National News

Gibbons Grove flooding soon to end

For years the turning circle at the end of a small side street cul-de sac called Gibbons Grove would flood every time there was heavy rain.The main problem seems to be that the existing drain gully is located at the highest point in the circle and so is ineffective. Now, thanks to the campaigning and hard work of the Liberal Democrat Councillors these flooding problems may soon be a thing of the past. Liberal Democrat Councillors have been petitioning Wolverhampton Council's Transport and Regeneration Division for repairs to Gibbons Grove. Thanks to their persistence the work to put in additional gullies will be taking place in March.

NEW FIGURES HIGHLIGHT GROWING 'FUEL POVERTY' PROBLEM IN NEWCASTLE

Soaring energy bills have left an estimated 26,000 households in Newcastle in fuel poverty this winter, according to new figures highlighted by the Liberal Democrats.

Lib Dems Win Council Backing for Minimum Alcohol Price Call

The Liberal Democrats' call for the introduction of a minimum price for alcohol, to stop shops selling alcohol at a loss, has won the backing of Bedford Borough Council.

Working Day and Night

Orwell's 1984 was a warning, not an instruction manual

Restriction of our fundamental rights and freedoms has gone too far. ID cards, more CCTV cameras per head than any country in the world, a database of children's fingerprints, a government that wants to conceal its own record on the disastrous war in Iraq - it's the stuff of fiction.

PAVILLION TO BE REPLACED

The Brunswick Pavilion is to be replaced with a new building.