Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
Writing in the Bedford News, Bedford Borough Liberal Democrat Group Leader Cllr Michael Headley has attacked the government's programme of post office closures and the plans to shut 7 local branches in Bedford Borough.
Gordon Brown is to tell Labour MPs to publicly declare any family members they employ as Conservative leader David Cameron admitted that more than 70 Tory MPs employ members of their family on their staff. The move comes after disgraced Tory MP Derek Conway was suspended from parliament for ten days yesterday over excessive payments to his son at taxpayers' expense. Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg has published details of the staff working at his offices, and urged the party's other MPs to do so too.
Local residents in Bellfields are angry about damage being done to grass verges in the area by cars and lorries.
DELGA has given its support to Brian's Facebook Friday - a day devoted to getting out Brian's message on Facebook. DELGA Chair Jen Yockney said, "we encourage all our members and supporters who use Facebook to help promote Brian's campaign and help it grow."
The fourth Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History Month kicks off today. DELGA Chair Jen Yockney said, "It looks like an even bigger and more varied season than before with events all over the country. History Month is great for reminding us all how far we have come in the last few decades, and also thought provoking as you go back further and have to face the question 'what counts?' In the centuries before the invention of words like homosexuality, heterosexuality and bisexuality, there are many figures we can pick out as queer in our modern view - but quite how they would have seen themselves if they lived today is open to some debate."
Glenis Ansell stormed to victory in the Calne Council Lickhill by-election winning 278 votes (35%).