Thames Water are not just the people who flood our rivers with sewage. They’re also planning to submerge a prime chunk of rural Oxfordshire under England’s second largest reservoir. Could they be any more the pantomime villain? But don’t rush to judgement quite yet. The Thames Valley| Oxford Clarion
“Sir Keir Starmer has made overhauling planning the foundation of his push for growth, attacking the current rules as ‘ruinous’ and promising to take on ‘nimbys’ who have held Britain ‘to ransom’ and ‘choked’ the economy.” So ran a splash in the Times this weekend. Local councillors have been fingered| Oxford Clarion