The AA points out that parking operators are supposed to give drivers a “grace period” of 10 minutes to leave the car park before they take enforcement action. It believes there is a case for a special area at motorway service areas where drivers could rest in their cars without incurring penalties.

We’ll continue to carry out a full and thorough investigation as this case progresses. There will remain an increased police presence in the affected area of Kingswood and our officers will be available to answer any questions or concerns the local community may have.” We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity, or as long as is set out in any relevant contract you hold with us, or until you inform us that you wish to erase your data. The new St Asaph branch will be headed up by Jamie Hughes, our highly experienced Chartered Financial Adviser. Jamie’s dedication to offering personalised financial advice and his commitment to our sustainability ethos make him the perfect fit to lead operations at our new location. In the meantime, it will probably be fenced off and become even more neglected. It will become a flytippers' paradise, which will be a real shame for the residents of Wake Green Park, particularly those in Bowen Court who are overlooking it."

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IF YOU BEGIN in Ireland,” Elizabeth Bowen famously said, “Ireland remains the norm.” And so it was for her, though not without many equivocations and reservations. As a candidate for the top place in her literary imagination, Ireland had to fight it out with the Kentish coastal towns where Bowen lived with her mother during the five years preceding Florence Bowen’s death, in 1912, and to which she returned in old age. (Neither was London excluded from the picture.) Ireland won, I think, but only just, and owed its preeminence to her ancestral home, Bowen’s Court, in Co Cork. Her Ireland was not at all akin to most people’s – which is not to deny it its own validity and enchantment. Ascendancy Ireland, “big house” Ireland, is quintessential Bowen terrain. And in both her fiction and nonfiction she approaches the topic of its relation to other versions of Ireland, and to all the upheavals, social and otherwise, of the 20th century, with wit, aplomb and an uncanny perceptiveness that engenders an effect at once haunting and sardonic. The current collection includes a wonderfully evocative account of Christmas at Bowen’s Court in prewar days – “The decoration, with holly and other foliage, of the pale blue inside of our Protestant church occupied the morning . . . the crux, towards the end of the day, is the installation by me of the Christmas candle – of scarlet, jade green, yellow or pink wax” – and then, towards the end of the book, comes the extinction of the great house and the last of the Bowens’ refusal to mourn (or mourn overtly): “It was a clean end. Bowen’s Court never lived to be a ruin.” Again, she withholds condemnation – but an “Afterward, 1963”, prepared for a new edition of her family history, tells the sorry story. In spite of us being told the hearing had been taken off the list, the motorist’s representative appeared before a judge without our attendance, and we have not had the opportunity to provide our arguments as appropriate and fairly, as we had intended. ParkingEye is now considering its options within the time limits set out by the court.” A 43-year-old man was arrested from inside the property on Monday and was due to be assessed by health care professionals before being questioned by detectives. Darryl Bowen is due to appear in court later today.

Pebble Hill Property Ltd for themselves and for the Vendors or Lessors of this property whose Agents they are given notice that:Jax Kirby commented: "Needs to be kept for the wildlife and people's sanity." And Guillaume Resplandy wrote: "Woodland should be kept as a haven for wildlife." Seeing a letter on the hall table, she is annoyed that it has not been forwarded to her by either the postal service or the caretaker. She notes that the letter has no stamps on it and wonders how it could have made its way there because the caretaker has, ostensibly, been away for several weeks. She goes up the stairs, enters her former bedroom, and reads the letter, which bears that day’s date. The brief message, signed K., reminds her of a promise that she made twenty-five years ago when she was engaged to a soldier who later died in World War I. The sender states that he is sure that, even though Kathleen has left London, she will keep the rendezvous. She is frightened not only by the message but also by the mysterious means by which it has found its way to her, by the fact that her every action may have been observed by an unknown person. To get at the essence of the country – the “small vivid country”, Bowen calls it – it is better to read one of the pungent and lyrical appraisals of changes and continuities in Irish life. These essays remind us powerfully of how Ireland was in the past, and how it was viewed. They are notes from another age, and gain in sharpness from Bowen’s insider-outsider perspective. “The air breathed in is soporific; the distances hold other-worldly gleam . . . Speech, and speech with a bias, is the nation’s delight. Loud, lordly talkers cluster in pubs, congregate in villages after Mass, mill through horses, pigs or cattle upon a fair day.” Alison’s family have been updated on this significant development, and specialist liaison officers will continue to support them. Our thoughts remain with them at this extremely difficult time.

Local campaigner Izzy Knowles said: "There is a real mix of young and old people living at Wake Green Park and none of these flats have gardens, so that little Dell is a gem. It's a little wildlife sanctuary in there and it could be made into a very special part of the park. Edmund King, AA president, says: “Motorway service areas are essential for road safety and growing more important as motorways are widened on the cheap by using the hard shoulder. Tired drivers need somewhere to stop off, as it is estimated up to 10% of fatalities on motorways could be due to drivers falling asleep at the wheel. Our normal advice is to have a catnap for 15 minutes, a couple of coffees and then drive carefully.” However, it probably wouldn’t be completely accurate to describe this as a case of the little man taking on the big company and winning, because Bowen arguably isn’t the sort of person you would want to get into a legal battle with: he is a renowned barrister and Queen’s Counsel who has undertaken a raft of high-profile cases. And in some ways he has been down this road before. Twenty years ago he got an injunction against a rogue clamper during the lunch break at Bournemouth county court – something that attracted media attention, including an article in the Daily Mail headlined “Rumpole beats the clampers”. We are absolutely delighted to announce the opening of our new branch in Bowen Court, St Asaph! This is a significant milestone for us as we continue our mission to provide exceptional financial services while fostering a sustainable future. With this expansion, we are better positioned to serve and support our growing client base in the North Wales region.

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Senior Investigating Officer Neil Meade said: “Although formal identification has not yet been carried out, we believe the deceased to be Alison Bowen, aged 41. She is writing at a time – 1950 – before Ireland's innumerable sleepy towns woke up and, after the manner of fractious children, set about smashing all around them: architecture, traditions, tranquillity. The growth of vulgarity, which did impinge on the observer – farmers' daughters going to Mass or to town "in crenellated veil-hung hats", rich manufacturers copying the Emergency services were called to the property on Monday afternoon, where Ms Bowen was found with significant injuries. Despite the efforts of police officers and paramedics, she was confirmed to have died a short while later. Police say a number of children aged between three and early teens were in the property at the time. Avon and Somerset Police were called to Wedmore Close at around 3.50pm on Monday following reports of a serious assault and found a woman with significant injuries. Officers carried out CPR and paramedics attended but the woman was pronounced dead at around 4.30pm. Ron Bond said: "Absolutely disastrous decision for such an inner city area so rich in wildlife, besides the Tolkien connection, so loved by most of the world."

Rumor has that Bowen's Court was torn down for the tin in the roof. It was, after all, just a three-storey farmhouse with no indoor plumbing nor electricity. But it had housed nearly a couple of centuries of the Anglo-Irish families of Bowen's that first came to Ireland in 1649. No person in the employment of Pebble Hill Property Ltd has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatever in relation to this property. Discussions with the board of directors have culminated in a decision by the board to investigate a sale of this land and MetroPM were accordingly instructed to arrange for the issuing of a notice pursuant to section five of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, which gives all leaseholders the right of first refusal, as required by law, before a sale of the land be agreed. Elizabeth Bowen, the Anglo-Irish writer of six collections of short stories and nine novels, inherited the family home in 1930. She was the first female owner of the house, the only child of Henry Bowen VI. She sold the house to a neighbor, a farmer in 1959...thinking he may live in the house. But the farmer demolished it.The board of directors' role is unpaid and voluntary, and they do not benefit financially from agreeing any sale. However, they are all resident owners and fully appreciate the estate and the community feeling, and appreciate the importance of all decisions being made for the benefit of all owners." She opens the door of the closed house and is immediately aware of the dead air that greets her. As she makes her way to her bedroom to retrieve the things she has come to fetch, the furniture and the marks on the floors and on the wall remind her of her life between two wars. She soon notices that the humid air outside has given way to rain.