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HS2 Attracts Controversy and Argument as Cheaper and Cost-Effective Schemes like East-West Rail are Ignored

HS2 could make an important contribution to the UK economy and to rail communications generally, perhaps with more realistic technical specifications - and especially with a lowering of the maximum design speed. There is a risk of course that it will just suck more jobs, businesses and prosperity out of the Midlands and engender a new breed of "super-commuters". Meanwile other projects suffer and there is a developing case for building HS3, an express cross-Pennine railway, independently. This would be cheaper and could provide significant regional development with less risk and greater cost-effectiveness.

London Council By Election Success for Lib Dems as Labour Crumble

. A spectacular by election success in the Alperton ward of London Borough of Brent on 23rd January:

Herts CC bans Sky Lanterns and Balloons

Hertfordshire County Council has now joined 80 others in banning the release of sky lanterns and balloons from land and buildings it owns or controls.

Contactless Payments for Three Hertfordshire Stations

Govia Thameslink Railway are introducing contactless payments at three stations, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield and Welham Green.

This Month saw a Modest Record Broken in Scotland as a Refurbished Train Completed a 40-mile Trip on Battery-Power alone.

The Gade ran dry again in 2019 - pressure on water supply and rare chalk-streams?

On Wednesday 27th November, Dacorum Full Council adopted an important Lib Dem Motion to raise the alert on the local water supply and the risk to globally-rare "chalk-streams" in Dacorum.