More action needed on winter gritting
A local County Councillor is calling for more action to tackle problems caused by icy roads and pavements in side streets across the area.
23 Jan 2013
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Sandgate Christmas Lights
A number of Sandgate residents will have noticed over the Christmas period that the streetlight decorations were having more than their fair share of "issues". After the first day of lighting, there was rarely a day they were all on, and on a number of days, very few were lit at all.
23 Jan 2013
Kent County Council Consultation on Sandgate Library
Kent County Council are consulting on a proposal to transfer the management and running of Sandgate Library to Sandgate parish Council from this summer.
23 Jan 2013
MP calls Cumbrian councillors to save vascular services after Lancashire vote to move centre
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on Cumbrian councillors to be the 'last line of defence' to keep vascular services at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust.
23 Jan 2013
“County has more work to do to boost skills” Cllr Church
Liberal Democrat County Councillor and, former Regeneration Cabinet Member at Northampton Borough Council, Richard Church, has today welcomed a report by Centre for Cities that showed Northampton has recovered better from the recession than other cities, but has warned that more work needs to be done to boost low skills. Northampton was in the bottom 10 cities, at 57th out of 64, for the percentage of residents with low skills, with 15.9% of the town's residents with low skills.
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23 Jan 2013
Fury as Tory welfare police order kidney dialysis patient Paul Mickleburgh back to work
HE's one of the world's longest surviving kidney dialysis patients and has had 33 years of renal treatment, four failed transplants and 14 heart attacks.
22 Jan 2013