HMV is dead – long live the High Street
andybodders It is a curious thing, but the demise of HMV and chain stores of its genre may just be the saving of many high streets. Over four decades, the character…
Chirbury hedgerows victory – for now
I was out strolling in the woods this morning when BBC Radio Shropshire rang asking to speak about the hedgerow row. I began to talk to Jim Hawkins not even…
Legal action against the Rutland Three has scary implications for democracy
Rutland is a small and beautiful county caught up in a big and ugly row. Council leaders and officers have been facing vocal and persistent opposition from three independent councillors…
Raising a glass to the pub adjudicator and the great British pub
Struggling publicans will soon be able to appeal to independent adjudicator Vince Cable, Lib Dem Business Secretary announced yesterday. I’ll raise a glass to that! Pubs are at the heart…
Shropshire’s historic hedgerows under threat
Update: Application withdrawn on 17 January 2013 There are almost unprecedented plans to plough out 7 miles of hedgerow near Chirbury. If proposals like this are nodded through, large areas…