THE Duke of Edinburgh, whose death was announced today, officially opened the i360 five years ago - and memorably described the attraction as terrible . True to form, Prince Philip entertained assembled guests, staff and the public as he officially opened the 162-metre building on October 25, 2016. When i360 chairman David Marks told a crowded room it was an honour to see His Royal Highness open the tallest moving observation tower, the 95-year-old quipped: It s been open. Maybe today it is more open than usual. Laughter erupted among guests including i360 bosses and staff at the joke, which appeared to suggest he knew of the technical problems which befell the attraction in its opening months.
The Navitus Bay wind farm scheme has been rejected by the government. DORSET Council has not ruled out support for wind farms off the county’s coastline – although says that any future application will be decided at Government level. Climate campaigners say the only realistic way for Dorset to reduce net carbon dioxide emissions to zero as quickly as possible is to back offshore wind schemes on the scale of the previously proposed Navitus Bay project in Bournemouth Bay. Pete West, secretary to the Dorset Community Energy group, says that such a scheme would decarbonise the total electricity consumption of Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole at no cost to the council and could create hundreds of new jobs.
The Navitus Bay wind farm scheme has been rejected by the government. DORSET Council has not ruled out support for wind farms off the county’s coastline – although says that any future application will be decided at Government level. Climate campaigners say the only realistic way for Dorset to reduce net carbon dioxide emissions to zero as quickly as possible is to back offshore wind schemes on the scale of the previously proposed Navitus Bay project in Bournemouth Bay. Pete West, secretary to the Dorset Community Energy group, says that such a scheme would decarbonise the total electricity consumption of Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole at no cost to the council and could create hundreds of new jobs.
The legal threat is understood to have come from a Rise service user. The committee also received a report which said that a cross-party working group should have been set up in 2018 to oversee the commissioning process – but this never happened. Even if it had been set up, councillors would not have been involved in evaluating the contract bids and, the committee was told, procurement law required councils to select the best tender. The report said: “Awarding public contracts is tightly regulated to ensure all bidders are treated equally and to ensure the process is non-discriminatory and transparent. “It is unlawful to design a procurement to artificially narrow competition.
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