LGBT Lib Dems, the party body concerned with LGBT equality, has expressed disappointment in the delay to the Government's consultation into full marriage equality. Chair Adrian Trett said "We are confident that the Government will deliver on marriage equality, and will keep working with MPs and ministers until this is achieved."
An application to renovate The Manse in Boar Street was permitted by the southern area planning committee in Juky, despite being recommended for refusal by WC planning officers.
As I write this, there is a crisis in the Horn of Africa that is claiming the lives of thousands of children. Famine has been declared. Millions face starvation. In Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia we are witnessing the worst humanitarian catastrophe in a generation.
"We've been into the local schools, the children have designed posters which are displayed on all litter bins locally (dog dirt can go in the normal litter bins), we've caught a few people and fined them, but still it goes on" says Fawdon Councillor Brenda Hindmarsh.
Thanks to the extra £4m that Mayor Dave Hodgson has put into this year's road maintenance budget, and campaigning by Cllr Tim Hill and
Following the local Lib Dems four year "Homes for Heroes" campaign, the Liberal Democrats Regional Conference will discuss the maintenance of armed forces accomodation. At the core of the debate will be the suggestion that armed forces accomodation should comply with the "Decent Homes Standard" applied to local authority and housing association homes.