Forums Forums Local News No government help for New Ferry.

I can’t believe the only work being done in this area is demolishing three buildings (possibly earmarked for luxury apartment erections).
The windows are still boarded up.

On BBC Inside Out North West tonight.

Thanks for the reminder Gibbo.

Here if anyone missed it:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b097yrd6/inside-out-north-west-09102017

Looks like they have charged a businessman and the gas company ??

Merseyside Police confirmed this evening that Pascal Blasio, of Gillingham in Kent had been charged with maliciously and unlawfully causing, with an explosive substance, an explosion likely to endanger life or cause serious injury to property on March 25.

Mr Blasio is the owner and director of Homes in Style furniture shop which is located at the site of the explosion.

He has been released on conditional bail and will appear at Wirral magistrates court on Wednesday April 4.

Contract Natural Gas Limited, an independent gas supplier which provides gas exclusively to business customers, has also been charged with an offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 for failing to discharge general health / safety duty to a person other than an employee.

The charges relating to Contract Natural Gas are that between August 22, 2012 and March 25 last year the company failed to conduct its undertaking to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of persons not in its employment, including Lewis Jones, by failing to ensure that the redundant live gas service to 43 Bebington Road was disconnected after removing the meter.



http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/1...ith_New_Ferry_explosion/?ref=mr&lp=1

Wasn't the furniture shop guy the first person they pointed the finger at ages straight after the event?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-42710555

I still don't know why he did this and how it happened - did he let the gas on and have something to cause the explosion? Was it for insurance?
Seems a -little bit- inconsiderate for everyone else, let's hope he gets a conviction that matches the severity of the crime.

Putting the two prosecutions together could lead to the thought that the gas people took away the meter and didn't seal the pipes properly then someone else illegally reconnected the gas or altered the gas system in some other way?

seems he was arrested and released earlier in 2017 along with others who were also released. Had heard on the grapevine that someone to do with the shop had previous suspicions but hadnt been convicted.

Previous in chester it is alleged. Both their phone records from the night must be interesting.

Copy and Paste from New Ferry Online FB Group

IMPORTANT UPDATE: we have a date for the meeting with government - it is 5th September 2018.
All of your statements will be presented then. I want as many of you to be heard as possible, so please get your impact statements in before 31st August, so that I can print them all to present to the minister as a true reflection of how the explosion affected you. He will know, if we tell him. He will know, if I can get together all your statements in time. DO IT NOW, PLEASE!
If you don't like writing, then you can record it as a voice recording and send it to us. I will write it down for you. I will make sure you are heard. Please do read below, to see the 5 simple questions.
NEW FERRY EXPLOSION - WE NEED YOUR IMPACT STATEMENTS
We are gathering together the real stories of those affected by the explosion. YOU HAVE A STORY TO TELL!
And we are going to present all of your stories to government and the media, to get recognition for the extraordinary disaster that happened to New Ferry on the night of 25th March 2017. Please tell us your story.
How were you, your families, your friends, your businesses, your lives affected by the explosion?
There are only five questions. This is all you need to tell us...

1) Name:

2) Address on 25th March 2017 (the night of the explosion):

3) Place of work on 25th March 2017

4) Short-term impact (the immediate effect the explosion had on you - maybe you lost your home temporarily or permanently, or you had damage to your property, or you were responsible for rehousing those who lost their homes. Maybe you had to care for those who were affected, or you were a volunteer giving assistance. Or maybe you had damage to your business property, or had to relocate or cease trading altogether. Maybe you gave help: financially, materially, physically or emotionally to those affected by the explosion. It could be any number of ways that you were impacted at that time, ways that aren’t mentioned here. These are all valid and important impacts):

5) Long-term impact (the impact that the explosion had on your life – e.g. your health, your home, your family, your finances, your career, your business – how has your future changed as a result of the explosion):

Please email your impact statement to [email protected]
Say everything you want to say... don't forget anything! But NO abusive language whatsoever or political anger. We would have to remove your statement if you did these. Please, just tell us, and the world, what you have suffered.

These statements, when printed out, will not have your email addresses. And if you want your name removed, we can do that too (although names to stories add weight) but if you want anonymity, then your privacy will be respected completely