MP welcomes news that fell top weather service is saved
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron has today welcomed news that the Lake District's winter fell top assessment service has been saved after a campaign.
16 Nov 2011
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Phone masts stopped
Plans to put three mobile phone masts up in residential areas of Burbage have been stopped. The applications for phone masts on Hinckley Road, Rugby Road and Three Pots Road in Burbage were unanimously rejected at last night's meeting of Hinckley and Bosworth Council's planning committee. Hundreds of residents in Burbage signed a petition, organised by Liberal Democrat Cllr Stuart Bray, opposing the phone mast plans Cllr Bray said "I'm glad the planning committee have listened to the concerns of local people and stopped these inappropriate masts. "Everyone knows we need phone masts, however they should be sited in industrial areas, not in the middle of residential areas as these masts would have gone."
16 Nov 2011
Verhofstadt: "Nothing less than full economic and fiscal union including eurobonds will do"
Intervening in an important debate today in Strasbourg on the future scope and structure of economic governance in Europe, Guy Verhofstadt (ALDE group leader) drew attention to widening spreads on European bond markets - even amongst AAA countries - and called for a bold and global step forward towards economic and fiscal union - the missing piece from the EMU project dating back 20 years to the Treaty of Maastricht.
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16 Nov 2011
Shepway Community Chest 2011/12
Shepway District Council have launched this years Shepway Community Chest application form and guidance, as well as an advice sheet relating to other sources of funding and funding advice.
16 Nov 2011
Council leader slams Olympic Torch decision
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough council leader Cllr Stuart Bray has hit out at the decision by Olympic organisers not to include Hinckley and Bosworth on the Olympic Torch route. Cllr Bray is writing to Lord Coe to express his disappointment. Cllr Bray said "Britain hosting the Olympics will provide a once in a generation experience. I am deeply diasppointed therefore that residents of Hinckley and Bosworth will not see the torch without having to travel a significant distance. "Hinckley is the 2nd biggest town in the county and we are located on several key transport routes. In my view it would have from a logical place to bring the torch through and I will be asking Lord Coe to reconsider." Hinckley and Bosworth Borough council will be hosting a series of events related to the Olympics in the run up to the event.
10 Nov 2011
Local Liberal Democrat councillor goes "On the Buses"
Hinckley and Bosworth Liberal Democrat councillor Michael Mullaney has gone "On the Buses" with Anna Karen (Olive from "On the Buses") and other bus campaigners to defend local bus services.
15 Nov 2011