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Grantham Journal column: Council must show vision

Grantham Journal column: Council must show vision

Grantham Journal column: Council must show vision

27 August 2016

Planning Application S16/1810 for Highway works and Parks: The Poplar Farm estate is planned to be 1300 homes and a large roundabout access is required to Barrowby Road at its junction with Gloucester Road along with a “Ghost island” junction further towards the A1 which will connect to the Gladman Homes 300 dwellings development for which planning approval has now been given.


Grantham Journal column: A few minutes of your time could change our future

Grantham Journal column: A few minutes of your time could change our future

Grantham Journal column: A few minutes of your time could change our future

06 August 2016

There’s only a few days left to have your say on plans that could change this area for years to come. The devolution consultation that has been running since June, is nearly at an end, but you can still take part.


Grantham Journal column: Do I have a bag? Errr, do you have a minute to let me explain...

Grantham Journal column: Do I have a bag? Errr, do you have a minute to let me explain...

Grantham Journal column: Do I have a bag? Errr, do you have a minute to let me explain...

30 July 2016

A polite message to all bag-thrusting retailers – when I politely decline the bag that you automatically grab for my purchase, it’s not because I fear you may charge me.


Grantham Journal column: Town must retain A&E

Grantham Journal column: Town must retain A&E

Grantham Journal column: Town must retain A&E

17 July 2016

Having recently been taken ill in the early hours of the morning, I attended the A&E in Grantham Hospital. I was admitted and spent three days in hospital before being transferred to the Lincoln hospital for specialised treatment.


Grantham and Stamford MP Nick Boles tells why he backed Boris, switched to ‘political soulmate’ Gove...and resigned as minister

Grantham and Stamford MP Nick Boles tells why he backed Boris, switched to ‘political soulmate’ Gove...and resigned as minister

Grantham and Stamford MP Nick Boles tells why he backed Boris, switched to ‘political soulmate’ Gove...and resigned as minister

14 July 2016

Nick Boles, MP for Grantham and Stamford, has had a turbulent fortnight, first backing Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader, then signing up as Michael Gove’s campaign manager. Here, he explains what happened and why he took the decision to resign from his ministerial role.


Grantham Journal column: Feelings really count

Grantham Journal column: Feelings really count

Grantham Journal column: Feelings really count

10 July 2016

Targeting an audience based on their feelings is nothing new. Marketing has long been a cross between business and psychology.


Grantham Journal column: I don’t feel Brexit will change things straight away

Grantham Journal column: I don’t feel Brexit will change things straight away

Grantham Journal column: I don’t feel Brexit will change things straight away

09 July 2016

I didn’t stay up to watch the referendum results on the television so I was surprised when I caught the 8am news and I couldn’t quite believe the country had voted to leave the EU, as I thought the ‘Remain’ would just pip ‘Leave’ past the post.


Grantham Journal column: It is time to unite in the best interests of the country

Grantham Journal column: It is time to unite in the best interests of the country

Grantham Journal column: It is time to unite in the best interests of the country

02 July 2016

Events since the EU Referendum vote have been fast-moving, and no doubt there will be new developments by the time you read this article. Nevertheless, I feel that, as someone who campaigned for a Leave vote, I would like to set out some thoughts below.


Grantham Journal Column: A wonderful person doing something wonderfully ordinary

Grantham Journal Column: A wonderful person doing something wonderfully ordinary

Grantham Journal Column: A wonderful person doing something wonderfully ordinary

25 June 2016

One week ago, Jo Cox walked across the road in the small market town of Birstall towards the library where she, like her predecessors before her, held surgeries as the MP for Batley and Spen.


Grantham Journal column: Dedicated group of volunteers Keep our river clean

Grantham Journal column: Dedicated group of volunteers Keep our river clean

Grantham Journal column: Dedicated group of volunteers Keep our river clean

12 June 2016

Grantham is extremely fortunate in having a stretch of the River Witham running close to the town centre.


Grantham Journal column: US following in our footsteps but fight for equality is far from over

Grantham Journal column: US following in our footsteps but fight for equality is far from over

Grantham Journal column: US following in our footsteps but fight for equality is far from over

12 June 2016

On 7 June 1866, Elizabeth Garrett and Emily Wilding Davison went to Parliament to present a petition calling for women to be given the vote.


Grantham Journal column: EU membership helps to protect our wellbeing and our environment

Grantham Journal column: EU membership helps to protect our wellbeing and our environment

Grantham Journal column: EU membership helps to protect our wellbeing and our environment

05 June 2016

The EU referendum is taking place on June 23. Many young people and residents living in rented accommodation have not yet registered to vote and will have no voice. There is still time to register by calling 01476 406080 before June 7.


Grantham Journal column: The carnival is almost upon us

Grantham Journal column: The carnival is almost upon us

Grantham Journal column: The carnival is almost upon us

27 May 2016

Say ‘Grantham Carnival’ and my eyes glaze over.


Grantham Journal column: What do you think would help us to improve Grantham?

Grantham Journal column: What do you think would help us to improve Grantham?

Grantham Journal column: What do you think would help us to improve Grantham?

21 May 2016

Grantham, like many smaller towns, has seen a lot of change and disruption over the past two decades. Some have brought high levels of investment to the town and improved the quality of life we have, whereas others have fallen by the wayside and become a bit of a white elephant.


Grantham Journal column: Give Corbyn a chance

Grantham Journal column: Give Corbyn a chance

Grantham Journal column: Give Corbyn a chance

15 May 2016

Maggie Thatcher was famous for her ‘U-turn, the lady’s not for turning,” comments, but if the present government doesn’t soon get something right first time, it will end up renowned for exactly the opposite reason.


Grantham Journal column: The cruel face of the UK

Grantham Journal column: The cruel face of the UK

Grantham Journal column: The cruel face of the UK

08 May 2016

We are exposed to an increasing amount of animal cruelty images through the media these days, but no-one expects to witness it outside their own front room window.


Grantham Journal column: Why Marc Jones is the man to fill the role of police commissioner

Grantham Journal column: Why Marc Jones is the man to fill the role of police commissioner

Grantham Journal column: Why Marc Jones is the man to fill the role of police commissioner

01 May 2016

Next Thursday the people of Lincolnshire will be asked to elect a new Police and Crime Commissioner.


Grantham Journal Column: Don’t give doctors flak

Grantham Journal Column: Don’t give doctors flak

Grantham Journal Column: Don’t give doctors flak

01 May 2016

As usual, whenever a strike causes widespread disruption as the junior doctors’ action does, we tend to conveniently forget that, like the tango, it takes two to make it happen.


Grantham Journal column: Charity begins at home

Grantham Journal column: Charity begins at home

Grantham Journal column: Charity begins at home

24 April 2016

Brace yourself for the worst Grantham and all other communities in our beleaguered country, if the government continues with its current policies of austerity, privatisation and inward investment.


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17 April 2016

Ever since the Tories hijacked Labour’s basically honest but misguided policy of converting state schools into academies, I have been suspicious of the government’s motives.


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