Hemel Hempstead Liberal Democrats

East-West Rail moves into the next Phase as Work Proceeds on the Bletchley Flyover across the West Coast Mainline.

The long-awaited project to restore rail connections between Oxford and Cambridge and then on to the East Coast has been underway for some years and is now moving slowly through the next phase. This will bring the prospect of an easy public transport route for residents in Berkhamsted, Northchurch and Tring to either Oxford or Cambridge within sight. By using a regular bus to Aylesbury and then accessing rail services over rebuilt lines passengers could then reach Winslow, Bletchley, Milton Keynes and Bedford. Alternatively they could travel by train to Bletchley as usual and with one change reach Bicester, Oxford and beyond or Bedford via the Marston Vale Line.

14 Aug 2020

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With Reduced Traffic on the Railway System there's More Time for Ribblehead Maintenance.

The reduced rail traffic has meant more time to fit in maintenance and improvements in all sorts of places up and down the UK. During this summer a £2.1 million programme of repairs is taking place on the Grade-II listed Ribblehead Viaduct in North Yorkshire.

14 Aug 2020

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Dacorum Councillors shocked by Johnson's "Build, Build, Build!" Planning White Paper. The End of the Green Belt?

Yesterday evening (12/08/2020) at a well attended virtual meeting Dacorum Borough Councillors were briefed by council officers on some of the implications of Johnson's "Build, Build, Build!" Planning White Paper.

13 Aug 2020

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Gwyliau Arhosiad Byr ym Mhortmeirion yr Wythnos Cyntaf Mis Awst. A Short Stay Holiday in Portmeirion, First Week in August

Rosemarie and Nick had a short break this year already with four days in Wiltshire, when we were very lucky with the weather, but then the rest of their holiday plans ( like those of everybody else ) were wrecked by covid-19 and the subsequent lockdown. Not that they're complaining - a friend of theirs lost his wife through covid in March. The disease must be taken seriously and very many families have lost multiple loved ones.

11 Aug 2020

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Trees and Bees in Hertfordshire - the County Council Responds to Situations and to Public Concerns

There's no doubt that global heating is changing the UK's climate and making it noticeably warmer. Not all changes are uniform of course. Most people will have heard of the Gulf Stream. This is a stream of warm water which drifts across the Atlantic and keeps the UK 5 degrees C warmer than the corresponding parts of Canada. The ocean movements are quite complex but the Gulf Stream is slowing down. At the moment there is a 15% chance is could stop by the end of the century. If that happened then the UK would feel the chill quite quickly. Of course that might not happen and, if it did, then it might still be centuries away.

9 Aug 2020

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