Lib Dems invested £14 million in roads and pavements
Many people have noted that the state of roads and particularly pavements isn't great.
18 Aug 2011
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Former councillor Karen fights on with Brook Street roundabout signage campaign
Karen Chilvers, former Lib Dem councillor for Brentwood West, is keeping her promise to local people and fighting on for a review of the signage on the Brook Street roundabout.
18 Aug 2011
Cold Calling Given the Cold Shoulder in Heaton
North Heaton has a low rate of crime and is one of the safest parts of the city. The North Heaton Lib Dem team are keen to keep it that way and have worked with the council's trading standards officers to introduce a No Cold Calling zone in the Bungalows area, between Debdon Gardens and the Coast Road, which has a number of elderly and disabled residents.
17 Aug 2011
Pumkin's Tower can be a house
Wiltshire Council has given Energy Measurement Ltd permission to convert Pumkin's Tower in Bythesea Road into a house.
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17 Aug 2011
Book review: Andrew Murrison on the military covenant
By Mark Pack Taking its title from Rudyard Kipling's famous poem, this book by South West Wiltshire MP Andrew Murrison is rather a mixed bag. There is much that is interesting and thoughtful in his study of how wider society views and treats the military in Britain, but that is rather let down by a meandering structure which results in some topics being returned to frequently, the flow within many chapters being unclear and indeed the actual origins of the military covenant being largely unmentioned. We get a little detail of who first wrote the words and when, but almost nothing about what triggered the words to be written by that person at that time nor what, if any, difference the writing of the words and the coining of the phrase made. I suspect the time pressures of being an MP meant Murrison did not have quite enough time to dedicate to writing the book, for some parts are very well-written, especially his moving eulogies to those who served in Bomber Command and his deft combination of praising th
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15 Aug 2011
Liberal Democrats select Eileen Birch for Graiseley By-election
The Liberal Democrats have selected Eileen Birch to stand in the Graiseley Ward by-election on 15 September. The by-election is a result of the sad death of Councillor Dr Passi.
15 Aug 2011
