Click on the still above to view this short film on the British Film Institute website. There the blurb runs: 15-year-old Peter Ross may not have gone on to be the next Stirling Moss and would be far too young for any Champagne but he does have one important victory to his name: the 1959 Rutland Grand Prix. This downhill race for homemade go-karts brings out the camera of ATV's Midland Montage magazine programme with reporter Leslie Dunn, who was also regular on the BBC's Archers radio serial at the time.Dunn played Christine's husband Paul, who deserted her and was ...
[IMG: Bertrand Russell] The Democrats ran Hillary Clinton because it was "her turn", argues Rachael Larimore, and that was a big mistake. Olivia Goldhill calls on philosophers to engage with contemporary political debates. "It is not satirists' job to ensure the behavior being attacked is being perpetrated only by the highest members of society. Instead, satirists expose and explain all of humanity's failings with humor." Gladstone says satire should punch up, down and sideways. When is it time to let a building die? Rachel Morley visits St Andrew's, Walpole, in Norfolk and ponders this question. "The dead may be gone, ...
Can the inspector's decision to approve 137 homes off Foldgate Lane be challenged? Yes, but it is not easy. Shropshire Council, parish councils or residents could launch a judicial review against the decision by the planning inspectorate. This must be lodged within six weeks of the appeal decision on 10 November. I think Shropshire Council... Continue reading An inspector approved 137 houses at Foldgate Lane - his decision can be challenged →
This video comes from the Open Britain website.
In recent years I have heard a lot of complaining. Not about big issues. No, the most complaining I hear is how hard the World and other people treat people. This has happened a lot in the places I work in and the universities I have studied in. It has happened within my own friendship groups and family. People seem to feel that the World owes them something. They feel that they themselves are constant victims of something. Guess what? The World doesn't owe you shit. You are owed nothing. People don't naturally have to be nice to you. People ...
Dear stakeholder, I would like to offer my wholehearted apologies for the severe disruption on Thameslink services this week. I appreciate that this has been immensely frustrating to our customers on the back of the extended disruption last week after a power surge damaged signalling systems in the Luton area. This week there have been [...]
NEWCOMEN WARDNEIGHBOURHOOD ACTION PARTNERSHIPMonday 21st November 2016 at 6pmRoseberry Square Library, Roseberry RoadRedcar AGENDAWelcome.IntroductionsApologies for absenceMinutes of last meetingMatters arisingCoast and Country HousingUpdate on community clean upAOB.Future meeting dates:9th January 20th February3rd April1st May26th June CONTACT:Emma McLoughlin (Community Development officer)Mobile: 07584480408 Email: emma.mcloughlin@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
It has now become an established phenomenon that people’s movements are among the most effective safeguard against rapacious and corrupt…
Glenn Tilbrook has always been one of my favourite live performers — Squeeze were the first band I ever saw live, and I've seen him either with various line-ups of Squeeze, with his backing band the Fluffers, or solo about ... Continue reading →
Here's why I am running for the Federal Board, in the form of my manifesto for the ballot mailing going out to Liberal Democrat party members in the next few days.
Thanks to the wonderful people at Aukey they've sent me some stuff to test. First up is the Aukey Nylon Braided Lightning Cable. [IMG: img_20161118_101500] [IMG: img_20161118_101524] By being braided it should be less likely to kink compared to the cable that Apple provide with their iPhones. It's also less likely to knot up, however when trying to pack it does like to spring out. At 1.2 metres long you can use the phone whilst on charge without having to sit next to the wall. Being Apple MFI certified, your phone won't moan about using an unsupported cable. As with ...
The Liverpool Echo has the story – see link above How many more serious accidents do there have to be at the junction of Mairscough Lane, Southport Road and Church Lane (by St. Thomas' Church and just down the road from Church View Farm) in Lydiate before Sefton Council takes some action? This latest one (on Wednesday evening) was an amazing escape for the car driver in particular but it could well have been so much worse. Indeed, there have been deaths at this infamous accident black spot and the crunches of car metal keep on coming. [IMG: Lydiate ...
I am pleased that kerbside collection of cardboard for recycling is coming back to South Shropshire in December. This is long overdue. We have had to endure five years without kerbside collection. Cardboard is a vital resource and we should not be burning it in the Battlefield incinerator. When we resume household collection, we should... Continue reading At long last kerbside cardboard recycling is to return to South Shropshire. Hurrah! →
Fri 18th
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Lab and Tory plans to scrap 'triple lock' on state pension will hit thousands of Peterborough pensio...
What's the triple lock thingy then? Liberal Democrats, whilst in coalition government, successfully campaigned and introduced the 'triple lock' on pensions, so that the state pension rises every year in line with wages, prices or 2.5% - whichever is highest. Why did you do that then? It was promised it in our 2010 manifesto and [...]
In yesterday's FT former French president Nicholas Sarkozy suggests reforming the European Union, and then offering Britain the chance to rejoin it. This does not look a practical proposition, but it is a useful thought experiment. How should the Union be reshaped? First of all, we must get past the current British obsession with Brexit. ... Continue reading The European Union needs more political integration, not less →
Last night's by-elections saw solid gains in the Liberal Democrat vote share in 3 seats across England. The Lib Dem vote went up a whopping 17.8% in Welwyn Hatfield: Haldens (Welwyn Hatfield) result: CON: 34.1% (-1.3) LAB: 30.8% (-6.9) LDEM: 29.6% (+17.8) GRN: 5.5% (-9.5) — Britain Elects (@britainelects) November 17, 2016 In Bath and North East Somerset, where the Conservatives took a seat off the Greens, we were up almost 5%: Abbey (Bath & NE Somerset) result: CON: 32.8% (+2.4) LD: 25.6% (+4.7) GRN: 23.6% (-4.5) LAB: 11.8% (-4.9) IND: 4.0% (+4.0) UKIP: 2.2% (+2.2) — Britain Elects (@britainelects) ...
Lewisham Libdems in Forest Hill CONSULTATION CLOSES DECEMBER 8 Your local Libdems went to meet the managers of the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) at London Bridge last Thursday morning. An extensive Consultation has been launched. It sets out proposed change to the timetable which will be operated by GTR in 2018 following completion of the [...]
You can read all the articles that have caught my attention this week here: https://delicious.com/stephentall Below are a selection... Sponsored: 64% off Code Black Drone with HD Camera Our #1 Best-Selling Drone–Meet the Dark Night of the Sky! Caroline Fiennes: How can we make impact measurement more useful? Should charities do impact measurement? @carolinefiennes in provocative & thoughtful mood http://bit.ly/2gljLUd Universities accused of 'importing Sports Direct model' for lecturers' pay | UK news | The Guardian Given long-standing issue of jobbing academics paid peanuts, more accurate to say Sports Direct imported unis' model http://bit.ly/2fXBnE0 Why We Need to Listen to ...
I've noticed a trend amongst a particular yet large section of the Right in Britain since Trump won. It is something that actually started after June 23rd came and went, but that the Trump victory has made a lot stronger. It is a triumphalism based on a set of perceived centre-right values that has not only changed since May 2015, but in most cases has actually come to be the opposite of what it was only a short time ago. This has redefined what it means to be a "conservative" so much that the term has already begun to lose ...
European Week for Waste Reduction starts tomorrow - Saturday 19th November - and runs until 27th November across over 30 different countries. Zero Waste Scotland is the Scottish co-ordinator. Each year organisations, businesses, local authorities, schools and individuals are encouraged to take action during the week to raise awareness of how to reduce waste in our society. Registered actions are eligible for a European award with winners invited to a prestigious ceremony in Barcelona next year. The aim of the week is to mobilise action across Europe that promotes the three Rs: reduce, re-use and recycle. In Scotland, the focus ...
Obama Reckons With a Trump Presidency Another brilliant David Remnick piece. (tags: uspolitics ) How the British press lost Merkel in translation on Brexit Too kind about deliberate misinterpretation. (tags: germany ukpolitics brexit eu )
The Guardian reports that UKIP is likely to be asked to repay tens of thousands of euros by European parliament finance chiefs who have accused the party of misspending EU funds on party workers and Nigel Farage's failed bid to win a seat in Westminster. They say that the Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe (ADDE), a UKIP-dominated political vehicle, will be asked to repay €173,000 (£148,000) in misspent funds and denied a further €501,000 in EU grants for breaking European rules that ban spending EU money on national election campaigns and referendums: According to a European parliament audit report ...
Liberal Democrat Councillors in Redcar are demanding greater rights for private sector tenants. Councillor Lisa Harding, who represents West Dyke ward, has put forward a motion to Redcar and Cleveland Council requesting support for the Renters' Rights Bill. The bill is currently in the House of Lords. The bill is the work of Lib Dem Baroness Olly Grender. If passed, it would: 1. Ban letting fees for renters, a practice already outlawed in Scotland which is allowing letting agents to charge both the landlord and the tenant for services. 2. Give renters access to an open register of rogue landlords ...
Fri 18th
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Assurance given that Redcar and Cleveland Council will not charge for emptying green waste bins
As regards the proposal to charge for emptying green waste bins the question was asked at this afternoon's Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council meeting by my Lib Dem colleague Councillor Glyn Nightingale. Cabinet Member Councillor Alex Brown accepted that a number of local authorities have started to do this but he gave an assurance that the current administration would not be introducing a charge. This reply will be on the record in the Council minutes and also recorded in the video of the meeting which will appear on the Council's website very soon.
The latest edition of our email newsletter for the Whickham area, eFocus, was finished this evening and I sent it out to the 1500 people on the circulation list. It leads with the video of Sunday's Remembrance Day parade. Also included is the proposal to sell part of Chase Park, the Council budget, Derwentside in Swalwell to be converted to flats, deep clean at local swimming pools and various
