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Seafront health and safety concerns A LOCAL businessman has said the town council office is “letting the people of Lyme Regis down” after failing to address health and safety concerns he first raised last year. Former town and district councillor George Symonds, who owns Lyme Regis Amusement Arcade on Marine Parade, expressed concerns about hazards on the seafront over the recent Bank Holiday weekend, when vehicles were parked on the seafront and a marquee was erected above his business. REPORT, PAGE 3
Council scraps ‘toilet twinning’ proposal
Another year for Michaela THE Mayor of Lyme Regis, Councillor Michaela Ellis, pictured after being officially installed for her second year, with husband Alan Ellis, deputy mayor Councillor Steve Miller, deputy mayoress Heather Miller, town clerk John Wright and macebearers Derek Hallett and Paul Oatway See page 3 for full story
Bank Holiday blunder
COUNCIL VOWS TO IMPROVE AFTER SEAFRONT STREWN WITH LITTER
A DISTRICT and county councillor has said there should have been a “better reaction” to the busy Bank Holiday from local authorities, after a large amount of rubbish was left strewn across Lyme Regis seafront.
The mess was described as an “embarrassment” and a “disaster” at a town council meeting last
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francesca@lyme-online.co.uk week, where town clerk John Wright accepted that better communication was needed between the town and Dorset Waste Partnership (DWP). Mr Wright explained that the town council had not known that DWP had yet not switched to summer collecting hours, so it had been
expected that a later waste collection was going to be carried out on the seafront. Responding to complaints on social media, district and county councillor Daryl Turner also agreed the response to big Bank Holiday crowds was “poor”, adding: “It really should be simple enough. Caught out by the early good Bank Holiday weather, which was well advertised and should have had the appropriate response, which didn’t
happen.” Councillor Turner said he had previously suggested that the town council carry out a late evening waste collection themselves, and store the rubbish to be taken away by DWP in the morning, which he considered a “simple solution”. He said he would follow up the matter with Dorset Waste Partnership while the town clerk addressed FULL STORY ON PAGE 2
A SUGGESTION to ‘twin’ the newly-refurbished public toilets in Lyme Regis with a toilet in a deprived area of the world has been thrown down the pan by councillors. Toilet twinning is a scheme run by the charity Tearfund but councillors were not keen on the idea, describing it as “ridiculous” and expressing concerns that they should not spend taxpayers’ money on the scheme. REPORT, PAGE 3
Charmouth school through to finals CHARMOUTH Primary School football team has worked its way through to the national finals and tomorrow (Saturday) will be representing the South West, as Dorset champions, in the English small schools championships. Since the beginning of 2017 they have won five tournaments. REPORT, PAGE 19
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