Malcolm Robinson
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NCC got £1.25M (?) off central government to fix all the pot holes in the county. Thats why there has been frenetic action.
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So would I Steve! If the services we get are being cut and cut yet the money we pay in goes up and up every year where is the sound economic reasoning? It has to be disappearing into 'non productive costs' such as salaries!
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Foregone conclusion? Carter Bar tonight.
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Made up of residents, Town Councillors, Leading Link and other community group members the group has been working to improve the aesthetics and visual impact of our Town's greener areas through various floral improvements. All have given up huge amounts of their time and it now looks like their efforts have been rewarded. In one of the "˜specific' award categories, Chester Court Care Home won Gold in the "Best kept grounds of a care, residential or convalescent home." Well done to all involved! -
Sleazy.........mon deiux
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Really appreciate the thoughts, especially at the moment, thanks so much.
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Shows just where we are in the pecking order doesn't it!!!!! http://www.newspostleader.co.uk/news/local/developers-plan-a-1m-landmark-building-in-town-1-6819594
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zar6_TvxXgA#t=117
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Just added this to the Trust on this web site and I might as well add it to a new post here too. http://bdt.bedlington.co.uk/blog/bedlington-info-blog
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First of all Keith take out this bit...."What if the Council - or whoever is in charge -" coz there nobody in charge. Thats one of the problems no leadership, vision or ambitions for the Town since local government reorganistion in 1972! 1970 BUDC had plans for shopping centre, hotel, sports centre.......all in Bedlington!
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Keith, tried to get Wilcos interested in the then empty Elliots Garage, reply, not enough footfall! Saw Sir John giving it the once over too but obviousley nowt came of it.
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And it will stay dead tomtom unless more people get off their backsides and start doing things instead of just moaning about things.
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"...and thats the type of thing we need to look at and possibly encourage Merc!"......................................... Type of thing Merc.
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and thats the type of thing we need to look at and possibly encourage Merc!
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In the Market Town survey just been done, on the 12 Market Towns in Northumberland the footfall figures for Bedlington were the worst. (I think!) Market days and non-market days were measured, both figures abysmal. The question no one will answer is does footfall generate a decent market (and for market read shops in general) or does a decent retail offer (i.e. market, shops etc) generate footfall? All the meetings I have had recently about this subject won't answer another basic question, why do you think imposing an 18th century solution to a 21st century problem is going to fix it? Has anyone heard about this internet thingy and home delivery? For Bedlington as a commercial centre to survive it's got to reinvent itself and that will take funding and innovation, not a reliance on 18C business practices and bowing down to the multi nationals. I know this is all going to squeeze together.........sorry its my little pet virus!
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Blyth..........
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"over 75% of Italian new debt since November 2011 has been 3 years or less. and at least 50% was issued with maturities of less than a year."........................................................................................................ If French borrowing costs go up as expected thats the old one two punches to the Euro!
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Like it says........ http://www.newspostleader.co.uk/news/local/venues-to-open-again-1-6804955?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
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Way too stage managed!
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Aye and the valididty of that gets blown out of the water when you look at number 1 for culture! LOL
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I agree GGG. Seemed to me to end up being almost a parody of a certain thespian type.
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635 Of Our Employees. Unbelievable but true, and probably worse in the USA or even Australia?? Thought you might find this interesting ...... I bet this will make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside! Can you imagine working for a company that only has a little more than 635 employees, but has the following Employee Statistics. 29 have been accused of spouse abuse, 7 have been arrested for fraud, 9 have been accused of writing bad cheques, 17 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses, 3 have done time for assault, 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit, 14 have been arrested on drug-related charges, 8 have been arrested for shoplifting, 21 are currently defendants in lawsuits, 84 have been arrested for drink driving in the last year, And collectively, this year alone, they have cost the British tax payer £92,993,748 in expenses! Which organisation is this? It's the 635 members of the House of Commons. The same group that cranks out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line. What a bunch of crooks we have running our country - it says it all... And just to top all that they probably have the best 'corporate' pension scheme in the country - whilst trying to ensure that everyone else has the worst possible!
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Scumbags! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-28900129
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I can feel a betting book coming on........
