West Dorset
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Council leader says regulate the sale of alcohol

Leader of Rochdale Council Alan Taylor is looking at extending the 'Good Guy' scheme for fireworks to alcohol. The Good Guy scheme, which was pioneered in Rochdale last year has been rolled out across much of Greater Manchester. It currently allows retailers to refuse the sale of fireworks before 15 October and after 10 November. Only a selected few retailers are allowed to have a year-round license to sell fireworks. The Council are now looking at more ways to regulate the sale of alcohol in the Borough.

25 Oct 2007
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Mobile phone mast decision overturned

Residents of Balderstone and Kirkolt were delighted this week to hear that they have won the fight to overturn a decision by mobile phone company T-Mobile to erect a phone mast in their local community. In August of this year, an appeal was heard by the planning inspectorate, granting permission for T-Mobile to build a new mobile phone mass on Sandbrook Way.

25 Oct 2007
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Steve's YouTube hit

The YouTube video that Bristol West Lib Dem MP Steve Williams made to raise awareness of the "stop homophobic bullying " campaign is the third most popular Lib Dem video on the internet.

25 Oct 2007
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Cover of DELGA newsletter, September 2007

Brighton newsletter

The special edition DELGA newsletter produced for Brighton Autumn Federal Conference is now available online as an Adobe pdf file.

25 Oct 2007
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Farron quizzes Secretary of State on Hill Farm top up

Tim Farron, Lib Dem MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming questioned the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Hilary Benn on the adequacy of the Hill Farm Allowance top up. Mr Farron, who yesterday called on Mr Benn to ensure that the HFA top up was delivered on time, asked if he thought the amount pledged was sufficient given many farmers' circumstances.

25 Oct 2007
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