Time to get road repairs out of a hole
Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council are calling for action not words in repairing Surrey's roads.
7 Feb 2012
National News
Council Agrees £200K investment in Barrier-controlled Car Parks
The Borough Council's capital programme for 2012-13 will include a £200,000 investment in barrier-controlled car parks. Car parks at Depot Road, Upper High Street, Hook Road, Hope Lodge and the Town Hall will be converted to barrier-controlled with drivers paying on exit.
7 Feb 2012
Living in a hearing world
For several years cochlear implants have offered some deaf people the chance to have a "sensation of sound". So why would some deaf teenagers choose not to have the implant even if they had the option? The issue of cochlear implants and efforts to "cure" deafness is a very sensitive subject among the 19,600 deaf teenagers in the UK. Indeed, many young deaf people are proud of deaf culture.
6 Feb 2012
Diabetes quadruples birth defects risk, say researchers
The risk of birth defects increases four-fold if the pregnant mother has diabetes, researchers say. The Newcastle University study, published in the journal Diabetologia, analysed data from more than 400,000 pregnancies in North East England. The risk of defects such as congenital heart disease and spina bifida were increased.
6 Feb 2012
Lib Dem MEP Sir Graham Watson urges EU to stand up for LGBT rights in developing world
South West Liberal Democrat MEP and President of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform party Sir Graham Watson today introduced David Chalmers, who sits on the Board of the Kaleidoscope Trust, to European Commissioner for development Andris Piebalgs regarding EU funding for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex issues in the developing world.
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6 Feb 2012
Farron welcomes essential intervention to get hospital trust back on track
Tim Farron has welcomed this afternoon's announcement by MONITOR that it will be imposing drastic changes on the governing board that is responsible for the running of the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust. Tim says that this intervention will help to restore the highest possible levels of care at the trust.
6 Feb 2012