Nigello

Please don't leave splayed out on the pavement, nor prop up with the vain wish it will stay like that: people who are blind/poor sighted, have children/prams, etc. etc. can find it hard to navigate our footpaths at the best of time. Best practice is to strip the branches off and put in the brown bin (ask a neighbour if you have not got one), remove the wooden base.

The dry cleaner on Forest Hill Road has a collection tin for foreign money. I think it?s for air ambulances.

I heard on R4 that two tests a week is sufficient. Some people over test - morning and evening on the same day! Don?t waste them.

Maybe they are short staffed. Everyone is affected. You cannot expect doctors to be immune from illness, even if it is frustrating. I agree that phone consultations are a good way of using their time well, hope y ou get one

Re the litter, I sent you an email showing worst practice at Dulwich Village, where bags were left on the ground and ripped by fox/es. It is perfectly possible the wily fox could pull a bag off the top of a bin but it is not a given that it will succeed in ripping it open, unlike if it is left at fox level. The bags were cleared an hour later, it seems, but the spillage was left there. (I put some of it in the now empty bins). Is it because picking up spilt litter is not in the remit of teh bag collector's contract, or they simply CBA? Eitehr way, it is not a good look for anyone, including Southwark which does pretty well on the environment, to be fair, at least in my experience.

They cannot reasonably discuss results online or send via text, etc.; they have to know who you are or they could be divulging private health records to a stranger. Be reasonable. By speakign to a human they have done as much as they reasonably can to check it is the right person, by asking for full name and DOB, etc.

As much as it is disgusting, shooting men for wiping a crow on a seat of a train (because only men act in such a way, of course) is rather an overreaction. Would women be also subject to such a penalty...?! As for the filtration - it is unlikely to take flight, simply due to cost of installation and maintenance. Best to concentrate on ventilation, use of allergen-free cleaning chemicals, more greenery (eg. the excellent mini-forest at Goodrich School) and making sure ill kids and teachers stay away till they're better. Now, if ebola were to take root in British schools, I may change my mind... Also, there is no such thing as safe. Using such a word again and again suggests to people that there is somehow, somewhere a hazard-free world. Being safer is more realistic, but even that doesn't mean public money should be thrown at every method that claims to be able to achieve such a state.

A few weeks ago they were practically throwing them at you at Dulwich Library. Shows just how little people were aware, let alone doing the testing, even as winter approached. Omicron is less than two weeks old (in terms of our knowing about it) so all those people now scrambling for supplies shows, I think, how little attention they were paying to a really effective way of self-monitoring and helping to keep infections down, and that is a pity.

There is a litter bit that often has other refuse placed outside it. COuld it be that?

There are new laws coming in on 29/01/22 that are to do with respective responsibilities of drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/motoring/dvla-new-driving-laws-rule-6364886 - other sources available.

It took ages to be installed and then when the workmen arrived, there were long delays. I am sure it was worth the wait, just about, but I would prefer the trees/plants to be planted up as part of one big task. They are a right mess and people will just think they're there to let their dogs crap in and/or a place for fly tipping.

On the whole I think Southwark's street cleaners do a great job, not helped by the litter louts who persist in our midst. Some, though, don't put the bags on top of the litter bins, which means they are more likely to be ripped by foxes. Also, leaves need collecting more often and drains need de-clogging to stop the massive puddles we get (cf. Adys Road at Goose Green). If you can stretch your remit to frontages, please be inventive when it comes to ways of getting people to remove scrawl on private business's property - persuade them to act in their own best interests?

Dulwich V just had workmen putting in fibre for something like Community Fibre. They had pink and white barriers - how pretty and a change from corporation orange.

You can request Bag It and Bin It signs to be painted on the footpaths, and ask for a dog poo bin also. https://www.southwark.gov.uk/street-care/dog-fouling

The tree pits on Cyrena, near to the 5 Month Zebra Crossing, are tatty and full of dog crud, so I have emailed the tree section at the council asking them to clean and plant soonest. If you are a dog owner, don't think that because it is a patch of soil that you can leave pooch poo there - you shouldn't because it is tacky and unsanitary. If I catch you I'll rub your nose in it!

But they were already in the building, sitting outside. I think it is mischief making and really not the smoking gun that people say/want it to be. (One can believe this and also not be a supporter of Boris. It is called being rational and reasonable and it stops one from being reflexively anti just because it is the default setting.)

Number no longer in service. Is the business still on?

I think that if this pic were showing a Labour or LibDem (I know, unlikely) PM then most of the people complaining about Boris J would be cutting them some slack. We all know that England is not as uptight as it was decades ago, and that work and fun blend (not always welcomed. I can't see this as a major solecism - not like the other parties - and I am not a fan of Boris and his band at all.

M and S - 2 packets of 6 for ?3.

Perm solution and hair bleach/tints does smell of ammonia so it could be thar.

yes, I agree. Perhaps they have a system and it may take time to talk to witnesses. Not clutching at straws, just igorant so not in a position to know what is going on .

I hope that each of you have written a strongly worded letter to each of the local schools in Dulwich (private and state) to insist that they STRONGLY discourage any child being driven to school and that they need to put in rules to stop parents driving their children to school Done this, one replied only. Perhaps you will have better luck. Please tell us how it goes.

Gosh, I don't know about the law on that and would advise against it unless you knew it was legal, and you were a great shot lest you bag something else! It is annoying. Fortunately, I don't have any that come to my feeders - yet, but the squirrels and mice do. Nature...

The latest TfL public info film got cancelled lest it upset certain people. https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/transport-for-london-pause-new-see-their-side-after-backlash-against-advert Poor feelings MIGHT have been hurt so it was taken off air. All that money wasted...

What is driving your doubt? Is it just stuff you read, you hear, or is it evidence-based? I am keen to know because I think that sometimes some people (not necessarily you, no idea) just take what they hear and don't look for proof to back it up. Maybe you are right, maybe you are wroing, but I am more likely to believe someone who offers evidence, even if I don't want to agree with what I find.