Hosting an event is so totally different from being a guest. It is difficult to greet the visitors, engage them in the plan for the afternoon and answer all the questions that need answering from the people helping and supporting. Having said all that, the afternoon at St George's Church in Audley Road, Morehall was a great success.
One of Leicester's Labour Cabinet members, who in the past has supported a litter crackdown in the City centre has ironically been fined himself .... for littering!
The Mayor of Bedford Borough, Dave Hodgson, is urging the public to get involved and have their say on the latest plans to transform Bedford.
As National Adoption Week 2010 kicks off on Monday (1 November), Kent County Council is looking for people to provide loving and permanent homes for children.
More than half of Wales' rail stations are not fully accessible to disabled people, according to a report. The Welsh assembly equality of opportunity committee issued the findings, highlighting "significant shortcomings", and calling for action. Arriva Trains Wales, which runs most of Wales' stations, said it was committed to improving access.
Many councils are struggling with moves to give individual people their own budgets to spend on social care, a watchdog claims.
