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News Archive - Week Beginning 9th May 2010
The editors say: The publicly aired possibility of Conservative - Lib-Dem coalition on Reading Council strikes us as quite enticing. These are very early days but at a national level it seems to be positive and sensible, so why not at a local level? It would certainly open the way for much needed change.
Environment
A long letter from Caversham activist Bob O’Neill thanks donators to the King’s Meadow Campaign (to restore the open air swimming pool there). When £5000 of funds is attained, the Campaign will be able to obtain charity status – as set by the Charity Commission. Once this is done, the campaign will be in a position to apply for some of the ‘more serious’ national and international funds. Mr O’Neill outlines in his letter the main phases of the restoration work – an important aspect will be the use of youth trainees in order to work on the project. (Reading Post 12/05/10 p12)
Planning
Reading Station will be closed between late on Christmas Eve until early morning on January 4 th 2011 for signalling upgrade work. Caversham Road will also close overnight at some point over Christmas so the rail bridge over the dual carriageway, near Abbatoirs Road, can be widened. (Reading Chronicle 13/05/10 p2)
Police
A public meeting is scheduled for June (the place and time are still to be decided) for residents in the Lower Caversham police area to discuss the findings of the area’s crime survey. Current priorities for the area’s Neighbourhood Action Group (NAG) are anti-social behaviour, burglary and traffic issues. (Reading Chroncile 13/05/10 p30)
Politics
The prospect of a Liberal / Conservative coalition on the RBC is discussed in both the ‘Chronicle’ and ‘Get Reading’. The Conservatives on the Council actually lost a seat in the recent local elections, but would (with LibDem support) have majority status on the RBC if an agreement between the two parties was reached. In the words of the leader of the Council’s Conservatives, Cllr Andrew Cumpsty (Councillor for Caversham Ward) “All options are open. I’ve not had any discussions with the Liberals about this but it would be an interesting and novel move – it’s something woth looking at”. (Reading Chronicle 13/05/10 p1, Get Reading 13/05/10 pp1,4)
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