Trains Back on the Tracks!

My puny efforts to get passenger trains and stations reinstated on 38 miles of existing, double track rail lines in Birmingham and the Black Country. Some, such as the Stourbridge, Dudley, Walsall rail line has its middle section reserved for trams that forever prevent passenger trains returning.

Wednesday, 13 May 2026

from Nir Hasson of Haaretz

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There is no way of understanding the manner in which the Israel Defense Forces and Israeli society operated over the last two-and-a-half yea...

Brum's election result in May '26 from Jane Haynes

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The biggest party in Birmingham now is Reform UK with 23 seats. The party had never held a seat here before. Greens are the second biggest p...
Sunday, 10 May 2026

Questions for Cllr Simon and Laura Sadler

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How has the Council's declaration changed or modified your plans and policies and actual delivery in any way? Has it made any difference...

What Campaign for Better Transport wants - oh dear!

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Greedy Transport We Can Ill Afford.  Green Transport Cuts Climate Emissions "It commits to set up a Mass Transit Taskforce, which - amo...
Saturday, 9 May 2026

The greenhouse effect ...

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is related to the complex processes of absorption, circulation and emission of energy by the planet's climate system. The increased conc...

The Christians taught the Jews how ...

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t o do slaughter on a grand scale in the 1930s and 40s. Over the last 80 years the  Jews and Christians have combined to  slaughter the Musl...

Continuing destruction of the second ...

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W Midlands mainline railway - now in S Staffordshire between Brownhills and Lichfield, a distance of 12 Kms - is causing more use of cars, f...

'The Making of the Modern Middle East' by Jeremy Bowen

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Bowen on British blunders betrayal and duplicity but ...  put so diplomatically and gently. The essence of moderation and fairness. Therefor...
Friday, 8 May 2026

It has more decades to run - more torture!

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Dear Alan (are you a LibDem in Stourbridge?) - it is definitely NOT too late because they wanted 200 Kms by the year 2000 CE and, since Jan ...

FROM: www.HerbEppel.uk

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" If you’re interested in how we get to 100% renewables have a look at a  new University of Oxford report , co-authored by Jan Rosenow,...
Wednesday, 6 May 2026

My Thought of the Century from Rev Lucy Winkett

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Early one morning last week, I was taking a walk from the church to the park in central London where I live. I walked down Waterloo Place, n...

American Evangelicals are Trump's core base!

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Too shocking for words!!

The Olympics of Art

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The Venice Biennale 2026 - "a large scale, contemporary, international arts exhibition held every two years in Venice." 'Today...

Seven major Scottish summits in four days

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Short April '26 expedition meant a four day consecutive sprint of seven Graham's visited during a glorious spell of high pressure wh...
Tuesday, 5 May 2026

IRRESISTIBLE

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IRRESISTIBLE:Cycle or walk as little or as much of the UK's TOP, 20 Kms cycle-walkway for its length, its location and convenience for t...

Bowen, brilliant as ever, on British blunders betrayal and duplicity but ...

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Jeremy Bowen's 2022 book, 'The Making of the Modern Middle East' in the spirit of the wicked, wild, warmongering West. The Middl...
Saturday, 2 May 2026

From John

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"What do the UK Jewish community expect in the way of increased Government protection? They already have Shomrim vigilantes roaming Gol...

Laurel Lane subway; Nature Recovery Programme for Manor Way

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Thanks so much for replying.  It sets a good example for other officers and members to follow.  You are the best at replying. Regardless of ...

Two senior Dudley officers and Cllr Jeff Hill

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Dear Laura, Mark and Jeff - it would be nice to have a response from each of you that tells me you have taken the trouble to read every word...

We are the problem

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  The irony is, or should it be called a shocking disgrace, that the upright, civilised, Judeo-Christian countries have turned out to be the...
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Tim Weller
Halesowen, West Midlands, United Kingdom
One happy old man climbing 1,000 major hills in the UK and planting 1,000 trees - both since 1980 and now achieved but continuing! Full-time cycle commuter since October 2003. My family of six bikes; four humans with four full driving licences; three vacuum cleaners; one pet rat; and, ONE 12.5 year old car.
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