Hospital cuts decision delayed
Lib Dem campaigner Peter Carroll has condemned the postponement of the decision on the future of two wards that care for elderly patients at the Royal Victoria Hospital.
Lib Dem campaigner Peter Carroll has condemned the postponement of the decision on the future of two wards that care for elderly patients at the Royal Victoria Hospital.
Charles Kennedy MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, will today welcome into the Party Cllr Stephen Wilkinson - until yesterday Labour's parliamentary candidate for Ribble Valley and a Labour member of Lancashire County Council.
Michael Howard is set to lose both the General Election AND his own Parliamentary seat in the Folkestone & Hythe Constituency on Thursday.
Conservative leader Michael Howard has been forced to change his election plans to meet the Lib Dem threat in his own Parliamentary seat.
Local campaigner Peter Carroll has come to the rescue of residents in Walmsley House in Folkestone. Peter was approached by the residents when they had a problem with the storage of their disabled buggies.
At a packed Public Meeting in Greatstone on Wednesday 16th March, Peter Carroll set out why he opposed the major expansion of Lydd Airport. Over 200 people attended the meeting. Many local people expressed their opposition to the plans. A sizable number of people who attended had links with the airport and they set out why they thought the expansion was a good idea.
A local patient whose blood test results were lost FOUR times has contacted Peter Carroll for help.
Lib Dem campaigner Peter Carroll is writing to over 6,000 households on Romney Marsh asking them to support his opposition to the proposed massive expansion of Lydd Airport.
Lib Dem campaigner Peter Carroll is writing to the Chief Constable of Kent to demand that Operation Stack be changed. Peter said, 'Literally hundreds of local residents are having their journeys home completely ruined by Operation Stack. I understand that Stack has to run in some form. However, I do not believe that the WHOLE motorway needs to be shut down. I am asking the Chief Constable to examine if it is possible to keep at least one motorway lane open.'
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