Take Care This Christmas: Twelve Seasonal Fire Safety Tips
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is urging people to be fire safe during the festive season and protect their loved ones young and old.
4 Dec 2007
National News
Taxpayers cannot continue to dole out money to Northern Rock says Cable
Northern Rock may have borrowed as much as £29 billion from the Bank of England since its crisis began, after a jump in loans last week, according to Bank of England data. Northern Rock is likely to have borrowed 2.7 billion pounds last week, up from an estimated 1.1 billion pounds in the previous week, the latest Bank of England balance sheet data showed on Thursday. That would be the biggest weekly loan for five weeks.
4 Dec 2007
Park Ward December Focus is delivered
Park Ward Liberal Democrats have started to deliver their December Focus to all home in the ward. The main stories are: Claire Darke welcomes new road safety measures, Lib Dem action to reduce packaging, West Midlands need Eurostar link.
4 Dec 2007
CHESTERFIELD MP PAUL HOLMES ADOPTS A HUMPBACK WHALE UNDER THREAT FROM JAPANESE HARPOONS
Chesterfield MP Paul Holmes has adopted a humpback whale to show his opposition to Japanese whaling.
4 Dec 2007
LIB DEM SECURITY FEARS FOR NEW CHILDREN'S DATABASE
Liberal Democrats fear that confidential details of every child in Essex to be held on a council database, will not be secure enough in the light of the government's recent loss of 25m pieces of personal information. Councillors at Essex County Council today (4 December) have now agreed to undertake regular reviews of the system.
4 Dec 2007
Rowen backs sun bed ban for under 18s
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen is supporting a proposed ban on under 18s using coin operated sun beds. The ban is due to announced by Health Secretary Alan Johnson MP in the long-awaited 'NHS cancer reform strategy'.
4 Dec 2007