South Lakes MP, Tim Farron, has joined the campaign launched by the Countryside Alliance Foundation which calls for mandatory country of origin meat labelling that is honest, fair and simple.
A leading Liberal Democrat has expressed concern over the merger between News Corporation and BSkyB. The Government has said it will accept undertakings from News Corporation over the merger.
Throughout my first, short term as Mayor until the elections in May this year I got out and about around the Borough as much as possible in order to be as accessible as possible to local residents in all our communities, and I intend to carry on in this manner over the next four years. As part of these efforts to be open and accessible I embarked on a series of 'Pints in the Parishes' events to enable direct, ongoing contact with the Borough's rural residents in an informal setting, and I am now relaunching this initiative. Next week I will be writing to each of the Borough's Parish Councils asking them if they would like to nominate a local pub in their area which would be happy host the event in their parish. However, if you like the sound of a Pints in the Parishes evening and know of a local rural pub which would be happy to host one, you don't have to leave it to your local parish council. Please let me know! As before, I will be drawing the names out of a hat to determine the order in which the visits t
20th June 2011
Wiltshire Council has given Energy Measurement Ltd permission to convert Pumkin's Tower in Bythesea Road into a house.
Wiltshire Council is backing a new scheme launched by the police that will assist in making domestic abuse victims safer.