The work to complete the new Cochrane Park Sainsburys store is nearing its conclusion and we very much hope for a speedy end to the inconvenience experienced by people in the Etherstone Avenue area as a result of construction traffic, parking problems and disturbance. GREG took up concerns with the directors of the development and construction companies, resulting in greater consideration.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today written to the BBC Trust Chairman, Lord Patten, to invite him to Cumbria to meet staff at Radio Cumbria affected by the proposed 20% cuts and to meet the station's listeners and answer their questions.
Local MP Tim Farron has put down a parliamentary motion calling on the government and NHS commissioners to back the bid for a radiotherapy unit to be based at Westmorland General Hospital.
The new Labour Leader of the Council has warned that he intends to "change the way the Council allocates resources …. this means more will be targeted to where it's needed not simply to areas on the basis of the number of people living there."
Leader of the Scottish LIb Dems, WIllie Rennie MSP, addressed the issue of same-sex marriage in his speech to the Scottish Lib Dem Autumn Conference this weekend. He said:
A hearty congratulations goes to the Gosforth Garden Village Association on winning the award of over £40,000 to contribute towards them building a new association hut.