The Civic Society and a range of other local groups have arranged a series of events under the title "Chelmsford in the Great War"

• Visit to Stow Maries airfield tomorrow (20 October)
• Great War Books: Meet the Authors 2nd November 7.00 pm in Anglia Ruskin University
• Concert in the Cathedral on 7th November, City of London Sinfonia

Essex County Council has been challenged to ensure that careless motorists - not taxpayers - should pay for repairs when they damage Essex CC equipment.

Cllr Mike Mackrory (Leader of the Lib Dem Opposition at Essex CC) asked the Cabinet Member for Highways about the council's policy for recovering costs of damage to highway items caused by road traffic collisions.

The Essex Health and Wellbeing Strategy is an important document that brings together many agencies across the county to agree a range of topics on which joint working is required - to improve health in the county. The strategy is on the Essex County Council website at this link.

There are supporting notes and action points from the 18 July meeting where it was adopted also on the ECC website.

The Chelmsford & Maldon Liberal Democrats are delighted to be welcoming prominent anti-Brexit campaigner, Jason J Hunter, for a special Brexit Briefing.

Jason is a passionate anti-Brexit activist, appearing regularly on radio phone-in shows on stations such as LBC and TalkRadio, even questioning Jacob Rees-Mogg on The Jeremy Vine on 5 TV show. He is also one third of the social media-based '3 Blokes in The Pub'. The first episode is available on YouTube here. You can also follow Jason on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/jasonjhunter.

Councillors have called for the county council's highways contract to be publicly scrutinised in the wake of Chelmsford's Army and Navy flyover closing.

The Leaders of the Opposition Councillor Mike Mackrory and Councillor Stephen Robinson, both Lib Dems, have argued that Essex County Council's current contract with Ringway Jacobs is "too expensive" for the services it provides..

Cllrs. Stephen Robinson and Lee Ashley have launched a survey on speeding in roads in St Andrews ward that are used as a 'rat-run'.

https://chelmsford-libdems.org.uk/en/survey/pines-highfield-sunningdale-roads-speeding-survey

Essex Liberal Democrats have today welcomed Cllr Andy Wood to their ranks. Andy has represented the Clacton North Division since 2013.

Andy said, ''I have spoken to lots of residents over the past weeks who are telling me they are unhappy with the way things are going in Clacton and the country as a whole, this is why today I have resigned from the Conservative Party. I no longer believe that they are listening to the ordinary person on the street, you only have to look at what is happening to Brexit to see this.''