19 in a report for the September meeting of the County's Cabinet.
7 Sep 2011
Conservatives shut down debate on car parking
Conservatives and Labour joined forces in today's Wiltshire Council Environment Committee meeting to close down any in-depth study on the car parking fiasco. Liberal Democrats called for real scrutiny of the Conservatives' decisions in a separate Task Group, but were refused.
WCLD
6 Sep 2011
Fewer cars being dumped
The number of vehicles reported as abandoned has plummeted by 62 per cent over the last five years according to Wiltshire Council.
WC
6 Sep 2011
MP PRESSES DEFRA FOR EXTRA MONEY TO SOUTH LAKES FLOOD DEFENCES
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has used the first day of the new parliamentary session to call on DEFRA to invest in new flood defence schemes in the South Lakes.
6 Sep 2011
Conservatives shut down debate on Car Parking Charges
Lib Dems call for emergency task group to investigate the car parking charges Conservative Councillors vote against increased scrutiny Conservatives and Labour joined forces in today's Council meeting to close down any in-depth study on the car parking fiasco. Liberal Democrats called for real scrutiny of the Conservative's decisions in a separate Task Group, but were refused.
6 Sep 2011