They can make representations at the planning stage just like any other organisation but they don't have a veto as far as I know. Anglian have a big problem because, as you say, the boreholes ar… (View Post)

I agree. There was an interesting study done about 25 years ago looking at average 'life' expectancies of species. The bad news is that compared to invertebrates we do pretty badly. Inverte… (View Post)

It is intersting how many cancers are starting to be identified as being caused by viruses. HPV is the most obvious these days - hence the reaon all the kids are vaccinated against it at school. (View Post)

Its the nature of the beast as I said. Still having a mortgage and kids going through university the fear is that if you pass up a contract you don't know where the next one will come from. And … (View Post)

Its the nature of the beast. Either you do all the work offered or someone else will and you get none. And it has served the family well, particularly since the vast majority of it has been done from… (View Post)