The Whinnies Community Garden in Sunniside held their summer fair today. Lots of people there. Sadly, I didn't win anything on the raffle. Here's my video anyway.
Today it is 100 days since voters across Warwickshire voted - at least according to Cllr George Finch and the local Reform UK leadership - for change. If voters thought this change would involve a better way of governing the county, after years of Conservative complacency and mess, they've been badly let down. In the 100 days since 1st May the 14 Liberal Democrat County Councillors (previously there were just 5) have been hard at work for residents and with local partner organisations on a range of important issues. This is despite an ongoing policy vacuum from the Council's Reform ...
The right to vote is at the very heart of every democratic government. Running alongside that is the right to make that vote count; to provide at least the hope that people can change their political representation through the ballot box. Without that hope the voters will lose faith in their political system and – ultimately—the government loses credibility and democratic values and the country as a whole faces serious decline. Gerrymandering is a political tool that denies representation to certain sections of the electorate. It has been a part of the American political scene almost since the country's foundation. ...
The City Council has a team of pest control officers who have a wide experience in delivering a full range of pest proofing and pest control treatments. You can report pest control concerns online using the form at https://bit.ly/3pa7oe6 Further details of the service and contact details are available at
It is not widely known that the rock musician Pete Ham, lead vocalist and founder-member of the rock group Badfinger was from Swansea. This blue plaque was unveiled on April 27th, 2013 at Swansea's High Street Station. It was dedicated to Ham who died tragically young at the age of twenty-seven in 1975. He will probably be best remembered for writing "Without You" which enjoyed world-wide success when recorded by Harry Nilsson in 1972. The plaque was attached to the exterior of High Street Train Station because of its proximity to the adjacent Ivey Place where the band would meet ...
