ECCOnoob

Firstly, my reply was an open reply it didn't specify you or any other particular poster, it was just responding to the thread - that's how it works. Secondly, as I have already mentioned, there is 'temporary camera' provision. The police speed camera unit attends that site multiple times. In fact, the latest listings show they will be doing so again this very month. I don't know what else you want. I have told you any other sort of fixed camera (even for a limited period) must satisfy specific thresholds set by the highways authority before it can be installed. Sorry to disappoint but that's the reality.

I fully understand the problem. If you read my post again you will see how I fully explain why you can't just plonk a camera there permanently. It's not that simple. BTW posts #2,3,4,5,8 all seem to be hinted towards the police and their supposed inactivity.

Whilst I appreciate the frustration some may have, I don't understand what more people expect the police to be doing. The road already has several speed humps along it. I have seen periodic monitoring by the mobile speed camera van on there and with exception of the very lower part near ecclesfield, most of the houses are actually offset on a separate road away from the main carriageway so hardly in any direct and immediate danger. Regardless of any arguments on funding and resourcing it's naive to think that police can be sat there 24/7 and also getting placement of a permanent speed camera has to meet a very high threshold from the highways authority based on actual accident statistics.

They are part running the council now. The present administration is a three-way coalition between greens, labour and liberal. Before that it was a Labour-Greens tie up. In fact, a quick look back at the 50 year history of SCC shows that there's been four different periods of no overall control and two periods where Liberal had full control. This has been particularly prominent since 1999 onwards where Labour's dominance has been far more patchy.

Just remember if you want to make your point of view, a good opportunity to send that message will be on 2nd May 2024. If those who committed and implemented this polarising bus gate proposal being discussed here, are still in exactly the same positions of power on 3rd May 2024 then it says a lot. All well and good whinging and whining on here, but how many people attended the meeting when this was proposed or raise questions with their counsellors or voiced objections. How many will be voting out the present counsellors come next month. How many are actively looking and studying what the alternatives are offering. Apathy always seems to be part of the problem.

But that's the unfortunate issue. Changing circumstances equals different risk factors. It's all just number crunching, but ultimately moving from small town to big city with bigger and more complex roads, far more traffic, different crime stats and and a thousand and one other adjustments all add to the calculations on the likelihood of them having an accident, damage or theft.

Well, one obvious reason would be the fact that running around the uneven, muddy, narrow and often steep terrain of the Peak District is hardly suitable for a mass race involving several thousand people.

It's ANY live broadcast television not just BBC services. Even if one sits there watching live itv or sky broadcast all day they would still have to pay for a licence under the law.

I don't think they were trying to 'achieve' anything in particular. They were just doing what certain types of kids have done for generations before. Cause a bit of anarchy, get some attention, think they're being cool, following the herd and falling into peer pressure to please their fellow crowd. Nobody is saying it was acceptable just as the same sorts of behaviour being done 10, 20, 50 years ago. This is not a new story. Best thing to do is move on. Sensible parents of these ilk will live them a metaphorical kicking, the school will give them some sanctions and the shopping centre will ban them. Clickbaters and over reactors treating this as some breakdown in all society and a generational yoof shift that's going to put the world you decline is falling for exactly what they want.

Some complete rubbish being posted on this thread. All these pensioners banging on about tech being the root cause of the problems when it's nothing more than a tool. All this delusion about the 'good old days' of respect and youths knowing their place. It's rose tinted nonsense. Every generation had their version of the yob, the rebellious, the antagonists. In the '50s and 60s there was the gang culture and the mods v rockers smashing up the seaside results in the summer. In the 70s and 80s there was the punk and skinhead brigades, the glue sniffers and taggers, the gangs of football hooligans causing a riot in town centres every match day. In the 90s there was the drug fuelled rave culture and the boozed up sexed crazed matcho pint swigging lads and laddettes causing mayhem outside the pubs at closing time and now we have the bruvs on the street with their fresh mouths and their smart tech and their flashmobs init though.. In may look and sound different but it's all the same. Like I said earlier, the technology is just a tool. For those many who aren't using it to cause riots in shopping centres that tech has enhanced their lives that the previous generation could only dream of. They are far more educated, sophisticated and world wise by the time they reach teenage than the previous generations failed to get at all during their adult life. The world is more globalised, communities are better connected, opportunities have expanded giving far more ambition for those who want to take it. Those longing for back to the dark ages are deluded to the reality what it was.

EDITED after rereading first post.

If you have actually been diagnosed with hypertension than surely blood pressure checks and some form of monitoring will have already been undertaken. Most people I know with that condition get asked to do a check once a year anyway. Alternatively, if you are that worried, you can buy a blood pressure monitor from most pharmacies or supermarkets or even Argos. However, I doubt it will help your condition if you're obsessively checking it and getting paranoid about it going up and down.

It is, there has been stories about this before with people doing the usual 'compo faces'. For the venues, it's a liability issue. The reason many of them are seeking a waiver or some kind of GP letter is because those persons with downs syndrome conditions are more likely to also have cervical spine instability which means they could face a far higher risk of sudden fracture of their neck compared to a non disabled person. Discrimination and being singled out is one argument but equally there's the arguement of liability, safety and protection of the venues. Another situation where people need to look beyond the headlines before they get their frothy mouth outrage.

Thanks for clarifying. That probably explains the further applications years after for change of classification and use of the entire top three buildings Either way not exactly "driven out by the council" as boldly stated earlier by our resident child genius.

So? Can't be that much priority if you have enough strength to post on here moaning about it You could choose to pay for one and get seen next week if you wanted. However if you want it out of the state's purse, then sorry - you need to wait your turn.

Me neither. Nor do I believe the guff from Irene that it's the Council who "drove out McDonalds" by refusing permission for their alterations. The planning docs say the proposals were withdrawn by the applicant not refused by the council. The McDonald's kept going for a very long while after all that and was even occupied by Stone The Crows for a period long after McD's vacated. If the council were supposedly that desperate to take possession and knock it down, they took a long time to do it.

Wow. All the buzzwords in one load of doom monger waffle. I need to start a bingo card. You really are not going to give up your delusion that a 'socialist Labour' is what people want and will solve all the problems. The People have spoken many times and they clearly do not want what your lot are selling. Oh and for the record, voter preference for Conservatives over any form of Labour has been going on a lot longer than simply post 1980s . Go wise up on your political history and you will see how many more conservative prime ministers have been in power over Labour. Does that not tell you something?

Well what you deludedly expect and actually receive are two very different things. The owners of the retail park will know full well who their customer base is. It has been designed and is operated predominantly for customers arriving by private car and at least 11 of its 19 tenants are businesses where cash transactions will be very much in the rarity. We are looking at furniture shops, high value electricals, home improvement stores and a travel agent here. Exactly the sorts purchases that normal people will not be paying with wads of cash, therefore no pressing demand for an ATM. Just because you want to act like some rebel against electronic payments doesn't mean the rest of the world is. If you want to be inconvenienced by insisting on cash, that's your problem.

Absolutely. Something seems very fishy here. Another woe is me documentary and accompanying interviews. Another cash injection on the back of her late husband's illness. Based on the report she is earning £544k a year from her tv work, which, even after the substantial tax, equates to more than someone's annual salary every month. They live in a £4m property. Even if half of her monthly income was on this 'extortionate' care - it still left nearly £9k a month to pay everything else. Cut your cloth accordingly - everyone else would have to. Maybe sell the £4m house and buy somewhere else. Im sure £2m could still buy something nice leaving the other £2m to pay for these supposed debts. Seems to me that there is some excuse making and playing for sympathy here. Banging on about care costs and struggling when its obvious that the hardship has REALLY came from of her husband's failed company. Interesting also that she claims in the article that she had no legal authority on the failing business yet a quick glance at companies house shows her named as a shareholder and the one who signed the Liquidation paperwork over two years ago. Pity the journalist failed to mention things like that. Although that wouldn't have resulted in a nice gooey life interest sympathy seeking piece.

State pensions, jobseekers allowance, employment and support allowance, maternity allowance, bereavement allowance.... Its not all simply handed to the NHS.

Quite surprising. Less than 3 months ago I walked into the Halifax meadowhall and opened an account for myself with nothing more than my driving licence and a quick credit check using my credit card. They didn't mention anything about requiring a special appointment. In fact, I just sat with the advisor filled in the application myself using their iPad and job was done in about 5 minutes. Maybe you were just unlucky with your particular branch.

No. I just prefer to enjoy my lunch hour rather than wasting time at a bank when I can do the same transaction much more conveniently from home, at a time beyond 9-5 or even at the weekend. Its not 1975 anymore. Telephone and internet banking exists.

But you had to waste part of your lunch break and spend time physically having to go to a branch to "sort it in 5 minutes". Whilst a 40 minute waiting on hold is not ideal, I would still prefer to be able to call them at my convenience from the comfort of my home while sat in my PJs.

Not a surprise. Ha d a feeling that was going to happen after they refurbished The Moor branch and did nothing with High Street. They really don't need two centre branches these days.

What decade are you in? I am a damn sight older than you claim to be, but even I had my own passbook account, as did many of my junior school classmates. In fact, at that time, a representative of the Yorkshire Bank used to come into school once a week so we could pay our pocket money into it. By the time I reached teenager, I had my own junior account with a cash card and then a few years later a Solo debit card which was widely used. Kids these days are even more sophisticated. It's certainly not uncommon to see junior school age kids with their own prepaid debit cards or bank accounts with regular visa debit cards for those a bit older. Banks offer kids accounts as a routine service. Have done for decades. Kids are getting their own smartphones before they reach 10, they embrace a basic concept of the internet even earlier. Their world is digitised right from nursery to home to school to friends to work. Of course kids living in that world will expect to be able to buy things online, or add some music to their screaming service or download some game onto their devices... Just take a look in some of the supermarkets at the gift cards and prepaid things that can be bought. A good proportion of it is certainly not aimed at adults. The days of a quid out of mum's purse every week or £5 clipped to a birthday card from Grandma are long gone. It's very different and given your claimed age, it seems quite bizarre that you come out with such stuff. You're at least 15 years behind the rest of us most of the time.