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Neighbours

This may sound trivial but sometimes trivialities can start wars. In the next few weeks I will be having some work done at the front of my terraced house involving the digging out of the small frontal...

EDDIE51

Named driver limit ?

I am 60 and retired, I have over 40 years claim free driving to my name. I have 5 children and 4 of them have partners. So we now have 6 cars (apart from mine) in the family, they all want to put me...

TWR

Bus crash at Keswick!

Although a lot of these drivers hold a PSV are they trained enough, drive enough to do the job? people I have known that have done this job do NON driving jobs during the day then late on go back to...

AB Editor

Who do you drive differently for?

For most of us our driving habits are a far flung imitation of what we're taught when we first learnt to drive. We become a little "lazier" either through comfort or confidence.

However, for some passengers your driving habits will change. This can be through fear of irritating back-seat-driver comments, to set a good example or one of many other reasons.

What we want to k

evedawn

incapacity benefit

my stepson has had an operation to repair a compund fracture of the leg. he is claiming incapacity benefits. the consultant gave him a sick cert for six weeks. the consultant did say however that he...

timpent

New post in pub car park restricts access to five houses

Hello all, I'm hoping I can get some advice as to what can be done about a newly erected post that at certain times can restrict access to five properties, mine being one of them. Actually, it's not...

deanosmrs

construction site nightmare

Hi all, at the moment we have a college developement goin on across the road from us, probly about 60 meters away.At present theyre "piling" kind of drilling down into the ground, the...

Buzzardist

Cattle next to my house

A farmer has started rearing cattle in a grain store that is attached to my house. The potential health hazards from animals standing in their own droppings only a few feet from my doors and windows...

midgie

Planning for a pub beer garden

Hi all, can a pub tenant decide to open a beer garden with live events right next door to your house and garden with planning consent?

daveprince

Health and Safety!!

I work in a school with 5/6 yr olds. there are 2 fire doors between me and cloakroom / outdoor play area. I wedge the doors because a) don't like being shut off b) not all children can open the doors...

Bobbisox

What a stupid statement to make!

On the Mathew Wright Show this morning one of the topics were "Can you make a gay person straight" apparently some stupid councillor come Doctor reckons you can, I have never heard such a...

0405453a

Why has my car insurance quote jumped by around 35%

I insured myself, my husband and son on our 2.3l toyota avensis last year for around £650. This year we are getting quotes of £1000 which i can't understand despite searching numuerous...

evedawn

bed sliding on wooden floor

we have hardwood floors. we have a bed with casters/wheels. the two don't go together :-) the bed is sliding all over the room...without us doing anything wilder than sitting on it haha. Any simple...

237SJ

Urban BBQs

Does anyone else think BBQs are the scourge of suburbia? I was sitting in my terraced garden this afternoon and the people 2 doors away fired up the BBQ. Apart from the fact that I can`t understand...

11jammy321

why does my scooter louse throttle action when i put weight on the back wheel?

starts good and easy revs fine but when i take it off the stand and got to set off it just lousing the throttle so its just like am not putting any revs on and it comes and goes. thanks James...

Old Salt

UK Ferry to South of France?

I have a disabled wife and I would like to take her on a holiday to the South of France. Before she was confined to a wheelchair, we used fly Easyjet to Nice for a couple of weeks each year. We rented...

yellownana

Just Passed my test :-)

I passed my test a few days. Yay!!!! :-) I have tried to get quotes for car insurance and it's coming up at £1100, and that's 3rd party too. I'm a 26 year old female and was told it would be...

mollykins

most important science

out of the three main science; biology, chemsitry and physics, which is the most important? I had a dream last night where I agrued with my chemistry teacher (who in the dream and real life has a phd...

anotheoldgit

A little over the top?

http://www.telegraph....r-Madrid-bombing.html Most of us here in Britain ask for longer sentences but is this a little over the top? 1,040 years each but they wil only serve 40 years, the maximum...