The Great Central Way is part of Rugby's heritage, a wildlife reserve (see Warwickshire Wildlife Trust - http://www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/reserves/ashlawn-cutting) and part of the national network of cycle routes promoted by Sustrans ( see Sustrans http://www.sustrans.org.uk/mymile/ncn/map/route/route-41 ).
Proposals to put 450 houses between Barlestone and Osbaston have been turned down following huge opposition by residents and Councillors. Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council Planning Committee recently kicked out the plans to build the new development.
Lord Roger Roberts has been asking more questions again, in the House of Lords, about the Azure Card. He asked about :
Councillors at tonight's meeting of the planning committee (11 March 2015) agreed that they did not have sufficient information to take a decision on the Ridgeway Farm planning application and voted to delay taking a decision.
The Labour Party appear to have given up any hope of winning Bosworth after local Labour supporters were emailed by Party bosses in London urging them to go and help in Loughborough. An email sent out by Labour's London campaign HQ told Labour supporters in Hinckley and Bosworth that "Loughborough is a battleground seat - crucial to securing a Labour majority - so we're asking volunteers from the surrounding area to help us win our constituency." This follows on from the official Labour win website which last year said that Bosworth was "not one of Labour's target seats at the next election." Lib Dem Cllr Michael Mullaney, who came a close second to Bosworth's disgraced Tory MP David Tredinnick at the last election said, "Everybody knows there is only one way to get rid of Bosworth's out-of-touch Tory MP and that is to support the Lib Dems this time. "Labour has come third, or even fourth, at every election in this area for the past 10 years. Labour nationally have recognised that they are out of the race
* £38 million extra cash for Newcastle schools