COVID-19 Leicester City Council advice of further lockdown easings
The Leicester City Council advise in the link below further details of the lockdown restrictions easing from tomorrow, Monday 1st June.
LLD
31 May 2020
Wera Hobhouse MP urges government to incentivise solar power
29 Feb 2024
COVID-19: Leicester's Park and Ride to restart at Enderby and Meynells Gorse from Monday 1st June. NHS, Careworkers and other concessions will recieve the service Free.
Leicester City Council annouce the restart of the Park and Ride services at Meynells Gorse and Enderby from Monday 1st June. Birstall will remain shut to continue NHS Covid-19 tests.
LLD
31 May 2020
COVID-19: Leicester bus lane camera enforcements to restart from Monday 1st June.
Leicester City Council have announced from next week the Camera Enforcements of Bus Lanes and Bus Gates in the city will be re-activated after a temporary suspension during the Covid-19 lockdown.
LLD
31 May 2020
The Cummings Affair - We’ll know in just over a week whether it mattered
Dominic Cummings famously declared that he didn't care about appearances-he'd stuck to the letter of the law and that's all that matters. It sounds like an unsympathetic insurance company wriggling out of a claim but I'm prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt because the real issue, for me, is that appearances do matter. And we'll be able to tell in about a week's time whether I'm right.
DW
30 May 2020
Newcastle Racecourse - back in business, but public access stopped
Horse racing resumes at Newcastle racecourse on Monday. 4 days in the week. This means the whole estate (which is private property) is closed to strollers (adults and children), dog walkers and cyclists for the whole week, per the sign. There will be stewards at all entrances (including the less obvious ones) to turn unauthorised people away. The races likely to go worldwide - sending out a clear global message that Newcastle is back in business. So it's vital all goes smoothly.
30 May 2020
Cllr Nigel Porter: Every Leicester resident should be given a face mask to avoid a second wave of COVID-19. 81% of Leicestershire Live readers support this move.
Leicester's Liberal Democrat Councillor, Aylestone Ward's Nigel Porter has called for every Leicester resident to recieve face masks or some form of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to wear if they wish. Fearing a second wave of the COVID-19 as the current lockdown rules are relaxed, Councillor Porter adds he does not trust the Conservative Government strategy to deal with the virus.
CNPAW
30 May 2020
Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath and spokesperson for Energy Security and Net Zero, called on the government to provide incentives for energy providers to develop solar power in the UK.
Mrs Hobhouse slammed the government for falling behind on meeting the UK’s renewable targets for solar energy capacity. The government plans to deploy 70 GW of solar power across the country by 2035. However, as of 2022, the UK had only installed 14.3 GW of solar pv.
Following a visit to a rooftop solar system installed by Bath & West Community Energy (BWCE) at Beechen Cliff School last year, Wera Hobhouse is keen to encourage the development of similar solar projects across Bath. The solar system is predicted to significantly cut the school’s fuel costs and reduce their carbon emissions by 52 tonnes a year.
In the House of Commons on the 27th February, the Bath MP noted that the UK is lagging behind the rest of the world in renewable energy investment, she urged the government to offer incentives to energy providers to improve solar capacity.
However, Andrew Bowie, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Energy Security and Net Zero, ignored Hobhouse’s proposals, failing to describe the ways in which the government could incentivise solar energy. Instead, Bowie said that the government’s Solar Taskforce would publish recommendations for solar power and reiterated the government’s target to deploy 70 GW by 2035.
Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath and spokesperson for Energy Security and Net Zero, commented:
“The Conservatives are falling dangerously behind on meeting our targets for renewable energy production. It is no good the government setting an ambitious 70 GW solar target if they are nowhere near reaching it.
“It is clear that they have no plan to get us back on track to reach Net Zero. Evidently, they are more than happy to dismiss perfectly good proposals like incentivising solar power. That is why I am so proud that Bath is home to many community energy projects like the solar system at Beechen Cliff School, so that we can lead the way in renewables.”
“It is not just our climate targets harmed by the Conservatives’ delay. Families in Bath and across the country are struggling to pay soaring energy bills which investment in renewables could curb. That is why we Liberal Democrats would build significantly more renewable energy, aiming to generate 80% of our electricity from renewables by 2030.”
Peter Capener, Managing Director of Bath & West Community Energy said:
“Our work with schools is really demonstrating the value of community energy in both addressing the climate crisis and reducing fuel bills. Rooftop solar installed last year has already saved local schools a combined total of £134,209 and has reduced carbon emissions by 224.3 tonnes, which is equivalent to 12,173 journeys from Bath to Edinburgh by train!”
