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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Articles

'Long way back' for Conservatives after widespread loses

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

Deposed Warwickshire County Council leader Izzi Seccombe admits it will be a long road back for the Conservatives after a battering by Reform UK. Mrs Seccombe had served for 24 years on the authority and led it for the past 12 before being ousted from her Stour & the Vale seat by Liberal Democrat David Curtis.
Lack of experience 'doesn't worry' Reform as they become biggest party at Warwickshire County Council

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

Reform UK has swept in as the biggest party in Warwickshire County Council's elections with one of the winners insisting their lack of experience "doesn't worry me in the slightest". Big changes were expected at the Conservative-run authority but Reform pretty much swept the board in the north on a day that Tory leader Izzi Seccombe lost her seat after 12 years as leader and 24 years on the council.
Warwickshire County Council elections: Q&A with the Green Party

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

With the Warwickshire County Council elections taking place on Thursday 1 May, the Local Democracy Reporting Service spoke to each of the political parties vying for power at Shire Hall about why they should gain your vote. Green Party leader and current Leamington Brunswick Cllr Jonathan Chilvers presents his party's priorities for the upcoming ballots. What are your policy priorities?
Blackpool's heritage trams 'can't return without £25,000 funding'

3 weeks 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

3 weeks 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'

3 weeks 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

4 weeks 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 month 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 month 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

1 month 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.