Petition to save the Wolverhampton-Walsall train service
There is a petition to save the Wolverhampton-Walsall train service at http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/walsallrail/
1 Oct 2008
National News
Mental health bed cuts 'unacceptable'
Local MP Tim Farron has today criticised proposed changes to mental health service provision in South Lakes as 'insufficient' to meet the needs of local people.
1 Oct 2008
SingTao article on Liberal Democrat Conference in Bournemouth
SingTao on 18 September 2008 published articles covering the Liberal Democrat Conference in Bournemouth [Chinese language] which you can read at http://tinyurl.com/3wwd9x . The article includes photos of the 'Managed Migration' fringe event jointly hosted by Ethnic Minority Liberal Democrats and the Chinese Liberal Democrats 2nd birthday dinner with Lord Paddy Ashdown.
1 Oct 2008
Good news for cattle farmers as BSE testing age is lifted
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed news that EU is finally set to lift the age at which cattle are tested for BSE from 30 months to 48 months.
1 Oct 2008
Hospital trust admits failure to meet basic targets following Acute Services Review
Papers before today's board meeting of the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust show that they are failing to meet basic targets following cuts to services at Kendal's Westmorland General Hospital.
1 Oct 2008
Retired Gurkhas must now be allowed to become British citizens - Clegg
Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has welcomed the High Court ruling condemning the Government's policy of deporting retired Gurkhas and called on ministers to now give all retired Gurkhas the right to become British citizens.
1 Oct 2008