2007 Shepway Lib Dem Line-up
Shepway Liberal Democrats elected their 2007 executive committee at their AGM at the Burlington Hotel in Folkestone on 17 November. The new line-up is:
24 Nov 2006
National News
Bedfordshire: 3% of schools not good enough
The Tory County Council are hailing it a great success that just over 3% (3.18%) of our schools are excellent. Yet still the results across the county are struggling to meet the potential that the county has within it.
24 Nov 2006
Stockton Lib Dems AGM
At the AGM last night Stockton Liberal Democrats unanimously elected Jeremy Atkinson to serve as President, Mike Cherrett as Chairman, John Fletcher as vice-chairman, Colin Pollard as Treasurer and Alan Judge as Membership Secretary.
24 Nov 2006
Free travel plea by blind mother
A Cornwall MP is calling for a rethink of a council panel's decision to stop free transport for a pupil whose blind mother cannot drive her to school. Ann-Marie Storer said her daughter would have be home-schooled without free travel to her choice of school. The council said parents were responsible for all transport costs if they attend schools not designated for their home address.
24 Nov 2006
Herceptin costs 'threaten care'
Paying for the cancer drug Herceptin means treatment for other cancer patients will have to be dropped to "balance the books", doctors warn. The Norwich team says the body which recommends drugs for the NHS should change the way it works.
24 Nov 2006
Who Dumped the Blue Badges
Parking permits for disabled people, worth £50,000 on the black market, have been found dumped in Derby.
24 Nov 2006