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Nighttime danger of roundabout bus slip roads

Liberal Democrat councillors have received two reports in as many days like the one below. The Polwarth Drive/Great North Road roundabout junction (and others incorporating bus lanes) reverts to a normal roundabout junction between the hours of 7pm and 7am and as such all traffic including all those using the bus lane, should give way to those vehicles entering the roundabout from their right as peron a normal roundabout. This has been confirmed by officers from NCC. There are give way lines painted across the bus lane on the south bound GNR side in order to enforce this highway rule. BUT I have been nearly wiped out and also rear ended several times by vehicles not stopping at these give way lines when travelling southbound on the GNR as I am turning south onto it. Councillors are asking officers to remind bus companies about the "rules of the road", but it takes time for the message to get through, so please take care.

21 Mar 2017
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Cumbrian MPs meet Schools Minister to discuss cuts

Minister refuses to back calls to reverse schools cuts

South Lakeland MP Tim Farron has expressed his "disappointment" following a meeting today with the Schools Minister Nick Gibb MP. The Minister accepted that schools in Cumbria faced a £23million cut in funding by 2020, and that this could see 625 teachers cut, but would not waver from his view that schools had to make savings.

21 Mar 2017
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Minister warns farmers could face 40% export tariffs

South Lakeland MP Tim Farron has warned that the government is showing a "dangerous complacency" about the impact of leaving the single market on the farming industry. Last week a leading government minister warned that agricultural exports could face tariffs of between 30-40% on their exports to the EU.

21 Mar 2017
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