National News

"If you can't get digital, you shouldn't be charged a licence fee" - Farron

Local MP Tim Farron has today called on the Government to ensure that those who are unable to receive the full spectrum of digital channels after the 'digital switchover' do not pay the full licence fee, and those who cannot receive a digital signal at all should get a full refund. In Whitehaven, the first area to switchover entirely residents have in some cases been unable to receive all of the channels.

15 Jan 2008
View

Arts Centre - central to the renaissance of Rochdale!

The second meeting of the 'vision setting group' - Leader of the Council - Alan Taylor, lead campaigner on the arts centre - Councillor Dale Mulgrew, John Patterson, the Council's executive director responsible for business partnerships, John Hudson, the chief executive of the Rochdale Development Agency and Craig McAteer, the Managing Director of the Link4lfe cultural Trust - for an arts centre in Rochdale Town Centre took place yesterday.

15 Jan 2008
View

Teams to include autism experts

Specialists to provide support to autistic youngsters and their families have been proposed in a shake-up of child disability services. Highland Council had used the Scottish Society for Autism for advice and support, but ended the arrangement over cost issues.

15 Jan 2008
View

This website uses cookies

Please select the types of cookies you want to allow.

These are necessary for the website to function properly.
These help us to understand how our visitors use our website.
These allow us to display content from other websites that track you for advertising purposes.