Councillor Ian West (Till and Wylye Valley) asked this question of the council. He also enquired what lessons Wiltshire Council has learned from the expensive and confrontational removal of travellers from the Essex site.
Councillor Michael Cuthbert-Murray (Westbury East) has put the following question to Wiltshire Council:
People at risk from flooding from the River Biss, Paxcroft Brook and Lambrook Stream in Trowbridge will benefit from improvements to the Environment Agency's free flood warning service. It is now possible for residents to register to receive advance warning of flooding direct to their phone, or by text, email or pager.
Liberal Democrats have welcomed the news that Darwen Rail Station is to be improved. Lib Dem Cllr. David Foster said, we have campaigned to get facilities improved for some time. In particular there are no facilities to inform passengers about when trains are due and of any delays. This has meant that passengers have been left on the platfroms not knowing when a train will arrive.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today at the end of the Inquest into the Grayrigg train crash called on the government to act on the report and make sure that this tragedy is never repeated.
Local MP Tim Farron today will be joining the National Housing Federation in Kendal to formally launch a report which highlights the urgent for need for housing in the South Lakes and Furness.