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My youngest received a penalty charge notice, for not paying the London ULEZ charge, through the post today. Fortunately he has CCTV images of him, and his car, arriving at work in York at the same time. It seems his registration number has been cloned. report the reg number to the police (online I...

I cannot agree with the DT that allowing in work / working age benefits to increase and also increasing taxation (a bit) is any reason for low(er) economic growth. Benefits - to those that need them - are not easy to claim and are barely enough to cover basic living needs ( that being in work also r...

QEIIs 100th Birthday has started a flurry on TV of older documentaries and some newer updated ones and a bit of talking on daytime TV. Apparently there are a couple of biographies - one official in course of writing. That we still call elizabeth queen rather than late queen is interesting any refere...

Cathy wrote: ↑18 Apr 2026, 07:34 Australia has 46 days of National Fuel Supply left.

Solar is fairly infinite

more breeze in London than expected not helped by a Tube Drivers strike making travel more disrupted. Heating on a bit as the wind brought lower temps than was comfortable. Sun rising earlier each day. St Georges Day tomorrow

Things are more confusing than enlighting. I understand the FO makes the decision and thus does not NEED to tell the PM. On the Traffic Light System Mandleson got a Red (not for relationship with Epstien which appears not to have been discussed at all) but Robins considered, after "pressure&quo...

Flying to the Moon. The BBC didnt really cover it , where has The Sky at Night Gone and Brian Cox ? Patrick Moore studied the moon at great length and advised NASA on landing sites. The 4k images from Artemis 2 have taken a little time to arrive. Passing through Wandsworth in part error today the fo...

London and the South East mini heatwave continues up to about 26deg C . not the highest April ever ( 29.4 in 1941 ) but enough to cause non aircon buses to be uncomfortable and a rapid rise in temps on the tube made travelling with any kind of numbers of passengers uncomfortable and one broke down d...

While not quite scudding there was mid height cloud movement at a fair lick this afternoon, this appeared to be the southern edge of the cold front that is basically on a horizontal line accross england roughly at the level of the river thames. beyond over north london it appeared to be raining whic...

Last Day for Carol Kirkwood to present the BBC TV Breakfast Weather Forecasts after 29 years

Charles III visit isnt until the end of April . I do wonder how interesting the speech will be

Anyone missing the passing of NCP. The founders sold it a few years back to overseas investors I hadnt realised they never owned most of the sites they operated from. Rents thus fell due on Wednesday and many were not paid with closures of sites occuring by Saturday. Some that make money are staying...

If you have the time - this is worth a look. I watched this, featuring David Davies MP last night - in a packed house ( just seven members out of six hundred and fifty) present. Cause for concern at least I'd say. Can there be a second retrial? I'd say it's the least that should happen. https://you...

I note recently Trump was mentioning the US forces sending the Iranian navy to the bottom of the seas , he did say could they not be captured and used. This was the original aim of British Warships , which Nelson tended to move futher away from with fire ships and firing on ships to turn them to mat...

Just as soon as the equninox passes and we are supposed to be in spring the weather decides otherwise , more atlantic wind and rain due over much bits of UK

Packet of 9 Cadbury's Chocolate Twirl Bars - not - £3.20 so I didnt but. Its lent and chocolate is supposed to be generally off the menu . I remember when they were about £1.20 for a multi pack

Looks like one of those Home Guard ( not quite them it was another mil try out mob ) weapons for clearing beaches or similar fired by rockers. First seen on British TV i think with William Woollard "Secret War" as home defence thing. Having said that it is more large and seems to have some...

Bring me the head of Diago Garcia

Meningitis spread. Messaging from Govt was it was a disease difficult to catch. The numbers reporting seem to show different. I dont blame the Govt as such but has the department of health been caught out in not working out what to do when incidencies start rising rapidly. Back to general Pharmacy s...

Physio this morning, how can such a small woman have such strong hands. I'll know about it tomorrow but it's getting better :biggrin2: same as short men make quite good weightlifters , shorter muscles can create more pull or push force ( its probably an inverse square rule) For others on Pharmacies...

...the US may hit Iran's Kharg Island "a few more times just for fun". That sums up Trump's attitude to war. There are lots of news reports saying that an amphibious group of the USS Tripoli and 5000 marines is being sent in to sort out the Hormuz problem. But when will they arrive and wh...

Time to fund ground and air source heat pumps

A "proud" sixth-generation weaver has been unveiled as the next High Sheriff of Lancashire. David Collinge is to take over the historical role next month. Born in Nelson and now living in the Ribble Valley, he has spent most of his working life at John Spencer Textiles, his family's weavin...

every time in general I here spokespersons for Iran speak they seem relatively sensible ( aytollah a bit more mad and revengeful maybe he has a point though) spokespersons for US sound like mad men

It's effectively chemical warfare by the US and Israel and will cause lifelong illnesses and early deaths among Iranians and anyone else affected by the wind. The lighter particles, vapours and gases will affect surrounding countries too. we also get wind from the south , late feb had that arabian ...