My Embothrium,or Chilean Fire Bush, 20 years old, 5 metres tall has suddenly died. It was in perfect health last year and the only thing different is it has reached the electrical cable which goes...
I've never had a coffee from Costa, Starbucks and the like and the fanciest coffee I've ever had (apart from liqueur coffees) is a cappuccino in a glass cup. Remember them? Am I depriving myself of...
Good result, don't you think? A successful test would have elicited a US response (what form might that take, you may ask.). Cancellation of test would be seen as surrender to imperialist bullying and...
Just heard a spokesperson for driving instructors saying that the new Driving Test should include motorway driving? How? If you live in Cornwall, west Wales, The Highlands - how are you to learn, how...
A duck walks into a pub and orders a pint of beer and a ham sandwich. The barman looks at him and says, "Hang on! You're a duck." "I see your eyes are working," replies the duck. "And you can talk!"...
... the smell of charred flesh from 1001 BBQs is filling the Northants air tonight. I love it - and am now feeling hungry enough to eat an Ox - but the veggies must be sat indoors knitting their...
Damning audit today reveals 539 council staff took home at least £150,000 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4399620/The-539-town-hall-fat-cats-rake-PM.html Many heads of multi-academy trusts...
No link - you all know the current case. I'm not interested in the rights/wrongs of taking a child out of school for holidays - the two sides seem to have entrenched positions & minds will not meet....
Briefly it concerns an old man living in a Care Home on the understanding that he could keep his dog with him for life. Now the company appears to have changed its policy, and have told him his dog...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-39436927
I am not a parent, but if I were, I would want to know how well my child is doing at school.
But if they are not tested, how am I to know ?...
Teresa May has actually threatened to potentially cease co-operation on security matters with EU member states if she doesn't get her own way to get a trade deal negotiated alongside 'divorce talks' (...