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Granting the Freedom of Frodsham to the Royal British Legion Frodsham Branch
Tonight we held a special meeting of Frodsham Town Council. For the first time in Frodsham's history we granted the Freedom of Frodsham. We bestowed the honour on the Royal British Legion Frodsham...
View ArticleCelebrating Frodsham and our wonderful community
Earlier this week, we as a town, conferred the Freedom of Frodsham on our own branch of the Royal British Legion. We gave them both types of Freedom - the Honorary Freedom conferred on someone who has...
View ArticleKeeping the Council Tax low in Frodsham
Last Thursday night, at CWaC we set the council tax for the year. CWaC chose to freeze its element of the council tax again. Within our Borough there are 5 elements and 4 authorities that contribute...
View ArticleChild sexual abuse - Government announcements
The news media is full of plans being discussed by the Prime Minister to make it a criminal offence for teachers, social workers, local authority officials and councillors to 'wilfully neglect'...
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Frodsham Station Car Park and the Halton Curve
Lynn and I have been working hard behind the scenes now for many years on seeking to get Network Rail, Arriva Trains as well as Cheshire West and Chester Council and the Government to invest in our...
View ArticleFrodsham Transitions Debate on Energy
We have a debate tonight at the Community Centre in Frodsham considering the country's energy needs and future. We will consider fracking.I'll be speaking for 5 minutes ...If you want to know Lynn and...
View ArticlePlanning committee meeting 31 March 2015
There are two interesting planning applications to be considered by CWaC's planning committee tomorrow. They are:The proposal to build 12 houses on land near Forest Hills hotel; andThe continuation of...
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Air Quality update
We had an interesting Air Quality forum meeting last night. This forum is a sub group of the Ince Resource Recovery Forum with the specific remit to look at Air Quality. We had representatives from...
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In Flanders Fields - visit to the Menin Gate, Tyne Cot Cemetery and the Ypres...
My wife and I have just come back from a short holiday in Ypres, Belgium. I was honoured to be asked by our Mayor Cllr Allen Wales to join him and his wife and Geoff Abnett from the Frodsham Branch of...
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The new warding arrangements in Frodsham
This map shows the boundary for Frodsham parish which came into effect on 1 April 2015 and the new warding arrangements for Frodsham Town Council for the 7 May 2015 elections.The CWaC ward of Frodsham...
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Latest Employment figures
The Office of National Statistics have published the latest employment data today. It shows just how well the economy is doing and the significant further growth in jobs both nationally and...
View ArticleReview of Mersey Crossing Tolls to be announced
As is often the way of things advance news is emerging of a statement to be expected from Rt Hon George Osborne MP regarding a review of the toll charges to cross the River Mersey.The reports indicate...
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Swimming Pool proposals - an update
Lynn and I are committed to a full consultation with residents over whether there is support for a community swimming pool. Personally both of us would like to see a community pool built somewhere...
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David Cameron comes to the Constituency
David Cameron, our Prime Minister came to the constituency today as part of the Conservative party's national campaign and also to support our excellent candidate Graham Evans.The Prime Minister was...
View ArticleCheshire West and Chester Election Result 2015 - Frodsham
This afternoon the votes were counted in the Borough Council elections. I am honoured and delighted to report that Lynn and I were elected to serve for Frodsham for another 4 years.The election result...
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Labour take control of CWaC
In the local government elections that took place on the same day as the General Election Labour took control of CWaC.The new council comprises:38 Labour Councillors;36 Conservative Councillors; and01...
View ArticleLabour rides roughshod at CWaC's annual council meeting
Every year each local authority has to have an annual council. In most years this is nothing more than a yearly formality. However last night's meeting at Chester's Town Hall was one of the most...
View ArticleCWaC Statement of Accounts for 2014-15 .
At CWaC's Audit & Governance Committee last night we got the first overview of CWaC's accounts for the 2014-15 municipal year. The accounts are in the course of being audited - and the committee...
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Frodsham Windfarm update
Cllr Lynn Riley and I were shown around the wind farm construction site on the marshes today. Most of the access roads, crane pads and turbine locations now have their access tracks built. The next...
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Frodsham Windfarm - Map of the turbines
I asked Peel to produce this map. It shows the position of the 19 turbines and the distances between the turbines and the nearest occupied house in each of the surrounding parishes.All of the turbines...
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