Mike Cartwright

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Journalist at BBC One East

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Call for home solar panels instead of solar farms

Oct 5, 2024 | msn.com | Nic Rigby |Mike Cartwright

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Call for home solar panels instead of solar farms

Oct 5, 2024 | aol.com | Nic Rigby |Mike Cartwright

October 6, 2024 at 5:55 AMBengt Larson, who lives in Bury St Edmunds, said new homes should be fitted with solar panels [Martin Giles/BBC]Building solar farms on farmland instead of adding panels to new homes is "madness", BBC Politics East has been told. On the programme's Your Shout segment, Bengt Larson, from Bury St Edmunds, criticised plans to build huge solar farms on agricultural land when new homes were being built without panels.
Wellingborough: What do 'left behind' voters want?

Feb 9, 2024 | news.zordo.in | Ben Schofield |Amelia Reynolds |Mike Cartwright

Image source, Ben Schofield/BBCImage caption, Some say Queensway has "come a long way" in five years but more investment and facilities were neededBy Ben Schofield, Amelia Reynolds and Mike CartwrightBBC Politics EastWellingborough's Queensway estate sits on the town's western fringe. In 2019, it was labelled as "left behind" and two years later was shaken by the killing of 16-year-old Dylan Holliday.
Wellingborough: What do 'left behind' voters want?

Feb 8, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Ben Schofield |Amelia Reynolds |Mike Cartwright

Wellingborough's Queensway estate sits on the town's western fringe. In 2019, it was labelled as "left behind" and two years later was shaken by the killing of 16-year-old Dylan Holliday. As the town gears up for a by-election – taking place after constituents removed Peter Bone as MP – what do people in the area say it needs? Looking down at the shrine where Dylan was fatally stabbed 13 times in 2021, the Reverend Ben Lewis said the estate was "definitely not an area of no hope".
New town wants promised GP surgery and station

Oct 13, 2023 | msn.com | Mike Cartwright |Nic Rigby
Mid Bedfordshire by-election: New town wants promised GP surgery

Oct 13, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Mike Cartwright |Nic Rigby

People in a new town, who will be going to the polls in a key parliamentary by-election, are calling for long-promised amenities to be provided. Wixams, south of Bedford, has been under construction since 2007 and was designed to consist of four villages with 4,500 homes. About 3,000 homes have been built but it is still missing the planned GP surgery and a railway station. Residents will vote in the Mid Bedfordshire by-election next week.
Governor should know what an AR-15 is

Feb 4, 2023 | fredericknewspost.com | Mike Cartwright

I am a life member of the NRA and also a member of Maryland Shall Issue. The new governor of Maryland, as a veteran of the Army, should know that an AR-15 is not an assault rifle. The governor should also know that the crime issue in Maryland is not the fault of law-abiding Maryland residents.