Commenting on Government plans to cut university funding by more than £500m, the Liberal Democrat Shadow Universities Secretary Stephen Williams said: "The Government failed to live up to its commitment to fund extra university places and now it seems to be punishing the universities that went out of their way to help the pupils that had been let down."
Commenting on Government plans to cut university funding by more than £500m, Epsom & Ewell Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate Jonathan Lees said: "The Government failed to live up to its commitment to fund extra university places and now it seems to be punishing the universities that went out of their way to help the pupils that had been let down."
As the cold continues to hit Rochdale more than one in ten households in the Borough could be missing out on savings of up to £250 a year on their energy bills because they are failing to claim free insulation grants to which they are entitled.
A popular local scheme to allow parents and carers to borrow children's toys has been extended to Woolsington.
Opinion seems divided on whether the Northumberland Wildlife Trust and St Nicholas Hospital should be asked to block up the hole in their perimeter wall.
The East Gosforth Focus Team has asked the city council's traffic engineers to investigate traffic problems on Moor Road North and Moor Road South.