http://www.mike-bell.org.uk/articlearchive.php Recent Press Articles from Weston-super-Mare Liberal Democrats - campaigning with Mike Bell for Weston, Worle and the villages en-GB Weston-super-Mare Liberal Democrats - campaigning with Mike Bell for Weston, Worle and the villages http://www.mike-bell.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Weston-super-Mare Liberal Democrats - campaigning with Mike Bell for Weston, Worle and the villages 2010-09-09T00:14+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.mike-bell.org.uk/articles/000152/midweek_column_mp_expenses_shame.html AFTER three months off it was down to earth with a bump for MPs last week as they realised we haven't forgotten their greed and betrayal of trust as the expenses scandal shame resurfaced. 2009-10-21T00:00+01:00 http://www.mike-bell.org.uk/articles/000151/midweek_column_are_we_losing_drugs_fight.html IS WESTON losing the drugs fight? Week after week we read in the newspaper about crimes being committed related to drugs. Last week a man was found dead in a property described as a past 'junkie house'. 2009-09-23T00:00+01:00 http://www.mike-bell.org.uk/articles/000150/midweek_column_maternity_services.html THE last few weeks have been something of a blur for my family as at the beginning of August my wife gave birth to our baby son Jake. 2009-08-19T00:00+01:00 http://www.mike-bell.org.uk/articles/000147/midweek_column_economy_and_jobs.html OUR town has much to offer businesses and real potential to thrive. I want to help that happen. But did you know unemployment has doubled in Weston in the last six months? 2009-07-15T00:00+01:00 http://www.mike-bell.org.uk/articles/000148/midweek_column_education_and_schools.html WELCOME to the second of my monthly columns. 2009-06-17T00:00+01:00 http://www.mike-bell.org.uk/articles/000149/midweek_column_time_for_change.html EVER thought MPs are more about party politics than the people who voted for them? Wish someone would just put Weston first? Me too. 2009-05-27T00:00+01:00 http://www.mike-bell.org.uk/articles/000146/grahams_blog_entry_friday_7_november_2008.html Parliament returned to Brussels after a week's break intrigued to know whether the USA would dare to vote into office its first ever black President. It did, and immediately drew attention to the embarrassing absence of a single black or coloured face among 27 EU Commissioners, or indeed among the heads of state of government of the 27 EU member states. Given the diversity of our people, there is something wrong with our politics. 2008-11-07T09:08+00:00 http://www.mike-bell.org.uk/articles/000138/dont_chip_in_for_id_cards_council_told.html Councillors have called for North Somerset to officially oppose the introduction of ID cards. 2006-04-27T00:00+01:00 http://www.mike-bell.org.uk/articles/000139/dishing_up_savings_for_taxpayers.html Staff at Weston town hall will no longer benefit from cheap lunches subsidised by the taxpayer after councillors agreed to scrap their canteen. 2006-04-20T00:00+01:00 http://www.mike-bell.org.uk/articles/000145/beware_of_the_lamp_posts.html OVER a third of all lamp posts surveyed in North Somerset are in danger of falling over - and there is not enough cash to fix them. 2006-04-06T00:00+01:00 http://www.mike-bell.org.uk/articles/000140/councillors_bird_flu_claims_rubbished.html Claims that the £280,000 artwork planned for Big Lamp Corner could lead to a bird flu outbreak in Weston have been rubbished by North Somerset Council. 2006-03-30T00:00+01:00 http://www.mike-bell.org.uk/articles/000141/prescott_bill_protest.html Council tax protesters are urged to make a stand on Friday, March 31, dubbed Prescott Day, by bombarding the office of the Deputy Prime Minister with their bills. 2006-03-23T00:00+00:00 http://www.mike-bell.org.uk/articles/000143/stamping_out_council_waste.html North Somerset Council spends around £200,000 a year on postage, it has been revealed. A report to the council's executive on Tuesday looked at whether the authority provides good value for money. 2006-03-09T00:00+00:00 http://www.mike-bell.org.uk/articles/000142/lazy_takeaway_customers_to_blame_for_litter.html A councillor has blamed lazy people who dump their takeaway rubbish in the street for adding to the district's litter problem. The comments came at a meeting of North Somerset Council executive on Tuesday, when members approved new contracts for street, toilet and beach cleaning. 2006-03-09T00:00+00:00 http://www.mike-bell.org.uk/articles/000144/council_refutes_use_it_or_lose_it_spending_spree_by_managers.html North Somerset Council has hit back at accusations it fritters away council taxpayers' money on luxury items, while calls have been made for a full investigation into the claims. Last week Weston & Worle News printed claims from a council employee, who said managers at the authority 'spend money like water' at the end of the financial year, for fear of losing out in the following year's budget. 2006-03-09T00:00+00:00