Category: Independents

Ferret has previously posted about the charges for rental of a Juke Box at the Lakeside Café Bar. This is the same venue which has a music license so they…

Ferret recalls, an ex-Hemsworth Town Councillor and current District Councillor, Ian Womersley, letting his mind ramble on Facebook, shortly after the 2019 elections, trying to justify the very expensive and…

Ferret feels it is appropriate to celebrate the new Chair of our Town Council. Multi-millionaire, Councillor Jean Eccles was elected as the new Chair of Independent Hemsworth Town Council at…

Readers of Ferret will no doubt recall Ian Womersley and Jim Kenyon objecting to the planning application for the Costa Coffee on the old market place in Hemsworth. It then…

Another month and another set of legal fees. This time a total of £900 has been paid to “Ramsdens Solicitors”. Ferret has no idea what these fees relate to, maybe…

In the recently released April 2022 accounts Ferret was astonished to see yet another cost associated with Jim Kenyon’s “free” storage building. Johnson Mowat Planning Limited have been paid, £720…

Ferret is disappointed to see that the “Jumping Pillow” is out of action at Hemsworth Waterpark. Even more disappointing is the fact that during the school holidays, this major attraction…

Last night’s meeting saw an item on the agenda for a vote of no confidence in Council Chair – Jean Eccles. This was proposed by Councillors Dodson, Hardacre, Hird, Middleton,…

At tomorrows Hemsworth Town Council Meeting, the following item is on the agenda: 09. CIVILITY AND RESPECT PLEDGE To consider a resolution to sign up to the civility and respect…

We have heard so much about the financial reserves of Hemsworth Town Council being used as a seemingly bottomless pit of money, by our Independent councillors since the very start…