On Saturday June 18, Folkestone/Shepway Cycle Forum and The Hub Cycle and Coffee Shop are holding a cycle events day to celebrate the start of National 'Bike Week' and the one year anniversary of "The Hub Cycle and Coffee Shop" in Sandgate. All welcome!
On Thursday I attended a short remembrance and tribute to Kenyan athlete and Olympic Marathon champion Sammy Wanjiru, who died...
Wiltshire's Lib Dems have continued to stand up for the NHS, taking a motion to Council calling for changes to key areas of the government's NHS White Paper, an issue of real importance for the healthcare of Wiltshire residents.
Commenting on the decision of the incoming Labour council leader, Nick Forbes, to abandon the Government's £5M funding for a major young peoples' facility in the city centre, outgoing Council Leader, David Fauklner, commented:
Birmingham has been confirmed as one of the host destinations for the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay next summer. Liberal Democrat Councillor Martin Mullaney, Birmingham City Council's Cabinet Member for Leisure, Sport and Culture, said "The Torch Relay is the curtain raiser to what we know will be a huge and spectacular sporting event, so I'm proud that Birmingham has been selected as an overnight stay for the Olympic flame."
On 18 May 2011, Malaysian-born Cllr Helen Chuah was inaugurated as the first ever Mayor of Colchester to have been born outside of the UK as well as the first Chinese Liberal Democrat Mayor in the UK.