Reading Buses are experimenting with cut priced fares on the Number 27 which runs from Amersham Road to Reading Station. The fares will be reduced from £1.70 to £1.00 between Monday 2nd November through to January 24th 2010.
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This Saturday - 31st Oct - I will be holding my monthly ward surgery with my fellow Caversham Councillors in the Readibus in Montague Street (layby opposite the school) from 10am - 12 noon.
If you’ve got any problems then feel free to pop on down and we will do our best to help you out. [...]
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After yesterdays post on dodgy bar charts, it’s time to look into one of the articles of the lovely Lib Dem leaflet.
The most ridiculous is this one:
Shocking, what nasty Tories. One slight problem the vast majority of the article is factually incorrect. Extremely worrying since there have been Lib Dem Councillors at every meeting involving [...]
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Reading Buses is conducting a consultation on proposed changes to routes that they intend to implement on January 11th 2010. The routes in Caversham that have changes are number 22, 24 and 27. You only have until the 4th November to send feedback and can find out more information on the Reading Buses website by [...]
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This lovely Liberal Democrat bar chart has been doing the rounds in Caversham (and no doubt in the rest of Reading and Wokingham as well). It quite clearly tells us that the Liberal Democrats are in with a chance being economical with the truth.
A couple of questions come out of this chart:
The bar chart quite [...]
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The police have launched a new national website, http://maps.police.uk, that enables you to look up crime statistics. Caversham Ward can be found under ‘Caversham Lower’ and can be compared to other areas of Reading or beyond.
The maps shows the Caversham Lower area shows we are average on all crime types compared to the Thames Valley [...]
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Many of you will have noticed the tennis courts in Christchurch Meadows have been closed for a few weeks for refurbishment. The good news is they have now reopened and are free of charge during the winter months (October to April).
Today I received this update from the Council:
The tennis courts have been completely overlaid with [...]
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Rob Wilson (Reading East) and Alok Sharma (Reading West) are now both on the beta of myconservatives.com
If you’re interested in helping out in either campaign in the run up to the general election or attending fundraising events please sign on up.
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It’s been quite a while since my last blog post, mainly due to work and Council commitments so I thought I’d kick off again for with a review of the highlights of this evenings Full Council meeting.
The meeting started off on a light hearted note with the Mayor of Reading announcing a competition to name [...]
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