The Managing Director of First Great Western, Mark Hopwood, has apologised to Richard Younger-Ross for an incident last December when schoolchildren were stranded on Torre station resulting in more than a two hour delay before they got home.
A guarantee from the Rural Payments Agency that they will return disputed maps to farmers in Cumbria by the end of this month isn't enough to help farmers who are still waiting for their payments according to Liberal Democrat Farming Spokesperson Tim Farron MP.
In the month that the UK finally emerged from recession, South Lakeland MP has accused the Government of overlooking one of Cumbria's most important industries - agriculture.
Attempts to reach a consensus on how to pay for elderly care in England appear to have fallen further apart amid angry exchanges on BBC One's Politics Show. Health Secretary Andy Burnham has called a cross-party conference on the issue after earlier talks broke down. Lib Dem Norman Lamb backed the idea but Tory spokesman Andrew Lansley said he would only attend if Labour scrapped a £20,000 "death tax" plan. Mr Burnham accused the Tories of making up "scare stories" about his proposals. The government's "ageism tsar" described the "political circus" as "shameful".
A gene that may give you an increased risk of a distressing early form of dementia has been identified by Cambridge scientists. Fronto-temporal dementia (FTD) is the second most common type of dementia in the under 65s and can result in a complete personality change.
Heather Kidd today joined child welfare organisations in condemning the Conservatives for stating that more than 50% of girls in deprived areas become pregnant under the age of 18.