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Portishead Town Council Budget

Press Release

Portishead Town council will set its 2007-8 budget at the January 17th meeting.  A working party met this week to put forward recommendations, which will be further debated at that meeting. ...read more


Focus Winter 2006 - Portishead

focus coverThe latest issue of Focus covering Portishead is now available to download.  Click here to download (opens in new window, PDF approx 520k).
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Constituency AGM

This year's AGM will be held at 7:30 p.m. on 28th November 2006, at the new Yatton Library. The building was a Quzker Meeting House, and used to be part of the old Yatton Infant School (rebuilt by a previous Liberal Democrat run North Somerset). The building had been left derelict by the Tories, but has now been refurbished thanks to further Liberal Democrat influence. ...read more


Recycling in North Somerset under the Liberal Democrats

by Deborah Yamanaka

Recycling has come a long way since 2003, rising from 14% under the Conservatives to 32% now. When I becamse the Executive Member with responsibility for waste, we extended kerbside collections to cover the whole district by Summer 2004. ...read more


Sustainable Communities Bill

The Sustainable Communities Bill (Private Members) is up for ballot on Nov 23rd 06; it is well supported by over 400 MPs & hundreds of councils because it is trying to put 'subdisiarity' into practicem and to  "..turn politics upside down" - a long held LibDem policy.  If successful it will be fronted by a LibDem MP. We are urged to write to Liam Fox (he has indicated support) to adopt  the Bill if it does reach the House. ...read more


Response to article on Lake Grounds in 1st November issue

from Jon Gething to Heather Pickstock

Heather

The article in your paper last week about proposals for improving play facilities at the Lake Grounds in Portishead was another example of the way some Town Councillors in Portishead simply want to raise their profile by exaggeration and scaremongering while at the same time making no positive proposals. ...read more


Another good day for the Liberal Democrats

On September 7th there was a by-election for the North Somerset seat in Pill left vacant following the death of Labour Councillor Glyn Duck. The seat was won by Nan Kirsen (former Liberal Democrat leader of North Somerset, standing as an Independent). ...read more


Yatton Library Well Worth the Wait

Yatton residents are looking forward eagerly to their new library, due to open in September. Housed in the old Yatton Infants school building, it will be much larger than the old library with many more books, DVDs and computers as well as the Parish Council office and a community room for hire. ...read more



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