POST OFFICES SERVICE UNDER THREAT
Heather Kidd, Shropshire Councillor for Chirbury and Worthen, is to challenge the Post Office and the CO-OP over plans for...
22 Jan 2014
National News
Surrey's rural broadband
Frankly I am at a loss to understand why Surrey is pending £30 million on broadband. I fear that it is other people’s mo...
21 Jan 2014
Lib Dems fight to save The Castle pub
Local efforts to save The Castle Pub in Cricklewood have taken a step forward. Childs Hill Liberal Democrats have been supporting a community campaign to save this landmark pub which has been on its present site since at least the eighteenth century. It is the only pub between Golders Green and Swiss cottage. In the past it has been an iconic venue for rock musicians and more recently a kosher pub.
21 Jan 2014
European Liberals pledge to fight for LGBT equality
Liberal Democrat MEPs and candidates have joined forces with other European liberals by pledging to fight for LGBT rights at the European elections next May. Liberals 4 Equality, the European liberal network for LGBT rights, has been among the first to back a new campaign by ILGA-Europe to put LGBT equality issues at the top of the EU agenda. ILGA-Europe's Come Out campaign aims to mobilise support for human rights and equality among the candidates for the European Parliament elections on 22-25 May (22 May in the UK), and to encourage people across Europe to use their vote. Sarah Ludford, Liberal Democrat MEP for London, who signed the pledge on behalf of the European Parliament's liberal group (Alliance of Liberals & Democrats for Europe), said: "Over the past five years, European liberals in the European Parliament have consistently pushed for LGBT rights. Just this week I co-sponsored a resolution condemning death threats to LGBT people in India and some African countries as well as the Russian campaig
21 Jan 2014
New Bus Station for Bedford - Building Works to Commence on Monday
Works to demolish Bedford Bus Station begin on Monday 27th January. The works are part of the much-anticipated regeneration project which will see a brand new bus station built and opened later this year, bringing to an end decades of disappointment at the way this current gateway to Bedford lets the town down. Bedford Borough Council is working with bus operators to minimise disruption during the period of construction of the brand new Bedford Bus Station, and is making information available as widely as possible prior to its commencement on Monday 27th January. Tomorrow, 22nd January, sees the second of two bus station information road shows in Church Square, from 9.30am to 3.30pm, while details of the project and the interim arrangements during construction are available online at www.bedford.gov.uk/busstation.
21 Jan 2014
Clegg attacks NHS mental health care
Mr Clegg says there is still "too much prejudice and discrimination" Continue reading the main story Related Stories Mental health cases 'rise in young' 'Not enough' done on mental health Mental health staff to help police Nick Clegg has launched a strong attack on how the NHS treats mental health patients.
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21 Jan 2014