I read The Lord of The Rings and associated Mordor’s black volcanic plain with Morden at the end of the black Northern Line – somewhere to be avoided, at least by me as I am not a brave Hobbit.
Government backed “levelling up” has mixed results. That’s my way of saying taxpayers’ money is usually spent as ineffectively in this area as it is for overseas aid.
Everyone’s at it – I mean making money out of car owners. And why not? If you can afford to run a car you can afford all the FPNs (Fixed Penalty Notices) and car parking charges. So why is parking free in the Royal Parks?
Biosecurity poses a significant risk across the globe. In the UK diseases threaten humans, animals, birds and flora. There are precautions in place to mitigate the ones we know about.
The Kyoto Garden in Holland Park was opened in 1991 to commemorate friendly relations between the UK and Japan that have burgeoned after the Second World War. It is one of about eight Japanese gardens in the UK today.