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Supporting local food banks. Their donations from supermarkets must have dropped to zero. Food bank clients must be among the most frightened people at the moment. They were living on the edge before and have no resources to call on now.

Forum admin, please remove this post. Let's hope no one is tempted to get in touch with these people who either are stupid posting this here or at the very least, incompetent to be fishing here.

Some body may have a hot tub that 'refreshes' on timer every few hours. The pump churning the water gives out a low hum. Note down the times, go down the street when you hear it and see if you can locate the exact house where it is loudest and talk to council who may be able to mediate with owners who may not realise the sound is travelling.

Richard Ratcliffe, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband is on hunger strike outside the Iranian Embassy to try to bring pressure and awareness of her ongoing plight. I was passing last Sunday and went over to wish him well. There were only his parents and a couple of friends there. It was so sad, They are facing this alone. I felt heartbroken for them. I sat and talked to Richard's mother, Barbara. for a while and I was so impressed by her courage. She was an ordinary elderly 'down to earth' lady prepared to sit there by her son's side. I have been trying ever since to reach out to anyone I know to raise public support and think of imaginative ways to show support. I know that it is not strictly a ED issue but we are an area filled with families with children of the same age as Nazanin and Richard's daughter and who must identify with their plight. I thought I would tie some flowers to my front door tomorrow. Please join in and if you are social media types, please post and share with your own messages...

Richard Ratcliffe, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband is on hunger strike outside the Iranian Embassy to try to bring pressure and awareness of her ongoing plight. I was passing yesterday and went over to wish him well. There were only his parents and a couple of friends there. They are facing this alone. If anyone can, please consider going along to give support.

I don't think it closed because not making money. I think the very creative owners moved in a different direction, wrote sweet making books, had a television series and marketed their sweets in top stores. I seem to recall they were actors and I hope they are still spreading joy in whatever ventures they are up to now.

I'm fascinated by the way that this wider national franchise brand must have been inspired in part by the success of our own local wonderful, witty and sadly missed Hope & Greenwood. So what started here as a single little shop, fuelled by passion, now 'returns' to us transformed in a slicker, corporate form. I must admit Twinkies were part of my partner's American childhood rather than mine but a sugar rush is still a sugar rush.

Because it seems part of a much wider conversation about what activities are acceptable in an urban (be that ED or not) environment. Are garden bonfires acceptable in a built up area, for example.

I think so too...

Dear Jimlad48, I'm sorry I am confused, do you actually live in the area covered by this proposed CPZ? It is not only people who have a car will have to pay, we will have to buy tickets for anyone coming to see us for repair work. We have lived near ED station for thirty years and can't say the parking has got any worse, just stayed the same.

Well the calico (or tote bag) movement is obviously gathering pace like a secret army. Really Maria, the craft shop, is displaying a book of tote bag designs to make in it's window.

Sorry James, I don't understand your last post. Do you mean there is a proposed reduction scheme for non car owning residents who will have to buy visitors permits. What does Mrwb mean. Thanks

Actually, it's not just car owners. We don't have a car but will have to buy visitors permits for repair people and anyone visiting us.

I agree with Zak's post. Little consideration is being given to serving the parking needs of the local economy, the small independent shopkeepers, the small workshops and public service workers who are working here. The high price of a parking permit for them will make them unable to continue being here while residents will be able to get up to three permits per household for cars mainly sitting idle. Far from being 'rewarded' for being a non car owning household, we face the prospect of having to buy visitors permits to allow for any repair/ tradespeople to come to do work at our house. We don't add to traffic, pollution and parking by owning a car yet we will have to pay at the same rate as multi car households.

We used to go to Ellie at Norwood Road Vets near Brockwell Park. She was really really amazing but with no car now we switched to Lordship Lane to make life easier. They seem fine, lots of nice young vets, very efficient and yes, expensive. It feels different from a small practice with only one or two vets but our experience has been positive so far.

It seems very simplistic and wrong to accuse the painter of being 'the antisemitic artist' and 'the racist artist' rather than the fact that once in the past someone interpreted a small part of one of his works as being open to misinterpretation. Actually I like this mural and can't think of any way this particular image could be said to be racist so I don't understand the 'ignoring it on your own doorstep' bit. I agree the rise of the far right here is the real concern.

Glossy leaflet came through the door today about Heathrow airspace and future operations consultation. Does anyone know how their 'emerging' plans will impact on ED and will they increase the flight traffic above us.

I had a similar situation with a friend about a month ago. He had been discovered laying in his flat, he had maybe been there about three days. After a few days in Kings, they discharged him. He could not walk, he lives in a upstairs flat. We were stonewalled when we talked about a care plan. It was surreal, their only concern was filling in a form saying a district nurse would call and so he had been been passed in community care. After two days on our sofa we had to get him back to A&E and they only kept him in because we sat with him there for eight hours.

Tell someone from the allotment's committee and describe roughly where among the plots the bonfire was. They will be able to find out if it was a plotholder or someone coming into the allotments. It worth letting them know because the problem of thefts and damage. it might just be a non sleeping allotment person as November is when you can start having bonfires again and you can't leave a fire that is still alight.

The way I understand it is the M&S will be at the front facing the road.The small library will tucked in at the back of the building. I presume the M@S is aimed at hungry commuters exiting the station grabbing ready meals on their way home

We have requested a full copy of all our medical records (that's 35 years worth) just incase they go astray. Given the way they are dealing with things we just thought it was best to have them to make sure they exist in some form with us till we can get another doctor. I just feel that they have given no regard to some of their very frail elderly patients who may been with them for sixty or seventy years and who will be completely unable to deal with signing on elsewhere and are vunerable and have been dumped with so little notice and help. Shame on them.

We have not got one either.

I'm glad the 'cat killer on the loose' thing is dampened down. It only served to prompt other unhinged people fuelled by the web into possible attacks on small creatures and enjoying the fear it was causing. Maybe there was human agency but all the publicity was negative. It is definitely a good idea to keep cats in at night not least because of them being spooked by foxes and presents of dead mice. The Met was absolutely right to investigate things fully, it is an established pattern that some serial killers started with small animals before moving on to human victims.

I'm with Foxy, after 25 years working in new media digital realm, I use cash, don't do online banking, never have used a 'hole in the wall' machine and always use the bank counter and get paper receipts.

James, can't open the link to the proposed area map. Could you add in another way that people to open it up, thanks.