Pints in the Parishes gets underway tonight. I'll be at the Swan in Elstow from around 7.00pm. I'm looking forward to meeting people in a local, informal setting, and giving them the chance to bend my ear about what's important to them and to their local community.
Councillor John Shaw has welcomed the Council decision to buy the rest of The Malls from a developer. Councillor Shaw said:
Four landlords have been fined almost £20,000 as part of new measures aimed at improving privately rented accommodation.
My Lords and Members of the House of Commons
Councillor Gavin James has been elected the new Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on Basingstoke and Deane Council.
An fresh official notice is due to be published on 31st May 2010, similar to the one published on 7th January 2009, stating that the footpaths connecting Stones Road with Blenheim Road and Miles Road via the footbridge across the railway are to be closed temporarily sometime within the next 6 months.