Newark beach last weekend. Photo: Marta Tavares<\/p>\n
Surely the council, or should I say boondoggle merchant, should show more conscience and duty to send a survey to every household asking for or against, and to make suggestions.<\/p>\n
The heritage value of the market was raised in the 1960s and again in the 1990s, replacing the cobbles with setts and slabs.<\/p>\n
Has nothing been learned?<\/p>\n
Such a vast sum of money is unlikely to change footfall.<\/p>\n
What about flags of every country in the world flown around the Market Place to cheer it up?<\/p>\n
What about spending \u00a31m on the town hall roof?<\/p>\n
What about improving the Lilley and Stone School site for public benefit?<\/p>\n
What about spending money on Northern Road so if we have another national cycle race the town isn\u2019t embarrassed by its dreadful condition for such a prestigious event?<\/p>\n
What about accommodating the Steampunk group who brought thousands of pounds to the town?<\/p>\n
What about restoring public toilets the town badly needs.<\/p>\n
I could go on.<\/p>\n
Nick Smith, Newark<\/p>\n
Beach buzz creates a hive of activity<\/p>\n
Full credit to Newark Town Council \u2014 there I\u2019ve said it \u2014 for bringing the beach back to Newark.<\/p>\n
What a welcome summer addition to the town it truly is.<\/p>\n
I was in Newark on its opening Saturday and it was a genuine pleasure to see the buzz its arrival had caused in the town. The atmosphere was fantastic.<\/p>\n
Of course, the wonderful weather also helped!<\/p>\n
By the time I arrived, the beach was alrady full of families, and I am sure \u2014 weather permitting \u2014 it will stay that way throughout.<\/p>\n
I am guessing many of the beach visitors will also use the town\u2019s shops, cafes and amenities while they are there, adding a much-needed boost to coffers.<\/p>\n
I truly believe Newark needs more things like this to pull people in.<\/p>\n
The town council may have dropped the ball by losing the Steampunk Festival to Chest-erfield, but this is one decision it has got right.<\/p>\n
S Hollingsworth, Newark<\/p>\n
Ode to the beach<\/p>\n
Good gracious me, what can I say?<\/p>\n
I wish the beach was here to stay.<\/p>\n
Newark is such a lovely town,<\/p>\n
The only thing that lets it down<\/p>\n
Is that the sea’s so far away.<\/p>\n
It takes the best part of a day<\/p>\n
To go so far to have a swim<\/p>\n
To keep you looking very trim.<\/p>\n
Perhaps if they extend the beach<\/p>\n
The sea would then be in our reach.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile I’ll get my costume on<\/p>\n
And find a chair to sit upon.<\/p>\n
To watch the children in the sun<\/p>\n
Building castles and having fun.<\/p>\n
Rosemary Pratt, Newark<\/p>\n
Jury still out on Prime Minister<\/p>\n
What is clear from Ruby Beech\u2019s comments about Sir Keir Starmer’s term of office is that most of the so called improvements he made involve an increase in public spending.<\/p>\n
The difficult decisions on reducing the welfare budget and increasing defence expenditure have been kicked down the road due to his weak and feeble backbenchers.<\/p>\n
What should also be borne in mind is the effect on employers of the increase in their National Insurance and the minimum wage.<\/p>\n
Is it any wonder why employers are reluctant to increase their workforce with all these extra costs.<\/p>\n
I think the Covid crisis had a major impact on the last Government. I think if Labour had been in charge we would still be in lockdown.<\/p>\n
Yes, Sir Keir Starmer is a decent individual but not a leader.<\/p>\n
I wish Andy Burnham all the best but let’s see how he gets on when he has to make difficult decisions.<\/p>\n
Steve Blagg, Collingham<\/p>\n
Violence towards women must stop<\/p>\n
Violence towards women, young and old, will never change.<\/p>\n
Police do not believe women in the first place.<\/p>\n
Secondly, men now have too far to go before they finally get caught \u2014 and that is murder.<\/p>\n
That is what it takes to spot the signs.<\/p>\n
We need to stand up to these people.<\/p>\n
Janette Moffatt, Newark<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newark beach last weekend. Photo: Marta Tavares Surely the council, or should I say boondoggle merchant, should show…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[73961],"tags":[28914,49329,55],"class_list":["post-182014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-andy-burnham","tag-andy-burnham","tag-newark","tag-opinion"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/117057969817169657","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}