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Proposed Changes to Resident Parking Zone
Problems with parking are probably the number 1 thing that residents contact me about. There are currently 13 streets in the ward where waiting restrictions are being considered (i.e. yellow lines) and 8 streets being considered for resident permit schemes. As I’ve said many times before there are many terraced streets in our ward dating…
An Argument Over Chairs
On Thursday evening we had the first formal meeting of the Council for the new municipal year. The local Conservatives made quite a fuss about Chairs. Let me explain… The first full Council following the elections is always interesting as there will be new faces appearing and also people in new positions, some of them…
Improving A-Level Availability
This week we saw a very unhelpful situation arise that affected a lot of local teenagers studying at a local college… It involved Queen Alexandra College announcing that they would be completely closing their Sixth Form college, and basically sacking the staff and kicking out the students. You can read the full story here. As…
Re-Elected, so what’s next?
Thank you to all of the 1456 local residents who voted for me last week. I’m really honoured that I can continue to represent this part of North Shields as your local councillor. The role of a local councillor, as I often point out, has two sides to it. There’s the case work I do…
It’s Local Election Week
This week you have your say on who you think will be best to represent you on North Tyneside Council. I really hope that I’ve demonstrated why re-electing me is the right choice. I’d like to take just a minute to recap the reasons – Personal, Practical and Political: Personal reasons: Practical reasons: Political reasons:…
Some thoughts on St George
Happy St George’s Day! Are you doing anything special to mark the occasion? This morning I went along to Christ Church, our local parish church, where they had a St George-themed service featuring some of the kids from the Cubs and Scouts. The minister at the church, the Revd Canon Glyn Evans, who also happens…
Escaped Eagle Owls + other case work!
I’ve just been having a look back at my case work files for the last few months. Most of it is pretty run of the mill stuff – apart from the huge bird of prey that was recently terrorising the neighbourhood! I often say that my role as a councillor has 2 sides to it:…
Local Easter Traditions
On Good Friday I was really pleased to be able to join members of the various local churches around North Shields for the annual Walk of Witness event. I tend to think of myself as quite a future-oriented person. I’m into new technology and spend a lot of time thinking about the kind of world…
Standing for re-election
Having now served for four years as a Labour councillor in the Preston ward of North Shields I’m happy to announce that I will be standing for re-election. My election leaflets will be dropping through the letterboxes of homes around the ward over the next couple of weeks. But if you can’t wait for then…
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