Travellers finally leave Marsh Leys- Cllr Tim Hill
Tim Hill has been hard at work with Council Officers, to resolve the travellers' illegal encampments on the Marsh Leys lay-by and the Brickmakers Arms land.
12 Mar 2012
National News
“Intolerant, out of touch, and wrong” Steve Gilbert MP on the Church opposition to gay marriage.
Another Sunday and another set of intolerant and out of touch comments from senior Church leaders who have set their face against the Coalition plans for equal marriage. It's clear that some parts of the Church are on a collision course with Parliament and the people. But rather than showing themselves to be modern defenders of values we all share, they are showing how out of touch they are with British society today and the institution they seek to protect. They are also plain wrong: extending marriage to same-sex couples will not undermine the institution; it will renew and reinforce it.
SG
12 Mar 2012
Nick Clegg: First Gay Marriage before 2015, because of the Lib Dems in Government
In his closing speech to Liberal Democrat Conference today, Nick Clegg pledged that thanks to the Liberal Democrats in Government, the UK will see the first same-sex marriage before 2015.
11 Mar 2012
Essay Competiton Open!
Bromsgrove Liberal Democrats are currently running an essay competition for all 16 to 25 year-olds living, studying or working in Worcestershire.
TC
11 Mar 2012
Consultation Fiasco for Wallace Fields Parents
Surrey County Council's annual Consultation on School Admissions was unusually controversial this year for parents wanting their children to attend Wallace Fields Junior School. Views were sought on the possible introduction of the Tiered Sibling criteria in 2013.
11 Mar 2012
Lib Dems' Conference rejects NHS Bill
The health debate The big event of conference was this morning's debate on the Health and Social Care Bill. By a close margin (314-270), conference voted against a call for the party's peers to support the Bill at its Third Reading. The clear will of conference was that it does not like the Bill.
11 Mar 2012