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Where to start…….. First moving the memorial back would actually be wise on account of us promoting the Town on the back of its heritage. Secondly it would actually save money if done correctly and who said our council would be paying for it? Thirdly it would give any visitor an immediate impression of a place proud of its heritage. Lastly most people will pass it daily and never see it, or understand its significance, where it is. As for toilets………and before this subject turns into the usual can’t buy socks and nickers in Bedlington……..the toilets near the top end car parks, across the road from the library, all the pipework etc has substantial root damage and has been assessed as totally unviable to reopen, we tried! The next ones at the rear of the marketplace have been demolished as part of the Tesco/Arch redevelopment. We should see an accessible public toilet on the site as part of a new library building when it gets done……if it ever gets done. That’s obviously out of our control. Last one down in Attlee Park we have just been trying to reopen that but the funding we had in place was taken away at the last minute and justifying the large amount of council tax needed to do the refurb is impossible when considered against usage. All this has been reported and discussed at Town Council meetings over the last couple of years. Now then Moe as far as not knowing what we are doing or doing something for the sake of it, and I’m going to presume you actually live in West Bedlington and going out further on a limb I’ll assume you have some understanding of what you are a actually taking about, I think if you take the time and read through the newsletters we have been putting out for the last 2 years you will see a defined progression, financial propriety and a determination to carry ambitious projects out on behalf of residents, all within our pretty restrictive legal remit.

"Now you ask me if I am a a resident of West Bedlington Malcome and I will tell you now that I am not, I am a resident of Bedlington Central the same area that the Trotter Memorial resides in, so the one hundred dollar question has to be what has the Trotter Memorial got to do with West Bedlington Town Council Malcome" I'll get back about the rest when I have some time but your last sentence says it all really. You are not a resident in West Bedlington Town Council area....................if you live in Bedlington Central especially the same area as the Trotter Memorial you do live in the West Bedlington Council area and that monument is certainly within our remit as its slap bang in the middle of our patch! Send your hundred dollars to the "Jail Hillary" campaign.

No back of the queue for the UK now Ukip’s Nigel Farage is heading to the United States this weekend where he will probably become the first British politician to meet Donald Trump since his shock election victory. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nigel-farage-donald-trump-us-election-2016-uk-visit-theresa-may-first-a7407771.html