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In response to Judy's post, the only thing I would say is that this morning I was walking with someone else and we both came to the same conclusion. Of course she might be as blind as a bat as well, I will ask her tomorrow. Christine

As someone who walks the Turnpike Field up to three times a day, if you seriously can't see the abandoned doggie do in there EVERY DAY -you really need to go to a well known high street optician !

This morning at 8 am I walked through Turnpike Field and made a return trip about 9 am. Although I did look hard, I could find no evidence of dog poo on my route. It is the same every morning with one or two rare exceptions. It is a mystery where all this poo is hiding and I suggest that it is rumour rather than actuality. There is a real mystery, however – one of the picnic tables has been turned upside down, I reckon that took a bit of effort. Christine Johnson

Thanks for the geography/economic update John. You have reinforced my belief I do need to get my hands on growbags ! 😎�...�...�...

A simple search would have told Chris that the reason for the tomato shortage is due to high energy costs needed to grow them in the UK and poor weather conditions in Morocco and Spain affecting the growing and transport of tomatoes. Nothing to do with Brexit. Better luck next time!

Just been shopping (Sunday) and needed fresh tomatoes. There was not a single one in Morrisons, Aldi or the Co-op! Is there a shortage, and if so is it as a result of good old Brexit? Guess I will need to secure some tomato growbags this summer!

Sorted thanks after helpful phone call

Yesterday at 8.10 am I watched a man wearing a hat and blue coat let the white and tan little dog do toilet on a soil patch in front of the hedge of 4 Churchfields .
He looked around, bent down with a Pooh bag, walked off still looking round and then put the unused bag in his pocket still looking over his shoulder.
The evidence of what the dog left is still there. 😡

My usual tree pruner is currently unavailable. Any suggestions would be welcome.

Yesterday there was a dog in the children's playground. Today 2 dogs in the cemetery Once again dog owners with no respect whatsoever

Great congratulations to ADAS on their wonderful achievement. Very many thanks to you all for all the effort that goes in. The village (town ?) always looks beautiful throughout the summer months. Diolch yn fawr.

We have been told by Scottish Power that we are to receive this extra grant of £200 due to not being on the gas grid. Hope everyone else gets the same good news.

Congratulations to all the helpers! Amazing the hours that are put into our displays and sustainability considered too. Well done.

Chris, this is a fair point. We volunteers run the quiz as a low key, fun night for locals whilst raising funds for causes. As such, there is no audit and transactions for raffle tickets etc cannot be recorded. However, I have retained as much financial detail for the previous 2 quizzes as possible and I'll be happy to sit with you (or anyone else) to go through this in the interests of transparency and probity. Let me know when you're free.

Mr Greaves is very welcome to see our final accounts of the night and to see just how much we raise for this noble cause.
I do hope he has bought a ticket and will also be there supporting the cause and introduce himself to us on the night. His implication is not welcome .

I think Mr Hancock is out of touch with the real world for this suggestion. The amount of fly tipping will exponentially increase if this was implemented....which it won't be

Chris Greaves it's cash only because the newsagents are kindly offering to sell on behalf of the organisers. Plus I don't think you can compare this fundraiser to the shenanigans of APC

Not sure I'd be giving cash only to such a worthy cause without some transparency of the accounts given what's happened with other accounts recently

Mike Hancock makes a good point. In the late 90s, we lived in Brussels and we had the usual array of bins for glass, plastic and green waste. They were all collected free of charge. The equivalent of the black bin waste would only be collected if it was bagged up into very specific, branded bright orange bags...and those bags were available to buy in local shops and supermarkets but were priced at about £1 each. Certainly encouraged one to keep the landfill waste to an absolute minimum.

Can someone please tell me who controls Audlem Online? What relationship do they have with the APC?

That's a very good idea proposed by Mike Hancock. Take note CE.

I'd like to invite you to a free taster session for our brand new 'Walk Fit' project On Thursday 16th FEB – 6:30pm till 7:30pm. Walk Fit is predominantly aimed at over 55's and is a low impact hybrid between a fitness class and a sport session. Our Walking Football sessions have been a huge success in the village and we're hoping 'Walk Fit' will be the same! If you have any questions, please email me: alex.mevo@outlook.com

I feel that I have to comment on the written diatribe of Mr Huntback re Car Damage.
If a tractor driver is driving like a maniac, without any consideration of other road users and there are no witnesses when the tractor driver wrecks somebody's car, then this is no way knock for knock. I get the sense that Mr Huntback has a clue as to who the offending tractor driver is.

Well I presume the air ambulance was there for an emergency but I'd congratulate the parish council for moonlighting a helipad. Can anyone let me know when I can book a flight over audlem

We have a brown bin for garden waste, C.E. then provided a small green bin with bio degradable bags for use within the home for food waste. So which green bin are we talking about that they wanting to charge for please?