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20 Most Recent News Stories
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Mon 22nd Feb 2010
A petition launched to support the calls for passport and car tax services to be offered at a Harborough post office has topped 1000 signatures.
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Sat 30th Jan 2010
On Thursday Phil Knowles, chairman of Market Harborough Liberal Democrats, won the by-election in the Great Bowden and Arden ward of Harborough District Council.
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Tue 15th Dec 2009
Baroness Ros Scott, President of the Liberal Democrats, has met residents in Great Bowden to hear at first hand the concerns they have about the Focsa site which has opened on the edge of the village. Along with councillors, Sarah Hill and Barbara Johnson, Harborough Lib Dem Parliamentary spokesman Zuffar Haq and local Lib Dem Chairman Phil Knowles accompanied the party's President on the trip.
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Mon 16th Nov 2009
Just days after the public meeting in Great Bowden, we have secured the draft tender documents from the District Council.
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Tue 27th Oct 2009
Focsa, the company responsible for emptying bins in the Harborough, is planning to move to a site off Welham Lane just outside Great Bowden.
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Sat 17th Oct 2009
Annette Deacon and Sarah Clarke attended the Liberal Democrat Conference in Bournemouth. They told this website:
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Fri 25th Sep 2009
The 10:10 campaign aims to cut our carbon emissions by 10 per cent in 2010. And Zuffar Haq, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson for Harborough, is calling on local people to support it.
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Thu 24th Sep 2009
The first case of H1N1 inside the European parliament was confirmed on Monday. The medical centre is planning for a peak of cases in the second half of October when 20 per cent of staff could be absent from work. East Midlands Lib Dem MEP Bill Newton Dunn says that this must be the catalyst to bring the EU members together in a single and co-coordinated plan of action without delay
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Sun 28th Jun 2009
Market Harborough's new hospital facilities are still on schedule. That's the message after the recent meeting between Health Trust Executives and local Liberal Democrats.
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Thu 21st May 2009
Cancer patients suffering from aggressive forms of the disease should be able to receive the life-saving treatment they need in the UK instead of being forced to travel abroad, says Lib Dem MP Tim Farron.
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Sat 2nd May 2009
The United Kingdoms's long standing opt-out from the European Working Time Directive will remain in place after attempts by the European Parliament to phase it out failed. This is good news for the retained firefighters and the many communities they serve - including Market Harborough.
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Wed 29th Apr 2009
As the campaign for widespread introduction of 20 mph zones throughout Harborough grows. a plea has been made to the authorities not to forget the villages. Local campaigner Phil Knowles says there is just as much potential danger in villages as in rural areas and towns.
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Mon 27th Apr 2009
Harborough Liberal Democrats Zuffar Haq and Phil Knowles have called on all local hospitals to play their part in tackling knife crime. Forty-three young people died from knife crime in Britain last year.
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Sun 26th Apr 2009
After every election we meet people who say they wanted to vote but didn't - often because something cropped up unexpectedly on polling day.
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Wed 25th Mar 2009
The Battle to save the retained firefighters service as we know it will go on, and there may be significant signs of hope. That's the view of Liberal Democrat MEP Bill Newton Dunn.
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Tue 24th Mar 2009
Local businesses, including town centre shops, struggling to keep their heads above water are often exposed to the added burden of costs caused by petty vandalism, smashed windows, graffiti and the like.
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Fri 20th Mar 2009
Yesterday two leading Liberal Democrat MPs visited Market Harborough.
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Thu 26th Feb 2009
Market Harborough Liberal Democrats are urging local residents to support their campaign to keep the right for retained fire-fighters to opt out of the European Working Time Directive.
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Mon 23rd Feb 2009
East Midlands MEP Bill Newton Dunn has thrown his weight behind the campaign for the introduction of 20 mph zones across Market Harborough and the village centres. He is seeking information from across Europe to support the case for better road safety here in Harborough
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Tue 13th Jan 2009
CASCET - the campaign against the proposed Pennbury eco-town - has received backing from East Midlands MEP Bill Newton Dunn. In a letter to the Chairman of the Campaign Group, Bill Newton Dunn calls on the Government to remove Pennbury from the short list now. He describes the site as "inappropriate" and expresses deep concern that the legacy for future generations will be negative.
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