Long-term sickness risks £18 billion black hole under Conservatives as Lib Dems call for mental health MOTs Debate: The country deserved better than that Cole-Hamilton: SNP's mishandling of health costing the economy Welsh Lib Dems react to school year announcement Cole-Hamilton: SNP have failed to get to grips with A&E crisis Mental health treatment targets missed again Scottish Liberal Democrats: SNP must go further and faster with rail travel Long-term sickness risks £18 billion black hole under Conservatives as Lib Dems call for mental health MOTs The Liberal Democrats announce regular mental health 'MOT' checks at key points in people's ...
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Children working in a Lancashire cotton mill in 1920 - and a visit from the French women's football ...
Embed from Getty ImagesI've seen 20th-century photographs of children working in cotton mills from the United States before, but this is the first from I can recall from Britain. What led me to it was the identity of their visitors: the French women's football team. This is another reminder of how the women's game flourished during and immediately after the first world war and how it was then suppressed by the game's authorities. The original and best book on the first women's football boom, incidentally, is The Dick, Kerr's Ladies by Barbara Jacobs.
Proving there's Lib Dem life beyond the blue wall, The Stray Ferret reports the opening of our new campaign headquarters in Harrogate: The constituency's former Lib Dem MP, Phil Willis, cut the ribbon on the premises on Westmoreland Street, flanked by party volunteers and accompanied by Tom Gordon, who will be challenging Conservative candidate Andrew Jones for the seat. Mr Willis - who now sits in the House of Lords as Baron Willis of Knaresborough - won Harrogate and Knaresborough in 1997 and was re-elected with increased majorities in 2001 and 2005 before stepping down in 2010. Phil told the ...
BBC News wins our Headline of the Day Award. The house, the judges noted, is at Rossett near Wrexham and it is not clear how long Abbot lived there.
As often happens with visiting ships there was an exchange of plaques between the Cunard, me representing the City of Liverpool, the new operator of the Cruise Terminal and Peel Ports. It was graced as ever by Liverpool's Lady Mayoress. ... Continue reading →
Ruth Davidson, former Conservative Scottish leader: "This raw emotion from Ed Davey is arguably the most powerful bit of communication in the campaign so far".
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Ed Davey has given an extremely moving interview about caring for his teenage son, while leading the Liberal Democrats. Click below for some clips. You can find a full article and more clips on the ITV News website.
Fraser's weekly ward surgeries take place later today and every Tuesday during school term time. They are as follows : Tuesdays at 5pm prompt - Blackness Library Tuesdays at 5.45pm prompt - Ancrum Road Primary School All residents welcome - no appointment necessary.
Welsh Liberal Democrats have said that the latest development in the Vaughan Gething donations scandal raises further questions about the integrity and judgement of the First Minister. They are responding to a report by BBC Wales that the company that bankrolled Vaughan Gething's successful bid to become Wales' first minister was linked to a criminal investigation at the time, The BBC say that a criminal investigation into suspected environmental offences by Resources Management Limited (RML) is being carried out by Natural Resources Wales. This is a firm which is owned by millionaire businessman David Neal, who donated £200,000 to Gething's ...
