http://www.matthewellis.cc Member of the County Council representing Lichfield Rural East, Deputy Leader - Lichfield District Council representing Shenstone & Wall Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:39:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You can now receive community updates via your email. You won't be bombarded... just information and issues relating to our area of Staffordshire or your specific town or village. Click here to register. http://www.matthewellis.cc/archives/1041 The Armed Forces Memorial at Alrewas near Lichfield is not only a beautiful, motivational and inspirational place to visit, it is a telling memorial for British service people who have given their lives since 1948. There are 16,000 names already engraved and, sadly, there is space for another 15,000. The Memorial ... http://www.matthewellis.cc/archives/1186 So, the Government are about to force an increase across the board in the price of alcohol such as beer and lager. The details aren't clear yet but it looks as if everyone is going to be charged more. Now, I'm the first in line to say we need to do ... http://www.matthewellis.cc/archives/1180 There's a lot of bad press about youngsters whether it be anti social behaviour or knife crime or playing 'chicken' on railway lines. And it's very serious... in some parts of our society things are in social decline. But not everywhere. Many young people are busy doing things that will further ... http://www.matthewellis.cc/archives/1175 The 'better' weather each summer brings with it a monumental increase in the number of motorcyclists taking advantage of the lighter evenings. The vast majority of them are competent riders who make the most of their bikes but do it in a sensible way. But, a few plainly have little concern ... http://www.matthewellis.cc/archives/1168 The new IT 'club' set up at St Barnabas Church in Fazeley is going from strength to strength. I visited there on the Saturday it opened a few weeks ago and since then their efforts to encourage the slightly older people in the area (+60) to learn how to use computers ... http://www.matthewellis.cc/archives/1161 At lunchtime yesterday I listened to Angela Eagle MP, Labour's Treasury Minister, doing an excellent job of alienating most sane people in this country against all politicians at all levels with an extreme, in fact, ludicrous case of not answering the question. Simon Mayo was the interviewer and the subject Angela ... http://www.matthewellis.cc/archives/1156 This week's news that the plans for a 5000 home eco town near Lichfield have been withdrawn by the consortium hoping to build it is good on the face of it. But I'm not sure sure it's not a clever rouse. What many who are celebrating the news forget is that ... http://www.matthewellis.cc/archives/1153 The first of three garden parties this year hosted by HM the Queen took place at Buckingham Palace yesterday. And Cath and I were there! A special day which was made all the better by glorious sunshine for almost the full three hours of the event during a day of heavy ... http://www.matthewellis.cc/archives/1152 HGVs are a real pain in Hopwas. Despite being a weight restricted zone they do seem to have more than their share of drivers ignoring the restrictions in place. It's one of those ones that is tough to crack because whilst I can arrange for the occassional enforcement it would take ... http://www.matthewellis.cc/archives/1145