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Is it a very Clean sound like a Hone (ie. not like a drill or a squirrel) and most importantly "always always always" exactly the same sound, and not a Hoooo but a HewwWWWwne (it's keeping me awake), and it's random

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Now you mention it, I have...but up near the Horniman Museum. I chalked it up to a neighbour doing something crazy.

You probably have already checked them out, but Virgin Media are often an option. Your ISP won't suggest that, as they can't provide services over them, only Virgin Media themselves can. Support can be a bit terrible though, but mind you which residential ISP doesn't?

Ultimately, nobody really wants to pay for them. The banking doesn't make them any money and should the state really be subsidising the functions that the banks themselves used to, and should be providing? On top of that, they have a dwindling user base for the other competencies like currency exchange and logistics. I personally just use Google Pay abroad, and get my deliveries picked up by the postie or use a deposit box.

Andrews and Arnold are very expensive - reallly geared up to providing broadband to commercial operations and business , etc. Just go to uswitch or moneysaving expert websites and type in your postcode. Some homes are covered by several providers others may have a more limited choice. Most areas in London are well covered. community broad band are a new 'kid on the block' get good reviews and very fair prices, they had a stall in Morrisons for some time and were touting for new busness so must be avaiable in the Peckham area. Unfortunetly not in my road !

Just used Niko for the first time after a recommendation from our neighbour. One of the best tradesmen we've used. Friendly, honest and down to earth - but best of all, professional. Sorted several plumbing gripes we had, installed some new taps and even fixed a broken toilet seat just because he noticed it. Niko is certainly one of the good guys and I'm glad to have a reliable plumber on hand if we ever need one again. Give him a call 07818 607 583

It's actually an official sign, it's just the bottom third that's been covered over by the Poundland Banksy. The font gives it away. It used to be sign-posted to Brixton, if I remember correctly.

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well to clarify East Dulwich is North of North Dulwich and West Dulwich. Dulwich itself is at the Plough crossroads. Dulwich Village is the name of a street in an 'affluent' area of Dulwich

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But the sign being discussed here is a joke sign, not an official sign! He gave up using this website because some people on here gave him a really hard time.

Haven't they found you yet ? 😅

It’s from the Treasury report…https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fixing-the-foundations-public-spending-audit-2024-25/fixing-the-foundations-public-spending-audit-2024-25-html 1. Executive summary On 8 July, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that she had instructed Treasury officials to undertake a rapid audit of public spending. This document sets out the outcome of the audit, the immediate action the government is taking in response, and the long-term measures being introduced to restore public spending control. The audit carried out by the Treasury shows that the forecast overspend on departmental spending is expected to be £21.9 billion above the resource departmental expenditure limit (RDEL) totals set by the Treasury at Spring Budget 2024.[footnote 1],[footnote 2]

That doesn’t contextualise it’s part in the 22 billion black hole at all However “ The £21.9 billion was a net figure. Gross additional pressures totalling £35.3 billion were identified by the Treasury, and approximately £13.4 billion of these pressures were then offset by a combination of reserve funds and other allowances. The additional pressures identified were as follows: 2024-25 public sector pay awards (£9.4bn) ”

2.5 Public sector pay At SR21 the government set overall budgets in cash terms on an assumption that pay for public sector workforces would increase by around 3%, 2%, and 2% respectively in the three years covered. Pay for most frontline public sector workers including NHS staff, teachers, police, armed forces and prison officers is set based on recommendations from independent Pay Review Bodies (PRBs). These recommendations have responded to higher levels of wage growth across the wider economy and so actual pay awards across PRB workforces increased by an average of 5% in 2022-23, and 6% in 2023-24.[footnote 11] This – alongside some exceptional pay increases agreed outside the PRB process and pay awards across the Civil Service – has meant that public spending on pay is expected to be around £11-12 billion higher across central government departments in 2024-25 than it was projected to be at SR21, even before accounting for 2024-25 pay awards.[footnote 12]

I probably wouldn't have given junior doctors a 22% pay rise and then claimed that as part of the 22bn black hole "inherited" by this government again - that isn’t really true - there is a gross 30+ billion “black hole” but even accounting for the 8ish billion for pay rise (which isnt even talking about the damage the strike was doing or how deserved the rise was ) still leaves 22 billion and not a million miles away from the extra billions pledged by reeves to farmers in the budget )