The revitalisation of a vacant Weston-super-Mare building is nearing completion, with hopes it will ‘inject fresh energy’ to the town centre. The former Co-operative Bank building, on the corner of Meadow Street and Alexandra Parade is being converted into flats and retail space, with the project due to be finished…
A FEW YEARS before Jay Hammond, a Republican, was elected to serve as Alaska’s governor in 1974, he worked as mayor of the small borough of Bristol Bay. There, he watched as nearly all of his town’s rich salmon resources were extracted from the region, with virtually none of the…
A new £25million school and a long-awaited Banwell bypass top an £80million council wish list, as Weston prepares for major growth in the coming years. North Somerset Council is bidding to the Government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) for tens of millions of pounds to bolster infrastructure ahead an anticipated boom…
Liz Truss shared the article [by John Penrose MP] calling for the government to be forced to keep to its “day-to-day budget” balanced. A senior minister has endorsed a proposal to let members of the public sue the government for spending too much. Liz Truss, chief secretary to the Treasury,…