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Car is parked illegally Car is not taxed or MOT'd Car has amusing bumper sticker Car is same as car previously owned by photographer Photographer has Instagram account for boring cars (this exists) Driver of car did something naughty Photographer is very curious Do I get a prize if I guess correctly?

Owners or tenants? You might be able to moan to the landlord or managing agents. You can often find the last rental listing if you Google the property's address.

So what's the point? ... It's about time this council is held to account A consultation is not a referendum. You know this. The point of a consultation is to seek feedback and comments, and get an idea if there are topics that haven't been anticipated in preparation that mean strategy or tactics should be changed in next steps. The best time for holding councils to account is at local government elections, when voters do vote on who should be in charge at the council. Those elections were just held and voters en masse voted to keep going in the same direction. You are just flabbergasted that you didn't get your way on something...

Picturehouse is part of a huge global chain of cinemas. And now the corporate parent is looking a bit wobbly... 😬 https://www.standard.co.uk/business/over-a-dozen-london-cinemas-risk-closure-as-cineworld-reportedly-preparing-for-bankruptcy-b1019758.html

@Siduhe: thank you. Helpful and mysterious in equal measure!

No. You are confusing two issues: scooters and bikes. There is no trial or special licensing regime for the bikes. The hire bikes are just like any other bikes in the world - they don't have to be parked in specific locations. But none of this is difficult. The council just has to enforce the existing laws that prevent people blocking pavements - with bikes, scooters, A-frames, skips, whatever. If there is a procedural problem with fining the owners of badly parked bikes or scooters instead of riders: they should fix it.

Not sure Johnson is capable of that kind of forward planning. You might well see Boris buying cider at Dickson Off Licence and Carrie at the laptop repair place opposite Herne Hill Books.

If failing to water the pitch in summer means it's trashed through the rest of the year, not watering it might be the wrong thing.

Why does Stonegate carry on paying rent on a lease without operating a business? Is it a very long lease and they're gambling they'll be able to get change of use and then sell out?

Council doesn't make any money from bikes, the same way it doesn't make any money from (normal) rental cars.

Ugh, another public school twat in red trousers - just what South London needs... We've had 2 years of conspiracy theorist moaning that LTNs are the creation of a Masonic-cyclist-Marxist civil servant cabal. Now apparently they're I the gift of the Tory grift machine. Perhaps crime will fall outside the house if police are stationed there. The question is whether that will cancel out the criminal activity inside the house...

Or the bikes could just be parked on the street like motorbikes.

Any housing would be better than no housing. Retail/cafe on the ground floor and then 3-4 floors of housing above. The skate park kids should get medals for what they're doing.

The clothing bank at The Plough is operated by an organisation that is often accused of being a cult - Tvind. There is a clothing bank outside North Dulwich train station.

Jazzer - you want TfL to drive the bus over the leaky water main then? You think TfL wants to cut bus services because it has less money than before?

Why do you think they ask equality questions?

Things get pretty hectic at the bowls club in the park, if you know what I mean

To be fair, I can see how widening pavements all along would make it a much more pleasant space. However, I think two way bus traffic with other improvements make much more sense. I've responded to the consultation

I don't think you can just post on here and hope that a councillor sees it and hope that they do something about it. With the best will in the world, "someone online said they saw one dumped somewhere at some point" isn't really much to go on... If you want it fixed - and it's no guarantee - take a photo, email it to the council CC your councillor, and demand it is fixed.

Sounds like a good thing from an air quality POV

When did the Asda close? I didn't notice until today it 3qs gone. Not surprised - it always seemed a bit sad and it was neither cheaper nor better than Morrisons...

Poundstretcher's being compressed, then?

1) a user has to complete a short briefing in the app before they can hire a bike or scooter. The app tells them they must not leave the bike or scooter somewhere that blocks pavements or inconveniences others. It's not rocket science anyway 2) when you complete a rental, you are prompted to take a photo in the app of where you have left the item to prove it is not blocking anything. I don't know whether anyone ever looks at the photos to check 3) it is not easy to report badly parked vehicles through Lime's website or app. You have to complete a multifield form. Contrast that with how easy it is to rent an item - you just scan its bar code. 4) in theory the scooters should be less problematic than the bikes, as the scooters can ONLY be left in the little parking bays (otherwise the operators fines the user). In practice...one other thing to note is that the scooter bays are mostly on the pavements instead of on the roads (where perhaps they should be) because that would mean "losing" a car parking space (which is perhaps what should happen). 5) the solution to this is for the council to start fining Lime or confiscating the bikes. This will give Lime the incentive it needs to ensure its users are not parking stupidly. If you park a Zip Car vehicle on the pavement, the council tickets Zip Car, and Zip Car forwards the ticket (and a chunky admin fee) to the user.

Certainly there are renters who are being thoughtless and leaving them in stupid places. However at least some of them (particularly the ones in pairs or groups?) have been dropped off there by Lime's own drivers after repair/ recharge/ redistribution. I came across a cluster of about 8 bikes and a scooter that had appeared overnight - dumped on a narrow pavement at a zebra crossing. Wankers! It shouldn't be necessary to fix other people's failures (I have plenty of my own) but I do try to take 30 seconds to move them if I see one that's blocking something. They are quite heavy. The rear wheel is locked so the easiest way to move them is to lift the rear off the ground slightly and roll them out the way on the front wheel.

Depends on what company you're talking about. Domino's has employees that are paid hourly rates plus maybe some kind of per delivery incentive, and the bike is provided by the employer. Deliveroo, Just Eat, Uber Eats etc - "gig economy" bullshit where the rider is supposedly an independent contractor, and the rider rents or buys the bike. Whatever it is - the bike should be in good condition and ridden carefully.