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Radio 4 programme, available to hear online or download in mp3, at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002n7p1: City Transport: Faster, Cheaper, Greener Rare Earth How we get around town has never been more political, with controversies over low traffic neighbourhoods and 15 minute cities, and rows about congestion charging and public transport breaking out all over the country. Tom and Helen are in search of the kind of consensus that makes things faster, cheaper and smoother for all of us. What works and what’s been a complete flop? Should we all stop moaning and get on our bikes? Who is the reshaping of traffic flows working - and not working - for? And could Milton Keynes have all the answers? With contributions from: Chris Boardman, Commissioner of Active Travel England. Stephen Potter, Emeritus Professor of Transport Strategy at the Open University Karen Lucas, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Manchester and Director of the Manchester Urban Institute Natalie Ashton. Senior Engagement Officer (North) at Transport for All Presenters: Tom Heap & Helen Czerski Producers: Beth Sagar-Fenton & Alasdair Cross Assistant Producer: Toby Field Editor: Alasdair Cross Rare Earth is produced in association with the Open University.

This week's edition of The Briefing Room I found really useful and impressively informative on the training aspect. David Aaronovitch has come a long way since his University Challenge day. 😉 It's available to hear online or download as mp3. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002n7wv In a few days time resident doctors -who used to be known as junior doctors - were meant to be going on strike. This would be the 14th strike by the doctors’ union since March 2023. The ostensible reason was pay but now the dispute may be over without more increases to salary levels. The Government has instead made an offer to do something about the other big issue for early career doctors - working conditions and specialist training places. David Aaronovitch and guests discuss what's going on and ask what the problem is with the way we in Britain train our doctors? Guests: Hugh Pym, BBC Health Editor Sir Andrew Goddard, Consultant Gastroenterologist Professor Martin McKee, Professor of European Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Mark Dayan, Policy Analyst, Nuffield Trust. Presenter: David Aaronovitch Producers: Caroline Bayley, Kirsteen Knight, Cordelia Hemming Production Co-ordinator: Maria Ogundele Sound Engineers: Michael Regaard, Gareth Jones Editor: Richard Vadon

That was one that the BBC seem to have lost track of. But they do still have quite a few. These are some in their 60s archive. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028zp6

Where is the assertion that they do?

Are the collectors on M&S property? Iirc it's previously been their practice to be on a shop's premises, even with permission, so as to avoid any action against them for street collecting. If so now, I think it would be for the shop to tell them to leave and enforce their doing so. I think in theory the police can be asked to come along and stand by in case of any resulting violence or breach of the peace from the collectors.

Rule 115 You should also use dipped headlights, or dim-dip if fitted, at night in built-up areas and in dull daytime weather, to ensure that you can be seen keep your headlights dipped when overtaking until you are level with the other vehicle and then change to main beam if necessary, unless this would dazzle oncoming road users slow down, and if necessary stop, if you are dazzled by oncoming headlights. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/general-rules-techniques-and-advice-for-all-drivers-and-riders-103-to-158

How and at what stage did your information about the video reach the police?

I've looked up previous media coverage and gather that the school warned pupils of the risk of police 'fines' for assembly under the extant Covid regulations. Don't you think they might have felt it a duty, to both pupils and parents, to do so?

I'm glad that Barry's have posted. Their mention of the merger soon led me to (a) bushy-tailed PR guff about the new member joining the inpost 'family' and promising a bright happy world of lockers etc ahead. and (b) clear signs that the same problems related here seem to have been current and widespread even three months ago. That's just from looking at one thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/vinted/comments/1nlv3u2/yodelinpost_merger_issues/

How much space was available there, and how does it compare with what they have at Highshore Road? Are RM Parcels also having local difficulties with the size of the Christmas parcel stream?

An example or two would I think help.

Farage, like most of its pupils, wasn't a boarder.

The minutes of the licensing sub-committee meeting of 24 July are at https://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/documents/g8329/Printed minutes Thursday 24-Jul-2025 10.00 Licensing Sub-Committee.pdf?T=1. The application was granted. Incidentally, the attached covering letter of 7 May does name Tesco as the applicant in all three of the planning applications I listed above in my 30 October post. 25_AP_1351-COVERING_LETTER-4061593.docx

> Was the penguin there? I like the penguin. I like the way he clacks his beak No, none of the others. Peregrine was in fact the only one I had time for. Maybe something about him of a proto-Victor Meldrew, or maybe a hint of Gilbert Harding? The only other one of whom I remember anything is the iirc rather tiresome Katy the Kangaroo. The Annette Mills WikiP article I found interesting. If you branch out from there you may eventually get to the 'official site' https://www.muffinthemule.co . Your browser might provide a small frisson if you take the necessary Advanced entry route to the latter, with warnings of possible danger if you proceed further. In fact apparently nothing more than an expired certificate.

Indeed. Evening News & Star 21 May 1965: