from this weeks accrington observer neatly typed out by me just for you less ...
By the way its on page 8 ...
WEBSITE IS A 'WASTE OF MONEY'
A labour councillor has branded a community website a 'waste' and called for it to be taken down.
The Hyndburn Life portal was first launched in 2003 with the aim of providing online information about services available to some of the borough's most deprived wards.
But the website has failed to attract many visitors and in 2006, was branded a waste of money by labour leader councillor graham jones.
At a meeting of the full council on tuesday the website once more came under fire.
Councillor Jones said "They spent £700,000 across the country on this website but the leader tried to say it was a government failure. Can he tell me when will this waste be removed from the web so we will all have done with it?"
Council leader Peter Britcliffe disputed councillor Jones' figures. He replied "the figure was not £700,000, that is another cock-eyed idea. It was a measure which was done by the government and it was brought to every borough and city to make information more accessible. But they tried it too late and it failed here, just like it failed everywhere else."
Cash to fund the project consisted of £75,000 from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, £266,000 from the single regeneration budget and a further £250,000 from the European regional development fund.
Now i need a brew .. especially after seeing mr britcliffes face peering out on page 14 ...