A MAN who acted as the prime mover in a campaign against more flats in his area has submitted a planning application to demolish his house and build a four-storey block on the site.
Action from Sandgate campaigner Season Prater has convinced Shepway Council to take action on overflowing residents bins for flats above the Enbrook Valley shops in Golden Valley, Sandgate. The bins are regularly full to overflowing, and additional rubbish left by the bins, causing litter across the area by the shops and attracting seagulls and other animals.
Following a long running campaign by Lib Dem New Romney Coast Councillor Val Loseby and local residents, the owners of Lydd Airport (London Ashford Airport) have agreed to cut the glare of floodlights over complaints of light pollution.
The shutdown of the Ineos oil refinery at Grangemouth in central Scotland has been completed, the company has said. The 1,700-acre plant is being closed in preparation for a two-day strike by staff over pension changes, which is due to start on Sunday. BP has said that if the action goes ahead, it will have to close the Forties oil pipeline, which links North Sea oil production with Grangemouth, delivering 30% of the UK's oil output.
Dundee LibDems today (Friday 25th April) gave their backing to Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg MP, who has written to Labour MPs urging them not to be bribed by the Government's 'last minute smoke and mirror promises' and instead vote for the Liberal Democrat amendment against the plan to double the 10p rate of tax.
A disabled woman has won £1,000 from Tesco after a court said it had discriminated against her by not allowing staff to pump up her tyres. Grandmother Jenni Crowly, from Connah's Quay, Flintshire, said the win was not only a victory for her, but also for disabled people.
