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• Cyber-squatting website adds to pressure on MP

  By  Wells-People at 11:00 on 19/08/10

  

  In the latest twist in the continuing campaign over Wells MP Tessa Munt and her private life, an anonymous web campaigner has cyber-squatted the MP’s internet address. The sophisticated effort saw website Investigations into the origin of the site indicated that far from being registered by the MP, the site was owned by someone describing themselves as Our Tessa. While cyber-squatting is not illegal, running a website which...

• Tories to consider candidate options after review ends

  By  Wells-People at 11:00 on 19/08/10

  

  Wells Conservative Association will start a new Parliamentary candidate selection process in 2011, following the Government’s launch next month of a national Parliamentary Boundary Review. The party will be selecting a candidate to fight the next election for the constituency following the defeat of David Heathcoat-Amory in May. Constituency boundaries are determined by the Boundary Commissions for England, Scotland, Wales and...

• Tories ask for your ideas on cuts

  By  Wells-People at 11:00 on 19/08/10

  

  The Wells Conservative Association has produced its first big public initiative since the general election defeat of David Heathcoat-Amory. Conservative association spokesman David Warburton launched the Spending Challenge in Wells last week. Over the next few weeks, they are asking the people of Wells to give their ideas for how to control public spending in order to best get the economy moving. As part of the Chancellor’s...

• Zebra crossing fight won

  By  Wells-People at 11:00 on 12/08/10

  

  Years of fighting has finally paid off for safety campaigners in Westfield. Bath and North East Somerset Council has announced it intends to put a zebra crossing on the A367 Wells Road in Westfield. Councillor Rob Appleyard is delighted with the news. He said: “This is excellent. We have been asking for a zebra crossing for some years now. It will make it so much safer for children and pensioners crossing the road.” The...

• MP in probe over council tax fiddle

  By  Wells-People at 11:00 on 05/08/10

  

  A NEW MP who waited years to beat a long-standing Tory politician ousted after the expenses scandal faces fresh accusations she indulged in a secret affair as well as allegedly fiddled her council tax. It was supposed to be Liberal Democrat MP Tessa Munt’s time to shine after taking Conservative MP David Heathcoat-Amory’s Wells constituency seat. But the newly installed MP’s first few months in the role have been...

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