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Ghosts at Thorpe Park
Independent / Ghostly surge sees theme park ride moved ~ Workers creating the water ride at Thorpe Park in Surrey for the new season said they started noticing ghostly sightings nearby, including what appeared to be a headless monk ( Read more... ) -
MP Expenses
Runnymede & Weybridge MP Mr Philip Hammond [Con] has the following, according to this BBC table of 07-08 expenses (highest > least). He isn't the most expensive MP (who is Eric Joyce, Falkirk, at £187,334*) nor the least (Philip Hollobone, Kettering, at £47,737) but still.... It is actually the second home allowance that (apparently) is the most ( Read more... ) -
Airtrack: Goverment response to the ePetition
(Crossposted in a couple of places)
EghamCrossings - epetition response
The Government is aware that local residents and authorities have expressed some concerns about the Airtrack proposal being promoted by BAA which would provide for a new direct rail link connecting Heathrow to the existing rail network to the south and west, including Reading ( Read more... ) -
Public meeting (airtrack relevant) on Friday
Surrey County Council’s Local Committee will be meeting on Friday 13th February 2009 ( Read more... ) -
Plastic recycling in Englefield Green
The banks on St Judes Road outside the cemetery don't take plastic. Or indeed much else. However there is a (hidden) plastic bank very close by. Go down South Road, and from there turn into Highfield Road. The banks are in the first recessed car park (flats 1-7 Odd) to the left.
There is another plastic bank, at the Royal British Legion Club" off ( Read more... ) -
Heathrow Airtrack, good for the airport, dire for locals
In what looks to be a perfectly acceptable idea Heathrow Airtrak is intended to link Heathrow with the main London-Reading rail line, not just via the Underground ( Read more... ) -
SPAM Spam spam spam..
Egham in Surrey get so much junk email that it has been officially named the "Spam capital of Britain ( Read more... )