Lancaster has been combined with Fleetwood & Over Wyre to form the new Lancaster & Fleetwood parlimentary Constituency.
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…)
Lancashire Green County Councillor Chris Coates was the guest speaker at the regular meeting of Scottish Greens in Castle Douglas in Galloway last week. Cllr Coates spoke about the success of the Green Party in Lancaster and there was a lively discussion on how that might be repeated in South West Scotland.
Also speaking at the meeting was Cllr Kieran Wild from Glasgow Green Party.
Cllr Maia Whitelegg has been campaigning for the replacement of Lollipop crossing posts. Lancashire County Council has been unable to replace lollipop crossings positions and there have been a number of vacant posts in the district, including 2 in Bulk Ward (Keswick Rd/Kentmere Rd and Derwent Rd outside Christ Church School).
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Saturday 1st of March saw Lancaster’s Carnival of Culture come off without a hitch. During the day, between 250-350 people joined in a fantastically colourful, creative and vibrant street procession that snaked around the town through the afternoon, stopping in spots that are due to be blighted by car-parks, big box retail shopping and so forth, as well as the town square with it’s Trumpton-style Victoria statue, the City hall and the planners’ offices.
For full report by ‘anarchoteapot’ see Indymedia. For more pics,video etc see the Carnival website.
