Liberal Democrat MEP Sharon Bowles, who represents South East England in the European Parliament, welcomed the announcement by the European Commission to invest in boosting broadband speeds across the EU.
We're now in week three of the major roadworks to completely reconstruct St Mary's Street in Bedford. As I've written on here before, these emergency works are required after a survey showed the road to be in danger of collapsing. This was despite the fact that the road had been resurfaced just four years ago by the former County Council, which sadly failed to put drainage in place. The road is therefore having to be completely rebuilt, with the eight-week project beginning on October 3rd. The works are inevitably causing disruption to people, and we are all anxious for the project to be completed on time and to a high standard, in order that it doesn't have to be dug up again in the foreseeable future. I am pleased to report that the works are going well and despite the gas leak which caused the road to be closed completely for a few hours and stopped the work for a short while, it is on schedule so far. I must add that, while the works are causing some disruption, traffic is moving and you can get in and ar
North Heaton Lib Dem councillors Greg Stone and Doreen Huddart have hit out at the city council's Labour administration after being advised that a proposed £250,000 scheme to improve safety at the Corner House junction on the Coast Road looks set to be scrapped.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today joined with Barclays Bank staff to launch the 2011 'Support our Soldiers' Christmas parcel appeal.
The count for the election to choose the 2012 LGBT+ Lib Dems executive took place at North West Lib Dem regional conference this weekend. This was a hotly contested election including some 19 candidates for the 9 General Executive Member positions.
County Councillor Colin Taylor has welcomed news of almost £6,000,000 extra for schools in Surrey, including over £500,000 extra for schools within the Epsom & Ewell constituency, particularly for Epsom Primary School, one of the three primary schools in his county division where he serves as a school governor.