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They drove down Whitehall that's all. Yes, they were driving like Tw8ts but apparently that's what people who watch Top Gear get exctited about. The fact that they passed a war memorial doesn't seem like reason to get upset to me. It wasn't as though the cenotaph was the focus of the 'stunt', it was incidental. There is so much more about this incident which is in bad taste. For example, the more general issue of making an 'entertainment' programme that glorifies hooning it round the streets of London doing donuts.

Crawley looks lovely in that picture. Peckham's a funny one. Everyone moans about how it's becoming so gentrified, but frankly, if Rye Lane is a symbol of gentrification, you have to wonder what people consider 'run down'.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Fuss about nothing... two American presenters were > driving round London and creating a racket for a > TV show. They'd probably never even heard of the > Cenotaph. Apologies have been made and the footage > won't get used. End of. Agreed. I don't see what the fuss is about. They drove a car through central London. That said, it's a tedious show. People who obsess about their car seem weird to me.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > from the residents' point of view imagine if > you couldn't get into your own house after say > being shopping/school run etc? From Shell's mother's point of view imagine not being able to park close to your destination and there being an empty bay which you're entitled to use, but which someone mistakenly thinks is their's. So you have to park further away and struggle. I think the person who left the note is entirely wrong personally. The space is not theirs and there is nothing to suggest that their need is necessarily greater than Shell's mother.

That's it then. It's only a matter of time before the whole of Soutwark has it's roads privatised. Maybe a good time to become a traffic warden?

Thanks for the advice, really appreciate it.

Glad to hear I'm 'notorious'. 😂

rabbitears Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rahrahrah Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > >a regular bus service connecting ED to Brixton > tube > > You mean the 37? 2-4 buses an hour is not a frequent bus service. It's not particularly reliable / regular either. You can easily end up waiting half an hour.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The UK doesn't have the best healthcare in the > world - despite all the sentimentality. > > As for the best government in the world? Now I > know you're taking the piss... Arguably we have one of the best value healthcare systems in the world.

Hello. We have booked an Air BnB in Breville, Cognac. We're travelling with two children, age 5 and 6 and are struggling to decide on how best to get there. Options are to either drive and have a stop off on the way, maybe a day or two somewhere, or else to fly into Bordeaux and get a car hire. If anyone has any experience of this part of France, we'd really appreciate your thoughts, either on how best to get there, or for nice places to stop off, or visit near by. Thanks

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > dbboy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Dumb and dumber - sums up the yanks and USA > > totally. Personally i'd deport the lot of them > and > > ban all american imports, products and services. > > > > > Starting with McDonalds and KFC. > > Donald Trump gets to stand for president, and yet > I'm banned from the main section. The world we > live in I'm afraid dbboy! > > Louisa. Exactly, make me proud to be British

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This http://guyhollaway.co.uk/?section=news/skate

^this

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Iceland should of stayed and M&S replace the > Co-Op.. Best of both worlds.. > > DulwichFox Yep, or better still, M&S Food by the station (where the Morisson's is going to be [is it still?]).

Meanwhile Dr Gupta has been taking home around 2 million a year http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2063458/Family-doctors-firm-raking-1-8m-YEAR--patients-say-surgery-appalling.html and enjoying junkets with the prime minister http://www.businessgreen.com/digital_assets/6344/February_2013_trade_mission_delegates_booklet.pdf .

@James - could we not at least push for a regular bus service connecting ED to Brixton tube and / or some secure bike parking at Brixton? What's the best way to try and influence any such changes?

'resisting Shoreditchification' http://www.artefactmagazine.com/2016/03/01/peckham-vision-and-the-saviour-of-copeland-park/

MarkT Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > LondonMix, > The Crystal Palace development is for 22 dwellings > including 4 bedroom town houses. Officers > calculated the density as about double the policy > limit. The officers' report stated that it was > made acceptable by the promise of 35% affordable > housing (which was in any case a policy > requirement for anything over 10 dwellings) and > recommended refusal if that was not legally > agreed. The application was approved subject to > that legal agreement. Once the application was > approved, the developers applied to vary the 35% > to zero. You'd have had to be at the appeal > hearing to judge whether the the Council threw in > the towel. A line of high ranking property and > planning officers essentially stated that the deal > had been made in good faith and the developer > should stick to it - a morally upstanding > position, but not a winning argument. > > Having previously gained the change of use on the > claim that they had tried and failed to let the > factory, the developers now stated that it was > empty at their own choice; factory space was now > in high demand; commercial rents were rising > rapidly and they had underestimated the floor > area. They had also underestimated the costs of > building so high and so deep. Their potential > profit was marginal. > > MarkT Wow, if that's an accurate account it is pretty fecking outrageous.

Indoor skatepark would be good

nunheadbelle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Daughter and I went out researching somewhere to > go and eat around Peckham and Nunhead for Mothers > Day, cruising drive-by fashion and doing rough > head-counts. Pecknam drive-bys are not what one might expect nowadays

Thanks LondonMix

MarkT Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In the interests of balance I should point out > that one of our other councillors turned up to > oppose the application for the Crystal Palace Road > factory site. He put up a good fight but the > committee appeared somewhat predisposed to accept > the officer's recommendation to abandon policy and > approve the over dense, over height application on > a promise of 35% affordable housing, later varied > to zero. > MarkT > > PS To be fair to the Planning Committee, one > member abstained. where is this site? I've not heard about this development

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > More of this crap. > > http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukebailey/the-end-of-a-re > gime-that-acquiesces-to-disorder#.igPP6Q6J8 Pure gold

There's going to be a lovely weave lawn at the front.