Interesting article in yesterday’s Times about how reduced demand for salt is impacting on gas storage plans in Cheshire. It doesn’t refer to Canatxx direct, and our problem is that the brine wells are already there, but readers might find it interesting as it places our own local Canatxx debate in a much wider perspective.
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The Royal Mail don’t seem to have a clue. First they close Abingdon Street as a Crown Post Office. Then they close 3 more Post Offices in Blackpool North & Cleveleys. Then they re-open Abingdon Street as a collection point – presumably because WH Smith’s haven’t got the space – and now it looks as
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So it looks as though – just – Woolworths stores might be saved from closure. Staff at the Cleveleys branch and the two in Blackpool will be breathing a sigh of relief – for the moment. I am sure everyone has memories of some sort of Woolworths – buying your first single maybe, or the delights
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I was out delivering my new survey round the Sandpiper Pub up in Cleveleys Park this afternoon. We have all read about how the housing market has dropped off a cliff, but walking the streets of bungalows really brought it home to me. It was amazing just how many were vacant – and not necessarily
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Friday saw us welcome a visitor to Blackpool North & Cleveleys. Mark Simmonds is the MP for Boston & Skegness, as well as our Party’s spokesman on coastal communities. We’re the first party to appoint someone to this role – a sign that we are taking the needs of seaside towns seriously. And it’s important
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A meeting was held at a packed St Andrew’s Church in Cleveleys to discuss Labour’s plans for a new health centre which will seek to drive the town’s other GPs out of business. I attended the meeting, and spoke about my fears for my own Bispham GP surgery. Labour has destroyed local communities by shutting
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I’m appalled to learn that the Government and Environment Agency have now granted Canatxx permission to discharge brine 2km off the coast from Rossall. The Environment Agency had originally opposed the decision because of the damage it would do to marine life and the coast in general. If they objected back then, what’s changed? Not
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It was a pleasure to welcome our Shadow Regeneration Minister, Alistair Burt, to Cleveleys yesterday to view the ongoing sea defence works. Events of recent weeks have underlined just how important it is to invest and prepare for the worst – and Wyre Borough Council should be congratulated for spearheading efforts to do just that.
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It may be like shooting fish in a barrel, but there are somethings you simply cannot resist lampooning. Labour-controlled Lancashire County Council is spending £1.8 million over the next three years in reducing carbon emissions across the county – a perfectly worthy objective. However, an unspecified amount of that money will be going on a
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