A city council has launched a campaign to tackle the misuse of disabled car parking bays at its leisure centres. The Baywatch campaign, launched in Preston in Lancashire, covers both Fulwood and West View leisure centres. The national campaign aims to discourage non-disabled drivers from using parking spaces meant for blue badge holders at supermarkets.
A relative of a disabled patient claims parking at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire is more difficult since stricter rules were brought in. People displaying blue disabled badges used to be able to park in any space but now the hospital says people must park in the bays allocated to them.
A Leicestershire railway station is to undergo work to improve access for its disabled passengers. Network Rail has announced that work to build two new lifts and a footbridge at Loughborough railway station will start later in the year.
Commenting on yesterday's announcement by Patricia Hewitt regarding patient choice, including a 'super website' and pilot projects in public libraries, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, Norman Lamb MP said:
A petition has been set up on the Downing Street web site (http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Ashford-Brussels/) calling for the retention of direct Eurostar services from Ashford to Brussels. As highlighted by Lib Dem MEP Sharon Bowles the service is rumoured to be under further threat after direct services to Paris were axed.
There will be more Police + Community Support Officers, increased recycling and more funding for pavement and pothole repairs in Chelmsford - if the Liberal Democrats gain control of the Borough Council on 3rd May. These are just a few of the key pledges in the party's Manifesto launched in front of Hylands House. The Manifesto, entitled "For a Safer, Greener, Fairer Chelmsford", sets out the Lib Dem vision for Chelmsford and the action they will take to realise that vision.
