50,000 people receive 'Save the Cheque' petition
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron has stepped up his campaign to save the cheque by sending out a petition to 50,000 households in South Lakeland and Westmorland.
6 Dec 2010
National News
Nick Clegg: No apologies. No regrets. No shame - He has been hounded by nine-year-olds on the school run, but the Lib Dem leader tells Matt Chorley he's convinced he is in the right
Briefly hailed as more popular than Churchill, Nick Clegg may well now be the most hated man in Britain. Effigies burnt in the street, dog mess through his letterbox, bike rides abandoned over fears for his safety. "I never imagined it would be any different," he insists.
MC
5 Dec 2010
EU helps save motorists £££s in lower fuel bills
New cars being sold in Britain offer more miles to the gallon than ever before, and the improvements are set to continue.
5 Dec 2010
Blackburn & Darwen give troops welcome home
Over 10,000 local people braved the cold weather to welcome the 1st Battalion of of the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment as they paraded through Blackburn on their Home Coming Parade.
4 Dec 2010
Former Labour MP Phil Woolas today lost his High Court bid to overturn a decision stripping him of his Commons seat.
A specially convened election court declared void the general election result in Oldham East and Saddleworth.
4 Dec 2010
Annette Brooke MP asks a question about lip reading classes
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole) (LD): "One in five lip-reading classes in England and Wales are threatened with closure next year. Will the Minister reclassify lip-reading as an essential skill rather than a leisure activity, making sure that the classes are accessible to the hearing-impaired and continue to protect their ability to communicate?"
4 Dec 2010