It was case of 'Frank versus the fans' at the Annual Liberal Democrat Garden Party in Spotland this week. Lib Dem Councillor Keith Swift, doing his now famous tribute to Frank Sinatra, was competing against 2000 Castleford rugby fans, and they were Castleford fans with plenty to cheer about as their side ran up a massive 106 points without reply in a demolition of Rochdale Hornets.
Responding to the Government's announcement of a £500 million incentive for councils to build more homes Paul Holmes MP said:
A senior Liberal Democrat has hit out against the Newcastle Conservatives over a leaflet being distributed in Gosforth.
A senior north east Liberal Democrat has condemned the decision by the academics' union to boycott Israel.
London Liberal Democrat MEP Baroness Sarah Ludford has called on the Home Secretary to urgently review the case of Iranian Ms Pegah Emambakhsh, whose claim for refugee status on grounds of being persecuted as a lesbian has been refused and who is now reportedly at imminent risk of deportation.
Menzies Campbell has launched a petition calling for the withdrawal of British forces from Iraq. The petition comes after Campbell wrote to Gordon Brown last month backing calls by military chiefs for British forces to pull out of Iraq because they can "achieve nothing" by staying.