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I get the impression he
I get the impression he represented himself, came over as a bit of an ass and received a ban, when a lawyer might have got him spared that.
Millionaire caught speeding
Millionaire caught speeding by controversial A390 Tregolls Road camera THREE times
He was caught speeding THREE times by the same controversial speed camera – but says taxis are too expensive, despite his vast wealth
Although the speed camera is still controversial (I’ll see your controversy and raise you a notoriety), here for a change is a judge not granting a driver’s exceptional hardship claim, 105 yo mother notwithanding.
Pictures: Shocking aftermath
Pictures: Shocking aftermath of A38 car crash in Rashwood, Droitwich
Dover District Council
Dover District Council refuses application for 17 homes in Wingham, near Canterbury, as protester told to leave meeting
Protester Mark Gardiner, of the Wingham Conservation Group, told the committee: “We are going to have to be certain this crossing is safe for thousands of future crossings, by pedestrians who may not pay attention, mothers with prams, people in wheelchairs and children on their own.
“This is the only available pedestrian crossing route to and from this development, next to a notorious and dangerous road junction.
“The safety of pedestrians is in the sole hands of this committee.”
Nice to hear of road safety getting an airing, even if I’m mightily cynical as to why it’s at the top of some people’s agenda. The application was refused against officer advice so await the appeal, I guess.
pockstone wrote:
Yours worked wonders, but if you insist, I’ll hop to it…why the need for extra police? Did the fire brigade bottle it?If a redtop newspaper hasn’t headlined this incident FIRKIN HELL!! by now, I’m going to be questioning my whole Britishness.
Anyway, yes the fire brigade were called, but turned up too late to be of help. The Press Officer joked that while the local firefighters were normally quick to go wherever there was beer on offer, “unfortunately this time they got lost en route, having taken a wrong tun”.
Here’s Kent’s version of West
Here’s Kent’s version of West Portholland, Cornwall
Holy Family Church in Park Wood, Maidstone, criticised for installing ANPR cameras in car park as nearby housebuilding piles pressure on places
One woman who lives nearby, but didn’t want to be named, said: “It’s disgraceful. That car park has always been there for people to use it in the 30+ years I’ve been here.”
PS it seems to be All Quiet on the West Portholland front.
“Babergh District Council
“Babergh District Council said it had been “clear throughout” that it “had no option but to introduce charges” and could not afford to continue to subsidise free parking.”
Drivers and their Problems.
It just seems a lot of
It just seems a lot of trouble to go, doesn’t it. If you are into building stuff like this perhaps some system where the vehicle brings you to where you want to go to and then maybe goes off, either taking people who want to leave from that location or it’s goes and gets more people who want to travel there. There could be a timetable and all you’d pay was for your journey, you wouldn’t own the bit you used. Just a thought.
Come with me to Brockenhurst,
Come with me to Brockenhurst, New Forest. It has a train station and a bike shop and in the summer season the area attracts visitors, many of whom are happy to brave the local roads for the simple pleasure of cycling. I’m not a great fan of the New Forest for road cycling, mainly because there’s just too many idiot drivers. There’s some decent winter gravel riding east of Brockenhurst, if you like miles of woodland.
Anyway, this all concerns the main shopping street which, you’ve guessed it,is narrow and filled with parked cars. After several years of to-ing and fro-ing, a highways improvement is going to start this month. Drainage repairs, pavement improvements, speed humps.
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parish council – flying in the face of demand
Brockenhurst Parish Council removed the cycle racks in Brookley Road in late May 2023 following damage sustained in a traffic incident. The cycle racks, located outside of Tesco Express, were hit over the Bank holiday weekend and once the damage was reported the racks were taped closed. The tape was subsequently removed by cyclists parking their bikes. Despite continued heavy demand for their use over the Bank holiday period the cycle racks have been removed due to health and safety concerns
.https://brockenhurst.gov.uk/brookley-road-active-travel-scheme/parish council acts suprised about something under discussion for 3 years, tries to bail out when it gets near someone actually doing something (other than removing useful cycle parking) :
In a recent email to Hampshire County Council, the Parish Council highlighted that the implementation plan of which we have just been made aware fails to satisfy important conditions originally agreed upon during extensive consultations over the past three years. The Parish Council has always been committed to working collaboratively with Hampshire County Council to develop a scheme that benefits both parties and the local community
https://brockenhurst.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/PRESS-RELEASE-22nd-March-2025.docx
The County Council’s plans and timescale https://www.hants.gov.uk/transport/transportschemes/atfbrockenhurstimprovements#step-3
Letter: How can councillors ride roughshod over voters in Brockenhurst?
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picture – a peep at the location – the cycle parking is just out of sight on our left, outside Tesco
Oi mate
Oi mate
Lorry carrying 25 tonnes of beer catches fire on the M11One lane remained closed for nearly 13 hours
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/lorry-carrying-25-tonnes-beer-31352225
police had to draught in extra officers to help deal with the incident
this one is wide open for puns, come on people.
Stouport residents bemoan
Stouport residents bemoan huge traffic queues through town
Reacting to the traffic, Jill Paggett said: “It’s like it every day. I think we need to get used to it.
“Bypass with a new bridge will never happen. Just add another 45 mins to get from Walshes to Stourport on your journey. I do.
“Maybe 60 mins when all the new houses are occupied.”
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/25053643.stourport-residents-bemoan-huge-traffic-queues-town/
Walsh’s looks to be a caravan park next to the bridge into Stourport. The town has (naturally) been carved-up by a one-way system, so I guess the traffic engineers have done all that is possible. No roadworks to blame it would seem. Perhaps it was just an Easter hols départ going through?
One more concreted over grass
One more concreted over grass verge will fix it
Oasis Academy: could grass be turned into parking spaces?
Cllr Desayrah said: “Whilst it’s really nice to have some green space around the flats, given the chronic lack of parking available to residents and the displacement of school pick-up time parking, I think it might make sense for Platform Housing to consider making the grass verges into residents’ parking and I will ask them to consider it.
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/25058177.oasis-academy-grass-turned-parking-spaces/
cyclist should be made to
cyclists should be made to have number plates – Interesting police video here of the range of illegal number plates – we’d got, as the caption says, tinted, a couple where the plate is mis-stated with illegal spacing or amended characters, a CF effect, a couple of colour underlays, the wording underneath has to show the maker’s information.
An invitation to get hauled over, I’d have thought.
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