It has been wonderful to get so many emails and letters showing support by Westonians for the people of Ukraine after ‘mad Vlad’s’ invasion. Whether it’s been collections of essential items, with some local residents even getting into vans and lorries to make deliveries to Ukraine in person; or cash donations from individuals and…
Over the past year or so, you’ve no doubt seen CityFibre, Virgin Media, Truespeed and other broadband firms working in Weston and the villages. They’re locked in a tight race to deliver superfast broadband to local people as quickly as possible. Although the temporary roadworks can be a bit annoying, the overwhelming response…
The Council has just published the latest version of their Local Plan, which sounds really boring but ought to matter to all of us because it will decide how our towns and villages look and feel for decades to come. It shows what housing, roads and public transport will get built, and…
We’ve all been horrified by the nightly news reports from Ukraine. Somehow they’re even worse than the awful pictures from Syria a few years ago: not because the human suffering is any different, of course, but because Russia is directly invading a peaceful democracy, rather than indirectly propping up a…