You got me reading about the TSR-2, ironic that a Labour government cancelled it causing much redundancy, caused many skilled design engineers to move to America and put the UK years behind the USA in aircraft development
TSR-2: The Plane That Barely Flew
It's funny how most of us use mobiles and expect them to work everywhere we go but as soon as they put up a new mast people complain the thing they want to use should have been put somewhere else.
Highways are responsible for the roads which includes gritting and is the responsibility of Lancashire County Council, not Hyndburn Borough Council.
Which debacle are you referring to? The gritters have been out when needed all winter so far.