Dom Johnston

Hi, I'm looking for somebody who can mount my TV to my chimney breast. Will need to provide the bracket too. It's an old house and the brickwork isn't the most robust, but I'm sure somebody who has experience doing this will know what to do. Any recommendations welcome! Cheers

Il Mirto.

Hi there, Does anybody have a recommendation for a good carpenter? I'm looking to have one of the walls of an arch between the lounge and dining room extended slightly (currently has architrave which will need to be removed, cut and refit), shelves & cupboards in the alcoves at each side of the chimney breast and a wall covered with shelves in a nursery. Any recommendations or if you're a chippy then please give me a shout! Cheers, Dom

First of all, check on things like Autotrader for similar vehicles to see how much they are going for, then if they are going for more than the insurance is offering, go back and ask for more. Also, double check on your policy on the vehicle value that it was insured for. They will always offer less to get things sorted out quickly. This is usually much lower than the market value. Once you have an offer which you're happy with and can purchase a like for like car with, take the money. If you buy the car back you either A - have to pay for expensive repairs or B - try and sell if for spares or repair/parts. If you do repair it, you will struggle to insure it at a reasonable cost as it has been classed as an insurance write off, then you'll also struggle to sell it or trade it in down the line.

It's just round the corner from the station on Melbourne Grove. It is relatively quiet, but if you get a large table of people in there, can be loud. It's difficult to tell. Food is incredible. Service is very friendly and helpful. IT IS CASH ONLY! just FYI! But I really really recommend it to anyone. My dad came to visit and be isn't a huge fan of Italian food but always asks if we can go back there when he comes to visit again!

Southern Clutch & Gearbox centre on Bellenden Road. I've used them a few times now and the service is great and they really don't rip you off. I really can not recommend them strongly enough

It depends on how much you're really looking for, but I went for a walk through the woods at Beckenham Place Park yesterday and bluebells were aplenty.

Hi Steph, We were due to, however, we moved and ended up going to Lewisham and having our baby in their birth centre. They have 6 rooms so we felt more confident about having one. If you can give birth in one of the birth centre rooms (at kings or Lewisham) then I really recommend it. They're much comfier and cosier. Because they are midwife led, there isn't all of the medical equipment making it much cosier for you and you will have a dedicated midwife with you all the way through. We were told that the midwives prefer it as the doctors on labour ward try to get things done their way, which can include interventions before they are necessary. You have better mood lighting, birthing pools, en suite bathrooms, maternity balls, a double bed to lie on afterwards, you can play your own music and you get to stay there for a few hours after birth with baby too rather than being shipped onto a shared ward with 3 - 5 other new babies who could all be crying making rest much more difficult. If there are any complications, they can get help from a dr very quickly and efficiently.. You just need to call the birth centre when your waters break and let them know you're going in and you'd like to use the birth centre. Worst case scenario is they say there aren't enough midwives available and you have to go to the labour ward for the duration of the labour or just until a midwife is available. Hope this helps. If you have any other questions about it, feel free to drop me a DM. Dom

There is a school of thought that they can be dangerous for suffocation if baby is unsupervised... We decided against getting one straight away. If your baby can't sleep in anything else, then it would be worth it, but for the cost of them, it would be worth exhausting every other option before hand. If you don't have a moses basket, maybe see if you can pick on up for free of cheap on here first and try that, our little one sleeps like a log in hers

My sister recently moved from ED to Faversham in Kent. Lovely town. Has everything you need. Close to the beaches and you can get into London in around an hour. Alternatively, I moved from ED to Sydenham as you get more for your money and it takes an extra 3 minutes on the train to get to London Bridge than it did from ED, but you also have Lower Sydenham, Sydenham Hill, Forest Hill, Penge East and West as well as Crystal Palace all within walking distance so you won't be stuck when Southern Rail don't run like ED... and you can get a bus to ED in around 10 minutes...

The Cake Store in Sydenham. Great place!

I would highly recommend the resort of Tigaki on Kos. It's one long road that has a lot of tavernas and a few bars. At one end there is a beach and the other end there are mountains. You can arrange island tours from the same strip and all the hotels let non-residents use their pools if you don't want to go to the beach. Very reasonably priced and if you want to venture to Kos town (very easy to walk around with little ones) it's ?2 each on a bus and takes about 20 minutes.

Mortrams Moggies. Zoe has been great with us for a couple of years. She's a trained vet nurse too, so you know your kitty is in safe hands! She also posts on instagram so you can get picture updates of your cat whilst you're away

There area a couple on Sydenham high road towards the bottom end around Lidl. There's also St Christophers charity shop near there too which has a lot of furniture in there.

I think we should cut him some slack, it's clear he had a woof day. Casually going for walkies around a park can lead to all kinds of issues. Some of you just think that he's barking mad, but this is a place where people can be let off the leash... He's sticking to his story with terrier like tenacity and for that, I think we should give him a round of apaws...