In the last week of August the Post Office announced plans to close the Newhampton Road West Post Office. The nearest post office would be at the Avion Centre. The Royal Mail claimed that the Newhampton Road West Post Office served an average of just 750 to 999 customers a week where as the Avion Centre Post Office serves twice that number and most offices three times as many.
The abolition of the charge that Bedford Borough Council has forced upon residents paying their council tax bills at the post office since 2006 has moved a step closer after the Mayor bowed to pressure and declared his support for a review of the policy.
Liberal Democrats in North Yorkshire County Council are calling on the county's coastal MPs to support a campaign to promote British seaside holidays.
Over 50 residents of Kirklees/Alder Road estate, together with their local ward councillors and Transport Boss Zulf Ali, crowded into a meeting at Castleton Community Centre to hear Rossendale Transport management explain why the 442 bus service had been withdrawn from their estate.
Brentwood Borough Council have today released the consultation document on the Cabinet system the Conservatives want to introduce to run Brentwood Borough Council. This is a major change in how your council will operate and we would urge you to take part in the consultation.
Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat Leader, made another trip to Cornwall today to highlight the problems of finding local housing in St Agnes. He was accompanied by local Candidate Terrye Teverson and MP's Matthew Taylor and Julia Goldsworthy.