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subsidised freeloaders want
subsidised freeloaders want to go on freeloading. – it’s a family thing
Co-op, Barker Street – anger at overnight parking ban
“There are families who have lived there years. Children have got older and have their own cars and park in the street.
“The car park has always been a godsend.”
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24094041.co-op-barker-street—anger-overnight-parking-ban/
Allez, allez!
Allez, allez!
https://news.sky.com/story/paris-votes-to-triple-parking-charges-for-some-suvs-13064477
https://www.whatcar.com/news/the-most-stolen-cars-in-the-uk/n21162
Just the first article that came up on Google. Of the three Range Rover variants listed (they’re all the same to me) it comes to around 4,000 reported stolen.
The article doesn’t separately list variants of the other cars and importantly there’s only vague references to how numerous each one is.
This one is better showing that Land Rovers are stolen at twice the rate Fiestas are. How sad, never mind.
Why So Many Land Rover Range Rovers?
The Land Rover Range Rover witnessed a significant (47%) surge in theft reports to the police from 2021 to 2022, a trend that extended into the initial months of 2023.
Such an uptick in theft incidents has posed challenges for Range Rover owners, especially in the London region, when it comes to insuring their cars. Skyrocketing insurance premiums and a dwindling number of firms willing to offer coverage are among the primary concerns. The dilemma with Range Rovers isn’t so much about their security measures but the huge demand both domestically and internationally. Thieves are aware of the lucrative market for these vehicles, making them invest in the required technology to steal them.
Calls for talks to stop £100
Calls for talks to stop £100 car park fines for ‘crossing road to use toilet’
Many drivers have fallen foul of the new strict parking regulations which were introduced at the St Ann Way retail park last year
Councillor Pam Tracey (C, Westgate) says her inbox is being filled with emails from people who have been given a parking charge notice. She says the problems with the charge notices there and other parking woes are the talk of Gloucester.
“It’s diabolical,” she said. “It’s one email after another. There’s loads of people being hit.
“They are fining people who park there in the evenings now too. As far as I’m concerned the Peel Centre never did their homework before they introduced these rules.”
I rather think they did, Cllr Tracey and it doesn’t sound like they want it be told their business by you. If it’s the talk of Gloucester, then presumably it’s only out of towners now being hit? How many of them are writing to you?
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/calls-talks-stop-100-car-9075202
car crashes into pub – round
car crashes into pub – round-up
Two people trapped as car crashes after ‘reversing into a low wall’ at the Kings Arms pub in Stansted
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/two-people-trapped-car-crashes-8985833
Car crashes into pub restaurant
https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/7344998.car-crashes-into-pub-restaurant/
Car crashes into garden of North Pole pub in Wateringbury
A gas main was damaged in the crash
https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/car-crashes-garden-north-pole-9002767
Driver Nearly Hits Pool Players After Crashing Into Pub With Police in Pursuit
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/driver-nearly-hits-pool-players-163120384.html?
Teenager fights for life after car crashes into Holmfirth pub
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-67631609
Car ploughs into wall near
Car ploughs into wall near new Kings Heath High Street Station
Local Sarah Chandler said: “I arrived at 8.15am and the police were there. Every morning there are hundreds of children that use that footpath.
“I have photographed about three cars smashing into railings on that stretch between the school and the bridge in the last year.”
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/car-ploughs-wall-near-new-28564601
Family’s fight for safer
Family’s fight for safer crossing on Maidstone Road, Matfield, after son hit by car outside The Poet
One more crossing will fix it.
The driver is not thought to have been speeding and told police she did not see Oliver in time. It was dark and raining when the accident happened. (No mention of any police action.) His mum Ruth Hoy said: “I got the call every parent dreads.”
Whitstable High Street closed
Whitstable High Street closed off after van crashes into Whites of Kent shop
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/whitstable/news/high-street-shut-after-van-ploughs-into-shop-301233/
Motorist fined £100 for
Motorist fined £100 for parking on pavement outside his own house
“The council wardens in their wisdom are now issuing tickets for this sort of parking.” He added: “Absolutely scandalous. Something that needs to be highlighted to everyone. Not even a leaflet drop to warn anyone. Immediate £100 fine. Heartless money grabbers.”
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/motorist-fined-100-parking-pavement-9076099
Poor little me. Excellent – whole of the UK, please. See also:
Cherry Wood Primary School: Police warn on parking
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24095158.cherry-wood-primary-school-police-warn-parking/
Outrage over ‘atrocious’ parking situation in Leominster
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24082004.outrage-atrocious-parking-situation-leominster/
Fleggburgh parking row prompts double yellow lines call
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24083756.fleggburgh-parking-row-prompts-double-yellow-lines-call/
Drivers fined over new
Drivers fined over new temporary speed limit changes on A20 Sidcup Road, near Swanley Interchange
She added: “There must be so many people who are stressed, who have not been able to sleep or eat over the NIPs.
“People are going to lose their jobs and homes. Most people have a clean licence and now they are at risk of losing it over this.
“However, as highlighted to you again by a local journalist this week, there is still at least one sign stating 50mph and many Satellite Navigation systems are still showing 50mph and 70mph for this section of road.
Woman in hospital after car
Woman in hospital after car collides with house in Wiltshire village
https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/woman-car-house-wiltshire-village/
Not-so Smart car gets stuck
Not-so Smart car gets stuck trying to pass bin lorry in Ruins Barn Road, Sittingbourne
Dramatic pictures show moment
Dramatic pictures show moment ‘stolen’ Audi is driven into house
A suspect is understood to have fled the scene
Fella’s got to earn a living
Fella’s got to earn a living
oh, nothing just the
oh, nothing just the headlines page of the Southern Echo earlier this week
