John Rogers follows the course of another of London's lost rivers, the Neckinger. The walk takes him through Elephant and Castle, Borough and Bermondsey to the Thames. John has a Patreon account to support his videos and blogs at The Lost Byway.
Neoclassical economists were keen to include land in their new economic models. But they didn't do it very well. Continue reading →
[IMG: Community Hubs] It's been said before in the last nne months but this bears repeating. No one should feel as though they are alone during this challenging time. In Folkestone and Hythe the local Community Hubs are here to help those who haven't got alternative support. They can: Provide food for those not able to get or prepare it themselves Assist with the collection and delivery of food orders Collect and deliver medical supplies Offer someone to talk to for advice and reassurance Hubs are supporting residents across the district - if you have alternative means of support, like ...
Tue 5th
19:27
Chancellor of the Exchequer's statement 5 January 2021: Additional Business Support Grants
[IMG: Money ()] The Chancellor has announced one-off top up grants for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses. They are worth £4,000-9,000 per property to help businesses through to the Spring. These grants are in addition to previously announced Local Restriction Support Grants worth up to £3,000 a month and the extended furlough scheme. The one-off top-ups will be granted to closed businesses as follows: £4,000 for businesses with a rateable value of £15,000 or under (which will be most in Sandgate to be honest) £6,000 for businesses with a rateable value between £15,000 and £51,000 £9,000 for businesses with a ...
The numbers are out which will determine how many seats each part of the UK gets at the next Westminster election. As you may remember, the original plan to cut 50 seats from the House of Commons has been dropped, but the tight constraints remain on constituency sizes - they should be within 5% of the UK average, with certain exceptions; on which more below. I had a brief moment of excitement when I thought that Northern Ireland might lose a seat, but I was looking at the wrong table, and it remains at 18 seats. The numbers are: Electors ...
This is the first in a series of articles exploring how we can improve the places we live and work Entire neighbourhoods in Maartje van Putten's city were being demolished to make space for the motor car, and still it demanded more. Bicycle use was falling year-on-year. Worst of all, road deaths were soaring. The place was Amsterdam, the year was 1971. 400 children had died on the roads in the Netherlands that year – an agonisingly high toll. It could have continued, as it did in most other countries. Instead, Maartje and thousands of other Amsterdammers – including many ...
Tue 5th
11:22
Is Mid Suffolk District Council really committed to its sustainable travel policy? We may be about t...
Regular readers will know that I take a particular interest in buses, possibly because I am a non-driver. In London, that was just fine - why would you have a car in inner London when traffic speeds are glacial and there's an excellent public transport system? Out here in the Suffolk countryside, it offers rather more of a challenge. Creeting St Peter saw its last scheduled bus service in 2011, not that it impinged upon anyone's consciousness. Indeed, when I raised it at an early Parish Council meeting, my fellow councillors didn't seem to know that it existed, perhaps because ...
Mon, 12:07: RT @MonicaLewinsky: i'm generally opposed to someone being surreptitiously taped on a phone call...but not this one, folks! Mon, 12:36: In case you want to read this awful conversation, and are paywalled out by other sources. https://t.co/3fWSA24TJU Mon, 12:56: #DoctorWho Jodie Whittaker rumoured to leave after next series https://t.co/F1OMIvgnTg Would not be surprising. She'll have done three seasons (even if one truncated) plus specials which is standard (Hartnell, Troughton, Davison, McCoy, Tennant, Smith, Capaldi). Mon, 13:29: RT @gerrylynch: @nwbrux @ColmDore @timoconnorbl @oconnellhugh @KeohaneDan @simoncoveney @LeoVaradkar NI is full of SF posters saying it's t... Mon, 13:40: RT @timoconnorbl: ...
It was inevitable that once we had left the EU and started to subject all freight traffic to a blizzard of bureaucracy and paperwork, that those just passing through the Uk would find alternative routes. This story in the Independent back in November confirmed that plans for new routes were well underway. The plan was for DFDS, a Danish international shipping and logistics company, to start operating sailings on the route between Dunkirk and Rosslare on 2 January 2021. As far as I am aware that has happened and no doubt other routes will follow, all offering "direct and paperless ...
Liberal Democrat members in Greenwich and Lewisham have selected Chris Annous as their candidate for the London Assembly elections in May 2021.
i) births and deaths 5 January 1929: birth of Norman Kay, who composed the incidental music for An Unearthly Child (1963), The Keys of Marinus, (1964) and The Sensorites (also 1964). 5 January 1988: birth of Mandip Gill, who currently plays Yasmin Khan on Doctor Who. ii) broadcast anniversaries 5 January 1974: broadcast of fourth episode of The Time Warrior. Rubeish and the Doctor return the kidnapped scientists to the twentieth century; Linx kills Irongron and is in turn killed by Hal; and his spaceship explodes on take-off, destroying the castle. 5 January 1980: broadcast of third episode of The ...
Tue 5th
07:00
"There is no doubt in my mind that schools are safe": Boris Johnson one day before closing them
Boris Johnson, Sunday: There is no doubt in my mind that schools are safe. Boris Johnson, Monday: Primary schools and secondary schools, and colleges across England must move to remote provision from tomorrow. Sources: Andrew Marr show / national TV broadcast. Sign up to get the latest news and analysis Email* Enter Email Confirm Email Name* First Last What would you like to receive?* Liberal Democrat Newswire: monthly newsletter Polling UnPacked (political opinion polling news): max 1 email per day Mark Pack blog posts and council by-election results: max 1 email per day Lib Dem news from www.LibDems.org.uk and the ...
The University of Dundee's Discovery Days will take place from Wednesday 13th to Friday 15th January. You can join online to listen to the newest professors and award-winning teachers and students, as they share the ideas that inspire them. Everyone is welcome and for more information and free tickets click here.
