NEWBURN WARD ROUND UP
NEW SCHEME TO HELP LOCAL RESIDENTS
4 Sep 2008
National News
Demand for Council to Come Clean over Mowsbury Golf Course Development Plans
The council's plans to turn Mowsbury Golf Course into a 270-home housing estate are surrounded by a fog of confusion as conflicting messages emerge from the Town Hall. Liberal Democrat opposition to the plans was met with a response by the Council in the pages of the Bedfordshire on Sunday which stated that the Golf Course site was included in error amongst 21 sites proposed by the council for development. However, Putnoe Ward Councillors have received a letter from the Council which contradicts this message directly, and Liberal Democrats are demanding that the Council comes clean over its intentions for the site.
4 Sep 2008
MP joins Lib Dem colleagues to demand backdating of benefits continues
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today pledged to sign a parliamentary motion to call on the Government to not cut the time that they backdate benefit payments for from 12 months to just 3.
4 Sep 2008
New motor cycle barriers installed on Lanesfield path
Residents in the Lanesfield area of Springvale Ward complained to their local Lib Dem Councillors about youths on motorcycles riding along the public right of way between Wood Street and Dresden Close. One Resident suggested that there should be barriers that would let pedestrians through be stop motor bikes. Cllr Richard Whitehouse contacted the Highways Department after getting support from the local police and a barrier was installed early in August.
4 Sep 2008
Fuller Reports Eyesore in Guildhall Street
Folkestone Lib Dem Campaigner Gary Fuller has reported an alleyway in Guildhall Street, Folkestone, which is filled with rubbish and waste. The alleyway, which is not a public right of way, is filled with broken furniture and household waste.
4 Sep 2008
Eastbourne decision raises hopes for PRH maternity unit
Responding to the Health Minister's rejection of the proposed reconfiguration of maternity services in East Sussex,
4 Sep 2008