Highfield Ward, Widnes, Halton
I am hearing that Widnes Golf Club are coming close to putting in a planning application to build houses on the designated Green Space. As many will know, I am absolutely opposed to this Green Space being developed and have been campaigning against it for a number of years. Please join me by signing my […]
I thought with the weather I might be on my own today but was very pleasantly surprised. Big thank you to Peter F (+ Louis the dog), Peter T, Karen, Laura and local kids Lottie, Elsa, Tia, Austin, Scott and the two Lily’s for joining in today’s Kingsway Litter Pick. We cleared the Biggie field […]
Thank you to Peter T, Charlie, Angela, Rachael and Laura for joining in today’s litter pick with me. We managed to do Milton Avenue, Masefield Avenue, Stewards Avenue, Scott Avenue, Browning Avenue, Hood Road and Kipling, Wordsworth and Burns Cres and a section of Lowerhouse Lane. We collected four bin bags full, had a nice […]
Proud to have been invited to attend the Widnes Royal British Legion & Royal Artillery’s Schools’ Poppy Appeal Awards this morning. The event was for the Widnes Royal British Legion & Royal Artillery to say thank you to the Widnes school children/schools who helped to smash the Widnes Poppy Appeal record in 2018. It was […]
Lovely time at lunch time with the Widnes Viking’s Golden Generation members who help out at the Chemics Cafe. Thanks very much to Peter for inviting me, really enjoyed meeting everybody and their brilliant Widnes chant. Luckily I had black & white on but it’s not a requirement. I’d encourage anyone interested to drop by […]
Halton has been a Universal Credit full service area since July 2016. Cllr Andrea Wall (Kingsway) has long been a campaigning, vociferous critic of the system. Cllr Wall recently moved the HBC motion calling on the government to stop their roll out of Universal Credit to other areas, which was unanimously carried by the council. Today […]
A Kingsway resident has just informed me that her son’s bike has been stolen from their back garden on the Kingsway Estate. It is a red/silver/orange Voodoo suspension bike and was stolen between 6pm and 7pm. Can people please keep an eye out for it. Additionally could people please keep the security gates on to […]
Derek Twigg MP has given me his eye witness statement in support of the application to have the green space (the Biggie) in the middle of the Kingsway Estate registered as a Village Green. It looks like X marks the spot on the photograph – they’re actually the paths. It is already designated as green […]
Preparing to apply to register the field in the middle of the Kingsway Estate as a Village Green to enable it to become an additionally protected space for residents with Village Green status. It is already designated as green space, however, Village Green status gives further protections against any future development attempts in future years. […]
I was on the Unite Arriva bus workers picket line at the St Helen’s bus depot from 7am for couple of hours before work this morning. Thanks to the Widnes resident bus drivers for inviting me. The last thing the bus drivers and staff want to do is cause disruption to the public. However, withdrawing […]