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Council's 21 minute meeting which cost more than £3,000 slammed as a 'farce' Covid rules meant Sefton Council had to pay more than £3,000 to hold its annual meeting at Aintree Racecourse - but the meeting lasted just 21 minutes 15:14, 21 MAY 2021 Get the best local news with our Sefton newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivac...

Cllr Gwynfor Thomas COUNCILLOR Gwynfor Thomas will continue as Powys County Council’s chairman for the next year – but only after angry clashes between political groups. The Llansantffraid Conservative, who was appointed to the role in November 2020, will serve 18 months because of the coronavirus pandemic – the same as his predecessor Cllr Beverley Baynham (Presteigne – Independent). But the seemingly-straightforward task of rubber-stamping of the chairman, vice-chairman and assistant vice-chairman roles at the council's annual meeting on Thursday, May 13 fell into chaos and re...

CHANGES to prevent vehicles from waiting on two Llangollen roads have been proposed. In its public notices, Denbighshire Council has proposed to make orders to prohibit the waiting of vehicles during specific times. These will be at Hall Street and Willow Street. Exceptions will be provided in the proposed Order to permit waiting in the lengths of road referred to for the purposes of alighting, boarding, loading and unloading, and works of maintenance, repair and the like. Exceptions will also be provided in the proposed Order to allow vehicles displaying both a Disabled Person’s ...

Lane Side in Wilsden. Photo: Google Streetview NEW speed limits of 20mph and 30mph are planned for part a major Bradford road. Bradford Council has announced an order for the speed limit on the B6144 Haworth Road (Lane Side) in Wilsden from a point 192 metres east of its junction with Old Allen Road, to a point 26 metres south east of its junction with Bents Lane. The move is to encourage appropriate vehicle speeds on the approach to, and through, the Lane Side hamlet. It is also proposed to introduce a 20mph speed limit on the following lengths of carriageway within the immediate vi...

Despite the reservations and the challenges, Councillor Mac Cafferty is keen to see a “return to normality”. He said: “When they are safe to do so, I want meetings in person once again, mainly because it will represent some welcome return to normality. “For me, the atmosphere is flat through screens – and atmosphere is key to democracy and good decision-making. “Being called into back-to-back online meetings from 8am to 7pm day after day is probably the fantasy of a programmer but it won’t make for good decision-making.” The former Labour leader of the council Daniel...