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Hi Yes its up for sale but I dont know what there asking, It is a nice pub

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Hi These points above have been talked about regularly at meetings but bearing in mind that the Town Council is very much a new body which is still finding its feet. There is no doubt alot further for them to go. It is disappointing that there are so many negatives but at the same time if gripes are not raised then we dont know how people feel. You can contact the Town council through our the Town Clerk for Bedlington West Town Council.

All ideas are welcome.I would encourage anyone to come along to the Town council meetings and put suggestions up for discussion. Alternatively, anyone can approach me or another of the councillors to request that the matter be raised at the next meeting or write to us care of the Town Clerk. I would say that as much information as you can provide about the idea, the better. For example, any foreseen problems or costs and most importantly, how it will be of benefit to the community? Please do not worry about whether the idea is "good enough", feel free to raise it. Remember that politics isn't an important issue here, it is about improving the lives of all residents not narrow political gain. The format of the council meetings can seem a little stilted to some. This is because it is important that council business be conducted within a narrow time frame. As a result, there is only a short period of time for residents to put questions to councillors. This is unavoidable but please feel free to approach any of us afterwards with your ideas/concerns/comments etc. If anyone wants to contact me my details are on here. Lets put Bedlington first for a change and work together to achieve it.

I don't think that anyone need feel inhibited from posting any issues/concerns. However, with the new Parish/Town Councils there has been a layer of local democracy introduced. For me personally, localism is the ticket on which I stood for election and because councillors at this level are unpaid the flow of ideas should come from the local residents "up over". This should work fine in principle (and I think posts on here show that it can and does work) but, the County Council structure has not been replaced and is still intact. This layer of Goverment does not work in the same way (although it should) because it is more political and therefore more liable to be dominated by National or Regional Policy. In addition, many of the councillors at Parish/Town level are also County Councillors and therefore have a least one eye on the "bigger picture". I believe that this inhibits localism from being as effective as it might otherwise be. However, because Parish/Town Councillors live locally in the communities they serve they are in a better position to understand and represent local people, whether or not they personnally agree with a particular issue. Anyone who wishes is free to contact me in this regard. After all, I was elected to serve my local community and it is my intention to do so to the best of my ability.

Well said poor planks!!!

Thats a great idea to have a large scale town map in the Market Place. All communities that wish to point visitors to points of interest have them as it encourages visitors to stay and hopefully spend some money.

Malcolm, As always your spot on. No one is telling the public what is happening the city will never learn any lessons and we need to wake up and smell the coffee

HI All Just thought you would like to Know our next meeting. WEST BEDLINGTON TOWN COUNCIL To: ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL You are hereby requested to attend a meeting of WEST BEDLINGTON TOWN COUNCIL to be held at Bedlington Salvation Army Hall, Hartford Road West Bedlington on Wednesday 13 January at 6 pm The agenda for the meeting is set out below. John Nicholson Town Clerk 06 January 2010 OPEN SESSION The Chair to invite members of the public present to put questions to, or draw relevant matters to the attention of the Council prior to commencement of business. This question time will last for a period of 15 minutes overall (which may be extended if the Chairman deems it necessary) and each question is limited to 3 minutes per person. In order to give every member of the public a fair chance of asking a question, each person will be limited to two questions at each session. The above covers both verbal and written submissions. Any member of the public who asks a question should first state their name and address. AGENDA 1) APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE 2) MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING To sign as a correct record the minutes of the West Bedlington Town Council meeting held on 16 December 2009 3) MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES 4) DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS To receive from members in respect of any terms included on the agenda for this meeting, disclosure of any personal or prejudicial interests. 5) ANNOUNCEMENTS To receive announcements on any matters which the Chair wishes to bring to the attention of members. 6) CORRESPONDENCE To receive any items of correspondence addressed to the Council 7) WORKING GROUPS To receive reports from working groups: a. Finance (Councillors Aynsley, and Allen) b. Communications and Events (Councillors Barret and Shephard) c. Premises (Councillors Harratt and Pegg) d. Planning (Councillors Major and Todd) 8) ANY OTHER BUSINESS To consider any other items for information only including items to be brought forward to the next meeting. 9) DATE OF NEXT MEETING To agree a date and time for the next meeting of the Council WEST BEDLINGTON TOWN COUNCILLORS: Arthur Pegg (Town Mayor), George Todd (Deputy Town Mayor), Mary Allen, Tracy Aynsley, Anthony Barrett, Peter Harrat, Paul Hedley, Ronald Major, Stephen Shephard,

Happy New Year to you to. All the very best

Hi have been told by a mate that you can get grass turn out for £15.00 a week i will try and find numbers hope this helps

Hi Will try and get you the some number and contact details as my friends use someone but I cant remember the name so will let you know.

I think its a good idea if I will help where I can you can count me in

Totally agree Everyone has made good points and it good to see we all want the same goal in the end which everway we use the internet.

I totally agree with you all we need to let people know that this site is out there. It is helping me feel part of this town.

I have always had good service from Lion Garage they go out of way to help you.

Hi I agree but its the rules I suppose.

Yes they can respresent both wards it is allowed. Hope this helps T