Alfred The Great, King of Wessex from 871 to 899, is said to have improved his kingdom’s legal system, military structure and his people’s quality of life. Now, 1100 years later, his city’s quality of life is being improved once again: Winchester has joined the mushrooming number of places that are introducing a 20mph speed limit across much…
Adrian Lawson of the Reading Cycle Campaign was interviewed this morning, 10th March 2014, on Anne Diamond’s BBC Radio Berkshire show at just after 11am. The setup was a recent survey (?) which indicated that people are taking fewer bicycle trips, perhaps because of the “recent” spate of cycle deaths – which is probably in…
Last night, the long-running and popular ‘As It Happens‘ current affairs radio programme on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) broadcast an interview with Gordon Seabright, the chief executive of CTC. The programme may also go out to listeners in the USA on their public radio stations. An edited version of their podcast containing the interview…