The fact is the UK VAT rise would not be necessary if politicians drop the failed ideology of man-made climate change. Rejection of the failed pseudo-science of CO2 manmade climate change would save the UK £18 billion per year – £5bn more than the VAT hike grab by the exchequer!
surely if railtrack installed the bridge (it is their property) they have a responsibility to you and your neighbour for access and the water supplie now this is just my opinion but your house is not habitable poor access no water and no sanitation was it this way in winter before railtrack came on the scene i know you have problems with the coal trains there was an article in the herald just recentlyThe land on either side of the line was owned by a farmer who sold the land to the railway authorities and to a developer. The lane over the bridge has to be adopted by the Council for access problems to be alleviated and since there are only our two houses that is unlikely to happen. It is extreme to say our houses are not habitable, that is not so. In any case, because our houses were built after the railway line was put through, then we have less rights - the railway was discontinued in the 1960's and only re-opened in 2003. It is a very complicated legal issue and not anything like as simple as you would think. I have no problem with the coal trains at all. I do have a problem with them running at night but that is a totally separate issue, and is presently being discussed by the Parliament.
i was under the impresion your house was there before the railway was reintroducedYes, it was but that doesn't change the fact that the pipes are frozen and until the weather changes - hopefully this week - then I will be without water. Scottish Water don't have a magic wand unfortunately ;) ;D But my house wasn't here when the railway was first built and it was never officially closed down, it only went into disuse which is a different legal term.