Last year I went into a local NHS hospital for half a day for a small operation to have two of my wisdom teeth taken out. The nurse who met me to do my pre-operation assessment the week before was very understanding of my anxieties and she explained everything clearly that would happen while I would be in the hospital. She saw from my notes that I have a learning disability.
There are "serious and deeply ingrained problems" with child and adolescent mental health services, officials warn.
MP Julian Huppert is pushing to make sure people too unwell to work don't suffer benefit cuts after Conservative Ministers refused to rule out cutting the Employment and Support Allowance.
Dunchurch Parish Council has called a special meeting over David Wilson Homes plans to radically change the Dun Cow junction. The meeting will be held at 19.00hrs on Friday 21 November at Dunchurch Parish Hall. Professional civil engineer Cllr Bill Lewis (Lib Dem, Rokeby & Overslade) has been invited to explain the developers' proposals.
Hinckley and Bosworth Councillor and Lib Dem parliamentary spokesman Michael Mullaney is backing a move to change the law to give publicans renting from the giant pub chains a fairer deal.
News that drivers in Cumbria are set to benefit from at least £30 million worth of road improvements over the next few years has been welcomed by South Lakes MP Tim Farron. £2 million worth of improvements to the county's motorways and major A road network are due to take place over the next few months, the bulk of these improvements being in the South Lakes.