Ron Meldrum News Today

Residents have had their say on the city councils plans to redevelop Portswood Broadway.

Statements from the 12 candidates standing in the Thornhill ward in Southamptons local elections 2023

BITTERNE residents are sharing their views ahead on their area needs ahead of the by-election for the ward.

SOUTHAMPTON residents are set to go to the polls tomorrow to elect their new ward councillors.

I READ with horror that the new Southampton City council run by the Tories will be attacking cyclists and pedestrians. They want to close bus lanes making it more difficult for cyclists, forcing more cyclists to illegally cycle on pavements. They want to open more car parking spaces and reduce parking charges. This is clearly designed to bring yet more unwanted traffic into the city. This might sound OK for SUV drivers but a nightmare for the rest of us. They dont seem to get the me...

The meeting began with a debate on whether the decision should be deferred to later this year. But the motion put forward by Cllr Gin Tidridge to defer the decision was blocked after 23 of the 36 councillors voted against it. In the first hours of the debate councillors were told that the expansion would have an impact on noise and the environment but mitigation measures would be put in place. They were also told that the move would create hundreds of jobs with the number of jobs at the...

YET more from the Green Ron Meldrum, other than the facts regarding innovations in aeronautical science which sadly Mr Meldrum seems to be unaware of - we now find that his Political nous is also suspect! Mr Meldrum stood for the Green Party against Paul Holmes for the Eastleigh seat in the General Election - December 2019. I was very surprised to see him refer to Paul Holmes MP as ‘ a local Tory MP rolled in by the for side - not balanced by a local MP on the against side!’ Mr Meld...

Two years ago, the Green Party organised many litter picks around the St Denys area.