Simon Wright, MP for Norwich South, has won the 'Bupa Fitbug Parliamentary challenge on behalf of the Liberal Democrats, with two other MPs winning for their parties: Rt Hon David Davis (Conservative) and Fiona Mactaggart MP (Labour). Members of Parliament were challenged to walk the most steps over two weeks in the hope of winning a £1,000 Bupa donation to a local charity of their choice.
A COUNCILLOR has criticised Brentwood Council for not notifying residents about a plan to build 71 flats on their doorstep.
Bradford on Avon is the worst place in Wiltshire for air pollution, according to a Wiltshire Council report.
The recent Lib Dem campaign successes, and the way 'Cleggmania' hit the UK after the first party leaders' television debate, was not lost on the foreign press nor on our sister parties in Europe and the Commonwealth.
by Robert Woodthorpe-Browne
I joined the Council's tree maintenance contractors on site as they tidied up some trees in Quantock Close, Putnoe, last week. More work is being done this year thanks to the money we've put into the budget. Under the old Conservative County Council, just £1.66 was allocated per tree in the urban area of Bedford; we now spend over £11 per tree keeping trees tidy and safe.
