Independent acoustic consultant Sharps Redmore has added a supplement to its report on nighttime disruption caused by traffic along East London Street (

It may be the work of one individual or the labour of many. We may be witnessing the incompetence of a rank amateur or the crowning achievement of a hapless professional. 

Months of undisturbed decomposition produce this wonderful rich soil alo

As you read this, advance copies of the March Spurtle are already popping up across Broughton like park snowdrops awaiting the first Mastiff of spring. 

Reader Shaun Hodge has contacted us with a story of bureaucratic confusion and departmental inefficiency. It would be laughable if there weren't a real threat here to pedestrian safety.