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  1. I noticed this announcement en passant while doing various searches on the libraries website. When I eventually went back to make a proper note, I couldn't find it. Eventually discovered it in the middle of the catalogue basic search page, and thought it well to post it here too. Easter opening hours All libraries will be closed on the following days: Friday 29 March 2024 Sunday 31 March 2024 Monday 1 April 2024
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    > however I know I will have to prove it and provide a receipt, both I can't provide. So what leads you to say that the dustmen have done damage to it?
  3. You can search https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ and often see enough OCR of articles found to get a good idea of whether they contain something of interest, though to see them in full a subscription is needed. I found several that definitely were when searching for 'Joseph Tall' but don't have a current subscription.
  4. Thanks for that explanation. Are any of the computing industry papers/journals covering the system admin errors and why they occuurred? [ETA:] I gather it's a worldwide industry standard rather than a regulation. See eg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_Card_Industry_Data_Security_Standard. Assuming the standard amendment is indeed the underlying cause, which I guess is likely, it would be interesting and useful to know whether merchants, retailers, etc in other countries have experienced similar system failures in incorporating the amendments.
  5. I see someone's left these hanging on a railing. They're half-moon, half-frame style, fairly strong prescription. Tues 26/3,11:20 - Still there.
  6. It's a serious and demanding business getting a search warrrant. The constable has to satisfy a judge of the reasonableness of the suspicion, and then some. Scroll down to 'Application' in this guidance from the College of Policing to get an idea of what's involved. This guidance is obviously a gold standard A+ exemplar of what's required, and I dare say that in RL things may sometimes be a bit more relaxed. But remember, get it wrong and it's the police who may end up in court being sued. https://www.college.police.uk/app/investigation/investigative-strategies/search-powers-and-obtaining-and-executing-search-warrants One critical thing that comes to mind. A Find My Phone app may well seem to pick out a single house, but there's no guarantee that it's the correct one, or even the right street, and there are a number of factors that can affect the accuracy of the process, to varying degrees at different times. If the phone doesn't have its Location switched on -- I only switch mine on when I need it, as it's an appreciable power user -- that in itself is likely to lessen a Phone Finder's accuracy. It might be a useful experiment to try such an app, with one's phone in different types of location, and with GPS use both and off.
  7. It's disconcerting how quickly knowledge of theft methods like this seems to fade away. Here's an instance from 2010. You can probably find several more mentions by searching for something like Lebanese loop. If your card does disappear in the machine, don't leave the machine, and get a stop on the card immediately by phone call (haviing previously stored the contact number in your phone contacts) or by using the bank's app or web page. And, of course, make sure your PIN entry can not be seen. Cover it with your other hand or something when entering it, in case a spy camera has also been installed. And beware distraction attempts while you're in the middle of the transaction -- someone pretending to find something you've dropped for example.
  8. Have you seen the annotation, "Hit by V1 destroyed" on the the other side of the card at https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235476138233? There are several online sites detailing WW!! London bomb damage, and at least one ?authoritaive map, that you could check. There's been mention here previously.
  9. I think you'll be very much more likely to succeed by asking a specialised forum. A search on something like "forum fonts graphic design" turns up several likely candidates.
  10. Comparing the TJGP team shown at https://www.tessajowellgpsurgery.co.uk/team/ with appearances on the TJGP Your Clinician's Availability timetable at https://my.askmygp.uk/?c=G85132#/staffAvailability (as in Trinidad's post above): Doctors (registered GPs): Available : De Carli, Garber, Koledoye, Lambert, Myanmar, Shivji 6/8 Not listed: Goldsby-West, Parsons (clinical lead) 2/8 Nurses, etc: Available: Olajide, Thorogood (ANP) Not listed Ahmed (HCA), Akhigbe, Button, Gale, Onyiah Listed as Available Clinicians but not included in TJGP team: Doctors (Dr): Ali, Dodd, 'GP', Hourmouzios, Scozzi, Udeh Others: Neale, Odiase, Spence, I may somewhere have copies of the available clinicians list from a year back or more. I don't know whether the team size had been bumped up to eight GPs then, but the available clinicians list was of similar size. It seems characteristically to have 10-12 shown available each day, most for a full day. The current list shows Dr De Carli available 00:59-17:00 M-F.
  11. I'm attaching a PDF of pp7-8 of the CSND 24-25 admissions policy, as downloaded from https://www.charternorthdulwich.org.uk/key-information/school-policies, to complement the screenshot. Para 3 is the one highlighted. Actually, I might as well paste it here: "If both parents or any parent, with whom the child is resident for the majority of school nights, owns an alternative property, which has been the main family home within the last 3 years, this will be treated as the permanent home address. Therefore, if this parent is renting a property closer to the school, the rental property will not be accepted as the designated permanent home address, when applying the admissions Criteria." TCSND_Admissions Policy 2024-2025-1_pp7-8.pdf
  12. In a Commons Library research briefing on what council funding jargon calls 'local referendums', Section 3.5 (Social care precept) has: "Billing authorities must display the percentage increase in the adult social care precept to one decimal place. They must display this increase in relation to the total rise in the social care authority's amount of council tax, not in relation to the previous year's social care precept. Thus, if a social care precept was raised from, for instance, £60 to £75, the increase would be displayed as, for instance, 2% not 25%. As the social care precept has existed for only a few years, it is normally small in cash terms." I've not yet reconciled the figures or got my head round the intricacies of council funding, which I'll leave to you or anyone else minded to do so, but it seems so close to what you've described that I'll be surprised if it's not pertinent. Funding for adult social care in England: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-7903/ Council tax: local referendums: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05682/
  13. The full list (as per OP's link) is as follows: Resident permit for ULEZ-compliant vehicles: £27.90 - 1 month £64.60 - 3 months £122.40 - 6 months £225 - 12 months Resident permit for diesel non-ULEZ compliant vehicles £31.60 - 1 month £81 - 3 months £155 - 6 months £300 - 12 months Discounted resident permits motorbikes and mopeds - £32 (12 months) hybrid vehicles - £150 (12 months) electric vehicles - £75 (12 months) disabled badge holder’s vehicles - £30 (12 months) There's a lot to be found on the web about comparative charges and methods of charging. One I've looked at, data said to be correct as of 6 July 2023, gives Southwark 'average cost' as £263, which I surmise is probably got as the mean of the £225 and £300 costs quoted above: https://www.driving.org/new-study-reveals-the-areas-in-the-uk-that-charge-the-most-for-a-parking-permit/. Lambeth have just closed a consultation on proposed changes to charging criteria: https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/consultations/have-your-say-changes-parking-charges-2024.
  14. > The £11.5m “waste of money” What are the known facts and where can they be examined?
  15. Is there a word for crowdfunding-other-than through-donations? They seem to be seeking fixed term loans, probably at a rate slightly less expensive for them than going elsewhere. But the investors will have the incentive of knowing that it's specifically to aid the funding of obviously socially useful targets; though apparently at a potential risk, if say our 'extortionate' borough goes bankrupt. But do read the Ts & Cs carefully to know precisely what the provisions are before investing. https://www.abundanceinvestment.com/our-investments/councils
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