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29 April 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
The news that the submarine cable manufacturer XLCC has signed a contract to use British steel to make the cables linking renewable energy production in Morocco to Alverdiscott would seem to show the scheme is viable. The first of four cables, each 2361 miles long, should be in place around 2026 – great news and […]
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15 April 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
So the government is going for new nuclear power stations – a rather bizarre decision given they are the only major energy technology that has actually increased in price over the last decade and have become notorious for going vastly over budget. Whenever the spectre of nuclear power is raised again I always recall how, […]
7 April 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
We learnt recently that funding the gas suppliers who have taken on customers from collapsed energy companies will be costing us, the taxpayer, the eye-watering sum of £2.4 billion for doing so. Some thirty such companies have gone bust since 2021 and it clearly highlights, yet again, the sheer stupidity and pointlessness of so many […]
1 April 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
You might not have seen a piece of ‘good news’ for our MP Geoffrey Cox.Last year the Prime Minister pledged to clamp down on MPs who had lucrative and very time-consuming second jobs, following the furore over Geoffrey’s massive income acting as a barrister whilst also nominally a full-time MP – £6 million and counting.Now, […]
19 March 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
Church congregations and incomes are in decline across much of the country yet their buildings are some of the glories our landscape. How then are they to be maintained? Here in Bideford the ‘Friends of St.Mary’s church’ has been set up with the aim of raising funds to keep the fabric of the church in […]
17 March 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
North Devon Council and Torridge District Council are excited to inform you about the launch of the new ‘People and Place’ project for northern Devon. This is a joint venture between the two Councils to review the Local Plan and will look at how the area should take shape over the next 20+ years. It […]
