Sport Relief Success for the Lib Dems
Lib Dem councillors (and daughters) who did the Sport Relief mile on Sunday 21st March will raise around £1000, thanks to sponsors.
24 Mar 2010
News
Epsom and Ewell News
Stoneleigh & Auriol RA in Battle with its Councillors
With all Residents' Association councillors having voted to close public toilets at Stoneleigh and in Epsom and Ewell, Stoneleigh & Auriol RA (SARA) has taken the unusual step of running a petition against closure of the toilets in Stoneleigh, contrary to the decision already made by its own elected councillors.
19 Mar 2010
Last Chance to Donate to the Lib Dems Sport Relief Mile
Sunday 21st March is D-Day in terms of Epsom & Ewell Lib Dems three-legged mile in aid of Sport Relief.
19 Mar 2010
Recycling can be Good for our Birds
Our birds, native and visitors, will eat a wide variety of foods, as well as regular bird seed, nuts, meal-worms, etc.
6 Apr 2010
Dealing with Cooked Food Waste in Your Garden
The Green Cone system takes all household food waste, including meat and bones. It comprises a lower basket installed below ground which forms the base for an upper unit consisting of a black inner cone and a green outer one.
23 Mar 2010
Leaf Collection Service to start Autumn 2010
The Borough Council is to offer a leaf collection service from late September 2010. It will be open to everyone to subscribe.
15 Mar 2010
Surrey County Council News
Libraries axe still set to fall: but is there light at the end of the tunnel?
Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council have condemned the County's Communities Select Committee for failing to reverse plans to axe all staff from ten of the County's smaller libraries.
18 Oct 2011
Surrey’s libraries: Is there another U-turn coming?
In a debate on the future of Surrey's libraries at County Hall this afternoon not a single Conservative councillor voted for the council to abandon its plans for Community Libraries and adopt a library policy that retains professional staff in all libraries.
11 Oct 2011
26,300 signatures and a palace coup later, Surrey Tories finally scrap On-Street Parking Charges plan
In a victory for local campaigners and Liberal Democrats who organised an on-line petition with 26,300 signatures, the new Leader of Surrey County Council will this morning announce the abandoment of the County's on-street parking charge plans.
11 Oct 2011
Outgoing Tory leader’s final act is nail in Surrey libraries’ coffin
In a final act as outgoing Leader of Surrey County Council, Dr Andrew Povey and his Cabinet have pushed through unpopular plans to remove full-time staff from up to 19 of the County's libraries and end the mobile library service from this week.
27 Sep 2011
Changes at County Hall
It has been announced that the Conservative leader of Surrey County Council, Cllr Dr Andrew Povey is to resign at the Council's next full meeting on 11 October.
21 Sep 2011
Conservative Library Closure Plans Exposed
The list of libraries which the Conservative administration on Surrey County Council plans to force local communities to run, or be closed, has grown from 10 to 19 in a report for the September meeting of the County's Cabinet.
7 Sep 2011