NEWS IN BRIEF FROM PARKLANDS WARD
:: GREAT PARK ALLOTMENT PLAN
20 Oct 2008
Save our green belt
The Government has doubled the housebuilding target for Stockport, weakened the protections on a third of our precious green belt, and is forcing the Council through Ministerial Directives and threats to adopt a Local Plan which will let developers target green belt first.
We oppose this government’s ‘developers charter’ and need your voice. Do you agree with us that the green spaces that make our area special need to be preserved, and new housing should first be built on brownfield sites, after the infrastructure is provided with schools, improved transport, and GP places guaranteed? Help us send a message to Government and make Labour listen to local people.
Find our more about the local plan on our frequently asked questions page.
Save our green belt
Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
Doctor Plans improve the health of the NHS
South Shropshire journal 17th October
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20 Oct 2008
Lembit Opik Charity Dinner in Bourne raises £530 for MNDA
Grantham & Stamford LibDems recent Charity Dinner for the Motor Neurone Disease Ass. was a resounding success. Lembit was an absolutely inspiring and energising speaker. The evening was a sell out and we were privileged to have Gordon Hickmore, President of the Lincs Branch of MNDA , joining us with 24 members and friends and members of the Grantham based NHS Outreach Team. Gordon told us that the association is a bit thin on the ground in the south of the county and that he hoped that the publicity in the media will raise awareness and help promote the cause. If this happens then the evening will have been an even bigger success. Before moving on to the evening itself, we would like to express our great gratitude to Phil Feminille at Fratellis at The Angel Hotel for his great patience in the run up to the evening and also for his great generosity. We had a magnificent meal and the staff were fantastic.
20 Oct 2008
Urgent Call for Widford Park and Ride
Chelmsford Liberal Democrats have called on the County Council for increased priority for the provision of a Park and Ride Service from Widford,
20 Oct 2008
Fire in Tontine Street, Folkestone
Kent Fire and Rescue Service has tackled a blaze at a three storey building in Folkestone during the early hours of this morning.
20 Oct 2008
TONIGHT - Free screening of the award-winning documentary film Taking Liberties
Taking Liberties is an unflinching inquiry into the systematic erosion of our basic liberties and traditional rights, amidst a climate of fear fostered by the media. Shocking, determinedly truthful and scathingly funny, the film Taking Liberties presents
20 Oct 2008