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Spelthorne s council leader faces no confidence vote
Green Party leader put forward as alternative to head up council
Cllr John Boughtflower, leader of Spelthorne Borough Council (Image: Spelthorne Borough Council)
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Following the fire last Friday, 13 asylum seekers have been transferred out of Napier barracks to Tinsley House immigration removal centre. It is understood they are accused of taking part in a protest at the barracks, also last Friday, and are on criminal bail.
The government told the court that transfers away from the barracks were not possible while it was in lockdown due to the Covid outbreak, but the court agreed with the asylum seeker that exceptions can be made to Covid regulations to avoid further harm to the asylum seekers at the barracks and that the transfer needed to take place within hours.
Staines council-led developments put on hold to consult residents but delaying further could cost £15m
The moratorium does not apply to the private 14-storey Bridge Street development
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Staines residents protest against the Arora development; Cllrs John Boughtflower and Sinead Mooney are at the rear (Image: Residents Riverside Coalition)
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Staines can t become another Woking say councillors after calling for halt to high rise developments
Councillor Lawrence Nichols suggested the town s name should be changed to Staines-above-Thames
Residents Riverside Coalition at Bridge Street car park, where a planned Arora development could be two-and-a-half times taller than the Thames Edge apartments in the background (Image: Residents Riverside Coalition)
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