Derelict land in urban areas should be transformed to meet the need for more quality public spaces that foster community bonds and reduce anti-social behaviour, Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg said at an event hosted by the think-tank Demos.
Crawley Liberal Democrats have welcomed the announcement by Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg that his party is to unilaterally introduce many of the expenses proposals that were rejected last week by MPs at Westminster.
New charges but less parking: that's the situation at Folkestone West train station after Southeastern announced they are to introduce parking charges at the station. The cost will be £2 per day Monday to Friday (or £1.70 after 2pm).
Former Gurkha Padam Limbu has won a damages pay-out of £123,000 at the High Court today. Padam was shot shot in the leg during a training accident in 2002 and was left with damaged tissue and nerves and still cannot
Around 20 boxes of clothes will be making their way from Folkestone to Nepal on Saturday thanks to a collection of clothes led by the Nepali community in Cheriton.
Thousands of people having been queuing for hours outside O2 and Carphone Warehouse stores across the UK this morning, all hoping to get their hands on an iPhone 3G.Outside Apple's flagship store on...
Independent bookshops remain concerned that Amazon could steal more of their business once National Book Tokens launches its Electronic Book Token next year.
Independent booksellers have hailed the inaugural Independent Booksellers Week (IBW) a success, despite some misgivings over the branding, which had been combined with the original Love Your Local Bookshop (LYLB) campaign logo.
A Michigan man has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that certain Bibles from Thomas Nelson Publishing and another Bible publisher discriminate against gays.
Dubbed "the greatest match I've ever seen" by John McEnroe, Sunday's nearly five-hour Wimbledon final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal was almost immediately declared a historic moment in sports. Luckily for Houghton Mifflin one of their top sports authors,
By 2010, Amazon may get 3 percent, or $741 million, of revenue from sales of the paperback-sized reader and digital books, according to Citigroup Inc. analyst Mark Mahaney, a Kindle user. That's up from this year's 0.3 percent, or $60
The Liberal Democrats have won the Barton ward by-election to Canterbury City Council with Michael Steed winning the seat with a 292 majority. The majority has increased from 224 in May 2007 when the seat was last contested.
I know it makes us seem philistines, but my family spent an absolute minimum of time in museums during our Italian visit. My wife and I, however, sneaked away from the family when we visited Perugia. After walking around part
