Fewer cars being dumped
The number of vehicles reported as abandoned has plummeted by 62 per cent over the last five years according to Wiltshire Council.
WC
6 Sep 2011
National News
MP PRESSES DEFRA FOR EXTRA MONEY TO SOUTH LAKES FLOOD DEFENCES
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has used the first day of the new parliamentary session to call on DEFRA to invest in new flood defence schemes in the South Lakes.
6 Sep 2011
Conservatives shut down debate on Car Parking Charges
Lib Dems call for emergency task group to investigate the car parking charges Conservative Councillors vote against increased scrutiny Conservatives and Labour joined forces in today's Council meeting to close down any in-depth study on the car parking fiasco. Liberal Democrats called for real scrutiny of the Conservative's decisions in a separate Task Group, but were refused.
6 Sep 2011
Chinese Lib Dems welcomes Brian Paddick as new Mayoral candidate for 2012!
At a press conference held on 5 September 2011 at the party's new HQ at 8-10 Great George St, Brian Paddick was unveiled as the Party's candidate for the Mayoral elections in May 2012.
6 Sep 2011
Rethink urged on early morning bus cut
A local councillor has written to Centrebus asking them to think again about plans to cut a bus service which covers the Hollycroft and Wykin areas of Hinckley. Michael Mullaney, Liberal Democrat councillor for Hinckley Trinity that covers the Wykin and part of the Hollycroft estate, wrote to the company after being informed that they had ceased to run a pre 9am bus service. Michael Mullaney said " The Centrebus number 72 used to run a bus before 9am that took people from Hollycroft and Wykin to the town centre. "The number 72 service has now been scrapped and merged into a number 75 and 76 services. Neither of these services run buses before 9am. "I and the other local Councillors Bill, Wright, Cope, Bray, Witherford and Lynch are concerned that people who live on Hollycroft and Wykin and work in Hinckley Town centre will no longer have a pre 9am service to get them to town. "I've written to the bus company asking them to think again about this decision and would be interested in hearing
5 Sep 2011
KENDAL HOSTS YET ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL MINTFEST DESPITE DOWNPOUR
Despite the poor weather Mintfest 2011 brought Kendal a mix of over 150 spectacular local and international outdoor entertainers to the streets and has been heralded as a 'major success' by local MP Tim Farron.
5 Sep 2011