A BRASS plaque honouring a long-time worker of Arley estate which washed away in the floods of 2020 has been found 140 miles away in Somerset. The plaque remembering John Bannister, who died in 1995, had been attached to a bench in the village for several years before the whole bench was carried away in last year s floods in the wake of Storm Dennis. More than a year later, Minehead school teacher Kevin Hunt was carrying out a beach clean-up at Exmoor when he stumbled across a plank of wood adorned with the very same brass plaque. Kevin told
The Shuttle: I ve been doing litter picks every day over Exmoor and on Thursday I was up at the highest point. I was picking up all the usual bits of wood and plastic and then about 20 minutes in, I came across this piece of wood with a brass plaque on it so I had a closer look.
Apr 10, 2021
TREES, PLEASE Sheryl Kay Peckins, president of the East Springfield Junior Women’s Club, recently visited the Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District office at 500 Market St., Mezzanine, Suite 4, Steubenville, to pick up order forms for the Ohio native tree sale under way through April 23 in addition to information about Quaker Ridge Arboretum and Nature Trails to distribute at a future meeting. The club plans to order trees and shrubs to plant in the community as part of its mission of promoting conservation and caring for the environment. For tree ordering information, visit the website www.jeffersonswcd.org or call (740) 264-9790.
A TOWN councillor has been told to refrain from making these kind of comments in a heated debate about the council s role in planning permission. Chair of Ledbury s economic development and planning committee Coun John Bannister slammed fellow member Coun Dee Linda Knight as she raised a question from members of the public. But she was told by Coun Bannister during the Zoom meeting that she must stop making comments about the council, despite her point of view that it was a genuine question from the member of the public. Coun Knight asked that if an area of land was designated in the neighbourhood development plan for housing, but the majority of the public objected to planning permission, whether the council would back it regardless.
A Dudley drink driver who failed to stop after an accident has been banned for 18 months and ordered to pay £569 in fines and costs. Bodie Lee Johnson, aged 20, of Milton Crescent, The Straits, admitted driving while over the limit; without due care; and failing to stop after an accident which damaged another vehicle. Other local cases at recent magistrates court sessions include: A
Kingswinford woman who admitted lockdown breaches in February has been ordered to pay £794 in fines and costs. Zynia Louise Maylyn, aged 40, of Beech Road, admitted participating in an indoor gathering of more than two people at an address in Greenfields Road, Kingswinford; refusing to leave the premises and go home. possessing cannabis; and obstructing a police officer.