Blog Posts

  • Cavendish struggling with the flooding – great community spirit

    Cavendish struggling with the flooding – great community spirit

    A number of residents asked to meet with me today to discuss the flooding. Most of the, live in Cavendish which seems particularly badly hit. There is deep water across the road coming from Clare. Passable with extreme care I guess in my 4X4 but I would not risk anything much lower. Some folk don’t Read more

  • Flooding around the patch

    Flooding around the patch

    For those that like to point out issues, all the pictures were taken with the vehicle stationary. I wanted to try and record the flooding so that I can follow up later with Highways to see what can be done to solve it. I have other places to visit and hope to do that tomorrow, Read more

  • Flooding – We can do better for the people of Clare.

    Flooding – We can do better for the people of Clare.

    I recognise that we have had a lot of rain recently but something feels different this time. One factor has to be the state of our drains and drainage gullies. Some appear blocked by weeds, others full of vegetation. Free flowing they are not, often resulting in a lot of water streaming off the land Read more

  • Local Government Association – LGA’s policy boards are being asked to appoint Equalities Advocates- Really?

    Each of the LGA’s policy boards are being asked to appoint an Equalities Advocate. Who on earth thought this would be a good use of resources? I was asked to consider volunteering to be one. What a load of old tosh!!!! Here is the email I sent in reply: “Thank you for your email.  I Read more

  • Bury St Edmunds bus station waiting room to close – where was the consultation?

    It seems West Suffolk Council has given in to the thugs. Apparently there is an issue with fighting, anti-social behaviour, shoplifting and criminal damage at the waiting room at the Bury St Edmunds bus station. The police are carrying out regular patrols of the area and have issued dispersal orders. West Suffolk Council’s CCTV room Read more

  • Business expands in Clare – Harris and Harris Books go from strength to strength

    Business expands in Clare – Harris and Harris Books go from strength to strength

    Kate has been running this fantastic book shop in Clare, for a number of years. The problem was the shop just wasn’t big enough for all those lovely books. Business was being held back so there was only one solution – expand into a much bigger premise. On Saturday Kate, aided and supported by Frank, Read more