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Monday Opinions: What’s Pissing You Off This Week
In a new recurring series that will run as long as we can be bothered with it, the Citizen went out and about in St Neots over the weekend to find out what is getting your backs up this week. Number one on your hitlist is still the debacle over the St Neots cinema. Despite... »
Council To Install More CCTV
Huntingdonshire District Council today announced plans to install “even more CCTV cameras all over the place” as soon as possible, after the supposed success of a new webcam monitoring the building of the new dump in St Neots. The current household waste recycling centre – more commonly known as a tip – is due to... »
St Neots To Lose A1 Exit
Under a new ruling by the Government, following a “brilliant idea” from Brussels, St Neots is to lose one of its three A1 junctions in an attempt to reduce traffic. Local councils, backed by the Government, have long been fans of half-arsed schemes to reduce the number of cars on the road, such as pinch-point... »
Councillor Caught Thinking
In a Citizen exclusive we can reveal that local Councillor Terrence Dougall has been caught "thinking for himself." In a move that will shock many, not least his constituency party, Mr Dougall has finally followed through his intention to use his own brain for "working stuff out." Last week, in an unprecedented move, Mr Dougall... »
Hole Appears In High Street
A large hole has appeared in the centre of St Neots, causing concern and outrage amongst local traders. The hole materialised over night last week and there was initially some confusion amongst local councillors that it might be the same one that had been existing for some time, undetected in the Town Council’s budget. Cllr Julia... »
Sausage Wars – Council Hits Back
Fresh from his glorious victory in getting retail giant Tesco's to drop their petrol price by 0.427p/lt for a day, Town Councillor Steve van der Steven has set his sights on an even more prestigious crown. Using the knowledge and skills he has gained from getting the County Council to paint a fence that they... »
Aliens Abduct Entire Town Council
Keen watchers of Town Council politics cannot fail to have noticed the recent absence of activity amongst its members. The usual high profile civic campaigns; dodgy fences, purple-headed bollards, 2ft high bumps in the road to name a few, have quietly disappeared from our pages. Claims that they've been "told" to reign their necks in... »
Decision To Stop Making Decisions Nearly Taken
Collusion between otherwise opposing sides of St Neots public representatives has virtually disabled The Citizen, The Citizen can exclusively reveal. Almost overnight all parties, including most local papers, have collectively decided to stop making decisions about anything remotely important and will instead concentrate their efforts on deciding which colour cat should be reported missing... »
Town Council Embraces The CyberAge!
St Neots Town Council officials have wholeheartedly embraced the inter-net revolution The Citizen can exclusively reveal. A local website has published the “tag” of councillor “DeffaM” and you can follow his exploits on growing anti-social networking site “Twit…Err?” Tim Berners-Lee was unavailable for comment. »
Leaked Report Reveals Nothing About Christmas Lights
A long-awaited report from the Health & Safety Executive regarding 2007's Christmas lights incident, in which a pedestrian was struck by half a ton of metal falling from above the High Street, contains absolutely no new information. The report, which the Council have been awaiting for a year now, was expected to conclude the H&SE's... »
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