In my opinion the probability of flooding is increasing due to: Continuous and accelerating development Climate change Failure to maintain existing land drainage Failure to improve land drainage infrastructure YouTube quite properly…
Riverside Residents (Staines) Coalition
Residents Riverside (Staines) coalition is a Working Group of six residents’ organisations serving the interests of some 700 residents on both sides of the river. Riverside Residents (Staines) Coalition
100 today (13/12/2025) – Dick Van Dyke
100 today (13 December 2025) Happy Birthday and Thank You to Dick Van Dyke
Election – Wraysbury PC – 8th January 2026
An election will be held on Thursday 8th January 2026 to fill one vacancy on Wraysbury Parish Council. Billy Boyle and Gerry O’Rourke are the two candidates. The RBWM nomination form can…
Datchet Parish Council continues to take legal action against the DRCCT
A message from Ewan Larcombe (as Chair of the Datchet Recreation Centre Charity Trust (DRCCT) and a Datchet Parish Councillor first elected in 1986) It appears that after eight months of futile…
Thousands of flood defences below standard
From a BBC Report dated 10/12/2025 Thousands of flood defences meant to protect multiple homes or businesses in England were below the required condition when winter began, a new analysis has found….
Change Datchet ‘parish’ to ‘town’?
Datchet PC Meeting 8-12-2025 f. Consider a name change from ‘Datchet Parish Council’ to ‘Datchet Town Council’, with the final decision deferred (to allow public debate) until the meeting on 12 January…
Why electors should request Parish Council by-elections
I put the difficult question to Claude (AI) as to why Parishioners should request Parish Council by-elections to fill casual vacancies? The answer was as follows: Your Democratic Right: Why We Should…
RBWM Extraordinary Council Meeting 17-12-2025
There will be an RBWM Extraordinary Council Meeting on Wednesday 17-12-2025. The Agenda detail has not yet been published but: The main Agenda Item will be the Expression of Interest letter to…
Notice of Vacancy – Datchet Parish Council
Datchet Parish Councillor Steeven Glover has resigned and a casual vacancy now exists. The vacancy will be filled by election* if, within fourteen days of the date of this notice, any ten…