The village set to grow by 25%, NHS Somerset says no to numbers, how much of Bath does B&NES own, MP commits to sorting Post Office and planning inquiry to be in Shepton.
Another thing that might put people off 'running a village/small town PO' is that income is derived per transaction as opposed to the previous system where a 'lump sum' was paid to sub-postmasters by PO.
This 'new system' is subject to the vagaries of the public, that and the drive for online banking/payments, the future of the 'rural PO' is not looking too rosy!
It may mean, in the short term, more PO's are based in 'community village shops'.
Spaxton and Oake are examples of villages whose PO's closed, but have been fortunate to have a PO re-open inside of the 'community village shop'.
These of course depend on local volunteers to serve, stocktake, clean etc. Could it be that the rural PO will end up going the same way as the village blacksmith, thatcher and fuel stations?
It's hard not to see that Somerset Council "appeased" criminal damage direct action by Palestine Action in their accommodating response to their demands.
Palestine Action pressured Somerset Council into a property divestment and almost certainly a rushed sale, incurring a capital loss and a loss of rental income. Is that financial information available?
Has Somerset Council's apparent "appeasement" of this deliberate and repeated vandalism, encouraged an escalation of criminal direct action by Palestine Action, eventually and indirectly leading to the Brize Norton RAF £7m of damage to defence assets?
Certainly, if a public listed building can be vandalised three times, costing public services and taxpayers £20K, surely there should be both criminal and financial consequences for those responsible?
I doubt we would let local youths get away with similar repeated vandalism.
I hope Somerset Confidential will hold the Council's "feet to the fire" and ensure the adults criminally responsible pay the £20K to rectify their repeated damage back- money that could be spent on say vulnerable children or potholes.
Regarding Post Office's.
Another thing that might put people off 'running a village/small town PO' is that income is derived per transaction as opposed to the previous system where a 'lump sum' was paid to sub-postmasters by PO.
This 'new system' is subject to the vagaries of the public, that and the drive for online banking/payments, the future of the 'rural PO' is not looking too rosy!
It may mean, in the short term, more PO's are based in 'community village shops'.
Spaxton and Oake are examples of villages whose PO's closed, but have been fortunate to have a PO re-open inside of the 'community village shop'.
These of course depend on local volunteers to serve, stocktake, clean etc. Could it be that the rural PO will end up going the same way as the village blacksmith, thatcher and fuel stations?
It's hard not to see that Somerset Council "appeased" criminal damage direct action by Palestine Action in their accommodating response to their demands.
Palestine Action pressured Somerset Council into a property divestment and almost certainly a rushed sale, incurring a capital loss and a loss of rental income. Is that financial information available?
Has Somerset Council's apparent "appeasement" of this deliberate and repeated vandalism, encouraged an escalation of criminal direct action by Palestine Action, eventually and indirectly leading to the Brize Norton RAF £7m of damage to defence assets?
Certainly, if a public listed building can be vandalised three times, costing public services and taxpayers £20K, surely there should be both criminal and financial consequences for those responsible?
I doubt we would let local youths get away with similar repeated vandalism.
I hope Somerset Confidential will hold the Council's "feet to the fire" and ensure the adults criminally responsible pay the £20K to rectify their repeated damage back- money that could be spent on say vulnerable children or potholes.