John's blurb on YouTube says: This walk follows a scent of clue in a correspondence about some mysterious underground rivers running through Leyton that link to local folklore. So we head to Leyton High Road then down towards the Leyton Orient Ground at Brisbane Road where one of the rivers may be buried. We then explore the other watercourses which link to the Roman occupation of Leyton. Our East London walking tour then goes along Church Road Leyton to Etloe House where another hidden river may run before crossing Leyton High Road and going along Markhouse Road to St James's ...
The Guardian reports on the uproar after BP posted its profits for the first quarter od 2023. The energy company said its underlying profits reached $5bn (£4bn) in the first three months of the year, outstripping analysts' forecasts of $4.3bn. It represents the second-best results for the first quarter that it has notched up since 2012, when it made $4.7bn, behind last year's $6.2bn. Quite rightly, this announcement has sparked renewed calls for a tougher windfall tax to help offset the mouth-watering electricity and gas bills that most British families are struggling to afford to pay: Paul Nowak, the TUC ...
Shropshire Council has published draft Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIP) for the eight largest towns, including Ludlow. There are many significant proposals in the Ludlow LCWIP. Some will be controversial. Some don't seem practical. Some would need significant funding. That said, the consultation provides a useful starting point for discussions on walking and cycling in Ludlow and the surrounding area. Among the proposals are closure of King Street and High Street to most traffic. Brand Lane might become lights controlled two way access to the centre. Residential traffic might be routed along Silk Mill Lane. Castle Street car ...
Embed from Getty ImagesMartin Hammond, who was Boris Johnson's housemaster at Eton, famously summed up his 17-year-old pupil: "Boris really has adopted a disgracefully cavalier attitude to his classical studies. [He] sometimes seems affronted when criticised for what amounts to a gross failure of responsibility (and surprised at the same time that he was not appointed Captain of the school for the next half). "I think he honestly believes that it is churlish of us not to regard him as an exception, one who should be free of the network of obligation that binds everyone else." On Sunday the historian ...
From the Project Officer (Housing & Communities) at the City Council : Bailie Macpherson and Councillor Crichton Following on from earlier correspondence I advise that the installation of controlled entry for the upper flats of Morven Terrace and Ancrum Place is due to commence today - Tuesday 2nd May - with the installation of the doors at the foot of the stairwells. Communal electrical works and access to residents flats for wiring in the attic space and the installation of handsets will take place in the following weeks with all works complete and the system in full operation by the ...
