Call to take action on climate change
Date: Monday 15th October 2018
Sir, This week the intergovernmental panel on climate change has published its latest alarming and challenging report.
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Only one way to make a difference to future of Appleby
Date: Monday 15th October 2018
Sir, It was good to read the thoughts of Adrian Waite, of Appleby, (Herald, 6th October), showing his concerns for the future of our brilliant council meeting place, TIC and possible future tourist attraction.
Penrith can’t be allowed to degenerate into a generic sprawl
Date: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Sir, I would like to thank Mr Slack, Brougham Castle, Brougham, for his letter (Herald, 29th September) and I am more than happy to share my position regarding the Penrith masterplan.
Residents asking not be discriminated against by their own police force
Date: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Sir, I was interested to read the report (Herald, 29th September) about the public accountability conference at which the review into the policing of Appleby horse fair was presented by temporary assistant chief constable Andy Slattery.
Let’s hope promise is fulfilled
Date: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Sir, Every year, as part of their planning for Appleby horse fair, the police, probably under the guise of the unaccountable Multi-Agency Strategic Co-ordinating Group, apply for and are granted a traffic regulation order which prevents parking on the A685 road between Brough and Kirkby Stephen.
New custodian needed for historic moot hall?
Date: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Sir, Appleby Town Council is consulting over three options for the future of the moot hall, all of which involve building a modern extension. However, in my view none of them is consistent with the principles of good conservation and none would achieve the objectives of the Heritage Action Zone.
Affordable housing sums don’t add up
Date: Monday 1st October 2018
Sir, The promise of more affordable housing is being used by Eden District Council (EDC) to garner public support for its masterplan and it is leading people to believe it will ensure 30 per cent of new homes built are “affordable”.
Council wasting its time, and our time and money
Date: Monday 1st October 2018
Sir, Unless our council can advance incontrovertible demographic justification for the doubling of the size of our town, it is wasting its time, our time and our money on continuing with its 2050 vision of Penrith, presently on display in Middlegate.
Public outcry over horse fair prompts policing pledge
Date: Friday 28th September 2018
A RAFT of improvements for the running of Appleby horse fair has been put forward after a public outcry in the wake of this year’s event in June.
Rider’s speedy climb of Hartside
Date: Monday 24th September 2018
Sir, Since retiring from active timekeeping nine years ago, I have followed the fortunes of local cycling clubs and cyclists through the columns of your paper.
Put proposals to a binding referendum
Date: Monday 24th September 2018
Sir, At the recent meeting of Upper Eden Labour Party branch there was a discussion of the Penrith masterplan from Eden District Council.
Beacon will be destroyed, not preserved
Date: Monday 24th September 2018
Sir, Eden District Council’s Penrith “masterplan” cost £44,268 to draft and has now been launched with an estimated further cost of £30,000 for the “engagement” process with the public.
Highlighting masterplan “twaddle”
Date: Monday 24th September 2018
Sir, In last week’s Herald you included comments from me about Eden Council’s daft masterplan to build a new town (Beacon villages) the size of the existing town, which will compete with Penrith’s existing shops, 2.5 miles away on the highest ground between Cross Fell and Blencathra.
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