Sainsbury's reveal giant store plans for Ashton Gate

Well the first news is out on Sainsbury’s proposed store for Ashton Gate. And it’s a whopper! At 9,000 sq metres it is far bigger than its current store and Tesco’s previous proposal for the Gate. There will be a public exhibition at Sainsbury’s Winterstoke Road store and also at the Southville Centre between 22-24 January 2010. Read more on the Evening Post’s website.

So we now know that the Council’s planers had recommended refusal of the Tesco’s proposal, so is this even bigger tin shed doomed to fail? On the face of it the answer seems to be yes. So is Sainsbury wasting its money? Well it wins either way. If the store gets approved it ends up with its biggest shop in the South West. If the planning application fails its wasted some money, but has kept Tesco out of its patch. Perhaps a price worth paying in the long run. No to Tesco 2009, no to Sainsbury 2010? Let’s wait and see what the New Year brings.

Has the Bedminster Bigmouth been outed?

For some bizarre reason the Bristol Evening Post decided to give a certain ‘Mike Ford’ a column in its paper every Wednesday. For weeks now Mike Ford has raved and ranted about various groups of people with his face obscured. Not happy with offending people on the paper’s comment boards he now does it in print.

Rumours have been on the web for sometime that he may be a pseudonym for Evening Post reporters that wanted to have a bit of fun. But now there are claims he’s a 21 year old ex-student from UWE.

One way or another the joke is wearing a bit thin. It’s about time we saw Mr Ford’s face in his weekly rant column. There’s an online petition asking the Evening Post to come clean about Mike Ford’s identity. To find out more about the latest rumour about Mike Ford and to sign the petition to the Post, click here.