Campaigners welcome chancellor’s £250,000 funding for research into aggressive behaviour of scavenging gulls
January 2014
Don Foster to quit as Liberal Democrat MP at next election
Decision by member for Bath means one in nine of his party's MPs will not be seeking re-election in 2015
March 2012
Greenslade
UN must do more to protect journalists
Greenslade
Politicians and journalists form 'a giant club' says Indy editor Blackhurst
September 2011
Met police behaviour is worrying and deeply mysterious, says Hugh Grant
Speaking at Lib Dem conference on behalf of Hacked Off campaign, Grant criticises Met police's attempt to force Guardian journalists to reveal their sources
Greenslade
Phone hacking - the big media topic that has everyone talking
Speakers at three events include editors, actors, lawyers and a Watergate journalism hero
Don Foster's letter to Bernie Ecclestone - full text
Don Foster's letter to Mark Thompson - full text
F1 fans deserve explanation over BBC and BSkyB deal, says MP
July 2011
David Cameron widens inquiry on media regulation to include the BBC
PM also wants takeover rulings taken out of politicians' hands and Ofcom given power to act at earlier stage
December 2010
More student protests add to pressure on coalition over tuition fees
Students take to streets of Cambridge and Bath, where Liberal Democrat MP Don Foster is heckled
November 2010
The student politicians hoping to use tuition fee anger to influence their MP
Liberal Democrat Don Foster said he had not decided how to vote on raising tuition fees – despite strong feelings in Bath
September 2002
Lib Dems deny McDonald's buy off
September 23: The Liberal Democrats have angrily denied that the McDonald's corporation is 'buying support' with the party by sponsoring this year's conference in Brighton.
June 1999
Foster out of Lib Dem race
Charles Kennedy's Liberal Democrat leadership campaign gathered more momentum yesterday after Don Foster, the only other candidate in favour of the party's continued cooperation with Labour, stood down from the contest.
March 1999
Foster joins Lib Dem leadership runners
Don Foster, the Liberal Democrat who snatched Bath from the Tory chairman Chris Patten in 1992, has decided to join the crowded field of MPs who want to succeed Paddy Ashdown when he stands down as party leader in June.
