HOUSING MINISTER DITHERS IN RESPONSE TO LIB DEM CALL FOR MORE PLANNING POWERS TO TACKLE 'STUDENTIFICATION'
A Housing Minister has come under fire from a senior Newcastle Liberal Democrat over student housing.
27 Feb 2009
National News
PLANS APPROVED FOR LOCAL MUGA
Planning permission has been granted to build the MUGA - multi-use games area - in
27 Feb 2009
BROOKSIDE HOUSE SCHEME APPROVED DESPITE OBJECTIONS
Plans to build a residential home on Brookside House in Brunswick Village have been approved.
27 Feb 2009
LOCAL DEMOCRACY WEEK
Castle Ward Lib Dems have joined local young people to take part in Local Democracy Week.
27 Feb 2009
Carbon Capture for coal-fired power stations "won't work until 2030"
The government is gearing up to grant planning applications for a new generation of coal-fired power stations like Kingsnorth in Kent, site of last summer's Climate Camp. The Lib Dem national position is that new coal-fired generating capacity - which has the capacity to completely derail any attempts to reduce our greenhouse gases - should not be commissioned without carbon capture and storage technology being fitted.
27 Feb 2009
MORE LOCAL NEWS FROM DINNINGTON
The local Liberal Democrat Team has agreed to install a series of dropped kerbs across the village to provide better access to local services.
27 Feb 2009