Lancaster has been combined with Fleetwood & Over Wyre to form the new Lancaster & Fleetwood parlimentary Constituency.
Following coverage in the local Citizen newspaper of the discovery of a hidden ‘litter trap’ in Burrow Beck. (At the point where it goes under the canal at Deep Cutting via a sump.) Prompt action by local Green Councillor Chris Coates and City Council Direct Services has seen the eyesore cleaned up in double quick time. (more…)
Appletree Nursery & Children’s Centre on Milking Stile Lane threw open its doors on Thursday 8th May for a Vision Day. People from the local community were invited to come and look around the newly extended and refurbished building and add their voice to the vision of the new children’s centre.
Green County Councillor Chris Coates Said after his tour “The facilities here are superb. The classroom in the nursery is equipped with the highest quality play equipment and the sensory room is a real treat.”
Appletree has extended it range of services and is hoping to expand further in the future with plans for a community garden on land next to the nursery.For more information see the Appletree website.
Last weeks local elections saw gains for the Green Party across the country. The biggest gains were in Norwich where the party won 3 seats and became the official opposition on the council. The party also won seats in Solihull and Cambridge places where it had previously no councillors. In the London Assembly election the Green vote increased and the parties two assembly members were returned with over 8% of the vote. (more…)
Lancaster University vice-chancellor has unilaterally announced that he wants to cut staff in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Lancaster. This will have a massive impact on access to education in the region’s communities.
Developers Centros have been back in town showing the latest version of their plans for the controversial redevelopment of the Canal Corridor area of town to local councillors and interested parties. Planning applications for this version of the scheme are due to be submitted in the 2nd week of June.
The new Centros proposals can be downloaded here:
The Green Party’s visually stunning broadcast for the local elections was broadcast on Tues 15th April at 18.25 on ITV and 18.55 on both BBC1 . The film,produced by Contaminant Media and animated by sought-after Shroom Studios, uses no actors; instead real people were invited to discuss their concerns, making a compelling argument for Green solutions for a more affordable and fairer society.
If you missed is catch it now on YouTube
The Council’s cabinet recently voted to look at replacing the market tenants with a single occupier (a position opposed by the Greens). This was because of a large yearly deficit caused by the Council’s decision in the 1990s to sell the market site and then rent it back off the owner. The Green Party thinks that the market is an important centre for local employment in the town. (more…)
A High Court challenge has been made to the planning permission for the Heysham/M6 Link Road proposal by Linda Davies, of Russell Drive, Torrisholme. Mrs Davies, a retired social worker and a former teacher at Lancaster and Morecambe College, has secured legal aid enabling her lawyers, Essex-based EarthRights, to contest points of appeal in the planning application, which was approved by the secretary of state last month.
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With all the talk about a possible new nuclear power station at Heysham South Lakeland Friends of the Earth has a “No New Nuclear Build” on-line Petition, signatories include Dr Stuart Parkinson - Director of Scientists for Global Responsibility,Tim Farron MP and Green MEP Caroline Lucas.
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Gina Dowding, the Green prospective parliamentary candidate for Lancaster & Fleetwood, shared a platform with the Mayor of Delhi, Ms Arti Mehra, at the Local Government Association national conference in Liverpool on Wednesday 12th March. The former Lancaster City Council cabinet member joined the Indian Mayor in a panel discussion on the threats posed by climate change and the sorts of actions that local councils could take to reduce carbon emissions and to prepare for the effects of global warming. (more…)
