Shepway Council Plan to Ditch Folkestone's Leas Lift
The agenda for the 18th March Shepway Cabinet meeting shows a secret item to discuss the potential termination of the lease for the Leas Cliff Lift in Folkestone.
11 Mar 2009
National News
Farron announces New Deal to help British farmers produce more food
British food is disappearing from our supermarket shelves according to Liberal Democrat Defra Shadow Secretary of State Tim Farron, who has accused the Labour Government of presiding over savage cuts in our domestic food production and ignoring the environmental impact of the increasing amount of food being imported into the UK.
11 Mar 2009
Euro-judges strike down secret law banning tennis rackets and drinks on planes
The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg has ruled that a challenge to secret EU laws should succeed. It said that bans on taking prohibited item like weapons and liquids on planes can have no legal force if they are not published.
11 Mar 2009
Walker Darke elected to City's Youth Council
When Wolverhampton's Mayor, Councillor Christine Mills, declared the results of the city's 2009 Youth Elections in the Council Chamber, one of the successful candidates was Walker Darke, the youngest member of Wolverhampton South West Liberal Democrats. Walker is the son of Park Ward Councillor Claire Darke and Dr Paul Darke. He attends St. Edmund's School.
11 Mar 2009
MEPs backing lower roaming charges
The European Parliament's Industry, Research and Energy committee meeting in Strasbourg has voted in favour of further reductions in mobile-phone roaming charges. The report on the "Roaming 2" regulation, drafted by ALDE (Lib Dem) MEP Adina-Ioana Valean from Romania extends the regulation for voice roaming and widens its scope to include roaming SMS text and data services, as well as including more transparency measures.
11 Mar 2009
Liberal Democrats call for real action to help the people of Gaza
Liberal Democrats criticise the Government's inadequate response to the crisis in Gaza and call for a series of measures to respond to the humanitarian crisis and prevent further conflict
11 Mar 2009