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@malumbu I completely understand the benefits of active travel, I also understand your point on tactics being used to try to get people out of cars. But what if the interventions deployed thus far are just increasing congestion and pollution and the oft-celebrated increases in cycling are being propped up by people jumping on Lime bikes instead of walking a and delivery riders on souped up e-bikes. To try and get it back on track just look at what we are talking about- Ryedale being closed to through traffic to try to manage the increased flow of traffic caused by the Dulwich LTN displacement. There is very little evidence that these measures do what those who support them promised. If all you're doing is chasing the displacement (which is exactly what is happening on Ryedale and a resident on here admits that) then the approach is failing. What is happening on Ryedale is an admission the LTNs have not worked. Maybe it is, in fact, my knowledge of when to use primary position which means I have only had a couple of hairy moments on my bike over the years. Maybe it is because I cycle acutely aware of when other road users may struggle to see me and cycle accordingly. Maybe It is because I don't cycle thinking I am the only road user that matters. Maybe it is because I obey all the rules that apply to me as a cyclist.

Banook Bagels just announced they are moving from Peckham to East Dulwich Road. Supposed to be some of the best bagels in town

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Hi can anyone recommend any particular GP practices in the area who are sympathetic to trans youth? thank you

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Andy Burke came very quickly to sort out a blocked drain outside. All was unblocked and it is now running smoothly!

Please would you DM if you have recently had a victorian home repointed? Best, DC

I have sadly had terrible food at The Plough.

How many times do we have to go through this @Rockets To get people out of their cars, which reduces congestion, carbon emissions and improves air quality you have to have a mixture of measures - hard such as closing roads or road restrictions, cost, nudge, and incentives. Surely you understand the additional benefits of active travel, on physical and mental health. You can't be against this. With your knowledge on transport you would be such an asset if you campaigned to encourage less use of private cars and an increase in active travel. Concerning your cycling experience you spoke about two times you almost came a cropper. You were fortunate, I was knocked down twice once be a speeding car and once by a hire van. Neither gave me any where near enough room. But add to this four times being threatened by angry motorists, the sort of ones that drive up a bus lane and then cut across you, and other close shaves the most frightening being a bus off the Old Kent Road on the wrong side of the road, the classic bus cutting across you going South on Rye Lane, and similarly a bus on Catford Bridge (that time I did report it to the police). But every week I see speeding drivers and those that don't give you enough space. Perhaps you had a particularly good commuting route, and/or perhaps you are more oblivious to poor driving. To put this in context of course most drivers are responsible, and whilst I gave three examples of bus drivers this is a tiny percentage of those that I have shared the road with. So I don't agree that it is a new generation of cyclists who think that cycling is so dangerous they need segregation. It is the powers that be based on the evidence of cyclists killed or seriously injured by drivers. Personally I believe we should be able to share the road but this would mean a culture change where drivers understand that a cyclist in front of you has priority, and you should only overtake when there is sufficient space to give the cyclist getting on for a couple of metres. As per Highway Code, now, and before, certainly when you would have passed your driving test. I get that you don't understand that cyclists should normally adopt the primary position on urban roads, I have tried to explain this to you in the past but hey ho. And again this cyclist vs motorist nonsense you keep pedaling (nice bike link) is so unhelpful. Of course it was Sunak who decided to pit drivers against everyone else. Not really sure what the relevance is to the thread, I've long lost interest on this particularly scheme.

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Chern would be ideal if we did not have the children with us -they do not like Chinese/Indian food (their mum has tried with them) Went to The Plough for a drink after a funeral last week and had a look at their menu - expensive and unless they had a separate children's menu, did not see anything suitable. Lunch Time sandwich and drink was £12.

Update on Facebook group says rescued by Protected Paws and undergoing surgery/treatment. HP

Could be several things and varies by TV and soundbar. If you have a spare HDMI socket, try connecting to the soundbar to the other HDMI socket and see if that works. Some TVs have settings in the menu to set up soundbar, especially for use with external inputs. Hope this helps

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Can any super techy people advise on this: I have connected a soundbar to the TV with an HDMI cable into the HDMI ARC socket. The soundbar works with the TV but when I switch to Netflix or other media that come through a virgin box, the sound disappears completely. I can then only get the sound back on the TV by unplugging the soundbar from the TV. The virgin box only has one HDMI socket which is used to connect to the TV so can't connect the soundbar to the virgin box by cable. Any ideas on how to make this work or recommendations for a TV wizard to contact? Thanks.