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79.9% of your tax goes to…
Oh boy, do I have something special today! For the last two years, I have been fine-tuning my favourite AI…
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2026 – A Year of Choice
When Labour took power from the Conservatives, I wrote an article predicting what the next four years would bring. If…
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UNFAIR DIVISION OF SHIREBROOK
If you look at the political map of Shirebrook, you’ll quickly notice a strange, tiny ward at the very top…
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24 ACRES OF LAND IN SHIREBROOK FOR £1
24 acres — that’s about 13 FIFA-sized football pitches. A huge piece of land, right? What would you think if…
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SHIREBROOK 2030
Today, I invite you to explore my ideas on how to make Shirebrook better, more modern, more welcoming, and friendlier…
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666 votes of Labour Party
According to Christian tradition, 666 is famously known as the Number of the Beast — a symbol of evil from…
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I picked a bag of trash and… I enjoyed it!
I am a volunteer for a local litter-picking group. Today I not only want to promote this group but I…
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BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
A wise person once told me that if you have nothing good to say about someone, it’s better to say…
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2025 – YEAR OF HOPE!
“FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!” is a now-famous quote from a guy who sacrificed his peace, wealth, health, and nearly his life…
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Bolsover area is used as an asylum dispersal area
In plain English, illegal immigrants are moved to Shirebrook and other towns of the Bolsover District! Labour Party government decided…
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British Library is under attack- as is the whole of British society
Freedom of speech, culture, social unity, upholding the law, the police enforcing existing laws and protecting law-abiding people. All this…
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MARK MY WORDS
On the occasion of the election’s end, I congratulate all the winners and wish all the losers luck in their…
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AWOL
A dictionary definition of “AWOL”: absent without official leave but without intent to desert.I want to thank all the readers…
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TO BE OR NOT TO BE- THAT IS… THE SHIREBROOK
If you would like our town to change for the better – this article is addressed to you. Therefore, I…
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BOLSOVER CONSERVATIVES WINS OF 2022
As a heads-up to readers of Shirebrook247, this isn’t a Shirebrook post. Instead, this is a post to show the…
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Is there a “drug den” at Bracken Road?
I received a disturbing anonymous report that a so-called ‘drug den’ operation had started in one of the houses on…
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JOB DONE!
After two years as a Shirebrook Town Council councillor, I can firmly say that 99% of a councillor’s work escapes…
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Positive work done!
As promised- I am continuing to tell the story of the good things I am doing that have not been…
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ILLUSION OF CHOICE- PLANS FOR “NEW” LEISURE CENTRE
After months of ‘exempt’ discussions about the Leisure Centre’s demolition, STC has proposed three proposals to residents to build a…
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SportsDirect plans to move out of Shirebrook!
A few days ago, I observed a casual conversation on the Internet about Shirebrook. One of the participants in the…
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Don’t be an idiot – pay your bills
Some anarchist or extreme socialist walked around my neighbourhood distributing a leaflet calling for holding on payments of heating and…
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Shirebrook Crime statistics 2021+2022
All the data presented below have been taken from www.police.uk Before we dive into details- what you see in the…
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Census 2021- first results
While writing this article, I thought I was boring myself at one point. So I decided to delete what I…
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Could you please help me understand this STC invoice?
Today I’m going to start unusually with a request. Dear reader- could you help me understand the STC invoice for…
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Councils from nightmares
Let me say in advance that today’s article is not about Shirebrook. Instead, it is my personal view of the…
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Men with cervix and men with a mission
It is rare for a local council to hold extraordinary, not scheduled in advance meetings. I never came across a…
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The most positive features of Shirebrook
Some time ago, a reader of Shirebook247.com accused me that everything I write portrays our town in an unfavourable light.…
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How many residents of Shirebrook died on Covid? ONS data
Covid deaths are a sensitive subject. So in this article, I will try to refrain from my views and opinions…
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Why are they not afraid?
I think this is the weirdest article I ever wrote for this blog. It’s because I have to write it…
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Labour Party working class betrayal continues- Shirebrook pays the highest taxes in the District!
If you read the article “Money, money, money…” and felt angry or even furious: you should skip this one. The…
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