Welsh Lib Dems welcome enhancement of MyTravelPass young persons' discount scheme The Welsh Liberal Democrats have welcomed the announcement from the Welsh Government that the MyTravelPass young persons' bus discount scheme is to be enhanced. The initial pilot scheme was secured by Welsh Liberal Democrats in opposition during the last Assembly. The scheme, which has evolved and improved since its pilot in 2015, now offers a third off the fares for all journeys taken by young people aged between 16 and 21 - right up until their 22nd birthday. Welsh Liberal Democrat Leader Jane Dodds commented: It's encouraging to see ...
Stephen and I may still be without a name, and I may still be mostly succeeding in stopping Stephen talking about Brexit, but this time we do kick off with a policy discussion: the pros and cons of a universal basic income.
( cut for the squeamish ) But here is a benefit of polyamory: [IMG: [personal profile] ] matgb offered to get me a glass of milk in between doing other stuff. After a bit I realise he has forgotten. [IMG: [personal profile] ] magister comes up to say goodnight and I am pathetic at him till he goes to get me a glass of milk. Then we say goodnight and he goes to bed. Ten minutes later Mat comes upstairs with a glass of milk "OMG I'm sorry I totally forgot!" I might be in huge amounts of pain, but ...
It does not show the city's best side, but this footage was taken from the cab of a locomotive traversing the start of the freight-only line from Leicester to Burton upon Trent - the Ivanhoe Line. It is notable how much derelict railway land there is alongside it.
And so our week at Bonkers Hall draws to a close with the old boy defending the tribes of the Upper Welland Valley against some shameful stereotyping. Sunday Guidebooks advise tourists to give the islands on Rutland Water a wide berth lest they be eaten. I am no keener on being boiled in a pot while a bouquet garni floats past my nose than the next man, or indeed woman, but I must say I have always found the inhabitants good fellows In Their Own Way. Some authorities claim they are related to the primitive tribes of the Upper Welland ...
There is an Orthodox monastery beneath the Stiperstones. There is a Buddhist retreat in White Grit. Now, it transpires, there is a mosque in Craven Arms. Its imam, Sohayb Peerbhai, told the Shropshire Star: "We serve a large portion of the Shropshire hills. We have members of our community that come from Church Stretton, Ludlow, Knighton, Clee Hill, Cleobury Mortimer and Hereford, as there's no mosque in Hereford."
Cuts that expose police officers to risk should shame Home Sec A report published today by the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) has warned Conservative Government cuts are exposing police officers to public risk. Police officers may be trained to put themselves in harm's way to keep us safe, but Ministers must ensure they have the essential protection of a police colleague working alongside them. This report should shame the Home Secretary for his failure to give our police any real increase in their budgets. The Liberal Democrats demand far better for our police. The Government must give ...
Based in Toulouse, the fruit of half a century of industrial cooperation between France, Germany, the UK and Spain, the Airbus group is the flagship of European aviation. At the beginning of the new millennium, it had achieved parity with Boeing in sales of civilian aircraft. Today, one wonders whether it is falling behind its [...] The post Airbus attacked on two fronts appeared first on Radix.
Nick Clegg referred to such a group as "alarm clock Britain – the bleary-eyed grafters struggling to raise families, while getting out to work, with little money left over to pay for luxuries." Resolution Foundation thinks tank suggest there are six million working-age households on low to middle incomes spread across the country. Such households will have at least one person in work, but they are not always low-income families. They may, for example, have an annual income of £50,000 but have a large family to support with high housing cost and very little disposable income at the end of ...
Your Liberal Britain is renaming itself Hatch, as part of a move to try to better reach those liberals who do not yet view themselves as Liberal Democrats.
In Wales we have the only Liberal Democrat Minister in the United Kingdom, delivering Welsh Liberal Democrat policies on education for our children and young people. Kirsty is now in her third year as the Education Minister. Since May 2016, she has forged ahead with innovative programmes to enhance education and learning for children and young people in Wales, embedded in the Liberal value of opportunity for all. As Kirsty says, it is no coincidence that the Welsh word for a ladder is the same as it is for school – "Ysgol". So a quick gallop of just some of ...
Tue, 12:56: RT @theJeremyVine: This correction may look ridiculous, but the Huntley "Nicola" story has been used for the last year to make transgender... Tue, 14:18: Pretty much my assessment too. https://t.co/lVfuHXh1Na Tue, 16:05: How was the Irish Border drawn in the first place? https://t.co/Jn218wM7UE It actually could have been worse... Tue, 18:53: RT @davidallengreen: Another day of Brexit. Full steam adrift. Tue, 19:10: Tuesday reading https://t.co/kOjBcJm97S Wed, 04:33: RT @CitySamuel: Ok here are two perfectly plausible alternative interpretations of the snippets overheard here... bear with me as they are... Wed, 09:27: I wonder which it is? https://t.co/w1dvESHZcS Wed, 10:45: ...
Despite attempts by Welsh Labour to close down an investigation into allegations of anti-Semitism on the part of Cardiff Central Assembly Member, Jenny Rathbone, the issue stubbornly refuses to go away. As the BBC reports, Rathbone was investigated after suggesting security fears of Jewish people at a Cardiff synagogue could be "in their own heads". She subsequently apologised and was given a formal warning, but details of the investigation have not been published. Now Welsh Jewish representatives have spoken out, accusing Welsh Labour of failing to take into consideration the feelings of the Jewish community in the way they handled ...
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Aintree – Now here's a unique piece of it's railway history that had passed me by until now
I'm always interested to learn more about our local history (and in particular our railway history) in and around Sefton Borough and recently I've come across a unique aspect of Aintree's railway history that until now had completely passed me by. I refer to this Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Electric Locomotive At Aintree, Merseyside, 25th September 1912 Phil Hughes on the Mersey Railways Facebook Group, where the photos were recently displayed, says – From what I believe it was a test track possibly between Sefton junction and the bridge crossing the Ormskirk line hence the overhead wires. Ryan Lloyd then ...
Remain-inclined MPs refuse to contemplate May's hard Brexit. The hard-line Tory Right are fearful of a backstop, keeping trading links and protecting pesky inconveniences like workers' rights and basic health and safety standards. Nobody is willing to compromise. Including us. This is no bad thing. We are passionately and proudly open, internationalist and outward-looking. We cherish long-held cooperation with the rest of the world on trade, innovation, fighting climate change and much more. Many of us celebrate free movement. Above all, we value our place as leaders on the global stage. We should continue to fight for a People's Vote ...
The Friends of Riverside Nature Park hold their AGM tomorrow night - Thursday 14th February at 7pm - at the Mitchell Street Centre - all welcome! As well as reporting the past year activities and electing the new committee, there will be an illustrated talk about urban orchards.
