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ALT Here is the text extracted from the file image.png. 6 NEWS County Down Spectator Thursday, June 4, 2026 Seafront car park is only option says council Julie Waters [email protected] OFFICIALS from Ards and North Down Council have ruled out a number of alternative locations for a controversial car park planned for the £14m Marine Gardens in Bangor. Residents and environmentalists opposed to plans for an 81 space paid car park on a small parkland at Queen's Parade had wanted the council to consider other car parks in the town as possible alternatives. But council documents show that various city centre car parks were ruled out for a variety of reasons leaving the parkland the only location for the car park. The developer of Marine Gardens, Bangor Marine, insisted that it needed the land for the car park, with a 125 year lease, to generate a return on its investment. At a crunch meeting with councillors last week Bangor Marine warned the entire £72m Queen's Parade project
ALT The text extracted from the file **1000153849.jpg** is as follows: Rob Rob Tinline | Americas Director | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Personal | Personal OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE - FCDO ONLY From: JCS Sent: 31 December 2024 09:25 To: JCS Cc: Robert Tinline; JCS; JCS; JCS Subject: RE: HMA-Des Engagement OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE - FCDO ONLY Dear JCS, I’ve now spoken with Philip. His view was as follows: * LPM has been announced publicly as the next HMA Washington as a political appointee. The appointment is subject to agrement and security clearance; * Prior to taking up this employment, LPM plans to participate in an international event relating to China. This is renumerated; * As he will not by then have taken up employment with HMG, it is a matter for LPM whether or not he proceeds with this event. He has asked that any concerns are flagged to SpAds so that they and No 10 can take a view as to whether they wish to intervene with LPM. Please could you share a very short summary
