Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate Mark Chapman and County Councillor Caroline Nichols are certain that the London Irish plans to move to Hazelwood Golf Centre and redevelop their current site would damage the local area. Caroline said that "This development would be a disaster for Sunbury and nearly every resident I have spoken to has been against it".
Bedford Borough Council's Grants Committee, chaired by Mayor Dave Hodgson, met last week and allocated £276,000 to voluntary sector groups carrying out a wide range of extremely important functions within the Borough. Grants were made to a variety of groups such as BECHAR, which provides vital services to the homeless and rootless, the Citizen's Advice Bureau, Bedford Women's Refuge and Victim Support.
A new pedestrian crossing is to be installed opposite Newcastle Falcons.
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The Tories today published a list of 'Ten reasons to vote Conservative' which did not include any reference to the environment or climate change. This is despite David Cameron's claim that he has 'sought to push the environment up to the top of the political agenda', and his own Shadow Climate Change Secretary Greg Clark's assertion that Cameron 'wanted the environment to be a very important part of the proposition we put to the public at the General Election.'
Nick Clegg MP is interviewed by readers of Pink News today. Questions cover issues like tuition fees and ID cards, as well as more obvious "LGBT issues" like same-sex marriage, tackling homophobic bullying and attacks, and the ban on gay and bisexual men, and their female partners, donating blood.