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Exdulwicher said - there are stories of neighbours driving 1/4 mile to the school gates and back again or 1/2 mile into the village for a loaf of bread. That's not going to be feasible in future! Never underestimate the solipsism of the human being. Practically everyone has made a short car trip and probably all will do it again ?just this once?, so I don?t see this changing. (I?ve not driven in twenty years but I know how easy it is to kid yourself that your little trip doesn?t matter ?in the grand scheme of things?.) Schools have to get tough on this because very few individuals will decide not to make a school run. Only when a body like the school or the council really makes it hard will things change.

If they?re no longer needed, charities may be needing them (the hostel at the Dulwich library end of Barry Road, maybe) or a local sport team, etc.

Very sad and glad that there are donations galore. Will the funeral parlour keep the excess and use it to help others in similar situations?

If someone can borrow rather than buy then do so. There is enough waste already - she is trying to get rid of it so borrowing a picker seems entirely fitting. Good on you - I pick up cans and bottles often and can say I have seen fewer of them because there has not been the footfall and the schools have been shut. Hopefully the mobile middens that pass as buses will be a lot cleaner these days.

Yesterday and the day before I saw a red dragonfly in my front garden on the same bush. I did not expect to see it because I always associated them with areas with water, like a pond or river. It was about 3 inches long and coral red. It may have been a damselfly. Nice to have!

There?s news today That local councils will be able to fast track the closure of roads near schools at certain times of the day to avoid congestion and reduce pollution. If you are interested in reducing traffic levels near to your house then you could contact the headteacher of the school and your local council to let your thoughts be known. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/may/09/uk-councils-to-enforce-temporary-road-closures-for-safer-school-runs

Now is a perfect time to cut them back - fresh air and free time, or an enterprising clipper could take a walk around and post flyers to the owners of houses with hefty hedges!

Good on her. She was concerned, did something about it, and found out she?d been wrong. 2230 is too late to knock but otherwise I?m glad she?s community spirited. She didn?t suspect and then come here or to Facebook etc. but did something herself. Lots of others would be too embarrassed or even afraid.

Hiya - Thanks It was something to do with private browsing. It?s now fixed. N

Hello there, Can anyone help? I highlighted a name to email then the webpage went dim. When I go to any other app it?s fine. When I search it?s fine but it?s only when I use any page from Safari it?s really dim. Any page accessed via the browser is dim. I have turned up the brightness full whack but that means the general brightness is overwhelming! Could anyone suggest how to get the original levels of brightness back? Thanks, N

Is The Good Life Centre recognised as a verified and certified health practice? If not, why believe and trust what it says? If a complete stranger (even one from, oh, I dunno, a community reupholstery and DIY workshop, handed you a leaflet on the top deck of the No 12 or outside your local chippy would you take it, never mind act on it?

SOURCE - BBC Labour, the UK's main opposition party, will back the government's possible plans to ban outdoor exercise if it was "necessary" to reduce the number of deaths from coronavirus. Sir Keir Starmer, who was elected Labour leader on Saturday, told the BBC's Andrew Marr: "Every time people break the guidance from the government, they put other people at risk." His comments come after Health Secretary Matt Hancock said if people continue to "flout the rules" then the government will ban exercise outside of the home. Sir Keir said the focus has to be ?what is necessary to reduce the number of deaths?.

BBC Labour, the UK's main opposition party, will back the government's possible plans to ban outdoor exercise if it was "necessary" to reduce the number of deaths from coronavirus. Sir Keir Starmer, who was elected Labour leader on Saturday, told the BBC's Andrew Marr: "Every time people break the guidance from the government, they put other people at risk." His comments come after Health Secretary Matt Hancock said if people continue to "flout the rules" then the government will ban exercise outside of the home. Sir Keir said the focus has to be ?what is necessary to reduce the number of deaths?.

Labour, the UK's main opposition party, will back the government's possible plans to ban outdoor exercise if it was "necessary" to reduce the number of deaths from coronavirus. Sir Keir Starmer, who was elected Labour leader on Saturday, told the BBC's Andrew Marr: "Every time people break the guidance from the government, they put other people at risk." His comments come after Health Secretary Matt Hancock said if people continue to "flout the rules" then the government will ban exercise outside of the home. Sir Keir said the focus has to be ?what is necessary to reduce the number of deaths?. ?- BBC

Sir Keir on the airwaves - Labour, the UK's main opposition party, will back the government's possible plans to ban outdoor exercise if it was "necessary" to reduce the number of deaths from coronavirus. Sir Keir Starmer, who was elected Labour leader on Saturday, told the BBC's Andrew Marr: "Every time people break the guidance from the government, they put other people at risk." His comments come after Health Secretary Matt Hancock said if people continue to "flout the rules" then the government will ban exercise outside of the home. Sir Keir said the focus has to be ?what is necessary to reduce the number of deaths?.

Re the bonfire - Report to the fire brigade - please. They?ll treat it more seriously than in normal times. It?s very irresponsible and potentially dangerous.

Lindylou - You, like me and all of us, have a responsibility to speak to the business in question about this. If managers are not interested in following best practice it?s highly unlikely they?ll do anything if people badmouth them online. I get that you?re warning us - thanks - but there?s no room for awkwardness when lives and livelihoods are at stake. If it?s too much to do there and then find their number and give them a ring.

I?ve seen people pull up and deposit nappies (wrapped up - how kind) on the road from the car a couple of times around here but not recently, so it may not be a case of foxes removing them from bins. It?s rare but keep an eye out.

Hello, If you took two plants - a six inch jade plant in a green pot and/or a similar sized crassula with ?tubular? leaves in a blue, swirly glass pot from on top of a bin inside my front garden (or know of someone who?s just got either) please return or let me know. I know people put things out but these items were on my property, not on the pavement. Return them please if it?s you. If you know the person then please ask them to return them soonest. N

There seem to be more cars around today, mostly full of single young men. (I?m viewing from home so not out myself.)

The best thing is to limit going outside and to keep one?s distance. Nobody is exempt from this virus and only a small number of people are being told they are key to society and therefore can be granted ?privileges? (though these are only to allow them to work, sometimes putting them in more danger). Stay indoors for the vast majority of the day and keep well apart from others when/if you go out for a very short time. Wearing a flimsy mask doesn?t allow you special privileges or powers. It could give you a false sense of security. Just stay inside and wash your hands after you?ve been out for your short foray. That?s what I?ve done for some twenty days so I?m not saying one thing and doing another. Donning a mouth cover really doesn?t give anyone a special pass.

Hedges that grow out onto pavements are hard for less abled people or those with children. Can the council cut them back?

It?s unlikely to help. Save your money and keep the supplies open for those who need them most. They - surgical masks - don?t filter out the virus, they get dirty quickly, people rarely dispose of them correctly, they don?t cover the eyes and they?re notoriously ill fitting which means that any aerosolised virus can still reach the nose and mouth. The virus doesn?t hang around in the air so walking through the streets with one on is not of use (unless you come across a person who sneezes on you at a two metre distance and even then the mask is unlikely to help.)

Maybe keep some - you never know when you or someone else may need them. The original poster only wanted a couple of pairs.

Now is not the time for middle-class English nimby=pimbyism. Just tell people - politely - to help everyone by staying apart 6 feet, etc. Lives and livelihoods - perhaps those of the recalcitrant shop owner and his/her family - depend on it. There was too much of "I'll do what I want and sod everyone else" in Britain before this sad and dangerous situation; I hope this will change for the better.