Wolverhampton was strangely quiet on Thursday afternoon. To make sure all citizens knew the reason why the noise of a helicopter shattered the peace as it flew round the City dragging a huge banner supporting England's World cup team as they played Trinidad and Tobago. The results of this encounter will be better described elsewhere.
Local MP Tim Farron has taken up a challenge issued to him by Transport Minister Douglas Alexander MP in yesterday's Environmental Audit Select Committee. Douglas Alexander admitted that the Government had little idea of how to get more people onto buses in rural areas, and asked Tim if he had any ideas.
Britain is a "partner in crime" with the United States in organising secret flights to move terror suspects around the world and UK ministers have adopted a "see no evil, hear no evil" approach to CIA flights." says Amnesty International.
Inderjit Singh Panser went on a walk-a-bout in Rushey Mead, knocking on doors and talking to residents to seek their views on how well the City Council is running Leicester - and what they thought would be the major issues that effect Rushey Mead.
Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell MP has unveiled plans to protect and improve our environment with a major "green tax switch". The party wants to cut income tax for everyone, and take millions of the least well off out of income tax altogether, whilst instead taxing pollution more heavily.
The Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council opposed the Conservative administration's original proposals to cut funding to Surrey voluntary organisations to the tune of £838,000, because of its likely adverse impact on the most vulnerable Surrey residents. Subsequently, the Conservative administration has announced revised plans to make cuts of between £213,000 and £550,000.