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Drawing a Line in The Sand in 2012
A line in the sand is a simple stroke with the finger. How often have we done that on a visit to the beach? Can a line in the sand be really important? The New Year presents us with an amazing opportunity.
Your Bank in Your Community
How involved is your bank in the local community? Does your bank add to your community? I'm afraid that my experience of banks contributing to the life of the local community is less than sparkling.
Christmas - The Other Side of the Festivities
Christmas is a great time of year for the vast majority. It's a time of giving and receiving of gifts between families and loved ones. But like many of life's situations there is another side to the festivities.
Worldwide Debt Crisis - A Failure of Governments
One failure of democracy is that political parties, particularly left of centre ones, try and gain votes by bribing the electorate with money they do not have.
Call Centres - Don't You Just Love Them?
I love to receive phone calls from family and friends, or even from companies and organisations that I am interested in. However, there is a type of call that I absolutely hate with a vengeance. Unsolicited calls from call centres.
How Good Is Your Community?
What is a community? Is community even relevant in this day and age? In this article I take a look at this sensitive subject. Could community be the answer to many of our day-to-day issues?
Observing and Living in the Moment
These days we are under pressure to plan for the future. But I believe that there is a danger that we forget about "today".
I love HMRC - Do you?
I love HMRC? But it's true. I believe that HMRC plays a big role in my daily life. Their cock-ups and failures do wonders to improve my own self-esteem.
The View From New Barns
Anita Nash-Smith describes how painful it is for new residents to be picked on for decisions taken by planners and politicians over which they have had no control, and how keen they are to be accepted as part of our community.
Gazette Claims "Yobs Go on Rampage"
The Gazette placed a sensational story headed "gangs of youths run riot" on its front page, 18th August. Does this tell the whole story?
Recreational Rioting and Looting - A Local Reaction
As we watch appalled as first London and then other cities are subjected to outbreaks of arson, violent looting and theft on an unprecedented scale we wonder what is happening and how we should deal with it.
Drunks, Litter and Vandalism - Another Summer in Wincanton Has Begun
The recent warm, sunny days hasn't just brought out the flowers - familiar scenes of drunk teenagers at the recreation ground, litter and vandalism seem set to follow the same pattern as last year.
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