A week ago I passed on a complaint from a local resident to the Council about the state of the pavement at the top of Pastures Hill. If it wasn’t for the wide grass verge, pupils would have been walking in the road because of the trees and other plants growing across the path.  I […]

Derby Lib Dems join call to cut betting shop gambling down in size. Fixed odds betting terminals, the electronic roulette machines in betting shops, have been called the crack cocaine of gambling.  Since 2005 they have been allowed in betting shops and people can gamble £100 every 20 seconds. Evidence from the gambling industry suggests […]

Last night Lib Dem councillors won the argument but lost the vote. We had ‘called-in’ Labour’s decision on which suburban shopping areas the council should spend around £8 million improving. Liberal Democrats are very supportive of local communities and see such local shopping areas as a vital part of the local area. When leading the […]

If the drains – properly called ‘gulleys’ – in the gutter along side roads don’t drain, not only does it mean puddles and flooding, it also means that the tarmac wears out faster – the extra water washing it away that bit quicker. For all these reasons it’s good to make sure that they are clear. Several […]

Again tonight the right turn filter from Manor Road into Uttoxeter New Road (to town) didn’t change to green when I expected it.  The traffic from Kingsway towards the hospital was flowing, and my queue still had to wait.   This was the third time in as many journeys (and days). It’s happened before.  It […]

Lucy Care writes; On the last day of the Lib Dem Conference in Glasgow this week, the party debated policy on banks and banking. There were several detailed and weighty speeches about the way the banking sector works – or should work.  Examples of banking from overseas were provided, and people expounded the need for […]

Lucy writes: Six years ago, when the busy Nationwide agency closed, many people assumed that in due course the Building Society would transfer this business to their newly acquired Derbyshire Building Society branch on the corner of Shepherd Street. We now know that the Derbyshire branch will itself be closing this autumn. Articles in Littleover Focus […]