Having attended the last day of the Horizon Inquiry (i.e. the Post Office Scandal) in London yesterday (17/12/2024) I have now raised the matter of ‘candour’ with the Thames Regional Flood &…
Jubilee River bank failure and helicopter used to repair – AI report and more
MVI_7126 Moving bags of stone (Bank repair after 2024 failure – awaiting image!) There are reports of yet another Jubilee River bank and/or bed problem. After £100m expenditure over twenty years ago…
One in four properties at flood risk by 2050 – report
One in four properties at flood risk by 2050 – report from EA Below is the link to the EA report published by the BBC One in four properties may be at…
Motorway View – a New Housing Development coming to Datchet
MOTORWAY VIEW (accessed via Riding Court Road, Datchet) Work has commenced on the construction of the new housing development in Datchet . The 80+ mixed development is sandwiched into a small parcel…
RBWM Council Tax 2025/26 explored
RBWM is in financial difficulty – and considering a 25% increase in Council Tax. The problem is caused by years of ‘keeping the Council Tax low’ and some other issues. RBWM has…
Flood defence spending cuts imminent?
Here we go again – another round of spending cuts! I must point out that we have been waiting for our flood defences since 2003. It is so easy for the politicians…
Newbuild houses flooded twice in six months
(Extract from Mailonline 8/12/2024) Residents on the newly built Crawford Park estate in Blyth, Northumberland have been plunged into a nightmare after their homes were flooded twice in six months in what…
Whitehall criticised at Pinewood Studios
Sir Kier Starmer PM launched his most recent six-point plan (which included a series of targets) at Pinewood Studios in early December 2024. He also accused Whitehall of becoming “comfortable with failure”,…
£100m of your money for the HS2 bat tunnel?
Is it fair and reasonable that £100m of public money can be spent on a ‘bat tunnel’ while villages near the Thames in East Berkshire suffer repeated flood events due to lack…
The e-scooter problem!
E-scooters are dangerous. Until the legislation is amended – it is illegal to ride a privately owned electric scooter in public. The front face of the Thames Valley Police advice handout is…