It is nearly 5 years since the changing rooms in the ground floor of the Racecourse Pavilion closed and during that time various attempts to bring the building back into use have failed to move forward. The toilet facilities were also closed down by the police due to drug users and other incidents of anti-social […]

Tesco have now submitted their planning application to turn the old sorting office on Barrack Rd into a supermarket. Focus Team member Sarah Uldall attended the recent public exhibition of Tesco’s plans. Sarah shares residents concerns at the huge impact on Barrack Road and also the impact on local shops if this huge development goes […]

The Focus team are backing residents in their campaigns to get street lights switched back on. Over half of street lights have been switched off in a cost cutting measure by the Conservative run County Council. Lib Dems said money could be saved in other ways, without making our streets feel unsafe at night. We […]

Both bus stops in Link View have been vandalised again. Graffiti covers both, as well as a good number of electrical boxes in the area. The bus stop at the top of Hazeldene rd also has a smashed window. Focus Team member Mike Quinn has asked the council to clean them up and repair them. 

Changes to the bus service to Links View, taking out the link to Parklands have been welcomed, but residents have said prices, particularly from Kingsley Rd, have shot up, while the time has been brought forward in the morning so elderly passengers cannot use their bus passes. We’ve written to the service providers asking them […]

Monday 1st November 7.00 pm Kingsley Park Methodist Church Rooms Come along and have your say on local issues with councillors, the police and other local people.

Boundary changes on the Borough Council will mean that Kingsley ward will look very different next year. Kingsley currently has 2 councillors, but in future there will be three wards covering most of the present Kingsley, electing one councillor each. Focus newsletters from now on will reflect these new boundaries. The new Trinity ward will […]

3 different names in five years, 3 different heads, governors appointed, sacked, new buildings, failed church academy plans… the New Malcolm Arnold School has had just about everything thrown at it in recent years. Let’s hope that now at last pupils can get some stability under the new leadership of academy sponsor David Ross. Lib […]

Work has started on the new dragon play mounds in the corner of the Racecourse near Leicester Terrace and Bailiff St. This work will see new playmounds in the shape of adragon, plus play equipment designed for younger children, and to complement the playbuilder scheme in the middle of the Racecourse designed for older children. […]

Royal Mail is consulting local people on plans to build a Tesco supermarket on the old sorting office site on the Barrack Rd. The plans have already received strong local opposition, but also some support. The Council is keen to protect local shops and the town centre from out of town supermarket competition. Let us […]