Malcolm Robinson

I would like to assume someone within the judicial system saw the relevance of Bedlington within an area where 50% of the population of the county resides! Being equidistant to Blyth, Ashington, Cramlington and Morpeth should have made it the best possible position for such a building. Seems to have taken the dinosaurs of the retailing world a bit longer to see the advantages, if they even have eventually!

That sounds like Tescos Vic!

I am sure I can see my mother-in-law there.......

Some of the locals still want it blocked...........

Ooh errr......... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvFSgXpyhoM

Just for you Pete.........

Hillbilly, with age comes wisdom!

I can understand the arguments for piecemeal development, it what we have had since………, but unless there is a specific overall plan in some cases development for its own sake might actually be less than beneficial. For Bedlington to continue to be an independent a small town we need a commercial heart and that is one reason why the Tesco development is to be welcomed. However if there is no development plan for the town as a whole things like the outline planning for Elliotts which is for a care home or flats actually detracts from the overall need to keep trade outlets. Could be argued increased residential development might help footfall on Front Street, and it will certainly increase traffic problems, for the benefit of existing traders but that hasn't been true of the 'suburban' developments we already have. We are in danger of losing chunks of commercial possibilities which will impact onto the viability of Front Street to deliver its real duty and that is to provide the business heart the Town needs to start to be progressive.

Off the planning portal.......

So no one had Ed to win..........

Maybe a cryptic clue in this weeks News Post Leader?

Bedlington Front Street.......

Saw these two arguing over where to go for a pint.........

Don't really get that bit John? Wouldn't advertising revenue pay for overheads and running costs going forward? The very nature of match funding means it would probably only be a one off shot to get something off the ground and unless it was huge couldn't really pay for on-going costings. A model like that means you will always have a need for some form of grant funding and in this day and age that is not a forgone conclusion. The biggest threat to traditional media would seem to me to be the Web. Once the technology is in place that could easily deliver all forms of media into each home where consumers could pay for the bits they wanted.

Mr D, That old site in Ashington is right in the middle of the £12 million town centre referb, don't know how high traffic volume would be considered there, especially as it looks to be the site for a proposed new sports centre!!!!!!

America the home of fast food............

I thought the initial talk about what Asda were going to do with Nettos was along the lines of some sort of home delivery business? They bought Argos at the same time so could argue a completely different business model even if they had stores adjacent to existing supermarkets? At the end of the day they have bought market share and taken out a competitor, both of which they probably need to do.

Mr D, I have only heard the basic overview presentations at the town council meetings but it seems one will mean retuning a radio for reception while the other is streamed over the net. Also one has a cap on commercial advertising while the other doesn't. I stand to be corrected and maybe John W SNRG being the expert in this matter might like to elaborate?

Brettly, Couldn't agree more. My beef was with the planners not the developer!

Pretty sure I can remember it being like that early 80's late 70's?

Merlin, the difference seems to be in the business and delivery models employed by each.

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Too many to pick on one double act……… Victoria Wood and Julie Walters. Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce. Dara Ó Briain and Frankie Boyle. Heslop and Merton. Spike Milliagn and Peter Sellers. Stephen Fry and Alan Davis. Bird and Fortune.

They asked for council permission to demolish. It was granted on condition that rebuilding immediately follows! So either a care home or the ubiquitous block of flats! As for the aesthetics, there was an old thread on this site with reference to what is being proposed there, and it isn't visually pleasing, in fact what was passed will dominate the street view.

The Deaf Bookkeeper A Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper, Enzo, has cheated him out of 10 million bucks. His bookkeeper is deaf. That was the reason he got the job in the first place. It was assumed that Enzo would hear nothing that he might have to testify about in court. When the Godfather confronts Enzo about his missing $10 million, he takes along his lawyer who knows sign language. The Godfather tells the lawyer, "Ask him where the 10 million bucks is that he embezzled from me." The lawyer, using sign language, asks Enzo where the money is. Enzo signs back, "I don't know what you are talking about." The lawyer tells the Godfather, "He says he doesn't know what you are talking about." The Godfather pulls out a pistol, puts it to Enzo's temple and says, "Ask him again!" The lawyer signs to Enzo, "He'll kill you if you don't tell him." Enzo signs back, "OK. You win! The money is in a brown briefcase, buried behind the shed in my cousin Bruno's backyard in Woodbridge ! The Godfather asks the lawyer, "What did he say?" The lawyer replies, " He says you don't have the bxxxs to pull the trigger." Don't you just LOVE lawyers?!