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• Appletree Walk It is hoped that more people will be encouraged to cycle around town – specifically with the bay located outside Watford Junction which was redeveloped last year. Watford Borough Council says that further bay locations are under review. Mayor Peter Taylor at the new bay Mayor of Watford, Peter Taylor, said: “These new bays will make it even easier for some people to use Beryl bikes, which are a clean, cheap and efficient way to get around. Ultimately making cycling a straightforward option for more people helps us to reduce congestion and emissions and helps people stay active and healthy in their day-to-day lives. We’ve already seen an increase in cycling through this popular scheme and will continue to look for ways to make improvements in the future.” ....
In Taksim Square, the busy central hub of Istanbul, a large, viril monument stands. In the centre is Mustafa Kemal Attaturk, the father of modern Turkey (although, perhaps not the contemporary one). When Attaturk came into power, he immediately set about changing the country from Empire to Nation. This meant progressive Western values, the alphabet; a dismissal, in some cases, a blanketing of the culture and customs before it. Almost by accident, this sparked a nostalgia for the Empire that is potent in today’s Turkey. In the hotel nearby, the Kurdish receptionist gets to work. ‘Did you see the monument?’ he says to me bleakly. I ask what he thinks of Kemal, noticing that behind him, like in many Turkish homes, there is a portrait of him on the wall, his famous blue eyes emphasised as though arguing some sort of point: ‘I don’t like him…’ he replies, perhaps thinking of the Imperial Turkey Erdogan has set about revising, ‘but he was better than what we have tod ....
Changing street names reflecting “negative history” has not been ruled out as councillors agreed a new street naming policy should be adopted in Watford. A task group was set up at Watford Borough Council in 2020 after the emergence of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and to respond to the disproportionate impact Covid-19 has had on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities. The group wanted to explore the issues that mattered to BAME communities and develop recommendations that would deliver change and improved outcomes . But they also recognised the BLM movement, which according to a council report, has highlighted symbols of the past, including street names which memorialise individuals who played a role in the slave trade and British imperialism . ....