Local MP, Tim Farron welcomed the news today that the livestock elements of the Westmorland County Show would be going ahead as normal. Mr Farron had been in conversations earlier in the week with senior officials at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, including the Farming Minister Lord Rooker, in an effort to obtain an animal gathering licence for the show.
Local Loughton campaigner Neil Woollcott has thanked residents after a stunning by-election result saw the Liberal Democrat vote more than triple.
Following Rochdale's Labour Parliamentary Candidate Simon Danczuk's calls for MP Paul Rowen to spell out what the Liberal Democrat party's new immigration proposals would mean for Rochdale, Mr Rowen has responded by saying that he sees this as an attempt by Mr Danczuk to 'stir up British National Party' style headlines. Rochdale's MP claims that Rochdale is losing out on millions of pounds because of the Labour Government's failure to tackle the problem of illegal immigration.
Graham Watson MEP, Leader of the Liberal group in the European Parliament, has secured the backing of the European Parliament in attempting to save the life of an Iranian women, who if deported back to Iran from the UK, will be imprisoned and almost certainly face being stoned to death. Her apparent crime, as a lesbian woman, is her sexuality.
This evening Paul opened the Baboushka Russian-European Deli on West Bars. He couldn't resist trying some of the tasty treats on offer. Paul is pictured with the Deli owner, Svetlana Karpinski and Father Gregory Butler, Father Stephen Bober and Father Edwin Hunt who all helped to cut the cake and declare the deli officially open.
The government's consultation exercise on the Single Equality Bill is nearing its close. Get your feedback in as soon as possible - the deadline is 4th September.
