Politics Home: Our high streets and town centres need a new lease of life

Tomorrow’s high street won’t be the same as it is today. What will it look like instead? Even before coronavirus, traditional high streets were struggling. A double-whammy of online shopping and out-of-town retail malls have been making life progressively harder every year. If you view shopping as a chore to…

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Weston Mercury: John says stronger and simpler powers to tackle illegal encampments have been proposed and “can’t come soon enough”

Piles of rubbish and human excrement have been left in a Weston-super-Mare car park by a group of travellers. Around 20 caravans arrived at Melrose car park last week, while another group set up camp on the Beach Lawns. North Somerset Council issued both groups with a direction to leave…

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