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Green party representatives in Croxley Green The Green Party has said it is "delighted" with its performance in Three Rivers at the local elections. One of the party's candidates - Chris Mitchell - came very close to taking a seat in Croxley Green, which he says was thanks to as "fantastic team effort" from Green party campaigners. Cllr Mitchell, who has been a parish councillor in Croxley Green for ten years, polled 961 votes for the Greens in Dickinsons ward, which was up from 119 votes in 2019. The Liberal Democrat candidate, Paul Rainbow, retained the seat for his party, winning 1...

Reading's new councillors Three new councillors have been elected to Reading Borough Council (RBC) last week, including a former Zimbabwean diplomat and a former advisor to the McCann family. There were 17 councillors in total elected in Reading last week at the local elections, with voting taking place on Thursday, May 6, and the winners confirmed at the count on Friday. Just three of the 17 are new councillors, however, with each of the new members winning after a councillor had stood down from their role. The three councillors also represent three different political parties. Two...

Concerns have been raised by local residents over ongoing development at the Carbis Bay Hotel complex, after a number of trees were felled.. Cornwall Council’s planning enforcement team has been asked to investigate works which are being undertaken at a hotel which will host the G7 Summit. The enforcement team was called in after concerns were raised about trees being removed and building works at the Carbis Bay Hotel. Residents and campaigners claimed that “ancient trees” had been removed – something which the resort has denied. Yesterday it was revealed that the case has bee...

Up in smoke? Plans for fire training centre in Limerick town in doubt as alternative site is sought   donal.oregan@limerickleader.ie Limerick City and County Council hopes to get another site in Kilmallock for a €5m fire training centre ');  '); THERE was white smoke, of sorts, over the proposed €5m national fire training centre for Kilmallock Business Park at the latest local area meeting. The council is to now to seek expressions of interest from food production companies to set up in the park and look for an alternative site for the fire training centre. It was a hot topic late last...

By Aran Dhillon, Local Democracy Reporter Council tax hike agreed - but Lib Dems and Tory vote against A £150 million budget including a ‘tough’ 4.98 per cent council tax increase has been approved. The Labour-run council’s medium-term financial plan, revenue budget and capital programme was passed by councillors in a vote during the virtual full council meeting today, Monday. But the Liberal Democrat opposition group voted against it, along with Conservative Cllr Kath Buckley and independent Cllr Geoff Fellows. The 4.98 p...