Conservatives move to stifle democracy in Wiltshire
In a shock move this week Wiltshire's Conservative Council has moved to stifle their democratic accountability, threatening good government in the county.
12 Sep 2012
National News
'South Lakeland and Eden is rural broadband hub for the UK' says MP
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has heralded a major government investment in Cumbrian broadband as another step forward in his campaign to make the South Lakes and Eden the broadband hub of the UK.
12 Sep 2012
Cosmetic Carriageway Repairs Completed in Eyres Monsell Ward, Leicester. Monmouth Drive / Hillsborough Road junction
Poor on-road signage has been repaired in the Eyres Monsell Ward, Leicester by Leicester City Council after re-painting Give Way white signs at the Hillsborough Road / Monmouth Drive junction. The aged signs had been reported by members of the Focus team in the ward.
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12 Sep 2012
Trowbridge Library open / Is Trowbridge too small?
The new library is bigger than the combined areas of the two libraries it replaces, with more stock and longer opening hours. More than 40,000 books are available from 8:30am to at least 5:30pm every weekday. The state-of-the-art library has free WiFi, as well as public computers.
12 Sep 2012
Westbury - new Health Centre new bus routes
The 'Westbury Weaver' bus service (58A, 58B and 58C) is having its routes and times amended to serve the new White Horse Health Centre.
12 Sep 2012
Keep the Number 7 bus
Keep the Number 7 bus Councillors in Hinckley and Bosworth are being urged to support a campaign to keep the only bus service that serves a host of local villages. The Number 7 bus services, which connects local villages including, Fenny Drayton, Sheepy Magna and Parva, Congerstone and Witherley to Ashby De La Zouch and Nuneaton faces being axed. Conservative run Leicestershire County Council have been consulting on scrapping the service. Councillors Bill Crooks (Liberal Democrat, Barlestone) and Michael Mullaney (Liberal Democrat, Hinckley Trinity) are putting a motion to the next Borough Council meeting calling for the Number 7 to be kept. Cllr Bill Crooks said "This service needs to be retained. I have been contacted by people who use this service to get to work. At a time when the Coalition government is trying to encourage people into work, it's wrong to get rid of the only bus service for people in these villages. I've also been contacted by elderly residents who depend on the bus for travel from the vi
12 Sep 2012