Original sentence: "  A petition in the Bromsgrove constituency  demanding Kirkbride's resignation had amassed over 5,000 signatures.On May 28 2009 Kirkbride cancelled a meeting in her Bromsgrove constituency to discuss the expense claims, and news was announced that owing to public and press criticism of her expense claims, she intended to stand down at the next election
Edited sentence: " A petition in the Bromsgrove constituency demanding Kirkbride's resignation had amassed over 5,000 signatures.On May 28, 2009 Kirkbride cancelled a meeting in her Bromsgrove constituency to discuss the expense claims, and news was announced that owing to public and press criticism of her expense claims, she intended to stand down at the next election