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Council Praised For Innovative Eco-Friendly Lighting
St Neots Town Council was today smiling all over its usual miserable face after the EU gave it a big pat on the back for the hundreds of eco-friendly Christmas light displays installed in the town centre. Despite popular belief that almost no lights have been put up following a massive balls-up two years... »
Locals Spitting Feathers Over EU Ruling
The EU has once again chosen Huntingdonshire as it’s testbed for a daft new rule. Under directive 09/447/EC, the terms “spitting distance” and “a stone’s throw” could soon be disappearing, particularly from promotional literature. EU spokesman Johann Rohan said today, “It is clear to me that St Neots is not “a stone’s throw” away... »
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... »
Shock Fact Found On Fact Finding Mission
A delegation of councillors visiting twin town Faches-Thumesnil on a “fact-finding mission” have discovered a shocking fact – the very act of which has also shocked them. St Neots Twinning Association exists so that local councillors and do-gooders can go on free holidays to France and get in the local rags both here and... »
L'Union Européene Dérange St Neots Nouveau
The EU has today announced, that under ruling 2008/604/EU, all twinned towns must translate road names into the local languages of towns they are twinned with. As St Neots is twinned with Faches Thumesnil all roads must be signposted in French as well as English. This will come as a blow to residents of... »
EU Directive Forces St Neots To Rethink Market Square
St Neots is getting caught up in the new EU Directive 2008/23/EC on Quadrilaterals in Urban Centres which has been transposed into UK law. The new law states that market squares which are not perfect squares must be stripped of their “square” status. Dean Dexter, of St Neots Town Council, said “we are currently... »
EU Leaves St Neots Motorists In A Spin
A new ruling introduced by the EU, to take effect from January 1st, is set to create chaos on the roads of St Neots. Fifteen more roundabouts are to be erected on the Great North Road in order to obtain new European funding. Residents were said to be “in shock”. The dramatic 1.5% increase... »
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