Peter Hirst's New Year Message
Dear Sir,
13 Jan 2010
National News
Nick Clegg: 'Faith schools should be forced to tackle homophobia'
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg's interview with gay magazine Attitude has received widespread coverage in the mainstream media over his stance on faith schools and their attitude to homosexuality.
13 Jan 2010
Tavish Scott visits Dundee
Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Tavish Scott MSP, was in Dundee today (Wednesday 13th January) to give his support for the city's campaign to see improvements made to Dundee Rail Station.
13 Jan 2010
3,400 Folkestone and Hythe pensioners to miss out on cold weather payments
Shock figures from the Liberal Democrats show that almost 3,400 pensioners across Shepway could miss out on Government cold weather payments this year, despite the dreadful weather conditions.
13 Jan 2010
A New Year - Think Again About How And Why We Grit, Shropshire Council
Heather Kidd has written to the editor of the Shropshire Star asking for the new Shropshire Council to reconsider it's gritting policy.
13 Jan 2010
Offshore wind farm proposal welcome - Jill Wareham
Jill Wareham, Liberal Democrat Prospective MP for the Isle of Wight, commenting on the proposed offshore wind farm off the west of the Isle of Wight said: "I welcome the proposal by Eneco to build a wind farm off the Isle of Wight. We are told that this will produce around 900mw of power and electricity generated within the nine new off-shore wind farms around Great Britain could meet the needs of more than a quarter of the UK's electricity consumption.
13 Jan 2010