Fight for night-time fire cover
The fight to stop the threat to Windsor's night-time fire service is continuing, after the quick midnight arrival of fire fighters from the town saved a house from total destruction on Friday.
The fight to stop the threat to Windsor's night-time fire service is continuing, after the quick midnight arrival of fire fighters from the town saved a house from total destruction on Friday.
Michael Charlton, Dundee West LibDem candidate, today (Friday 6th April) welcomed the Scottish Liberal Democrat pledge for a new £40 million plan to ensure everyone in Scotland has access to a NHS dentist.
A few weeks ago Parliament voted to privatise key parts of the probation service and Labour MP's sitting opposite me cheered because they had narrowly forced this controversial measure through. More recently still Conservative and New Labour MP's - including all but Dennis Skinner here in Derbyshire - combined to ensure that Britain took a premature decision to renew the UK's nuclear deterrent for another 40 years.
Four British soldiers were killed today in a bomb blast in Basra, Iraq. Next Monday is the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad in the Iraq War, the day the statue of Saddam Hussein in Firdos Square, Baghdad, was toppled, and the reign of Saddam was declared ended. It is also the day the Iraq government has designated as 'Iraqi Freedom Day'.
The New Romney and Lydd referendums have produced a massive response against Lydd Airport expansion. On a big turnout, the combined vote was 2 to 1 against the expansion plans with 2204 voting against the plans and 1137 for them.
After visiting the A & E department, and meeting key staff at the Royal Surrey, Sir Menzies Campbell, Leader of the Liberal Democrats has given strong support to the campaign to save the hospital.