South Lakeland MP, Tim Farron has responded to the University of Cumbria's strategy for the Ambleside campus by demanding that full time undergraduate students are the corner stone of any new strategy.
Plans to stop a popular forest path from being sold to private buyers have been stepped up after South Lakeland MP, Tim Farron, wrote to Defra Secretary, Caroline Spellman, to ask her to intervene and prevent the Forestry Commission from selling Sawrey Ground Forest.
If you have considered becoming a foster carer or would just like to know a little more about it then a forthcoming event is a good way to decide if it is right for you. Kent County Council's Fostering Service is hosting an information evening at 7pm on Tuesday 15 June at Alexander Centre, Preston Street, Faversham.
The annual HG Wells Festival's (17th -19th September 2010 - http://tinyurl.com/24jnogc) focal point is the annual £1,000 "must-be-won" competition for a handwritten short story of up to 5,000 words with a local background. Last year produced 25 high-quality entries. Astonishingly, the independent judges, unaware of the entrants' ages and identities, selected a shortlist of story writers whose ages ranged from 12 to 72 - and it was a schoolboy of 13 who finally received the life-changing award from HG's great grandson. His story, and those of the three runners-up, can be found on the Festival website at www.WellsFestival.com
Kent Trading Standards has been made aware of a trader carrying out road marking and lining for business, local authority, and possibly non-commercial premises such as village halls. The trader claims or implies to be working on behalf of Kent Highway Services (part of Kent County Council), which has been confirmed is not the case. Work may be offered at a discounted price from that "usually" charged, and to have materials left over. They may claim to be working for Kent Highway Services somewhere nearby, or use very similar names. Invoices have been not provided when requested.
Councillor John Shaw (Lib Dem, Brookvale and Kings Furlong) has call on the Conservatives to explain Basingstoke and Deane Councils failure to improve recycling rates.
