National Liberal Democrat News - East Riding Liberal Democrats

The HG Wells £1000 Short Story Competition

The annual HG Wells Festival's (17th -19th September 2010 - http://tinyurl.com/24jnogc) focal point is the annual £1,000 "must-be-won" competition for a handwritten short story of up to 5,000 words with a local background. Last year produced 25 high-quality entries. Astonishingly, the independent judges, unaware of the entrants' ages and identities, selected a shortlist of story writers whose ages ranged from 12 to 72 - and it was a schoolboy of 13 who finally received the life-changing award from HG's great grandson. His story, and those of the three runners-up, can be found on the Festival website at www.WellsFestival.com

7 Jun 2010

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Kent Trading Standards ask for help on road marking trader

Kent Trading Standards has been made aware of a trader carrying out road marking and lining for business, local authority, and possibly non-commercial premises such as village halls. The trader claims or implies to be working on behalf of Kent Highway Services (part of Kent County Council), which has been confirmed is not the case. Work may be offered at a discounted price from that "usually" charged, and to have materials left over. They may claim to be working for Kent Highway Services somewhere nearby, or use very similar names. Invoices have been not provided when requested.

7 Jun 2010

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Recycling Rates Frozen

Councillor John Shaw (Lib Dem, Brookvale and Kings Furlong) has call on the Conservatives to explain Basingstoke and Deane Councils failure to improve recycling rates.

7 Jun 2010

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Council could make easy savings says Lib Dem

Councillor John Shaw (Lib Dem, Brookvale and Kings Furlong) has called on the Conservative Administration to make some "easy savings"

7 Jun 2010

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Cabinet Challenged

Councillor Stuart Parker (Lib Dem, Eastrop) has challenged the Conservative Cabinet on several topics at the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday 25th May.

7 Jun 2010

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Kingsland Road green space saved from car parking

Thanks to pressure from local Liberal Democrats a revised parking and restricted waiting area is to be set up in the Kingsland Road area. Residents and Liberal Democrat Councillors were concerned by the original plans to fell a tree and concrete over a green space in Kingsland Road in order to make more limited waiting parking. Those plans have now been scrapped in favour of creating a limited waiting area for parking on Park Road East near to Kingsland Road. This revised plan will allow shoppers to park for up an hour while using the shops on Newhampton Road West.

7 Jun 2010

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