Springfield Road crossing fiasco - inquiry call
Zebra crossing works near Tesco in Springfield Road, Chelmsford have been dragging on for months. Now the local Lib Dems have called for an Inquiry into the long-running fiasco.
30 Oct 2006
Chigwell Survey Responses
THANK you to everyone who has taken part in our special residents' survey. The local Lib Dem team is busy taking up the issues you raised.
30 Oct 2006
Government must act now to halt climate change - Huhne
Commenting on Sir Nicholas Stern's report on climate change published today, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, Chris Huhne MP said "Nick Stern has an impressive global reputation thanks to his time as chief economist at the World Bank. This report will have a very significant impact in moving economic and business thinking towards the view that the sooner we tackle the problem the better."
30 Oct 2006
Hope for Alzheimer's blood test
UK scientists are developing a blood test which may be able to pick up signs of Alzheimer's disease before people start to show symptoms. The team from the Institute of Psychiatry found levels of two types of protein in the blood were only present if people had the condition.
30 Oct 2006
For a Greener Chelmsford
A campaign has been launched for a Greener Chelmsford - because if the polar ice caps melt, Chelmsford and most of Essex disappear under water. Local Liberal Democrats were out in the town centre last week promoting their ideas for a greener Chelmsford - and their national plans to give the average Chelmsford family a £1,000 income tax cut, by taxing pollution more.
30 Oct 2006
Disabled protest against closures
Disabled workers from across the south west have been demonstrating in Plymouth against the possible closure of the factories which employ them.
30 Oct 2006