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Well firstly, I would like to thank the ALL the Parish Counsillors for their hard work on improving the the village facilities , they do this voluntarily, you cannot be fully professional in ALL areas but try your best.
May I say to the person or persons who have complained about the planning for the improvements made ie The entrance, picnic tables dipping pond and improvement to the dog walkers of our village.
YOU must be narrowed minded and really dislike Audlem. I have met many keyboard bullies that only hide behind an anonymous status as the coward you are !!!

Why the good people of the Parish Council do this work for free? beggars belief. Why you would put your free time in to improving the village when you get these Trumpers (think)who knock you at every twist and turn.
Anyone who thinks that they can do any better, feel free to join Audlem Parish Council asap

THANK YOU Councillors for your your patience and hard work.

European Hornets have been in the UK for many years, I certainly remember seeing them when I was a youngster albeit I lived in the south-east then. I believe they are a member of the wasp family. They have a rather unfair and unwarranted reputation as they will only sting people if they feel threatened. I did come across a queen hornet hibernating in my compost heap in spring 2022.

The hornet we should be worried about is the Asian Hornet which predates on our bees, it is common in France (thought to have been brought in with imports from Asia) and there have been sightings in the UK but I believe the hornets spotted so far have been eradicated. I think it is a legal requirement to report sightings of Asian Hornets.

Apologies to the person walking along Whitchurch road who I almost clipped with my car. I was distracted when my phone fell out of it's holder and when I looked up, there you were. Sorry if I gave you a fright. My fault. But; you should really have been facing the traffic. No excuses though...my fault.

Good Moaning... This is going to be a brilliant show, don't miss out! Tickets are pretty much sold out for Friday evening, but remain available for Saturday afternoon and evening performances. See link to news AOL news article for more information and to purchase tickets:
https://www.audlem.org/news/allo-allo-1.html

I think there's a bit of confusion on the subject of Hornets. The European Hornet is native to the UK it is the Asian Hornet that is invasive and aggressive. It's more than likely that the Hornet seen in Audlem is of the former variety. We had a Hornet's nest in the garden of our French house, we were advised by our neighbours to leave it be, which we did and just as we had been told, we had a brilliant mosquito free summer with the Hornets eating the little blighters and other insect pests too. We were disappointed when they didn't return the next year.

Me and my husband will be strongly apposing any planning application on turnpike the sooner money is stopped being wasted on a field full of dog mess the better

Massive oversight by the council with this which is going to incur more cost. I've spoken to a few people yesterday and this morning who have made it clear they are going to oppose the planning application. What will become of the field if the application is not granted?

Surly the people who sit and pass judgement on all our planning permission applications should themselves follow the rules.

Sadly Kay with that attitude then should all well meaning building projects consider themselves above local planning laws? Especially if they had a working group at the helm. Wonder if I could get an extension built if I hold a monthly meetings?

after reading the posts on the hornet problem , we had a nest of wasps taken away by the local council .about three years ago . and what i was told they are a direct cause of global warming . they are being found more down south , but are slowly migrating north as the summers hot up now, they came from europe originally.and yes they can be aggressive , so be carefull with them .

Thanks very much to the busybody who reported the Turnpike Field entrance as needing planning permission, which has ruined the activities planned for the organised youth groups for the summer.
An asset to the village which has been made been safer, now can't be used for the exact people that it is meant to benefit.
One person ruining lots of other people's volunteering efforts.

Well what a to do, I was just wondering what would happen now should the retrospective planning permission for change of use for the field not be granted, would the picnic benches, boardwalks, and pond fences all have to go, would the ponds have to be filled in and the frogs evicted, would the original gateway have to be restored? Let's just hope that the Parish Council now get the official approval they need because they sure don't have any more funds to throw at it, do they?

Well the council has managed to fail the village yet again. It's clear planning was needed for this gateway yet the parish council thinking its above us all in the village felt they were above planning. How can these people be trusted to give any opinion on planning applications?

In July 2022 I had the pleasure of seeing a lecture by professor Mike Garret. Prof Garrett is the director of science at the Lovell observatory at Jodrell Bank. It's the world renowned centre of astrophysics and climate study. Mike Garrett runs it. So he knows his stuff. Prof Garrett explained in his lecture how his team, collaborating with other groups around the world, have measured the levels of carbon dioxide from over 800,000 years ago in our atmosphere until present day. The big jump is since 1958 with a staggering increase that correlates directly with fossil fuel use. He also proved that this increase has changed and is changing our climate. This was a humbling experience as we are living through the impact of our actions. So anyone who thinks the climate isn't changing due to fossil fuel use should maybe come to terms with their cognitive dissonance. The science is irrefutable. I would ask how burning more coal is going to help reverse the flooding, drought, famine and desertification that's happening.

Climate denial and punctuation denial it would appear. A heady mix. I look forward to giving this meeting a very wide berth.

I was lucky enough to attend a really excellent talk by Chris Stark CEO of the Climate Change Committee last year. The CCC is the independent body set up to advise and report to government. As with all these things, there is way more to this whole subject than ever hits the news headlines. There is a lot of really good information on their website at www.theccc.org.uk which I would thoroughly recommend for those interested in learning more on the subject.

Catherine no one is denying the climate is changing. We just don't agree with the crazy push for so called net zero and the idea that humans are the main contributors to any climate change. We are also more interested in heating our homes and feeding our children then crippling ourselves on some ridiculous ideas that are going to be of no benefit to anyone

Recommend Darren Orwell 07557902294 from Market Drayton

Is this a climate change denial group?

Agree completely with the smokeless coal it's ridiculous how little heat you get out of a product that creates so much ash. Also how can a product that's had to go through a quite large industrial process to create be more "GREEN" then the natural product straight from the ground. It's much the same with a lot of these green ideas it's more about looking like somethings being done than actually achieving anything. It's as ridiculous as people being upset about the opening of the new coal mine in Cumbria a mine that's for smelting coal that's used to create the steal to make the useless wind turbines but this people just rather import that coal out of site out of mind that way it's obviously "GREEN" if it's been produced and put on a ship thousands of miles rather then from a mine in this country the hypocrisy is madness.

Looking forward to attending the meeting great to see that not everyone has fallen for this net zero nonsense I'm sure you will have a fantastic turn out well done Sarah and team keep up the work

In view of the ongoing building work being carried out on the public car park resulting in reduced parking spaces and today the closure of Cheshire Street for emergency work why is Turnpike Field not being made available for additional parking? With the lovely weather attracting plenty of people it helps local businesses if more parking is available so that visitors don't drive through the village because they can't find anywhere to park.

For years the natural coal Anthracite has been recommended as the best smokeless solid fuel there is. But now in its natural form it has been withdrawn from the retail market. Instead we are expected to use "ovoids" also known as "eggs" that are a blend of pulverized anthracite with some sort of filler. It is not a good substitution. For the same money you get half as much heat and twice as much ash.
What is going on?

Can anyone recommend a local locksmith for easing patio door locks?

Wes, go to BBC Sounds where there is a series called Woke: The Journey of a Word, which starts with black Americans in the 1920's and is very interesting.