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Aldi would be “detrimental to the community” according to Winchester City Councillor after a fifth appeal for planning permission in Weeke began yesterday.
Richard Worrall, Conservative councillor for Weeke, said: “I think it is the fifth time that they have appealed so it is a well worn path.”
“It has been going on for two or three years now. I spoke against the appeal yesterday; I hope that they do not get the permission.”
Last month Aldi withdrew an application it had put forward for the site in Burnett Close, Weeke in order to push forward the latest appeal.
Recently, the council granted planning permission to Waitrose for a site next to Aldi’s suggested location. Councillor Worrall said: “It is determined on merit and the site proposed for Waitrose was a former retail site whereas the other was not.”
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Winchester’s increasing carbon footprint…
Efforts to reduce Winchester’s carbon footprint have failed, according to coordinator of the city’s climate group.
Catrina Pickering of Winchester Action for Climate Change said that the latest figures show that the city’s carbon footprint has increased.
The organisation aims to reach the wealthier residents of Winchester as it has been suggested that they are less sympathetic to the cause of climate change…
Catrina Pickering talks of reaching the people with a higher carbon footprint: [Audio]
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A day out at The Great Hall is more ‘like a school trip’ according to locals visiting the Hidden Heroes Trail designed to ‘excite and educate’ children about the city’s history.
Mrs Dance, a mother visiting with three other families said: “The boys were quite disinterested at the start, but they did begin to enjoy it.”
“I think there must be a lot of interest generated by the programmes that are on TV like Merlin and Merlin’s Apprentice. If it had been a school trip then it would have been perfect.”
Gill Clements, one of the trail’s creators said: “For younger children it might be too wordy, but they enjoy looking around the Hall…there has been a lot of interest, it gives children stories to learn, that stretch back over 1000 years.”
Two of the younger visitors said it is “good” but that they would prefer to be playing outside as “it is half-term.”
The Trail takes forty-five minutes and includes reading a detailed 12 page booklet, essential in completing the trail, and doing a test consisting of at least 20 questions about what was read. Whilst finding images of the ‘heroes’ around the Hall.
The trail opened in February and is part of the City’s ‘hero’ theme for 2008 exploring the famous and the lesser known heroes of the area; from King Arthur to William Walker.
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Are Cheques on their way out?
HSBC ‘may have’ discontinued the cheque guarantee facility for Current Account holders.
Current Account holders have received letters stating the changes that have taken place. Although, Rajiv Nair, a HSBC employee denies being aware of any letters being sent about the changes; “I am currently unaware of any such letters sent to customers.”
These changes are still not known to all. An employee from the customer services Helpdesk did not know of any changes that had taken place, he said: “I’m not sure, but I think there has to be a minimum of £5000.” In fact, the HSBC website states that ‘If you can pay more than £500 into your HSBC bank account each month, you’re entitled to apply for Current Account Advance.’ With the cheque guarantee facility being an ‘extra benefit’ of this.
It has been suggested that this modification to the services could be an indication of a dying need for chequebooks which seem to be becoming a thing of the past.
With more people using online banking and the chip and pin service, which became active in 2006, cheques are no longer a necessity but an added extra.
Large establishments such as Tesco and Sainsbury’s no longer accept cheques which may have attributed to the cheque ‘boycott’ that may be occurring today.
