Saffron Spring Clean
Tuesday 3rd April is the date, 10am the time and the Kingfisher Youth Centre is the place, where local residents, volunteers and council staff are meeting to start off from on the first Saffron Clean-Up Day Event.
23 Mar 2007
Council Tax Tinkering No Improvement
Liberal Democrats in Chesterfield are calling for council tax to be scrapped. The call has been made in response to plans by a government review to revalue homes and add two new bands to the council tax system.
23 Mar 2007
Dundee LibDems slam Budget that hits lowest paid
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Thursday 22nd March) slammed yesterday's Budget as an example of spin that, in reality, hits the poorest paid, and pointed out that the gap between poor and wealthy in Britain is now greater than it was in the time of the Thatcher government.
22 Mar 2007
Boost for special needs students
A newly-refurbished centre to provide sixth form facilities for students with learning difficulties has opened at a Cambridgeshire college. The site, at Impington Village College, aims to provide a bridge between school and working life for students.
22 Mar 2007
New centre for learning disabled
A new £1m specialist centre for people with learning disabilities is to be built in Wiltshire.
22 Mar 2007
Student hails disability victory
A disabled student who won a lawsuit against a university for denying him wheelchair access at his graduation ceremony has welcomed the court ruling. Craig Potter, 28, studied at Canterbury Christchurch College, but was unable to access the stage during the ceremony held at Canterbury Cathedral in 2004.
22 Mar 2007