On Thursday, October the 19th, popular local County Councillor Susan van der Ven will speak about The Royston-Melbourn Pedestrian/Cycle Link: Cracking and Connecting the County Border at Coombes Community Centre, Burns Road, Royston, SG8 5PT, from 8pm-9:30pm. Please contact Carol on carol_stanier@hotmail.com for tickets, or see the event’s page on Eventbrite (follow that link). Separated by …
Tag: transport
Apr 18
The Number 26 Bus
Stagecoach have announced that they are going to reinstate an hourly service for the number 26 bus, starting at Royston and terminating at Trumpington Park and Ride, Cambridge, for off-peak journeys. This trial of a new route is entirely dependent on strong ridership. According to Stagecoach, the previous hourly 26 service would have needed an additional 300 …
Dec 14
The No.26 Bus to Cambridge
The number 26 bus, which runs between Royston and Cambridge, currently runs hourly. However, Stagecoach have apparently decided that, from January, it will run just once every two hours at off-peak times. This is because the route does not generate a significant profit, because the bus is used primarily by elderly people with bus passes. This will obviously affect people in …
Dec 08
The Tesco Bus Shelter – Following Up
Following up on the immediately preceding post – last Wednesday, Royston Lib Dems issued the following statement: Today, the 2nd December, Royston Liberal Democrats took chairs for the convenience of bus travellers who use the bus stop at Tesco. The shelter has been refurbished to a poor standard overall, but in particular without seating. “Having …
Nov 30
Press Release: Tesco Bus Shelter Seating
29th November 2015 Standing Room Only Tired of waiting for the seating in the refurbished bus shelter at Tesco’s to be reinstated, Royston Lib Dems have decided to draw attention to the plight of the elderly waiting for the bus at Tesco’s. Local Lib Dems have written to Tesco to ask why the seating has …
Oct 08
Tesco – The Bus Shelter Again
The bus shelter at Royston Tesco has now been restored following the accidental damage it suffered – but it has not been replaced like-for-like, as it still lacks seating. We’ve looked into this, and although Tesco tried to claim that this is a council matter, it does seem to be up to Tesco to deal …
Apr 13
Royston Market and Parking Safety
Market days in Royston are not what they were. The marketplace used to be a “No Parking” space; now, as the market is shrinking, that rule seems to be shrinking too. Members of the Royston LibDems party have seen cars endangering pedestrians who don’t expect vehicles among the stalls. We feel that the Council needs …
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We have just heard that Morrisons plan to close their Royston store on 25th October 2020. We are saddened by this decision, which we as County, District and Town Councillors, and as local campaigners, have done everything in our power to prevent. We believe this closure could adversely affect the whole town centre and in particular those people less able to travel for their shopping. Our thoughts now are with the current employees, who we hope will find new jobs quickly in the local area.
Please welcome the party’s new deputy leader Daisy Cooper, from the nearby St Albans constituency
Liberal Democrats plan to woo ‘soft conservatives’ repulsed by ‘thuggish’ Johnson Tories
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New deputy leader outlines target seat plan to lift party from electoral troughEd is right, No Deal Brexit is highly irresponsible and COVID is a great challenge to the international community, the combination is madness
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"COVID and Brexit, put them together: disaster." - Ed Davey says on Politics Live today.
The NHS, our economy, and jobs across the country are already under huge amounts of pressure due to coronavirus. It would be unthinkable to add a no deal Brexit on top of that pressure.
Read this post from local Cllr on the potential closure of Morrisons and the decline of our High Streets www.facebook.com/CarolStanier4RoystonHeath/posts/1405615942974637
Replacing business rates: taxing land, not investment
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Demand Better for our communitiesCongratulations Ed DaveyIt's official: Ed Davey is the new Leader of the Liberal Democrats. Congratulations Ed!