The Working Together public consultation opens on 14 November 2024 for 6 months on Gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/river-basin-planning-working-together-2024. This is the first consultation of three in the process of reviewing and updating the river basin management plans,…
Asylum seekers return to Datchet
Extract from Mailonline 15-11-2024 Families in pretty Windsor village [Datchet] say they are selling up – after claiming migrants being housed in their local hotel have turned it into a ‘hellhole’ Furious…
Major 14-hour fire in Barrow submarine assembly hall
This is an interesting extract (from the Nuclear Information Service website) about a problem in Barrow. I can confirm that you will be paying for this event. A fire, which erupted in…
Flood areas are not poor enough to help?
This report is from March 2004. Here we are 20 years later – now too poor to be helped – and entirely due to RBWM failure to contribute to ‘partnership funding’.
An alternative view of the Autumn 2024 Budget
Budget – 30th October 2024 – by Ian Thompson
Question for RBWM Council Meeting 20-11-2024
Member Question for 20-11-2024 RBWM Council Meeting Question to Cllr. Coe please – At our RBWM Council Meeting on 11-3-2024 it was RESOLVED unanimously that this council takes immediate action to ensure…
Corporate Report on Defra spending – 2024/25
Extracts from Defra Corporate report Defra’s Main Estimate 2024 to 2025 memorandum Published 17 July 2024 Overview – The purpose of this memorandum is to provide an overview and analysis of the…
West Berkshire Council urges residents to prepare for flooding
Extract from BBC News 28-10-2024 People need to do what they can to prepare for predicted flooding this winter, a council has said. Councillors on West Berkshire District Council have warned the…
Questions for RBWM Cabinet Meeting 30/10/2024
Background and questions for RBWM Cabinet Meeting 30-10-2024 Item 6 – CIPFA Report I am here to identify and highlight past and future flood related matters with geopolitical financial implications that may…
Council criticises Environment Agency over Temple Bridge
TEMPLE FOOTBRIDGE CLOSED. (Extract from Bucks Free Press) Here we go again – Temple footbridge on the Thames Path this time. Yet another sub-standard Environment Agency wooden footbridge out of action…