Bridgnorth Pages
JANUARY 2016
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Cleaning Services
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Events
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Kitchens
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Lifestyle, Leisure & Retail
Lighting
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Community Care
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Oven Cleaning
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Dizziness Clinic
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Plasterer
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Opticians
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Property Maintenance
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Places to Go
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Roofing
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Soft Play & Animal Encounters
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Windows, Doors & Conservatories
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Useful Numbers: Bridgnorth Medical Practice: 01746 767121 St Leonards House Dental Practice: 01746 763245 Regency House Dental Practice: 01746 766114 Bridgnorth Library: 01746 763358 St Mary Magdelene Church: 01746 761573 St Leonards Hall Church: 01746 767660 St James Hall Church: 01746 767174 St John the Evangalist RC Church: 01746 762348 Cartway United Reformed & Methodist Church: 01746 762315 Bridgnorth Baptist Church: 01746 768129 The People's Hall Church: 01746 763846 Bridgnorth Police Station: 0300 333 3000 MP: Philip Dunne: 01584 872187 Bridgnorth Town Council: 01746 762231 Shropshire County Council: 0345 678 9000 Parish Council Office: 01902 896300
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LOCAL EVENTS: BRIDGNORTH
13th January: A Passion for Orchids: Orchid Travels and Latin America – an illustrated talk with Phil Seaton. Orchid expert Phil Seaton will be returning to Severn Valley Country Park to discuss his travels. Hot drink & biscuits included. 7.30pm. 16th January : Roy Howatt – Internationally renowned pianist plays in Bridgnorth: £11.00 in advance or £12.50 on the door. Contact John Turnock 01746 716282 or email john.turnock48@gmail.com for details. 24th January: Bridgnorth Jazz session with Craig Milverton on Piano and Tom Hill on Bass. 12.30pm, free admission. For more details contact Tim Lord on 01746 765737 or 07710 242446. 24th January: The Taming of the Shrew by the Bolshoi Ballet is being shown as part of the live cinema season at The Magestic Cinema, Whitburn Street, Bridgnorth. 3pm. £15/£12.50. 26th January: 2 Pigeons/Rhapsody by the Royal Ballet is being shown as part of the live cinema season at The Magestic Cinema, Whitburn Street, Bridgnorth. 3pm. £15/£12.50. 4th February: La Traviata by the Royal Opera is being shown as part of the live cinema season at The Magestic Cinema, Whitburn Street, Bridgnorth. 3pm. £15/£12.50. 11th February: Stories with Sally Tonge: 7.30pm-9.00pm at Severn Valley Country Park, Alveley Cost £5 adults/£3 children. Sally Tonge will spend the evening sharing her Shropshire based tales. She is based within the county and works across the country performing to listeners of all ages. Includes a hot drink and biscuits. 16th - 20th February: Fiddler on the Roof presented by the Bridgnorth Musical Theatre Company at Bridgnorth Sport & Leisure Centre. £15.00. Contact 01746 761541 for more details and tickets.
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Letter from Westminster – January 2016: I hope all readers have enjoyed a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. After an exceptionally busy year in 2015, not least including a General Election, I look forward to continuing my work for the Ludlow Constituency in 2016. Residents I know agree, that Shropshire is one of the most beautiful counties in England. Not for nought is over half the Ludlow Constituency designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). It is vital we protect our environment for the future. Rolling hills and woodland areas across the Ludlow Constituency have been maintained for years, and we owe it to future generations to preserve our countryside. I am pleased the Government’s National Planning Policy Framework recognises the importance of AONBs within the planning system. In South Shropshire, we have seen this importance respected in the Planning Inspector’s comments on Shropshire Council’s SAMDev planning document, which has helped to protect the AONB from further encroachment, for example in Church Stretton. The National Planning Policy Framework also states that planning permission should be refused for development that would result in the loss or deterioration of irreplaceable habitats, including ancient woodland and aged or veteran trees. This is important for preserving woodlands in England which, with 11 million trees planted during the last Parliament, are expanding at the fastest rate, amazingly, since the 14th Century. The Government’s ambition is for another 11 million trees to be planted in this Parliament. For all the public debate around the Paris conference on climate change last month, we are making significant strides in tackling the UKs contribution. Since 1990, UK emissions have fallen by around 38%. Already, electricity generation from renewable sources has trebled since 2010. In the Ludlow Constituency, it is pleasing to see more schemes making use of the power of our rivers, which offer sustainable clean energy. Europe's first Green Investment Bank has been established in Britain to lever billions of pounds of investment in green projects and technologies, and the Energy Act will give investors the certainty they need to stimulate decades of investment. The Act is opening up the electricity market to incentivise a record £110 billion of private sector investment in new clean power generation, putting Britain firmly on track to meet our 2050 target to reduce emissions by 80 per cent. Britain is playing its part on the world stage in combatting climate change. We were recently rated as the top G8 country in the Climate Change Performance Index 2015, and the UK will be one of the first developed countries to take coal out of the equation, with the recent announcement that all coal-fired power stations where carbon emissions aren't being captured and stored will be closed by 2025. The Government will build a new, clean energy infrastructure that is fit for the 21st century, based around gas, nuclear and renewables. These combined measures of protecting and investing in our countryside and taking a global lead on climate change, will I hope protect Britain’s valuable ecology, and ensure Shropshire remains typical of England’s green and pleasant land, without resorting to proliferation of wind farms.
Contact Phillip Dunne on this or any other matters on 01584 872187 or philip.dunne.mp@parliament.uk
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