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Sewage in our Rivers

The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.

14 Sep 2022
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Longleat hotel application approved

An outline application for what's described as a new hotel resort including a water park and business conference facility, submitted by Longleat Estates, has been approved by Wiltshire Council planners. It's for an area south of the Warminster bypass at Tascroft Farm.

11 Sep 2017
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Wiltshire could go hi-tech to get more parking loot.

Wiltshire Council's Conservative cabinet is looking to resort to Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology for use in residents' parking zones. A vehicle equipped with the kit would be able to whiz down the road checking parked cars as it went, stopping to ticket any cars lacking a permit. The £40,000 cost of the equipment would, the council hopes, soon be recovered in fines.

11 Sep 2017
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Tourism boost in Leicestershire. One Million more visitors to Leicestershire according to newly released figures in 2016.

Leicester City Council have announced this week Leicester and Leicestershire had 33 million visitors during 2016; up by one million from the previous year. Figures published during the summer report 10.81 million people visited the City in comparison with 10.36 million in 2015. Tourism, the City Council announce is now worth more than £600 million to the city's economy.

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WATCH: Catherine Bearder and Vince Cable speak ahead of March for Europe #ExitfromBrexit

"We continue to oppose Brexit" says Vince, describing the Government's strategy as "train crash in slow motion." His language on this is becoming stronger all the time. He's also developing a very strong message for the party that is not about Brexit - putting the reduction of inequality front and centre of the Liberal Democrat agenda Catherine Bearder talked about how we had consistently opposed Brexit before, during and after the Referendum. Watch both their pre-march speeches below.

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10 Sep 2017
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