Dogkennelhillbilly

That's the nature of human conversation though, isn't it? It meanders. If you meet friends at a coffee shop or pub, you don't only speak the same exact topic from the moment you walk in to the moment you leave...

Gambado would be a good use. The one in Beckenham was rammed until it closed during COVID. Presumablt there aren't many other businesses that can use a space that large while preserving the features, and I doubt the council has money for anything not-for-profit.

Another conspiracy theory... 🤔

You've compared "offences in relation to which arrests were made" to "offences". Those are two totally different things. Sorry - just reread this. Presumably you got to 17 by adding the "8 x sexual offences" to "9 x violence with injury" offences...? The Met alleges a total of 69 sexual and violent offences in relation to which arrests were made (37 x assault on an emergency worker, 8 x sexual offences, 9 x violence with injury, 15 x other violence). And that wasn't for the whole 3 days, but only Monday 26 Aug 2024 up to 2300. https://news.met.police.uk/news/notting-hill-carnival-update-at-23-00hrs-on-monday-26-august-487306

The Met Police numbers are for offences in relation to which people were arrested on Monday at or somehow in connection with Carnival. It's not a number of how many offences were investigated, reported or actually took place. Crime statistics are legendarily difficult to compare due to the different ways they are recorded and calculated. But in any case it seems fair to say the Met has been a bit bloody busy over the long weekend...

You and I might be glued to the East Dulwich Forum and the Met Twitter feed, but the vast majority of Londoners and Dulwichites live in blissful ignorance! As for what the Met and media have been focusing on over the last couple of days, see here: https://news.met.police.uk/news/notting-hill-carnival-update-at-23-00hrs-on-monday-26-august-487306

Did OP get a ticket for parking on zigzags or a ticket for staying too long or some other offence?

Fair enough!

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Youth library users' needs are different from those of adults. 12-18s are too big for the kids library. In the summer term in particular, the reference library is stuffed with kids trying trying to do homework and study for exams. Regular library users may have noticed there's been a consultation for youth users on this topic over the summer.

Yeah no - you're not going to get a graphologist and chemist responding to every bit of racist graffiti. Aren't we still about 10,000 front line police officers short?

Remembered where I'd seen another bit. This is the phone box outside Alleyns on East Dulwich Grove. Not talking about the big swoopy thing in black marker - zoom into the edges, starting with top left corner: "Shit hole area Dulwich is gone shit holy shit fuck shitty government..." Evidently the scrawls at DHFC were offensive and intimidating and the person who did them can't be allowed to continue this bullshit. But all this seems like loopy behaviour by an individual rather than some kind of organised political extremism.

DHFC can't leave graffiti in situ in the vague hope that the Met is gonna stop by with the spectrum chromatography machine to analyse the pen ink. Nothing would ever get cleaned up. A photo is fine. Most of those masked rioters were picked up because there was other footage with them unmasked and they were recognised by local cops, or because someone reported them, or because they were arrested later in the day. It's not fancy software that's digitally stripping off the face masks from the video. Those guys - and the alleged graffiti person whoever they may be - aren't exactly master criminals. Besides, it's only been a day since the appeal went out, and just because we don't know of any developments, it doesn't mean there haven't been any... They can but for individual bits of graffiti it's going to be a lot quicker and cheaper for the council to send around a technician with some solvents and paint than it is to have lawyers spend weeks imposing notices on landlord and recovering costs. As for the "Dulwich bum bum shithole" black marker graffiti on the bus stops, i think I've rubbed it off with hand sanitiser while waiting for a bus. I have to walk all over Dulwich and I've seen it all over, it is quite distinctive once you spot them. The cap is a kids' cap, which is why it doesn't fit the person's adult-sized. Gonna speculate that it wasn't bought by or for them... https://klckids.com/paris-tokyo-london-baskili-sapka

If you're talking about the later part of the article, then yes, Alleyns is a separate school. First the JAGS head raised concerns about the culture of Dulwich College students (boys); then the former Alleyns student did the same thing from the students' perspective. Kids move among the 3 schools, play sports, know each other socially... There was a strong denialist counterreaction from some Dulwich College parents (mostly mums, interestingly), and then Dulwich College tried to brush it off, and leant on COVID laws to stop a protest outside the gates. The initial hushup failed, and they then promised to do a review and publish a strategic plan...which might never have seen the light of day (I stopped watching the issue). So I suppose ultimately brushing the whole thing under the carpet worked https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/mar/26/dulwich-college-head-warns-pupils-over-culture-protest

Does the council actually charge to allow these things to be parked on the road?

It's in the second photo of the sign - "shit bum government"

This already happens. They're all effectively limited to 15.5 mph and then there are extra slow zones where they're limited to walking pace. The scooters are very dangerous. The bikes should be required to be returned to dedicated bays - the current system isn't working. There should be many more bays. The council should aggressively snatch up hire bikes abandoned outside bays and charge the company £300 a throw to get them back. Let the companies work out how they want to control their customers...

That's the same handwriting and black marker as the rambling "Dulwich shithole" graffiti that's been on bus stops etc around here for years...⁹

Have a chat with Rudina Ndoci Salon in Forest Hill! https://maps.app.goo.gl/zXiJDGqYGJAuW2dF9

2 applications in 3 years: a 3 year old application for a site on the South Circular (half a mile away from Dulwich Village) and a 1 year old application for a 20m mast above a medieval graveyard. That's not screaming "telcos are desperately trying to fix this problem, keeping making applications, and keep getting knocked back by unreasonable Dulwich Village NIMBYs"! As an aside, it looks like Dulwich Estate has set up some kind of free public WiFi network at the shops.

No-one. The mobile companies think the coverage is fine (see the maps below). It's an expensive area (rent is higher) with low population density (fewer customers will be supported). Throwing a bunch of money at a problem that they think doesn't exist to make a small number of people happy isn't a priority for them. People object to mobile phone masts all the time, often because they're worried about the 5G woke mind virus. The mere existence of objections doesn't stop them getting installed.

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Unbelievably, the employer unilaterally cut their hourly rate after the cleaners at JAGS voted to strike. The union representing the cleaners at JAGS says that action is illegal, and they will take it to the courts.

It seems some of the resident employers don't want to pay a living wage for the jobs that are required to keep businesses and institutions operational. The cleaners of JAGS are being told to accept an hourly rate of £11.55. Their employer actually cut the hourly rate from £13.15 after the cleaners voted to strike. This is nuts. It is shameful. How are people supposed to live in London on 11p above the legal minimum wage? People are entitled to fair pay for fair work no matter where they are from. https://www.uvwunion.org.uk/en/press-releases/2024/07/prestigious-24000-a-year-private-school-jags-cuts-cleaners-pay-by-12-after-strike-vote/

JAGS's subcontractor has not solved its labour dispute with the cleaners that work at JAGS. As a result, the union says that the cleaners will be on strike for 2 September, 3 September and 5 September. Embarrassing for JAGS. I hope a fair pay deal between the cleaners and their employers can be agreed, the term can start as normal, and no-one has to miss out on income due to strikes.