Opposition Lib Dem members on the Tyne & Wear Integrated Transport Authority are to press for the region's main public transport body to lobby for improvements to the region's rail rolling stock as part of the Government's plan to deliver 2000 new rail carriages over the next decade.
We all know that the spending cuts are a fact of life and that the Country simply has to save money. The announcements on October 20th outlined those, but as usual, the devil will be in the detail.
Liberal Democrat councillors have expressed the most severe concerns at the lack of Criminal Record Bureau checks for volunteers for the Lighting Up Brentwood event on 2nd December.
The latest 'Pints in the Parishes' event is taking place tonight, at The Swan in Bromham from around 7.30pm. If you're in the area, please come along and let me know about any issues or concerns you have about your local area, Council services or anything at all you want to discuss.
Motorists who take risks by speeding through a new road scheme between junctions 9 and 10 of the M25 in Surrey face the prospect of fines and penalty points on their licences. Average speed cameras are now in operation on a 2.7 mile stretch of the motorway just East of junction 10 (A3 Wisley), where work has just started on an extension to the M25 variable speed limit.
Motorists who take risks by speeding through a new road scheme between junctions 9 and 10 of the M25 in Surrey face the...