Here's the second part of John Rogers' walk along the route of the Moselle, one of London's many lost rivers. The first part appeared here on Tuesday. The YouTube blurb for this second video runs: We pick up the trail of North London's lost River Moselle at Bruce Castle Tottenham and follow its course through Lordship Recreation Ground, through the Noel Park Estate to Wood Green. From here we cross the New River into Hornsey and Priory Park then across Crouch End Open Spaces to Queen's Wood Highgate where the Moselle rises. John Rogers has a Patreon account to support ...
Britain has a skills crisis. For too long, successive governments have failed to invest enough in skills and training, assuming business will pick up the slack. Despite many excellent businesses investing extensively in their people this hasn't been enough. We need a new, liberal and fair approach to skills and training, which provides opportunities to everyone, which is why the Federal Policy Committee has commissioned a new working group to look at this issue. Progressive policies on skills and training give us the chance to position ourselves as the natural party of business, a position vacated by the Tories and ...
Ed Davey explaining why both Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak should resign after being fined for breaking the law.
Where to start on the UK Government's scheme to send single male asylum seekers to Rwanda? Morally, it is repugnant, a further step towards the UK becoming a pariah state, shunning international principles in the treatment of refugees, practically, it is a whole different ball game. As the Independent reports, one Tory MP and former Minister is appalled at the new policy. Andrew Mitchell has branded Boris Johnson's multi-million pound deal, which could see thousands of people flown over 4,000 miles to the African country, as "immoral", and "impractical", and says it will involve "astronomic" costs. The paper says that ...
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More A49 road works and overnight closures between Stokesay and Upper Affcot - April to June
There barely seems a moment when the A49 is not affected by roadworks. Keir, working for Highways England, will start the latest round on 25 April with the aim of completing the work by 17 June. The work will include refurbishing existing traffic signals, which have reached the end of their serviceable life. The new lights will be LED lit to improve visibility, reducing the need for future maintenance and increasing energy efficiency. The road will also be resurfaced, including increasing the roads surface friction, and replacing the road markings and road studs. For a while there will be a ...
Three excellent results for us today. Surrey Heath Huge congratulations to Liz Noble for a stonking win, in Michael Gove's constituency. Bisley and West End (Surrey Heath) council by-election result: LDEM: 66.0% (+48.8) CON: 34.0% (-0.8) No Ind (-31.8), UKIP (-9.3) and Lab (-6.9) as prev. Votes cast: 1,948 Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative. — Britain Elects (@BritainElects) April 14, 2022 xxx * Mary Reid is a contributing editor on Lib Dem Voice. She was a councillor in Kingston upon Thames, where she is still very active with the local party, and is the Hon President of Kingston Lib Dems. ...
Following the announcement that the Medieval Fayre is no longer viable after the impact of the pandemic and Storm Arwen, the castle trustees have issued a statement. "Powis Estates, who proudly own and maintain Ludlow Castle, are incredibly disappointed that the Medieval Fayre will not be returning to the Castle this year. However in light of Storm Arwen's devastation, along with Covid-19, the decision is entirely understandable bearing in mind the huge financial losses and the risks involved in putting on future events. "The Castle is owned by Trustees. They remain committed to a five-year £1m rolling programme of maintenance ...
Responding to Boris Johnson's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, after Refugee Minister Lord Harrington ruled out such a move just last week, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson Alistair Carmichael MP said: "The Prime Minister and Home Secretary announcing a refugees policy that the Refugees Minister doesn't even know about shows the total dysfunction at the heart of the Home Office. "If the Home Office can't even manage a press release properly, how on earth will they manage this new offshoring system?"
