Winter gritting Needed
A Hinckley Councillor is calling for several streets in his ward to be included on the winter gritting routes.
11 Dec 2008
National News
Local MP welcomes greater competition for rural gas supplies
South Lakes Tim Farron MP has welcomed an order by the Competition Commission to improve competition in the Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) market, which he says is disadvantaging some rural communities.
11 Dec 2008
Shepway Council's huge cuts to balance Council books
Shepway Council are proposing a net cut of £1.4 million to its total budget for the next and future financial years. There are cuts in budgets for new play equipment, provision of new bus shelters and skips, and huge increases in charges for Sandgate car parking.
10 Dec 2008
Liberal Democrats welcome European Court ruling on DNA records
Local Liberal Democrat campaigner, Robin Lawrence has welcomed a European court ruling that holding the data of people who have not been convicted of a crime breaches their personal rights.
10 Dec 2008
Numbers seeing NHS dentists in Cumbria drops by over 22,000 in just two years
MP Tim Farron has described the NHS dentist system as being in "crisis", after new figures released by the NHS revealed that over 22,000 fewer people in Cumbria saw an NHS dentist after the introduction of the new dental contract.
10 Dec 2008
Ambulance queues at Royal Lancaster Infirmary are "proof that ambulances must be allowed to return to Westmorland General"
More shocking evidence has come to light about the inability of the Royal Lancaster Infirmary's A&E department to cope with the increased level of admissions since the closure of acute medical services at the Westmorland General Hospital in Kendal.
10 Dec 2008