Andy Mitchell

Blackpool

Online Editor at BBC Scotland

BBC Newsreader and occasional bus driver. The voice of Blackpool’s buses and trams.

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Blackpool's heritage trams 'can't return without £25,000 funding'

1 day ago | bbc.co.uk | Andy Mitchell

Image caption, A workshop in the resort has been repurposed to house the tramsTransport bosses in Blackpool have warned the resort's famous heritage trams will not return to the promenade unless about £25,000 can be found. The volunteer-led service was suspended by council-owned Blackpool Transport in December due to safety fears.
BBC star chef in row with locals over 'loud boozy gigs' at Henley pub

1 day ago | kenilworth.nub.news | Andy Mitchell

An eleventh-hour bid to push through more live music events at a TV chef’s pub in Henley-in-Arden was halted by councillors this week. Controversial plans to increase from three to 15 the number of events in the garden of The Mount by Glynn Purnell, High Street, Henley-in-Arden, were altered ahead of a meeting of Stratford-on-Avon District Council’s licensing panel and tweaked again during an adjournment.
Blackpool's heritage trams 'can't return without £25,000 funding'

1 day ago | bbc.com | Andy Mitchell

£25,000 needed for heritage trams' returnAndy MitchellBBCA workshop in the resort has been repurposed to house the tramsAndy MitchellTransport bosses in Blackpool have warned the resort's famous heritage trams will not return to the promenade unless about £25,000 can be found. The volunteer-led service was suspended by council-owned Blackpool Transport in December due to safety fears.
Warton girl with facial paralysis 'smiles during swim' with mum

1 week ago | bbc.com | Andy Mitchell |Lynette Horsburgh

Andy Mitchell & Lynette HorsburghBBC News, LancashireThe mother of a five-year-old girl who requires a ventilator to breathe and has facial paralysis said her daughter "definitely had a smile on her face" when she went for a swim at a children's hospice. Sophia, from Warton in Lancashire, has Moebius syndrome - a rare condition which, among other symptoms, takes away the chance for those with it to smile.
Fear temporary classrooms in Warwickshire could return amid £20m shortfall

1 week ago | warwick.nub.news | Andy Mitchell

The leader of Warwickshire County Council fears the return of temporary classrooms on school sites amid a £20 million shortfall in funding. Cllr Izzi Seccombe admitted the county, which is responsible for delivering school places, is going to have to rethink its plans to develop and expand sites following the loss of money that had been expected from the government.
Aston Martin gets new helipad - despite five years of unlawful use of the old one

1 week ago | warwick.nub.news | Andy Mitchell

Aston Martin's unlawful use of a helipad that caused "misery" for five years seems set to end – but only after councillors went against advice to approve a different spot. Stratford-on-Avon District Council's planning committee unanimously voted through the motoring giant's latest quest for a permitted place to land aircraft carrying VIPs and investors. They have flown them into a different plot near to housing in Lighthorne Heath since March 2020 but without gaining planning permission.
Plans for huge solar farm narrowly approved

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Andy Mitchell

Solar farm plans narrowly approved by councillorsAndy MitchellPA MediaThe overall site covers 81 hectares of land with panels set to cover 46 hectares Plans for a huge solar farm in the Warwickshire countryside have been narrowly approved by a single vote. Objectors to the proposed site on Fosse Way in Moreton Morrell had voiced concerns over its potential impact on wildlife and the loss of farming land and heritage.
More than a third of Warwickshire County Councillors are not standing in 2025

2 weeks ago | warwick.nub.news | Andy Mitchell

More than a third of Warwickshire's county councillors are not standing for re-election this year including four members of the cabinet. Candidates for the 57 seats show that no fewer than 20 of the current crop will be standing down this time with almost half of the cabinet, the panel of political leads on major service areas which takes most decisions, making way.
Independent expects tighter tussle for control at Warwickshire County Council

3 weeks ago | warwick.nub.news | Andy Mitchell

An independent councillor expects the political balance to shift in Warwickshire County Council's elections – even if there is no change at the top. Cllr Judy Falp has served at Shire Hall for the past eight years, all of which have been under Conservative control. With less than a month to go before local elections, the Tories hold a significant majority – 42 out of the county's 57 seats – following a landslide success in 2021.
£265,000-per-year cost of disused Warwick office block “is wrong”

3 weeks ago | warwick.nub.news | Andy Mitchell

A councillor insists "it is wrong" that Warwickshire County Council is shelling out £265,000 per year on a disused office block and that the losses were preventable. Cllr John Holland recently questioned the ongoing cost of the mothballed county office block at Barrack Street, Warwick.