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18th July 2019
Issue 1070
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ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL CARNIVAL DAY IN STANNINGTON
THE weather stayed dry and warm, people turned up in droves and Stannington celebrated another happy, colourful, musicfilled carnival day. After a parade led by Sheffield Sea Cadets Band, Stannington Players in pantomime costumes declared the day open, and typified the carnival’s theme, ‘Once upon a time’. What followed was a programme filled with performance, spectacle and fun. School choirs from Bradfield Dungworth and Stannington Infants and performances by local dance schools put the spotlight on young performers.
Stannington’s award winning brass band set the musical tone, again providing a stage for young people through its training band.
A highlight of the day was Adora Bubble. In her fairy costume, she created clouds of soap bubbles floating in the air which children, and plenty of grown-ups too, chased and burst. It was all great fun. The only people let down on the day were Sheffield Kite Fliers. They brought their power kites, intending to put on a display of flying, but the wind refused to blow. Chair of the organisers, Jenny van Tinteren, said: “I think we can congratulate ourselves on another successful carnival. The final count is still in progress, but we are confident we will soon be announcing that another excellent amount of money has been raised this year to donate to all the local organisations and good causes that Stannington Carnival supports.”
MPs support calls for plan to improve mobile network ANGELA Smith is one of a group of 78 cross-party MPs representing rural constituencies urging the Government to support a proposal by the mobile industry to create a ‘Shared Rural Network’ to extend mobile overage to hard to reach areas. The MPs have written to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Jeremy Wright, asking him to support the initiative which would significantly improve
rural coverage and enhance economic, educational and leisure opportunities in rural areas where, in some cases, there is no coverage at all. The four Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) put forward a proposal for a ‘Shared Rural Network’ after the MPs called on the Secretary of State to impose compulsory roaming between providers if the industry did not come up with its own solution.
Angela commented: “The lack of mobile coverage in some of the most rural parts of Penistone and Stocksbridge will vastly increase operational coverage for many constituents in both their working and home lives. The current inadequate digital connectivity has had a huge impact on growth for the local, regional and national economy and needs to be put right as soon as possible. I welcome these new proposals because it will provide a much-needed solution in a more efficient,
more effective and a less environmentally impactful way than current proposals.” The MPs are also supporting the industry’s call for the reform of Permitted Development Rights to allow for taller masts, equivalence in policy with fixed broadband such as business rates relief in line with those for new fixed fibre networks and better access to public sector sites and land.
