Nigello

Exactly - Pets have advantages for owners and wider society but they also have disadvantages. The idea that all pets are a very good thing is nonsense as is the idea of banning leashed dogs from public property. If you?re very concerned about ecology and the environment then don?t get a pet and save tonnes of carbon and reduce gosling menacing at the same time.

Banning all dogs because one bird of a pest species was wounded by one dog seems a tiny bit of an exaggerated response but typical of lazy and reflexive thinking these days, helped a lot by the ubiquity of social media. Leads on, by all means, but a ban...well, not really .

Yes, and Luca's often participates in the Amex rebate, where you spend at least fifteen quid in one go and get a fiver back on you account. (Other shops and businesses do this, such as Mons, so if you have an Amex you may find other small biz people in and around this area who are doing the promotion in June.)

Families still will be able to watch together, either live (because the channels are not being taken off air) or via iplayer, at a time that suits them all.

Piermont Green has a 5 June street party, I think. Please check !

BBC World is the telly, and not available to people here, only abroad, becuase is is partly funded by ads. World Service is the radio, which is not merging with anything. The new TV channel will be BBC News and will have opt outs, I think, for when the global news agenda is radically different from waht is happening at home.

Troll or not, antisocial behaviour on buses by all sorts of people is a problem and does deter people from using buses and trains. I don?t think it?s right to pretend it doesn?t happen and ignore realities. It happens everywhere, not just Peckham and it does annoy and even unnerve or frighten passengers or would-be passengers so don?t underestimate its pernicious effects.

Blue Brick is great - veggie/vegan, with nice atmosphere and good amount of outside seating.

All those initials will mean not much to many people, and normalising such conditions is made harder when there is this impenetrability.

Don't underestimate the passengers' ability to make bus journeys poorer than they need to be. How many folk are so feared of heights that they congregate around the stairwell, or so claustrophobic they won't shift from the exit doors, or take up way too many spaces with their bags or arse around and act like it's their living room? Sounds trite, inconsequential but imagine how many people are making it that little bit less pleasant, perhaps making non-moronic passengers think twice about using the service, which then is seen to be less of use and then, poof, it's gone. Sure, the routes are in the hands of the route masters but they do take into account daily usage and I can't blame some people if they decide the bus is too much to be endured.

I have not complained but think it is important to do so when aggrieved. Have you thought of CCing your MP (with all your contact details to get even an acknowledgement of receipt)? If not, then you could say you will be forwarding your answer to your MP and/or the relevant MP on the relevant committee - you will need to search that for up to date info.

I very much think it will depend on who employed them and who pays their pension and whether they have resident rights, etc. Nuns and other clergy do not need to be placed above or below anyone else, even if they do give service, as applies to bus drivers, dental nurses, teachers, street cleaners, midwives, builders, radiologists, etc. etc. etc.

If your faith is important, DIY! Ample time for instruction at home. Most folk are godless but dissemble to get better education - hardly the stuff of religious values.

I am against religious schools though it?s never good when an established school has to go.

Is it a state school?

My neighbour has been waiting more than 9 months for installation with that council solar promotion. I think Covid did for it and I?m unsure you?d get installation within the promised timeframe.

Oratory is ok but I prefer action and commitment. Nice sentence construction doesn?t build homes, develop mass transit, develop healthcare systems.

Grass or homes? Hard choices for some. Too many people = old rules and norms have to be ditched.

From my email query: Southwark Council are currently processing the all Direct Debit rebate payments. For all other payments invites to apply will be sent out shortly and you will be required to complete an on-line form and may need to provide additional information. You do not need to do anything now and will be contacted in due course.

The nimbies, I think, were pig sick of the morons who attacked and vandalised it. Having lots of electrical items strewn across a pavement near to where stacks of kids come and go is not a good idea. Shame it is gone but I can understand the reason behind its removal.

Saw a Large Red damselfly (caps to show it is a species, not just my description) in front garden, not near a big pond or stream. Quite a few Holly Blue butterflies - I think they were as the other blues don't fly so high or come out so early, it seems https://butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/holly-blue

The Walworth Road is a lot less clogged than it used to be, as is C Green. The real slog is LL these days between M and S and the rail station. I prefer to walk much of that stretch and pick it up at the station.

I agree - the accessibilty for people on wheels has improved and I see more people using wheelchairs on buses than ever before, which does not mean things cannot be improved more. We cannot expect to have an almost bespoke service for anyone - in or out of a mobility device - when there are options that make the money go further - curtailed routes are not ideal but as long as you can change to anotehr service and not have to pay again, several times in the hour, be thankful and use any ire to write to your MP and transport minister. Enjoy the ride

Make use of the 1 hour grace period and hop on:off buses if necessary. Times are harder than usual for TfL.

Perpahs they were concerned about falling foul of the newish laws on personal information being passed on? Perhaps the schools' local transport coordinators (or am I being naive?) could make contact with the family to find out more and offer to put out the news. I have no contact with the schools or the lollipop man, so if anyone here has, over to you.