Compost site threat returns
A planning application for a compost site between Fenny Drayton and Higham on the Hill has been submitted to Leicestershire County Council.
7 Jul 2011
National News
Government confirm to MP that Cumbria will get £16.8 million boost for rural broadband
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron has today received confirmation from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport that Cumbria has been allocated indicative funding of £16.8 million towards the costs of the rural broadband project.
7 Jul 2011
'Wrong on All Counts:' My Comments to the Open Floor Hearing on the Covanta Incinerator Plan for Stewartby
Yesterday I spoke at the first session of the open-floor hearings being conducted by the Infrastructure Planning Commission on the application by US waste giant Covanta Energy to build a 600,000 tonne capacity incinerator at Rookery South pit near Stewartby. As I have explained previously, I have not been involved in the Council's formal submissions to the application process being conducted by the IPC, having received a warning letter from lawyers for Covanta. They had noticed that, like so many residents of this area, I am opposed to the principle of us being established as a magnet for lorries bringing waste from areas far and wide for burning using an environmentally damaging waste technology in the form of incineration. Indeed, I have campaigned against these abominable plans since they were published, well before I became Mayor. Not wanting to place the Council at any risk, I have instead taken part in the process as an individual, and did so again at the hearing yesterday.
6 Jul 2011
Surrey Tories dump incinerator on Spelthorne
A special meeting of Surrey's Planning Committee on 30th June approved the building of an incinerator at Charlton Lane. This decision flies in the face of science, logic and common sense and has more to do with where Surrey Conservatives want to dump their waste and retaining grant funding of millions of pounds from DEFRA.
6 Jul 2011
Farron: Cumbria’s broadband worse than Shetland’s
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron welcomed Ofcom's broadband map of the UK, released today, but denounced as 'appalling' Cumbria's particularly low broadband performance
6 Jul 2011
Liberal Democrats celebrate historic town hall victory
Members of the Liberal Democrat group on Brentwood Borough Council were last night celebrating an historic victory after joining forces with other like minded councillors to save Brentwood's Town Hall and retain it as a seat of local government in Brentwood.
6 Jul 2011