Newcastle has beaten cities with a greener reputation to claim the top spot in the 2009 league table of Britain's most sustainable cities, released by sustainable development organisation Forum for the Future.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is out and about in waterproofs at flooding black-spots around the area to help local constituents and see for himself some of the problems being caused by today's weather.
St.John's RC Primary School in Rochdale has been awarded £2,000 in order to improve English literacy skills at the school.
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen has hit back at Rochdale's Labour Parliamentary Candidate after he sent out a press release to the media accusing Mr Rowen of having a photograph airbrushed.
This year's Queen's Speech is a political charade that should be dropped in favour of an emergency programme of political reform. It is the only job this rump of a parliament is fit for - according to Stephen Robinson and Chelmsford Liberal Democrats.
Companies linked to Lord Ashcroft, the billionaire deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, helped finance the lavish lifestyle of the disgraced prime minister of Turks and Caicos islands, an Independent investigation has found.
