National News

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.

HOUSING MINISTER DITHERS IN RESPONSE TO LIB DEM CALL FOR MORE PLANNING POWERS TO TACKLE 'STUDENTIFICATION'

A Housing Minister has come under fire from a senior Newcastle Liberal Democrat over student housing.