‘Stratford on Avon’ Archives
Fire: Bidford saved, Studley lost
After months of delay — with no explanation — the county council finally voted on the future of the fire service across Warwickshire. An independent report commissioned by the council on their consultation highlighted many of the concerns I've previously expressed on this site: much of the consultation document was incomprehensible, the choice [...]
End is begin
Apologies if you are looking for the earlier version of this article -- there was a server glitch and we had to roll back to an earlier version. In Stratford on Avon the Lib Dem vote rose by 1.7% -- higher than the national rise of 1%. Two weeks ago, our poll figures were putting us in contention to win this seat, but the change in the national [...]
Stratford’s Concrete Collar?
22 April is the extended deadline for responses to the District Core Strategy. I wonder how many people are aware of this, or its impact on their lives? Essentially, based on a regional core strategy, based in turn on directives from central government, Stratford District Council intends to put thousands of new homes into the constituency, some of [...]
What? No tourist office?
Warwickshire's Shakespeare Country ceases trading I went down to the Stratford Tourist Information Office at the Bridge Foot yesterday. It was closed. It was closed because it has closed down. On Monday, Stratford District Council decided to defer a decision to give it the £275,000 funding it relies on to trade. When I got there on Wednesday, [...]
