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A new project which aims to rid the streets of Hexham of the weedkiller Glyphosate has been launched. ‘Hexham Hoedown’, which has been launched by Hexham Space for Nature, will see volunteers clean their streets so that Northumberland County Council don’t need to spray Glyphosate. Council practice has been to selectively spray, where there is weed growth, hardstanding areas of public open space twice a year with Glyphosate, which Hexham Space for Nature group members claim is linked to a number of environmental and health problems. So far, 18 groups of residents covering 23 streets have signed up to take part, and some groups have already been out with their hoes and brushes.
Photo: Bejamin Nicholls I enjoyed some inspiring presentations by young people from Hexham in last Saturday’s Hexham Debate, ‘Climate Crisis: Young Person’s perspective’ organised with Tynedale Transformed. Great insights from the local to the global perspective with an audience of all ages and worth another watch. I think we all wholeheartedly agree that local action is needed. Long-established, local environmental group ‘Transition Tynedale’ was wrongly credited with organising the event, (Courant, January 28). We do however form part of the solution and have been working on various local projects for the last ten years. Current projects centre on increasing biodiversity on private and public land and reducing food miles.
A BUDGET fit for unprecedented times has been approved for Hexham in 2021/22. And that means an emergency fund which has supported many of the town s community organisations, will continue to be available in the next financial year, starting in April. Hexham Town Council approved the budget at its latest meeting, which took place via videolink on Monday. It had earlier been drawn up by the authority s finance and general purposes committee. Chairing Monday s meeting, the Mayor of Hexham, Coun. Bob Hull said there would be an increase of less than two per cent for the coming year, taking the total increase over the past three years to about four per cent.