NatWest mixed my parish council employer’s online banking with mine

I have just started work as the part-time clerk and responsible financial officer to a parish council and, as such, am a signatory on the council’s bank account and need online banking access. The council bank accounts are with NatWest, where I happen to be a personal customer of almost 40 years’ standing. However, they … Read more

Susanna Reid interviews ex Steve Parish on GMB two years after their split

‘Didn’t they used to date?’ GMB fans poke fun at ‘awkward’ interview with Susanna Reid and her on-off beau Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish… as she fails to mention romance By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 10:15 BST, 21 April 2021 | Updated: 10:15 BST, 21 April 2021 She dated Crystal Palace boss Steve Parish … Read more

Parish council slammed after banning a childminder from taking TODDLERS to an allotment 

Parish council is slammed as ‘the meanest in the country’ after banning a childminder from taking TODDLERS to an allotment Hannah Lovelock, 43, from Stoke Poges, says she has ‘meanest parish in Britain’   Childminder has been told she cannot use allotment if she has children with her  Mrs Lovelock used to take daughter, Nora, four, … Read more

Art: Painting of the Last Supper in a parish church in Herefordshire ‘may be a lost work by Titian’

A discoloured painting of the biblical Last Supper that has hung in a parish church in Herefordshire for 110 years may be a lost work by the Venetian master Titian. Art historian and conservator Ronald Moore found evidence to link the artwork in St Michael and All Angels church in Ledbury with the 16th Century … Read more

You’ve got no authority at all: Dysfunctional Handforth Parish Council could now be ABOLISHED

A parish council that went viral after a Zoom meeting descended into chaos could soon be abolished, it emerged today.  A clip of a Handforth Parish Council meeting in which numerous insults were thrown around and members were kicked out went viral earlier this month. Jackie Weaver, the acting clerk, shot to fame after chairman … Read more

‘Jackie Weaver wouldn’t put up with this!’ New Zoom call chaos at Handforth Parish Council

A council parish meeting which became infamous after it turned into a chaotic trail of disorder, power grabs and insults on Zoom again descended into farce tonight. Councillors of Handforth Parish Council clashed in a tetchy meeting and members of the public were removed as they heckled them as the council met for the first time since the … Read more

Mayor in Jackie Weaver Handforth parish council meeting faces no confidence vote

Who has the authority NOW? Councillors try to oust head of Handforth parish councillor made famous by Jackie Weaver for allowing ‘bullying’ Millions of people watched clips of Handforth Parish Council’s Zoom meeting  Members lost their cool, traded insults and ultimately got booted off the call  Cheshire East Council mayor Barry Burkhill is now facing … Read more

Penketh Parish council Zoom rant sees chairman swear at another member

Unbelievable footage shows yet another parish council zoom meeting in Cheshire descending into chaos as a councillor mutters, ‘Wipe that smirk off your f***ing face, you f***ing piece of s**t’ – not realising he is unmuted. The heated clip, involving members of Penketh Parish Council, has emerged just days after a chaotic Zoom meeting in Handforth … Read more