This morning the three New Brighton councillors were briefed on the latest planning proposal that...
The library is a fine under utilised community building with an upstairs room for hire, for a very...
Monday I was at a meeting of the Licensing 2003 Committee ( the panel who grants pub and club...
Canvasing,no kidding,the last two nights have been spent knocking on residents...
I was always surprised that there was enough business to go around a small location ,enough in fact...
North East of Harare past Borrowdale and Glen Lorne and up the Enterprise Road I used to go to a...
So how did you spend 'European Neighbours Day' which of course you remember was on the 27th of the...
On the 21st I set of from Seacombe Ferry on the Maritime Heritage Trail.The trail has five key...
On the 12th the first of three Council meetings was held that has seen my party having the most...
Since the local election this has been a period for me when propery in one way or another has been...
Wandering around as councillors tend to do on polling days I bumped into that anonymous women at...
On Saturday the petrol station in Brighton Street had no unleaded petrol.
RHODESIAN PETROL...
On Saturday along with council officers and members of the Licensing Committee I went along to see...
With elections around the corner there are things that have to be done to that end with normal life...
Monday the political groups met in the Town Hall for their individual 'Caucus' gatherings.The...
WPH held a Board of Directors Developement event over Friday and Saturday using the conference...
There any number of things taking place in May,the council will be issuing Brown Wheelie Bins again...
On Wednesday I was on a morning licensing panel and in the evening I had to deputise on the...
Last week Wirral Partnership Homes Board approved the strategy for the future of sheltered...
Liam Byrne who is the immigration minister has said "big changes are needed" in the way government...
Yesterday I was invited,by that anyomonus woman,to assist her in judging a 'Easter Bonnet'...
Last week had me in the Council chamber on Monday evening for the budget presentation which...
Last Thursday I set of to a Pensions Investment Seminar which was laid on by the industry newspaper...
Last night I along with two Liscard Councillors and the Deputy Mayor went to a reception and then...
This has been a busy week with a rash of consituants compliants some of a simple nature ,to...
On a sunny but chilly afternoon last Saturday I joined a group to collect litter in Earlston Park...
Just under a year ago the slide in Earlston Park play area was vandalised and taken away for repair...
On Tuesday I was invited to Vale Park which has a thriving community centre,to celebrate their...
Chelsea Barracks was sold to a company belonging to the state owned Qatar investment...
Tuesday 22nd.At 5pm I and three other board directors were interviewed by a Government Auditor as...
At a meeting of this committee this evening there was only one item to consider and that was...
On Tuesday I received a phone call from North America,at first I thought it was a 'wind up'...
A Happy New Year,mine was a merry one as was my Christmas except for a nerve 'dying' in an...
MERRY CHRISTMAS
and...
At least until a Wirral Partnership Homes (WPH) meeting on the 7th January.
Tuesdays board meeting...
Last night saw a bad tempered final full Council meeting for the year with confusion over...
The 1st phase,mainly the Floral Pavilion is underway and phase 2 which has been given the go ahead...
The headline reads "More tax to pay for councillor's perks"something picked upon quickly by the bar...
Yesterday was a long day especially when your dragging an annoying cold which hasn't broken...
Monday the Pensions Committee Meeting went through its briefing process starting at 4 pm and...
On Remembrance Day I was in the company of Wallasey's Member of Parliament,Ms Angela...
I was told at dinner at The Queens Royal on Tuesday that Ian Douglas Smith had died.I last saw and...
I was invited to join a tug boat on its journey back from Manchester by a New Brighton resident,Bob...
Saturday had colleagues out in Moreton Cross and New Brighton with a petition to stop further...
I 'paraded' at the New Brighton war memorial this year along with my Council colleagues for a very...
On Monday I was at a rather thinly attended seminar in London on local government investment,in...
Post Office have announced thieir "Change Programme" and I am pleased that the ward is not...
Wirral Partnership Homes main board met last Tuesday following a Conservative group Caucus on the...
At the commencement of the local Government Pensions Trustees Conference held in York the chairman...
Monday was New Brighton and Wallasey Wards ,Area Forum.Under thirty residents attended and I noted...
At this morning meeting at Manor Road we met the new Neighbourhood Inspector Julie Fletcher.
The Anti Social Behaviour Team (ASBT) ran this event in Birkenheads old town hall on Friday...
DRUGS OUR COMMUNITY ,YOUR SAY is the title of a Government consultation paper and this morning at...
I have just returned from the party conference where I have been converted from a Cameron...
On Saturday a clean up of the litter around and in Marine Lake was carried out by a group of...
The Wallasey GP community who's aims are to deliver high quality patient services invited...
On tuesday I was over in Liverpool at Cunard Buildings for a rather dry presenation by two...
This centre is for the severely disabled adults and on Friday I spent the afternoon there with...
Or could it be a collector of road name plates?
Yesterdays mention that a local pub had the menus on display so that clients could...
As a member of the Merseyside Pension Fund committe which acts like the board of a company (in my...
Yesterday I was briefed by NLJ the consultants 'Neptune' have engaged for the 2nd phase of their...
I attended this evenings meeting as a deputy for an absent member.There were 11 items but the first...
This morning;I with many other people attended a service for the life of Ken Jackson who was...
On Sunday in the presence of the Mayor the Green Flag,an award for acheiving the national stanard...
As there was no parking outside my London club I left the car in Kendal Street and walked to...
I am on a break and came came back from Harrowgate 6.30pm today to have a resident of Pleasant...
I had a couple of hours at the invitation of The Joint Management Committee of Liscard Community...
At the moment we canvass the electorate constituency wide and although I don't make every...
I was invited to the ceremonial 'cutting the sod' for the redevelopement of the Floral...
So many telephone calls this morning and none from people selling double glazing which was a relief...
On Wednesday the Licensing,Health and Safety and General Purposes Committee turned down the...
On Saturday I was invited to the opening of the the Wirral Show by the Mayor and they managed to...
In fact it was two Police Community Support Officers at 7.30pm on Friday night carrying a...
Monday evening was a meeting of the Conservative Group at the Town hall which is the normal part of...
On Friday morning I along with the other two New Brighton councillors were invited to Mrs Joy...
Tonight I chaired a meeting which saw 13 of the 25 applicants receive £7355.12 all out of...
This evening I attended the Board meeting at Wirral Partnership Homes at Europa Boulevade there was...
The Licensee of The Telegraph Inn Anna-Maria Nelson pointing to a letter from the Council that she...
Cars parked in Mount Road outside the 'Dolphin' a gentleman's club come turkish bath/sauna I believe...
The company which makes it's living by collecting and sorting rubbish,recycling and advising...
This morning I was at the Conway Park Campus on Europa Boulevard of Wirral Metropolitan College for...
Today my colleage was alerted to trees being felled in Salisbury Road and managed to save one with...
Local community groups have had a briefing on the latest Neptune proposal No 17 but not the local...
grew.
I was asked to sit on one hearing of the Licensing Panel at 1pm and ended up with the panel...
The Board meeting ended at 10 pm.I with some other Board members had met at 5pm for a de-brief on a...
Tonight there was a meeting of the full Council at which Labour and the Liberal Democrates united...
This morning along with a colleague Cllr Leah Fraser and two Labour councillors I was...
Under this heading an event was held at Tranmere Rovers Football Club.NewHeartlands,the Council in...
On Wednesday the Licensing Committee met to consider the new Premises License Fees under the...
Full marks to Mr John Howard the Australian Prime Minister who has told his cricket team that they...
At an "Away Day"in March I expressed my doubts over the managing of the Liscard office...
The Planning Committee tommorow will hear the proposal for an amended scheme to the already...
And there certainly was that feeling as seen in the nationwide Conservative gains.locally my...
Possibly this should read whilst I was off air,things have continued as normal attending committee...
Today I sat on three applications all being opposed by residents fearful of the furtherance of...
I was in London to march to Horse Guards with my former regiment on Paddy's Day,and a grand parade...
I'm pleased to see Laburnum Road included but not Princess Road which is close by and in need of...
Vale House Community Centre Joint Management Committee held their six weekly meeting last night...
I was at the Local Government Investment Summit held at Leeds last week.It was instructive...
Riverside is a Registered Social Landlord who provides affordable homes and have the resources to...
In November last I attended a meeting at Vale House in which the issues relating to the...
Last night at my groups caucus I heard the Labour Budget Proposal and our own thoughts which will...
This afternoon I put to the Director of the department responsible for libaries who wanted to...
On Thursday I was at the Neighbourhood Action Group Police meeting at Manor Road.I was able to...
A mobile exhibition by United Utilities was on the promenade on Wednesday and I went along to hear...
The Pensions Committee met on Monday and heard the Auditors report which was favourable but...
In 2000 after having recently returned from many years in Zimbabwe I returned to South Africa...
This computer is via a wireless link but after moving the computer to a purpose organised office...
This evening I was at a Planning Meeting in regard to a proposed construction behind Zig Zag corner...
Before the festive a season at a meeting somebody mentioned the worry over a neighbour placing...
Although it may not be the case for New Brighton with this inept Council making...
Last Friday I was invited to a certificate presentation at the Grovsner Ballroom to some of the...
Today began at a licensing hearing at the Town Hall at which I spoke against the application for a...
My newspaper carried the obituary for Major General Sir John Acland in whos company I had a brief...
No not residents having at last got together to challenge why the continual building of flats...
Tonight the committee were given the flesh on the bones of the Governments choice of option for the...
I today sat with the sub-committee to consider two applications to vary a Permises Licence under...
I spent 90 minutes in a committeee room at the Town Hall this evening which covered the changes,if...
The Investment Monitoring Working Party met this morning in Cunard Building for the normal...
The paper shop in Albion Street has a good selection of reproduced old postcards
I wonder how...
The Annual Employers Conference took place today at the Merseyside Maritime Museum situated...
It would appear are of some use after all.British Conservative members persuaded the EP to...
A small gathering heard from the area superintendent that the force was the best performing on...
Started with a broken gutter on the ancestrial plot with water coming ,suprising me. through the...
I attended the Commemoration at the old Birkenhead Town Hall,very much the lone Tory apart from the...
At 4pm today I attended a meeting at Vale House with conservation officers from the Council and...
After a day time seminar at a hotel in the depths of Kensington I went up market in the evening to...
This Monday I was at a seminar for Local Government Councillors and Officer's and as well hearing about...
The people intrested in forming a group to look after the care of the cemetery met in...
An early start this morning for a breakfast briefing at the Birches Restaurant.I got an update on...
On Wednesday I made a short journey to Cardigan Road where the Methodist Housing Association...
Sunday started at 0045 hours when two sets of neighbors started screaming obscenites in the...
On Tuesday I was at a Board meeting of Wirral Partnership Homes,a long one finishing at 9.30pm.I am...
rang in Leeds asking if I could confirm that I would be attending an open day for Positive...
LAST THURSDAY I travelled to Leeds for the fourth annual conference of the Local Goverment Pension...
Last night the committee met at Birkenhead Central Library in Borough Road of which we had an...
I welcomed the MP for Eddisbury Stephen O'Brien to the Londsdale Centre on Seabank...
All day yesterday school children members of Wirral's Youth Parliament where at the Town Hall...
Despite the recent pictures of mistreated animals in the local press it still appears that we are a...
Someone was who lived in rented property in Prescott Street was.He was wandering the neighbourhood...
Early evening I attended a briefing on the Youth Parliament with which the Council will engage...
All day Tuesday was spent in Wirral Partnership Homes board room at Europa Boulevade.This was...
I have wondered about this building,which is situated just outside the ward boundry,and never knew...
Tonights Planning Committee have agreed the application by Neptune Developements for the plan which...
At last the Westminister Goverment have come up with a good idea "no age discrimination in jobs".I...
At the last meeting the committee had detailed to it a summary of the leisure venues which...
I attended the Police Neighbourhood Action Group meeting held at the Old Court House in Manor Road...
A planning application for work on the refurbishment and extension of the theatre and exerection of...
No its not a dance",lets do the Strasbourg", a burger,"you wanna Strasburger with onions?its a...
Dont believe it.Neptune may be marking time but we are not forgotten.
Next Sunday...
My first duty,apart from dealing with the back log of residents problems,was to sit on the...
Before I managed to have a week away in Greece ,with only black and white cats with problems,I...
Today John Reid is due to talk on immigration after his own MPs called on him to get tough on the...
A resident of Wellington Road complained that fine sand on the cleared area of the former Grand...
In a long determination the Secretary of State has turned down the "Neptune" proposal to develope...
This afternoons meeting lasted two hours,during which I learnt that local disruptive youths...
I attended my first Board Meeting this evening at Europa Boulevade.The agenda had reports of past...
Those Councillors who wanted to attend went to the last practice day of the open golf championship...
I have driven up from Hay-on-Wye "The Town of Books"after collecting a first printing of a...
This evening at an informal meeting with a colleague a chap of my acquaintance told me that he had...
Tonights Council Meeting had to have a statement from the Leader of the Council about our man...
This afternoon at the headquarters in Europa Boulevard I was briefed on my up and coming...
As a member of the sub-committee who sits on the licensing panel I was given some figures...
There is plenty of it in Wentworth Avenue where I live
these pictures have been taken at 10...
This is Pheobe Glover shes 18 years old doing A Levels at Birkenhead Sixth Form College in Politics...
had the longest briefing before the formal meeting that Ican remember.
The fund had attemped...
the Full Council met and approved the "Best Value Performance Plan for Wirral"which lays out the...
This evening as a deputy I sat on the meeting.The Skate Board Facility in New Brighton was...
hosted a Training Day today at Cunard Building which was also attended by Pension Funds councillor...
had their first meeting this evening in the old council chamber of Birkenhead Town Hall.The agenda...
I was at the Conway Park Campus of Wirral Metropolitan College at 7.30 am for a hearty...
Tonight the committee who had a total of £15827,33 in the kitty determined 28 applications for...
I spent most of today on The Licensing Act 2003 Sub-Committee listening to an application for the...
I am pleased to learn that the the three Guardsmen on trial for the murder of an Iraq youth...
A sorry complicated business that looks like the collection will be dispersed.As already reported...
The population seem to have forgotten what a live performance is,it's a bit like asking...
This morning I attended a meeting of the Investment Monitoring Working Party of the Merseyside...
At 6 pm a meeting of the Licensing Act 2003 Committee at the Town Hall agreed the protocols...
I know,I know we never get it right but when I said no cycle racks were going to be placed in the...
At the Full Council meeting on Monday it was agreed that all streets in the Borough be designated...
In an edition of "Navy News"the plight of this collection ,the finest in Europe,is...
This evening after a Full council meeting my blogger in the bar tells me that the Queens Royal in...
Today I attended a session of the centres Advisory Body.A pesentation was given on the NHS...
I attended a Steering Group meeting yesterday and after a financial assistance application by a...
This evening;I attended a presentation on "The Royal Navy Today "at Leasow Castle Hotel and...
There were 1045 returned votes that were valid and included in the total count which is 68.14% of...
Good morning,the local election which you may have missed,but the politicos who have pounded...
Thousands are been trawled through with the odd one or two still arriving.the main issues,without...
On the 9th of the month the Planning Committee refused an application to demolish the old...
The vehicle used to collect refuse from narrow streets,think Pleasant Street ,has been...
The sign still swinging
The Grand Hotels application for demolition and the erection of...
The completed surveys are coming in.A couple had the words "WE LISTEN" crossed out replaced by NO...
GONE...
not before taking the giant crane into her cellars !
At the Town Hall in the office of the Deputy Leader of my group,Councillor Lesley Rennie,I attended...
Local democracy has been undermined in that I have been prevented from representing the views...
My first meeting was the Investment Monitoring Working Party (IMWP) which has the opportunity to...
Going...
An old King Edward V11 wall post box has been sealed at the corner of Wellington Road and Portland...
A number of residents have concerns over the new cycle lock-up racks that have appeared in...
Discussions are still going on about the ships future.The council has made a "one off "offer of...
Received today:
The agenda for the next Area forum of which I am a member is shown below.Item eight is "Any...
After delivering a residents petition to the Cheshire Lines building,home of the planning...
ERIC stands for "Everything Reasonable Item Collected"and after hard lobbying by my group a...
Trees are being given away as part of the Wirral Biodiversity Action Plan initiative to encourage...
Today I've launched the biggest ever survey of residents unfortunately I did'nt ask for veiws...
At todays meeting the new Chief Constables total policing plan was explained in outline.It will be...
The Electoral Commission has announced the date and published the details for this years Local...
The centre is for adults with physical disabilities and along with Highcroft ,a centre in...
On a visit to my local "The Bloggers Arms" I was told by a laid off Warship volunteer that the...
Over the weekend all councillors will have received many emails on the subject.Two were from the...
The Warship Preservation Trust Ltd has decided to go into liquidation because dispite the efforts...
The Divonne Hotel in Wellington Road has requested a change of use to a Care and Recovery Centre...
Tonight the Planning Committee approved the application in regard to the developement of...
A planning application is due to be determined on Thursday 5th January.The proposal is to replace...
The latest local authoriity who are about to use section 215 ( see news item Grand Hotel...
In December 2003 I asked the Council to approve the granting of a Compulsary Purchase Order this...
The bright lights at this junction of an evening,which brings to mind a Peter Sellers monologue...
For the second time in the last few weeks a CCTV has been disabled ,on both occasions in Victoria...
The application to demolish the Queens Royal Hotel was refused on Thursday evening .The...
The never ending building programme in the ward moves on relentlessly.An application is before the...
This week I have written to a cross section of residents in the ward asking who would they like to...
A annual event .I attended the Away Day on Sunday,the subject of the sub-group that I was with was...
THIS WEEK the Boundary Commission for England has confirmed that it's revised proposals, to retain the Wallasey constituency has been agreed...........
I attended a briefing on this item this afternoon.It will be the the replacement for the Unitary...
The meeting today at the Maritime Museum for the organisations/companies who employ the fund...
A resident of a Council property in the ward contacted me over difficulties she was experiencing...
