I shall have my laptop back tomorrow, but for tonight here's a video from Poldark extra turned railway vlogger Jago Hazzard. It's about a tube station many of us have been through on the way to Heathrow, but where few of us have got off: Hatton Cross. You can support Jago's videos via his Patreon page. And why not follow his YouTube account? I know I do.
"In November 2020, I had a breakdown." This was how my op-ed, "The importance of acknowledging mental health," began. I discussed my mental breakdown and how I couldn't face the world, and wished that the ground would swallow me up so I wouldn't have to face another day. It's been three years since the piece, and now is a good time to reflect on what's happened since. My Sertraline intake has increased and stabilised at 100mg a day. I experimented, with my doctor's consent, to find the dosage for me. 25mg was far too little, as was 50mg. At the ...
I'm a massive fan of growing my own food. And so I take great pleasure in the small part of our garden that I've taken to calling the 'microfarm'. It not only provides us with delicious fruit and vegetables throughout the year. It also connects me with nature and with the passing of the seasons. The microfarm really is quite 'micro'; just a few dozen square metres across the bottom half of our garden. But it has several raised beds, a few small trees and a selection of edible perennial plants. It also has a greenhouse, some cold frames, a ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 11 AUGUST 2025 Scottish and Southern Energy Networks Elmwood Cable Renewal Scheme - temporary traffic lights and road closure from Tuesday 4 March for 19 weeks: Ancrum Road (at Peel Street) - temporary traffic lights for one weekA90 Kingsway West (at Myrekirk roundabout) - overnight (7.30pm to 5.30am) northbound lane closure on Monday 11 August for Street Lighting work. Perth Road (at Rockfield Street) - temporary traffic lights on Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 August for Scottish Water work. Forthcoming Roadworks Lochee Road (at Smellies Lane) - temporary ...
The Guardian reports that proposals by the Home Secretary to allow police to reveal the ethnicity and migration status of suspects have been criticised by anti-racism group, the Runnymede Trust. The Trust has claimed that "hostile language" from politicians and the media towards immigration is fuelling "reactionary politics", and say that the proposals risk framing violence against women and girls as an issue of ethnicity instead of misogyny: The debate was reignited after George Finch, the Reform UK leader of Warwickshire county council, accused police of a "cover-up" over the migration status of two suspects charged after the alleged rape ...
