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20 Most Recent News Stories
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Fri 31st Oct 2008
Stephen Lloyd, who spoke at the Planning Meeting against the re-application by Tesco for their proposed Store in Meads said: "I was delighted the application by Tesco was rejected a second time by the Planning Committee. The grounds for refusal were exactly the same as last. The noise nuisance given off by the air-conditioners."
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Fri 31st Oct 2008
Action is needed now to stop major flooding in the years ahead, say Liberal Democrats in Eastbourne.
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Tue 14th Oct 2008
Ocklynge School which launched its 'walking bus' service early in the year is growing in popularity, heard Old Town resident and School Governor, Stephen Lloyd, who joined them this week to see for himself.
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Tue 7th Oct 2008
The Campaign to End Child Poverty has released data for every parliamentary constituency in the UK, showing how many children are living in low income families. Low income means where no-one is working more than 16 hours a week or the family is receiving the full amount of Working Tax Credit. In Eastbourne the research indicated that 45% of families live in low income households.
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Tue 7th Oct 2008
Like everyone else in the country residents of Eastbourne are suffering from rocketing food and energy prices. The government's own figures show that bread is up a fifth, butter and eggs by over a third and potatoes by over a quarter. Hardest hit are pensioners and others on fixed incomes.
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Fri 1st Aug 2008
Eastbourne pensioner and Willingdon Road resident Barbara Limage has been driven to despair over the Pensions department's ability to constantly lose her paperwork.
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Sun 27th Jul 2008
Residents from the Little Ratton association had their petition demanding action be taken to repair the roads and pavements in their area presented to the County Council this week by Cllr Beryl Healy.
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Fri 31st Oct 2008
Local Lib Dem campaigner recently held a quiz night at his Old Town home.
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Tue 30th Sep 2008
On Tuesday this week at the High Court in London a group of former Ghurkha soldiers with the British Army, won their immigration test case. They were challenging immigration rules which said that those who retired from the British Army before 1997 did not have an automatic right to stay. The government said it would now review all Ghurkhas cases.
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Wed 24th Sep 2008
After the surprise reversal last July when Tesco Stores put forward an amendment planning application only to rejected by the Borough Council Planning Committee, the retail giant has come back for a second attempt.
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Tue 26th Aug 2008
Current and former Equitable Life members have been contacting local parliamentary campaigner Stephen Lloyd, asking for his support for compensation, following the EU and Parliamentary Ombudsman's recommendations the regulatory authorities were negligent over many years.
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Thu 21st Aug 2008
The rising cost of fuel has caused problems for volunteer NHS drivers within Eastbourne and the surrounding area. Lib Dem parliamentary campaigner, Stephen Lloyd, first publicised there was an issue in early July when he was contacted by a local resident who volunteers as a driver for the NHS.
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Wed 20th Aug 2008
Lib Dem parliamentary campaigner Stephen Lloyd paid a recent visit to Wealden and Eastbourne Lifeline (WEL) at their offices in Eastbourne.
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Mon 18th Aug 2008
Old Town Lib Dem Councillor Carolyn Heaps has spent an early morning shift working with SITA to clean up our seafront.
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Fri 15th Aug 2008
Lib Dem campaigners have described a call by a Conservative-leaning think tank for people from towns and cities of the North to pack their bags and move to the South, as appalling.
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Sat 26th Jul 2008
Local shopkeepers are angry that Meads Street is to be partially closed for up to three weeks due to the ongoing development of the planned Tesco store.
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Sat 26th Jul 2008
Liberal Democrat campaigners have been shocked to discover that the Police and Community Support Officers issued more than 1,600 parking tickets in Bexhill last year.
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Thu 17th Jul 2008
Residents in Meads have won a victory against a planning application Tescos in Meads Street.
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Tue 15th Jul 2008
Government must stop forcing Eastbourne Borough Council to sell local residents' electoral register details to direct mail companies
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Fri 11th Jul 2008
Liberal Democrats in Eastbourne have launched a stinging attack on the Conservatives for refusing to support calls to tighten up planning rules on mobile phone masts. Currently, fewer restrictions govern planning applications for phone masts up to 15 metres in height, often making it difficult for councils to refuse permission for controversial proposals.
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