South Lakes MP Tim Farron is today calling on Cumbria County Council to back his proposal to provide grants to pubs to keep them open and, in return, ensure that they house vital community services such as Post Offices or the local village shop.
A family from Leigh, near Cricklade, had a lucky escape after fire broke out in an electric blanket.
Congratulations to long serving Hinckley Liberal Democrat Cllr David Bill, on getting an MBE in the New Years Honours.
HMO Victory For Local Residents Following months of needless extra consultation the new administration at the council has bowed to pressure and the new Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMO) zone came into effect as originally planned on the 25th of November.
The Government introduced the Feed-in-tariffs (FiT) to encourage early take up of renewable technology in April 2010. Surrey County Council finally approved a scheme to install solar panels on 25 buildings in July 2011. Yet when the Government announced a cut to the FiT rate, they still had not installed a single solar panel.
Conservative controlled Surrey County Council could have kept bus passes starting at 9.00 am and still underspent by £150,000...
