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If you have boxes that you have flattened, but which can still be used, and packing materials to move on you'll find a willing flow for passing on boxes & packing materials in the For Sale section - I usually put mine on to be collected for free and they are snapped up very quickly. Lots of peiople moving!

How about Disabled parking? [https://www.southwark.gov.uk/parking/disabled-parking/blue-badge] Seems to come under Parking - working backwards through site.

https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/food-drink/supermarket-delivery-slots-uk-tesco-asda-b1527600.html '... - Aldi delivery information While you are unable to order groceries for home delivery on Aldi, the supermarket recently announced it will be extending its piloted click and collect service to 200 stores nationwide by Christmas. Initially, it began as a pilot in September, available in one store in the Midlands but its success has seen it be offered to Aldi shops across England. It means customers can now order a food shop online and pick it up at your nearest store, without having to enter and thus, reducing your need for trips outside your home amid the pandemic. Moreover, the full range of its groceries will be available to shop and the prices will be the same as in-store. Aldi has also partnered with Deliveroo to offer 150 items for home delivery, including British meats, bread, eggs, milk and fresh fruit and veg. Check the availability in your area on deliveroo.co.uk Only available to existing customers? No, anyone can use the service, but you will be required to create a new account. Delivery locations: Check your postcode on the website here, to see if the click and collect service is available near you. Shop at Aldi now - Iceland delivery information Minimum spend: ?25 Delivery waiting time: Iceland has removed its restrictions on home delivery, which is now available to all customers. According to its website, the supermarket says: "We typically deliver Monday to Sunday, with two-hour delivery slots available between 8am and 9pm.? It is currently showing slots up until 19 November, with availability from 14 November. The supermarket has also announced its offering students ?5 off a ?40 online shop along with priority delivery slots if you sign up with a university email address, in order to support those affected by the new lockdown measures. You can shop its student food essentials here. Only available to existing customers? No, anyone can place an order. Delivery locations: You can check your postcode on the website. Shop at Iceland now - Morrisons delivery information Minimum spend: ?40 Delivery waiting time: Morrisons offers one-hour delivery slots, seven days a week. There are currently slots open up until 16 November, but all are fully booked. Currently, Morrisons has reinstated rationing of toilet roll, hand sanitiser and disinfectant to a limit of three per customer, in order to avoid a repeat of the stockpiling seen in March. It is also offering customers food boxes, which are accessible to all and if ordered before 3pm, will qualify for next day delivery. Starting from ?16 they consist of essential food and household items for vegetarians, meat-eaters, gluten-free diets and families. Alongside this, Morrisons also launched a British farmers food box for ?45, filled with fresh produce including meats, vegetables, milk and cheeses. As many farmers have been unable to sell produce to the restaurant trade as a result of the lockdown, ?1 from every British Farmers Food Box will be donated to British farming charities via The Prince's Countryside Fund. Morrisons has also rolled out a "Doorstep Delivery" service, which if you call 0345 611 6111 and select option 5, you can place a grocery order and it will be delivered the next day. It?s available for anyone self-isolating and is free for the elderly and vulnerable, ?2 for students and standard delivery will cost ?4.50. Is it only available to existing customers? No, but you will need to register an account in order to shop online. Delivery locations: It delivers across the UK, and you can check your postcode on the website. Shop at Morrisons now - Asda delivery information Minimum spend: ?40 Delivery waiting time: It is currently showing online delivery slots up until 23 December, with availability from 17 November. Its Christmas slots are now available. Only available to existing customers? No, but you will need to register for an account to order groceries online, and new customers can still register. Delivery locations: Asda delivers across the UK and you can check your postcode on the website. Shop at Asda now - Waitrose & Partners delivery information Minimum spend: ?40 Delivery waiting time: Currently there are delivery slots open until 20 November, with availability from 14 November. You can also book your Christmas slots. It is prioritising the vulnerable and elderly for both it's home delivery and click and collect slots, with 25 per cent of orders being committed to elderly and vulnerable customers. Waitrose has brought back purchasing restrictions, only allowing two per customer on toilet roll, eggs and hand sanitiser and three item sper person for flour, pasta and household cleaning products when shopping online and in-store. Only available to existing customers? You will need to register for an account to order groceries online and new customers can sign up. Delivery locations: Waitrose delivers across the UK and you can check your postcode on its website. Shop at Waitrose now - Tesco delivery information Minimum spend: ?40Delivery waiting time: It is currently showing delivery slots up until 3 December, with limited availability on 2 December. In-store, shoppers will be limited to three per person on flour, dried pasta, toilet roll, baby wipes and antibacterial wipes, while online customers will be also be subject to the same restrictions on eggs, flour and anti-bacterial products. Only available to existing customers? You can register as a new customer on the website, and book a delivery slot when they are available. Delivery locations: You can check your postcode on the site. Shop at Tesco now - Sainsbury?s delivery information Minimum spend: ?25 Delivery waiting time: Sainsbury?s is still giving customers who are vulnerable priority access to its online home delivery service, with slots available from 18 to 20 November currently. Due to the rise in coronavirus cases across the UK, Sainsbury?s have asked customers to only send one adult per household into store to enable them ensure everyone can safely socially distance and reduce queues. Only available to existing customers? No, new customers can now register online for home delivery and click and collect slots. Delivery locations: You can check your postcode on the website to see if Sainsbury's can deliver to your area. Shop at Sainsbury?s now - Marks & Spencer delivery information Minimum spend: ?0 Delivery waiting time: The supermarket has currently limited its food delivery service to party food and pre-prepared meals such as meats, fish and bite-size treats. Its groceries are now available to order through Ocado. Only available to existing customers? M&S is taking orders, but you will need to register an account to order groceries online. Delivery locations: The supermarket currently delivers across the UK, you can check if your postcode is eligible on its website. Shop at M&S now - Co-op delivery information Minimum spend: ?15 Delivery waiting time: There are currently some delivery slots showing as available up until 17 November. Only available to existing customers? No, but you will need to sign up in order to arrange delivery of your shopping once slots are available. Delivery locations: The service is currently available in some areas of London, Bristol, Brighton, Manchester, Southampton, Bournemouth, Manchester, as well as Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Newcastle, Nottingham and Birmingham. Shop at Co-Op now - Ocado delivery information Minimum spend: ?40 Delivery waiting time: Ocado offers home delivery seven days a week between 5:30am and 11:30pm, with slots showing from 14 to 16 November, however, all are fully booked. On its website, it says: ?Things are really busy at the moment and our delivery slots are selling out faster than usual. We?re doing everything we can to increase our capacity, but slots for the next week are fully booked.? It also now offers M&S food, so you can do you weekly shop directly with Ocado. Only available to existing customers? No, but you will need to register an account before shopping online. Delivery locations: Ocado delivers across the UK and you can check your postcode on its website. Shop at Ocado now For more information on the supermarkets that have teamed up with Deliveroo, read our guide IndyBest product reviews are unbiased, independent advice you can trust. On some occasions, we earn revenue if you click the links and buy the products, but we never allow this to bias our coverage. The reviews are compiled through a mix of expert opinion and real-world testing.'

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/05/magazine/snowball-video-fight.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage Scroll down for all of the clips. Pure escapism.

LoulaRose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have also encountered this man in Sainsbury's > local. He shouted obscenities at me, and > threatened to sexually abuse my baby (who was with > me at the time). It left me really shaken, but I > didn't report it as no crime had been committed. > What happened to you, Sicilia, sounds really scary > and shows he could be / is a danger. This man > needs to be avoided. Please do report it to 101 or your local SNT - it is threatening behaviour which left you shaken. All information provided to the police helps them to build a picture of this individual.

New National Restrictions from 5 November available here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-national-restrictions-from-5-november

Note priority access to stores from Thursday for elderly, vulnerable & NHS id holders. 'Over the last few months, we have been focused on adapting our business to keep you safe and serve you well. As we are seeing increased restrictions across the nation, I am writing to reassure you that we are doing everything we can to keep you and our colleagues safe when you shop with us. We are also aware that this is a challenging time for those in need and I want to tell you more about how we are ramping up our efforts to support the communities we serve and help get food to those who need it the most. Feeding the nation As we approach winter, we know that queuing will become harder for some of our customers. From Thursday, we will offer elderly and vulnerable customers and NHS and care workers with an NHS ID priority access to our stores. This means you can skip the queue at any time so that we can welcome you into our stores quickly and safely. We will continue to have socially distanced queuing systems in place outside our stores, supported by a greeter at the front of stores at busier times of day and we ask that you please queue at a safe distance of two metres apart. We are following government guidance and encourage you to please do the same by wearing a mask when you are in our stores. However, we completely understand if you are medically exempt from wearing a mask. Where possible, we ask that you only send one adult per household when you shop with us. This will help us manage the number of people in our stores and make your shop quicker and smoother. As we keep working hard to feed the nation, we are focused on getting as much food and other essential items as possible onto shelves. We have a good supply of stock so please also continue to buy what you need for yourself and your family and there will be enough for everyone. Online shopping We have been working hard to increase the number of online orders we can carry out and we are on track to fulfil 750,000 online orders per week across home delivery and Click and Collect. We'll be going into the festive season able to serve more people than ever before and we'll increase this as much as we can as we head into Christmas. Since March, we have delivered over seven million orders to our elderly and vulnerable customers and these customers still have priority access to online orders. If you are a self-isolating customer, please use the delivery instructions box on the online checkout to let us know. I also want to let you know that our online order slots for the core Christmas period, 20th to 23rd December, go on general release from 29th November. All our online orders will continue to be delivered without bags, which allows us to serve more customers, however our drivers can help our elderly and vulnerable customers transfer their shopping into bags if needed. Supporting our community Earlier this year, with help from our customers and colleagues, we donated over ?4 million to Comic Relief and Children in Need and ?3 million to Fareshare to support food banks. However we know that sadly, many people are still struggling to feed themselves and their families. To ensure that no one goes hungry this Christmas, we are creating a ?5 million community fund as part of our 'Help Brighten a Million Christmases' campaign. We invite you to support by donating Nectar points, food and other essential products or money in store and online between 1st-14th December. We'll match donations up to ?4 million and with your help, we can raise up to and beyond ?8 million for local charities and communities, supporting the most vulnerable in society. In addition to the ?4 million guaranteed donation, we are creating a ?1 million pot for our stores to contribute to local community groups and good causes. We'll share more details on how you can help us Brighten a Million Christmases in the coming weeks. Poppy Appeal We are also proud to support The Royal British Legion's annual Poppy Appeal, for the 26th year, to raise funds to help the Armed Forces community. In addition to purchasing paper poppies until 11th November, you can support by donating your Nectar points via the Nectar app and website, or through cashless donations at checkouts in store and online. Finally, to recognise the amazing effort of our colleagues across the UK, we will be making a second thank you payment of 10% of four weeks' pay, to all of our frontline colleagues and managers who have gone above and beyond this year, in time for Christmas. Thank you I know this has been an incredibly challenging year for everyone, so thank you for being patient with us. Our colleagues continue to come to work on the front line every day to help keep the nation fed and I am extremely grateful to them for everything they are doing day in, day out to serve you and all our customers. Best wishes, Simon, Chief Executive'

John Sessions https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/john-sessions-dead-dies-spitting-image-b43785.html

This is quite a good explainer (not official but based on Government & devolved powers). It will be updated to reflect further changes: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/coronavirus-lockdown-rules-four-nations-uk It has the current Tier 2 regs on meeting people indoors & outside.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/camberwell-man-grabs-child-7-manhunt-police-a4572659.html Not that far from us.

The BBC has a useful local restrictions checker: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54373904 - you enter your/target area postcode and the current restrictions for that area appear. BTW: London due to go into Tier 2 from Friday midnight. Also link to Government Travel Corridors webpage: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-travel-corridors

womanofdulwich Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well moving forward I'd try to use it that way in > the future RSPB strongly advise against using cooking fat for feeding birds: 'Animal fats and meat juices can also harm our feathered friends and therefore such kitchen scraps should not be used to feed winter birds. Chris Bailey, Advisory Manager for RSPB Scotland, said: ?Feeding garden birds is a popular activity in Scotland as well as a lifeline for many species during winter when natural sources of food are in short supply. However, certain types of food are very bad for birds and cooking fat is one of them. ?The problem comes when cooking fat mixes with meat juices and sets; the consistency is prone to smearing which can damage birds? feathers at a time they need them in a good condition to stay warm. The mixture will also go off quickly providing a breeding ground for diseases. Don?t be put off from feeding our feathered friends though - there are plenty of safe options including bird cake and seed mixes or kitchen scraps like cooked potato, dried fruit and mild grated cheese.? ... You can make your own bird cake by pouring melted fat (suet or lard) onto a mixture of ingredients such as seeds, nuts, dried fruit, oatmeal, cheese and cake. Use about one-third fat to two-thirds mixture. Stir well in a bowl and allow it to set in a container of your choice. An empty coconut shell, plastic cup or tit bell makes an ideal bird cake ?feeder?. ... Substances like cooking fats can easily be smeared onto the feathers, destroying the waterproofing and insulating qualities. Garden birds are practically unable to metabolise salt. It is toxic to them in high quantities and affects their nervous system. Under normal circumstances in the wild, birds are unlikely to take harmful amounts of salt. Never put out salted food onto the bird table, and never add salt to bird baths to keep water ice-free in the winter.' Gardeners' World has a recipe using suet or lard: www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/diy/how-to-make-fat-cakes-for-birds/

Re: visa advice - see: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents [Last updated 12 October 2020] The BBC has done an updated explainer, 'What does the tier system mean for UK holidays?': https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-52646738

You could also contact the Japanese department at SOAS, University of London.

Clutterqueen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is this not going a bit over the top? i.e. not > opening your door to delivery drivers? The rules > were relaxed a while ago on this so I'm surprised > that people are still on high alert every time > somebody knocks on their door. According to the information compiled by the Institute for Government (last updated 30/09/20) in England face masks are compulsory in shops, on public transport etc. - https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/coronavirus-lockdown-rules-four-nations-uk 'Face coverings - Advised where social distancing not possible. Compulsory on public transport, in shops and supermarkets, and other indoor settings such as museums, cinemas, galleries and places of worship. From 24 September, face masks will be required in hospitality venues unless seated at a table.' Most courier companies and other companies delivering to the door, i.e. Sainsburys, set out their policy on their websites.

Hi, Mine is normal today. Thames Water have a reporting tool and advice here: https://www.thameswater.co.uk/help/emergencies/no-water-or-low-pressure Hope your water sorts itself out soon, Ilona

SEmi-resolved. Water slowly coming back in spurts.

I have a gaggle of long-tailed tits who visit my garden in Underhill at least once a day, if not twice. They're a scream. Lovely to watch.

Hi, Have you come across Gingerbread, the charity for single parents? Lots of information and advice online, and also access to support and community. www.gingerbread.org.uk You're not alone. With best wishes.

Distressing example of how some people react reported in the Independent today - 'NHS worker knocked out and stamped on after moving away from man without mask Victim, 63, was repeatedly punched to the floor during unprovoked attack on London bus' (north London) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/london-bus-attack-nhs-worker-test-trace-face-mask-coronavirus-b479498.html

Clutterqueen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why would a young person with three children turn > down a three bedroom property just because they > had to climb some stairs? Apparently they were > currently in a bedsit? The council officer joked > and laughed with them about not accepting the > property but at least they mentioned it would soon > be snapped up by the next family! I think the point was that she would have to carry a pushchair up three flights of stairs to the third floor. She might have back problems etc. that we don't know about. Some flats are more suited to the able-bodied and less encumbered.

My experience on the P13 was similar - people walking past driver with mask on properly, sitting down and pulling mask down around chin to make phonecalls. Unimpressed.

This is why challenging Boris' arrogance & ignorance is so important: https://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2020/09/14/breaking-international-law-the-uk-is-biting-off-its-nose-to-spite-its-face-dr-sean-molloy/#more-162948

Link to petition & write to MP: https://r.ippl.es/mp-international-law/ Please sign the petition and write to your MP 'to stop the government's plans to break international law and pave the way for No Deal Brexit. Tens of thousands of people have supported it so far. Over the weekend the rebellion in parliament has grown and the government is on the back foot. Today is the crucial day that the bill will be voted on in parliament. We need to put as much pressure on MPs today as we can so more of them join the ranks of the rebellion. The government did not expect the level of response there has been on this issue and there is now a possibility they will think again on the plan. It only takes a minute to email your MP using our new tool ? do it right now ahead of the vote: https://r.ippl.es/mp-international-law/'

Area around Llangorse very beautiful - horse riding, sailing, walks etc. or just enjoy the views. https://www.breconbeacons.org/things-to-do/attractions/natural/llangorse-lake