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My new au pair has just arrived from Spain and is keen to find a basketball team to play in. She has been playing for 10 years and plays a few times per week st home. Does anyone know any good local teamss?

Does anyone have any plans for this already? It?s half term that week so we won?t be able to attend the meeting g butkeen to find out more about the plans and I couldn?t find anything online

Ours arrived yesterday too. I?ll ask her if she is keen to meet!

A retired gentleman 2 doors down from us often sorts out our front garden as he knows we at busy with work and kids. That's pretty neighbourly!

And they had a ?45 bottle of wine...

I'm fairly sure both are the same extended family. And, Lorenzo's is fairly similar in price, quality and general feel... So hopefully not too much change as they are both great places...

I'm wondering if anyone else is having difficulty booking into the fusion cr?che? My 6 month old has just started going and I want to keep it up so that I can lose the baby weight and he gets used to others looking after him. The problem is I can never get a slot that works with his feeds and my toddlers nursery run. I spoke to the ladies in the cr?che and they said they would love to do more hours and suggested I spoke to the manager. I did this morning and they have passed on the cr?che manager and general manager's email address. Am I just a bit unlucky (I called at 9 this morning and couldn't get a morning slot for next Monday or Tuesday) or are others also unable to take advantage of such a great facility? If so then perhaps if we show them there Is demand then they will increase the hours or the staff?

Hi there- we are looking for a cleaner for 4 hours in a Friday. Ideally we would have a team of 2 cleaners for 2 hours as we have small children who need to nap in the daytime. There is a possibility of more hours later In the year when j go back to work. We are flexible on what time of day and could look at a Thursday instead but we need to have the same slot each week so that we can work around nap times etc. we had a good cleaner recently but sometime they would turn up at 9, sometimes at 1 and sometimes on a different day which didn't really work for us. If you are a cleaner and have some free slots or if you can recommend a great cleaner with availability then please let me know.

That someone has lost his job is sad however, we are talking speeds of 36 mph not something marginally over 20mph. This would be unacceptable if the limit was 30 let alone 20. Buses are one issue- I guess I personally expect them to keep to (or close to) the limit as they are a public service- but there is a broader issue of speeding generally on Barry Road and again- we are talking speeds well in excess of the new and old limits.

Barry road is allegedly a mile long which means it takes 3 minutes to drive it at 20mph or 2 minutes at 30mph. I agree it feels really slow at 20 but in fact it probably doesn't make a lot of difference if you consider having to stop at traffic lights etc. the fatality rate at 20mph is 2.5% compared to 20% at 30mph (according to RoSPA) so whilst it is possibly a bit slower- for me it is worth it in residential areas.

Yes would second Kim- she has made blinds for all of our bedrooms and we love them!

I would second this recommendation. I have had a number of treatments now and they have all been lovely and the prices are really good too. I paid ?48 for an hour full body massage which can often be up to ?70 elsewhere

I would really recommend for Ably Glass- a company based in Streatham. We have been totally refurbishing our house and have been very frustrated with lots of tradespeople's ability to give us an install date and stick to it. Amongst these though Ably Glass have been fantastic- good prices, great quality service and they always turn up when they say they are going to! http://www.ablyglass.co.uk/

Weird... He has the same mobile number as you.. You should have a word with him about using your phone number on his website..