Following a motion at yesterdays Full Council meeting of the County Council on the Government reforms to the planning systems, Leicestershire Lib Dem have accused the Tories of putting loyalty to government policy above local communities concerns.
ESSEXstreetdiversions returns to Chelmsford for its ninth year on Saturday 1 October. As a part of this award winning international festival, all manner of curious characters will descend on this town centre with a grand finale by Bash Street Theatre from 5pm. This year's line up will include performances never before seen in Chelmsford alongside the face of the festival "the Coneheads" performed by the Natural Theatre Company. Between 10.30am and 4.30pm the town will be filled with the weird, wonderful and downright bizarre, so don't be alarmed if you see a pair of dapper penguins, a giant lobster, comedic nannies, an unsavoury litter-picker or even crazy hair sculptors all the way from Spain!
Gay couples are being failed in some areas of social policy and the law, Cambridgeshire County Councillor, Belinda Brooks-Gordon told a Stonewall LGBT fringe event at the Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference.
Liberal Democrat European justice & human rights spokeswoman and London MEP Sarah Ludford has welcomed a resolution approved with a large majority in the European Parliament today on tackling homophobia.
Today South Lakes MP Tim Farron has cautiously welcomed news that Natural England has voted to extend the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks. Tim did caution that is now time for the National Park authorities to reassure local communities that they will get democratic accountability and that fears over planning restrictions will resolved.
Brentwood's main opposition party will be calling for the council to do all they can to support the bid to refurbish the skate park at King George's Playing Fields in Warley.