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For 11 centuries between the unification of England in 927 AD and the present day, very little happened in Handforth. A hamlet near Manchester, it hosted a large prisoner-of-war camp during the first world war and a Royal Air Force depot during the second world war. This was the sum total of its imprint on the English national story. In the 1960s, several new housing estates transformed this tiny village into a small town. Then, in the 1990s, the government completed a bypass. As a result, even...

Cambs council leaders oppose Government decision to end virtual meetings The Government has said it will not bring in new legislation to allow for virtual council meetings past May 7 Updated Jackie Weaver became an internet sensation following a chaotic Handforth Parish Council meeting Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these n...

A parish council that went viral after a Zoom meeting descended into chaos could soon be abolished, it emerged today.  A clip of a Handforth Parish Council meeting in which numerous insults were thrown around and members were kicked out went viral earlier this month. Jackie Weaver, the acting clerk, shot to fame after chairman Brian Tolver said she had no authority at all and ordered her to stop talking. But Handforth Parish Council could soon disappear if an ongoing boundary review sees Handf...

Poor old Handforth Parish Council. They just want to do their meetings. Thousands of people joined in on Zoom for the latest instalment of the country's most famous parish council meeting.  They went viral a few weeks ago after a bizarre Zoom meeting back in December was discovered.  In case you missed it, adviser Jackie Weaver was trying to control a group of councillors, who

Handforth beats woke comedy hands down Handforths has struck a chord not just because of our boredom - it is an exposition of the national character at its most petty 20 February 2021 • 5:04pm Wednesday nights just ain’t what they used to be. Last week, I along with thousands of others, tuned in to a long-awaited public spectacle. Not a coronavirus press conference, bullfight or football match, but the latest instalment in the Handforth Parish Council saga. The original video is beyond paro...

Handforth Parish Councils latest Zoom meeting dogged by arguments and public interruptions The council, which rose to stardom after a chaotic Zoom call went viral, met again for the first time in two months 18 February 2021 • 1:32am The return of a parish council which became an internet sensation was watched by thousands on Wednesday night and dogged by repeated interruptions by members of the public. Handforth Parish Council, which rose to stardom earlier this month after a chaotic Zoom cal...

The councillor was accused of language worthy of Handforth Parish Council An opposition councillor has been slammed and accused of “language worthy of Handforth Parish Council” for his criticism of the council’s spending plans on local projects. Speaking at Reading Borough Council’s (RBC) Policy committee on Monday (February 15), Green councillor Rob White raised concern about the council’s spending plans on local projects using Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding from dev...

Ms Weaver said she is not attending the meeting as the council’s usual clerk has returned.

Robert Jenrick, the Local Government secretary, planning to change the law to enable virtual local council meetings permanent

The calls have been made just days after a clip from Handforth Parish Council went viral, featuring a heated argument between Cllr Tolver (left) and Jackie Weaver CALLS have been made to improve the standards of councillor conduct by a major local government organisation. The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has written an open letter to Robert Jenrick, Local Government Minister, urging government to ‘bring forward changes to the current standards regime governing conduct in ...