Farron steps up fight to protect BBC Radio Cumbria
Cumbrian MP, Tim Farron, is to meet with journalists for BBC Radio Cumbria on Wednesday 27th April in an attempt to protect BBC local radio from cuts to services.
26 Apr 2011
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Chernobyl 25 years on – farmers still paying the price
Twenty-five years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, farmers in the South Lakes are still paying the price after radiation rained down on their farms in the wake of the catastrophe.
26 Apr 2011
MP celebrates success in bus campaign
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has praised Liberal Democrat campaigners, and local bus company Stagecoach for stepping in to provide bus services to Levens, Sedgwick and Natland after cuts by the Conservative-led county council.
18 Apr 2011
MP launches ‘Save our Library’ campaign
Local MP Tim Farron has today launched a save our libraries campaign in a bid to save 18 libraries from the axe. A petition has been launched asking local people throughout the South Lakes to join the campaign to save the service.
18 Apr 2011
Farron delighted as Government inquiry rules in favour of ‘save the cheque’ campaign
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is delighted at a huge win for his 'save the cheque' campaign as the Treasury Select Committee inquiry has supported proposals to rethink the decision to abolish the cheque.
14 Apr 2011
Farron leads celebrations as construction starts on new Grange footbridge
Local MP, Tim Farron, visited the site in Grange-over-Sands where construction has begun on reinstating the long awaited Clare Lane Bridge.
14 Apr 2011