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missyelliott Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This makes me so sad to read. I cycle back through > the canal path as well. So now I feel I need to > take a new route. You think cycling is the best > means to get from A to B to collect your kids in > time. Seems I am stuck between crap Thameslink > trains and now bike mugging threats! There is an alternative to the Canal Path using Sumner Road -- it's part of the old London Cycling Network and plans are in hand to improve it again. A lot depends on where you are going of course. If you PM me and tell me your approx start and finish points I can suggest a route.

All these lights are managed by TfL so you need to contact [email protected] to get them fixed.

It means Safer Neighbourhood Team. What is the purpose of the events?

Is there an agenda?

What area do they cover?

As well as the legal ownership of the property, there exists the concept of beneficial ownership. This deals with the actual shares in the property that the legal owners are entitled to. There are two different types of beneficial ownership. These are joint tenancy and tenancy in common. 'Tenancy' in this context has nothing to do with renting accommodation. 17 Joint tenants own the whole property 'jointly and severally', which means that they do not each have an identifiable share in the property. Tenants in common do have a definite share in the property which each person can dispose of as s/he wishes. The most important practical difference is that on death, a joint tenant's share will pass automatically to the other joint tenant(s), whilst a tenant in common's share will pass under her/his will or the rules of intestacy, if there is no will. 17a It is best to record whether two or more buyers intend to own a property in equal or unequal shares. This may avoid dispute in the case of relationship breakdown, death or sale of the property. 17b The easiest way to record this is by making an express declaration of trust using a Land Registry form or a separate trust instrument. The buyer's solicitor or conveyancer will be able to help with this. That is basic legal advice. You need proper, more detailed and more nuanced legal advice. Maybe your "solicitor" is just a legal executive which is not a solicitor or a conveyancer which equally is not a solicitor. This is basic housing law -- if your "solicitor" doesn't understand it he or she is not good enough.

One of the criteria to go on the housing list is 5 years residence in southwark. As someone has said any sort of eligibility related to race or ethnic background would be struck down in law. All council eligibility criteria are published. If you know anyone who has been told (by someone with authority to do so) that they stand no chance of council housing because they are not BME you should redirect them to Southwark Citizens Advice who can refer them to Southwark Law Centre. Little council housing has been built for many years and a lot has been sold. Anyone's chances of social housing (ie including housing association) is therefore largely dependent on homelessness criteria -- disability, age, vulnerability etc.

Do you mean this? https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/cards/2017/07/credit-debit-card-fees-to-be-banned I should just shop elsewhere. Although it is annoying. Are you trying to use a credit card for tiny sums? Just tap instead?

sorry wrong thread

A car with a blue badge indicating that it is being used to transport a disabled person may park on a double yellow line for four hours. If the passenger who is being "dropped off" is not sufficiently disabled to qualify for a blue badge they may have to be dropped off further away.

soil doesn't really wear out. Where has it come from?

Abe_froeman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > and the height seems to be pretty much the same as > what is there now: > > http://planbuild.southwark.gov.uk/documents/?GetDo > cument=%7b%7b%7b!uaHXqRBXz2eWMwfaVjFA2Q%3d%3d!%7d% > 7d%7d Bit higher p'haps. Perhaps the original poster could be more specific about what they are objecting to?

Sorry, wrong section. I've moved it to What's On Apologies Admin, plse delete

I think foxes are frightened/wary of cats. I have seen various stand-offs in my garden and they have always been foxes cut-off from escape by cats.

Sorry, wrong place. I've moved it to What's On.

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Last Thursday lunchtime (about twenty to one) a > Thames Water van was parked outside the primary > school in Whateley Road. > > The engine was running and the driver was sitting > inside apparently either doing paperwork or on his > phone. > > I was in a hurry but I did get the registration > number. > > On my way back, I noticed that he had been parked > exactly next to a large sign outside the school > asking people to consider the children and turn > off their engines. I couldn't see this earlier as > I was on the other side of the road, and he was > parked in front of the sign. > > I am wondering what Thames Water's policy is on > this, whether they instruct drivers to turn their > engines off, and whether I should report him. What > do people think? > > I am considering making up some flyers to just > hand to people or put on their windscreens, so > that I don't have to actually talk to them and lay > myself open to verbal abuse. I would contact TW directly and very mildly and ask them to remind their drivers etc. Give the registration number, date and time so they can identify the driver. His boss can speak to him and get a polite reception. There is no reason to risk personal abuse. Contact the firm and point out the damage to their reputation.

If you know where they live you can take them to the small claims court -- write a letter before action. If you paid by card your bank may reclaim the payment if you tell them. If you paid cash to a stranger in McDonalds, then that's it, I'm afraid https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/advisernet/consumer/somethings-gone-wrong-with-a-purchase/return-faulty-goods/

https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/second-charge-or-second-mortgages The risks and alternatives As a second charge mortgage works very much like your first mortgage, your home is at risk if you don?t keep up the payments. If you sell your home, the first charge mortgage gets cleared in full before any money goes towards paying off the second charge although the second charge lender can pursue you for the shortfall

You need someone from building control to make the works safe and [email protected] for unauthorised obstruction of the pavement if there is no licence on the scaffolding. or (as James said) your local councillor.

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Rather than bother with actual speed cameras, why > not have a random flash in the road, causing > drivers to think there are speed cameras. Remember > the object is not to catch motorists speeding, but > to discourage them from it. An effective > anti-speeding system would make NO arrests and NO > convictions (both of which have costs to them, > very possibly surpassing the benefit of any fine), > but speeds would reduce to a safe level. > > Frequently there is too much focus on the wrong > thing. We don't want motorists to speed, rather > than wanting speeding motorists to be caught. The > 'problem' with Barry is that it is a long, > straight, road, but with a lot of activity (cars > crossing, entering and exiting side roads etc., > buses stopping, people crossing). If there were no > side roads and junctions, speeding on Barry would > be far less of an issue. So how can we mitigate > the 'long and straight' element. Raised tables (if > heavily signed) might have an effect, particularly > where roads (such as Underhill, much used) cross. > > Or lie (i.e. flashes not associated with actual > cameras). i understand this but I think drivers learn quickly. On Peckham Rye west for nearly a year there was a fully set up speed camera with no speed calibration markings. I could see cars slamming on their brakes as they approached the camera and then (presumably) accelerating again. After a while drivers stopped doing this and ignored the 20mph signs on the camera and the 20mph signs on the road. Enforcement was not possible, they knew this now. This highlights the deficiencies of speed enforcement by camera and also shows that drivers quite rapidly learn which bits of supposed enforcement they can ignore. Originally I think the smiley faces which greeted a compliant driver were judged a success. I doubt that this would be the case now that getting a grumpy face is known to have no outcome. The one in Cheltenham Road observably has no effect.

Talex_b Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Given that 99% of motorists wont know that average > speed cameras wouldn't be very effective on Barry > Road. Couldn't the council put them up anyway? The > deterrent effect would be valuable on its own and > if it caught even 5% of speeding motorists that > would be 5% more than now. > > Traffic "calming" measures on the other hand are > likely to massively increase noise for residents > and just lead speeding between the islands. They will know that if they get off the road at a junction then the average speed cameras won't follow them. Friern Road is closed at the bottom but Crystal Palace Road has traffic lights with East Dulwich Road. The speeding on Silvester Road which is the subject of complaint is quite likely drivers cutting out the traffic lights at Kings on the Rye and joining the EDR further west via CPR. If there are traffic islands on Barry Road to slow traffic and enable safe crossing, then they need cycle by-passes. Otherwise cyclists put their lives at risk trying to get through pinch points in fast, frequent, badly behaved traffic such as one observes on Barry Road.

Report them on fix-my-street. The council monitors it. They may be reluctant to cut back bushes now because they are often hiding baby birds. Which is a good reason for holding off cutting one's own hedges until the autumn https://www.fixmystreet.com

Indeed. OTOH, how would you feel if councillors knowingly decided to spend money on project A which was known to be less cost-effective than project B? Money can only be spent once. It can be spent after the evaluation of a cost-benefit analysis of all the options and on the basis of what that analysis suggests. Or it can be spent on a project which is shown to be a less beneficial way of spending it.

what you say applies to average speed cameras -- is that what the police are opposing? has anyone done a study of where the Barry road cars go -- it would be pretty easy to make a list of what goes in at the Plough and what comes out at the Clock House ie with number plates -- and put some figures on where they go. To what extent is the "turn off or park" assumption just that and to what extent is it founded on research? jamesmcash Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They are mainly recommended for areas where there > have been multiple deaths or serious injuries from > crashes. Personally, I think that this approach is > too complacent with people's safety (and lives!) > but I presume it's due to the cost > implications... > > There is another drawback to speed cameras on > Barry Road, which is due to the road layout. Speed > cameras are most effective on roads where most or > all of the traffic follows the same route. This > means that every vehicle which is caught in the > first camera is then caught in the subsequent ones > too, meaning an average speed can be calculated. > Barry Road, by contrast, has lots of places to > park and many roads coming off it. So this means > that the cameras become less effective: it will > not be possible to determine the speed of many of > the vehicles recorded. > > As I say, I will do what I can to make sure all > options are considered though nonetheless. > > Best wishes > James