MP welcomes grant to help restore Cumbria's meadows
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed a grant of £26,441 for The Cumbria Biodiversity Partnership (CBP) to help restore meadows within the National Park.
7 Dec 2011
National News
Goldington Green Improvements!
Improvement works are being carried out on Goldington Green. This is for two purposes: to erect low wooden posts around the...
7 Dec 2011
Empty Homes Officer Appointed
Wiltshire Council have appointed an Empty Homes Officer after a long Lib Dem Campaign. This new post will focus on getting the thousands of long-term empty homes in Wiltshire back onto the market. This officer should be able to immediately take some of the pressure off the desperate need for new housing in the County.
6 Dec 2011
Wiltshire Council budgets still awry
Wiltshire Council is still being hit hard as a result of its own miscalculations over car parking charges, with a report to next week's 'cabinet' revealing that there is a one and a half million pound shortfall on the latest budget estimates.
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6 Dec 2011
Farron to attend NUJ lobby proposed cuts to save BBC Radio Cumbria
Cumbrian MP, Tim Farron, is today attending a lobby of Parliament by the National Union of Journalists to meet with representatives and listen to their objections over proposals by the BBC to make drastic cuts to local radio services, and in particular to Radio Cumbria.
6 Dec 2011
Kent and Academies: An update from Paul Carter
Paul Carter, Conservative Leader of Kent County Council, has refuted suggestions in the press that KCC would like to see all Kent schools convert to academies. He made a statement in July 2011 saying that Kent did not want to see all schools change to academies.
6 Dec 2011