Category Archives: Parish Council Meetings

Come and sit with the public, Andrew

Derbyshire Times 7th June 2013 Members of the public will be allowed to ask questions at Derbyshire County Council’s cabinet meetings for the first time in a bid to get local people more involved in decision-making. Previously, residents had to … Continue reading

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Barlborough Parish Council – What are they hiding this time?

  Received in the Inbox: 18:02 9th November 2012 Dear Barlborough Life I asked the “Acting” Parish Clerk for a copy of the approved Parish Minutes and Accounts using the Freedom of Information Act to obtain the information that residents are entitled to. Here … Continue reading

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Barlborough Is The Safest Place To Be…But Parish Council Meetings Are Not!

The recorded crime figures for April for the Parish are very low, 10 reported crimes in fact. They are as follows: 2 criminal damage; 3 attempted (but unsuccessful) dwelling burglaries; 3 non-dwelling burglaries and 2 incidents of violence. There were … Continue reading

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Barlborough’s Fishermen’s Wives

For all those intrigued about what happened at the Parish Council meeting on Monday night (too many emails to respond to individually), have a look at the ‘Sermon on the Mount’ exerpt from the Life of Brian. This looks positively … Continue reading

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‘Council’s Cash Pay-Out To Ex-Clerk’

Parish Council Meeting Monday 14th April 2008 Minute Number 797/2008:23 ‘Barlborough First has been excluded from all discussions and decisions regarding the Clerks grievance or the Council instigated dismissal and redundancy procedure. All of these actions should have been discussed … Continue reading

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‘The Parish Council Did Not Take Over The Country Park’ Cllr Wapplington

At last night’s Parish Council meeting, Cllr Vicki Wapplington (Labour) argued that the Labour controlled Parish Council had not ‘taken over’ the running of Barlborough Country Park (in July 2007). Click here to read the Minutes from that meeting in full. … Continue reading

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Hermaphrodite(s) Writing Barlborough Life

Parish Council Draft Minutes (July 2008) “48…The identity of the author of Barlborough Life has now been discovered and they/he/she should be ashamed of the statements that are being made that certain male persons will cause serious injury to female … Continue reading

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Barlborough McDonald’s Is Applying For A 6.00am Start

McDonald’s Restaurant at Tally’s End have applied to Bolsover District Council to vary their planning conditions. They are seeking to extend their opening hours from a 7.30am to a 6.00am start seven days a week. The site notices were put … Continue reading

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Barlborough Parish Council With It’s ‘Finger on the Pulse’

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Parish Council Argy-Bargy

Derbyshire Times  3 July 2008 “Pub’s Grand Gesture A pub is offering to serve up a £1,000 donation to fund a community project. The Treble Bob, at Barlborough wanted its customers to nominate a project which will benefit local people, … Continue reading

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