MP calls for home hospice care in the South Lakes
Local MP Tim Farron has today launched a major new campaign to try and bring 'hospice at home at night' services to the South Lakes.
24 May 2012
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Good News on Faster Broadband
The need for faster, more reliable broadband is a real problem for households and businesses in a number of our communities in Bedford Borough, particularly in many rural areas. That's why we have been working on a project to boost speeds and improve connections, and we've had some great news on this front with confirmation that we've been successful in our bid for Government funding. £440,000 from the Government body BDUK will now join match funding provided locally to help deliver the project. We submitted a bid jointly with Central Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes Council, and have been gathering support for the plan and building the evidence of the significant demand in the Borough for better broadband.
23 May 2012
Sprason admits to misleading County Council meeting
In light of Mr Sprason's admission that he had misled the County Council over his attendance at the Cecil Club dinner with Mr Parsons, we are happy to remove our story 'Scandal - Now Sprason's in the frame' from the Leicestershire Lib Dem website.
23 May 2012
Farron meets with Vodafone to bring mobile broadband trial to Cumbria
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today met with Vodafone to push ahead with innovative plans to plug the gaps in Cumbrian mobile broadband coverage.
23 May 2012
Farron meets environment chief to demand support for upland farmers
Cumbrian MP, Tim Farron, this morning met with the Chair of Natural England, Poul Christensen, to discuss the future of funding for the uplands.
23 May 2012
More Action to Tackle Speeding and Make Local Roads Safer - Average Speed Cameras
As I've written here before, there is no issue raised with me more frequently by local residents than speeding on local roads. This applies in both urban and rural areas, with speeding being the number one issue raised during my summer 'Village Tours' over the past two summers. That's why we're taking real action to actually bring speed down on local roads, especially residential streets, to make them safer for pedestrians, cyclists, motorists and all road users. First, we carried out a speed limit review, which saw around thirty speed limits reduced on local roads, primarily in rural areas (see this link for more: speed limit review). Now we are introducing new average speed cameras to ensure that effective, targeted enforcement takes place to really make our streets safer for people of all ages.
22 May 2012