BCP council to be led by new alliance

BCP Council has announced that it will be led by a new administration, the Three Towns Alliance, following the recent local elections.

The new administration has been formed from the Liberal Democrats (28 councillors), Christchurch Independents (eight councillors), Poole People Party (five councillors) and the Bournemouth Independent Group (three councillors).

The new administration will be led by Councillor Vikki Slade in her second term in the BCP Council role.

She was the first leader of BCP Council from May 2019 to October 2020.

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Ms Slade said: “The council needs to get the basics right and earn the trust and confidence of all our residents across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole before we can go on to deliver those more exciting projects that we all want to see.”

Buoyed by a surging economy, the market for Chinese antiques and art has been on an upward trend over the past 20 years. At the top end of the market, formidable sums are paid for the finest works once belonging to Imperial families of the Chinese Ming and Qing dynasties. This has paved the way for the middle market collectors and dealers branching out and the prices are now on the rise for ‘Min-yao’ wares (Also known as ‘people’s wares’, pieces which were manufactured for trade, export, and the more common population).

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