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Anger over 96-mile diversion for 'unnecessary' road closures
Drivers and residents have shared frustrations over a 96-mile (150km) diversion put in place for an overnight road closure in southern Scotland.
Improvement works on the A75 in Dumfries and Galloway mean a stretch of the road will be closed between 20:00 and 06:00 this week, with more work planned at the end of the month.
Road maintenance firm Amey said the diversion could take up to two-and-a-half hours, but it had done all it could to minimise disruption.
However people affected have said the closure is "totally unnecessary" and was having a major impact.
Drivers and residents have shared frustrations over a 96-mile (150km) diversion put in place for an overnight road closure in southern Scotland.
Improvement works on the A75 in Dumfries and Galloway mean a stretch of the road will be closed between 20:00 and 06:00 this week, with more work planned at the end of the month.
Road maintenance firm Amey said the diversion could take up to two-and-a-half hours, but it had done all it could to minimise disruption.
However people affected have said the closure is "totally unnecessary" and was having a major impact.
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dont think it matters who runs the show tory or labour
it needs change
not change that will take the U K further left or further right
the pendulum needs to balance somewhere in the middle
it needs change
not change that will take the U K further left or further right
the pendulum needs to balance somewhere in the middle
Britain is home to more illegal migrants than any other European nation, a new study has found.
There are up to 745,000 illegal migrants in the UK, accounting for one in 100 of the population, according to the research led by Oxford University experts.
This is more than double the 300,000 in France and ahead even of the upper estimate of 700,000 in Germany, which has the second-largest population of illegal migrants in Europe.
There are up to 745,000 illegal migrants in the UK, accounting for one in 100 of the population, according to the research led by Oxford University experts.
This is more than double the 300,000 in France and ahead even of the upper estimate of 700,000 in Germany, which has the second-largest population of illegal migrants in Europe.
Water firms in England and Wales have been ordered to return £157.6m to customers due to their poor performance. Ofwat said the money would come off bills for households and businesses in 2025-26, with the total rebates set to be calculated in December.
Labour will have to hike taxes to raise £25 billion, warn economists
The Chancellor's first Budget on October 30 could be 'the most consequential' since 2010.
Rachel Reeves may need to raise £25 billion from tax increases for day-to-day spending in the budget, economists have warned.
Even if the Chancellor changes fiscal rules this would do “almost nothing” to ease the challenge on public service funding, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said.
Pension tax £100,000 warning issued as Rachel Reeves considers savings tax
Autumn Budget 2024 at a glance - three things you need to know and how it will impact you
Autumn Budget 2024 at a glance - three things you need to know and how it will impact you
Rachel Reeves' new hair style 'oldest trick in book as UK faces impending doom'
Blow for Rachel Reeves as record millionaires set to flee UK before tax raids
Rachel Reeves 'planning to unleash £130 billion tax nightmare' in first Budget
Labour plot to tax pensioners when they die, then tax them again. On the SAME money
Because of her promise to meet day-to-day spending out of revenues, Ms Reeves would still need to turn to tax rises to avoid spending cuts and meet her pledge to borrow only to invest.
IFS director Paul Johnson said Ms Reeves’ first Budget, which she will deliver on October 30, could be “the most consequential since at least 2010”.
Using economic forecasting by Citi, the IFS Green Budget report concluded that if there are no cuts to spending outside of public services, Ms Reeves would need a tax rise of £16 billion to remain on course to balance the budget in 2028-29.
The Chancellor's first Budget on October 30 could be 'the most consequential' since 2010.
Rachel Reeves may need to raise £25 billion from tax increases for day-to-day spending in the budget, economists have warned.
Even if the Chancellor changes fiscal rules this would do “almost nothing” to ease the challenge on public service funding, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said.
Pension tax £100,000 warning issued as Rachel Reeves considers savings tax
Autumn Budget 2024 at a glance - three things you need to know and how it will impact you
Autumn Budget 2024 at a glance - three things you need to know and how it will impact you
Rachel Reeves' new hair style 'oldest trick in book as UK faces impending doom'
Blow for Rachel Reeves as record millionaires set to flee UK before tax raids
Rachel Reeves 'planning to unleash £130 billion tax nightmare' in first Budget
Labour plot to tax pensioners when they die, then tax them again. On the SAME money
Because of her promise to meet day-to-day spending out of revenues, Ms Reeves would still need to turn to tax rises to avoid spending cuts and meet her pledge to borrow only to invest.
IFS director Paul Johnson said Ms Reeves’ first Budget, which she will deliver on October 30, could be “the most consequential since at least 2010”.
Using economic forecasting by Citi, the IFS Green Budget report concluded that if there are no cuts to spending outside of public services, Ms Reeves would need a tax rise of £16 billion to remain on course to balance the budget in 2028-29.
Following their landslide general election victory, the Labour Government decided to stop the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023, arguing it would have been "potentially damaging to student welfare."
In the Commons, shadow education secretary Damian Hinds said the Act had cross-party support and criticised the Government for taking the decision to pause it without parliamentary debate.
This comes as former Home Secretary and Fareham and Waterlooville MP Suella Braverman posted to social media that she was due to speak at the University of Cambridge but said the event was cancelled "because of militant pro-Palestinian protesters."
Hinds, the MP for East Hampshire, told the Commons: "This evening, a member of this House was due to speak at an event at Cambridge University. It will not go ahead as planned because of safety concerns.
The event was cancelled "because of militant pro-Palestinian protesters."
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In the Commons, shadow education secretary Damian Hinds said the Act had cross-party support and criticised the Government for taking the decision to pause it without parliamentary debate.
This comes as former Home Secretary and Fareham and Waterlooville MP Suella Braverman posted to social media that she was due to speak at the University of Cambridge but said the event was cancelled "because of militant pro-Palestinian protesters."
Hinds, the MP for East Hampshire, told the Commons: "This evening, a member of this House was due to speak at an event at Cambridge University. It will not go ahead as planned because of safety concerns.
The event was cancelled "because of militant pro-Palestinian protesters."
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Muslim group sparks outrage after claiming 'English people NOT Muslims' carried out work converting historic church into Mosque
The owners of a church being converted into a mosque have been slammed after saying 'English people not Muslims' carried out essential work. St John's Church, in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent is being converted into a mosque and education centre
The church dates back to 1788 before it closed in the 1980s and up until 2020 was used as an antiques centre and tearoom. It was last year snapped up by The Darul Falah Centre for £140,000.
However, the project was hit with controversy after a social media video appeared to show stacks of gravestones, some of them damaged, as external works were being carried out at the site. Stoke-on-Trent Council has confirmed it has seen no evidence of disturbed graves.
The owners of a church being converted into a mosque have been slammed after saying 'English people not Muslims' carried out essential work. St John's Church, in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent is being converted into a mosque and education centre
The church dates back to 1788 before it closed in the 1980s and up until 2020 was used as an antiques centre and tearoom. It was last year snapped up by The Darul Falah Centre for £140,000.
However, the project was hit with controversy after a social media video appeared to show stacks of gravestones, some of them damaged, as external works were being carried out at the site. Stoke-on-Trent Council has confirmed it has seen no evidence of disturbed graves.
The algorithms have certainly got you sussed.
What a miserable existence having all that stuff foisted upon you just because a robot has worked out you are a bit thick.
What a miserable existence having all that stuff foisted upon you just because a robot has worked out you are a bit thick.
It's the algorithms that are stalking you.
They have identified you as a nasty and miserable piece of work, that can be easily influenced and manipulated.
I read an article this morning about a rare butterfly that has been reintroduced - so now I'm getting adverts trying to sell me membership of the AES (Amateur Entomologists Society).
My guess is that in your adverts, Elon and his chums are trying to sell you Ninja knives and a balaclava.
You can make it stop and rejoin the real world but I think you are too far gone. They own you.
They have identified you as a nasty and miserable piece of work, that can be easily influenced and manipulated.
I read an article this morning about a rare butterfly that has been reintroduced - so now I'm getting adverts trying to sell me membership of the AES (Amateur Entomologists Society).
My guess is that in your adverts, Elon and his chums are trying to sell you Ninja knives and a balaclava.
You can make it stop and rejoin the real world but I think you are too far gone. They own you.
saddo - It's difficult to take you seriously, given that you appear to have downloaded a picture of Chucky as your signature photo.
Sure it's a girl
Not sure can deradicalize- bless
Let's start with Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream
Not sure can deradicalize- bless
Let's start with Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream
It is not possible to know the exact number of people currently resident in the UK without permission, nor the total number of people who enter the UK irregularly.
saddo • October 11, 2024 10:26 AM BST
More pompous bluster, look like iris owns you tbh.
TM is my stalking bitch
More pompous bluster, look like iris owns you tbh.
TM is my stalking bitch
Four smileys = livid.
Is it true they call it the Emerald Isle because the grass is so green?
Is it true they call it the Emerald Isle because the grass is so green?
There he goes again
TM sitting by the keyboard all day stalking
TM sitting by the keyboard all day stalking
I'm very flattered, you saying you get a stalker every time that I post
- but show some decorum, the direct approach makes you sound a bit desperate/needy and I don't think you're my type.
- but show some decorum, the direct approach makes you sound a bit desperate/needy and I don't think you're my type.
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There he goes again
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There he goes again
TM sitting by the keyboard all day stalking
Your rather twisted idea of stalking is people replying to your posts. Maybe if you didn't clog up the forum with your numerous posts then other posters could reply to each other and not just you. By the way I've just reported you twice.
Shop owners and residents on Britain's most ticketed street have described the 'horrendous' amount of fines that are 'killing the city' and 'destroying' small businesses.
Earlier this year it was revealed that Gloucester Road in Bristol dealt out a whopping 3,375 fines in the last year, equating to roughly £120,000.
Bristol Council raked in the colossal sum for illegal parking and bus lane contraventions, with one person even getting fined £500 in one month.
It comes after research in March showed that drivers are being handed an average of more than 35,000 parking tickets by private companies - with one firm paying almost £1.5million for personal data from the DVLA.
Now, speaking to MailOnline, Bristol residents have shed light on the region's 'hideous' public transport and explained how businesses are being forced to shut an hour early as a result of the gridlocked roads.
Earlier this year it was revealed that Gloucester Road in Bristol dealt out a whopping 3,375 fines in the last year, equating to roughly £120,000.
Bristol Council raked in the colossal sum for illegal parking and bus lane contraventions, with one person even getting fined £500 in one month.
It comes after research in March showed that drivers are being handed an average of more than 35,000 parking tickets by private companies - with one firm paying almost £1.5million for personal data from the DVLA.
Now, speaking to MailOnline, Bristol residents have shed light on the region's 'hideous' public transport and explained how businesses are being forced to shut an hour early as a result of the gridlocked roads.
You'll be ok in Swindon, especially as you never leave the bedsit.
OP seems to smack of somebody desperately trying to say something negative about the UK again.
...and Charlie desperately seeking attention. We all know how this is going to end, as it has previously...
Irish started this thread and his contributions have been informative. Well done Irish.
Irish started this thread and his contributions have been informative. Well done Irish.
Thank you Marksman its a pity these idiots have to stalk people to get what they want out of life whilst the U K burns
I avoid towns like the plague but even on rural roads it is hard to drive 20 miles without temporary lights or closures.
Flies, rats and offers of hush money - the price of living next to a ‘monster’ incinerator
“We have been inundated with flies, rats, smell, noise. It's just been horrendous,” says Mandy Royle, who lives in the closest home to the UK’s biggest waste incinerator at Runcorn in Cheshire.
The facility generates electricity from burning nearly a million tonnes of household rubbish every year - but much of that waste doesn't come from Ms Royle's local area. Like many incinerators, deliveries come from hundreds of miles away.
Many families nearby shared a £1m settlement after 180 of them launched a legal action over the pollution and disturbances from the Runcorn incinerator
But Ms Royle was one of a handful of people who did not sign the agreement, allowing her to speak out about life in the shadow of one of the UK's giant waste plants.
“I’m just stuck in this little corner with a big monster staring at me and throwing what it does over me,” she says.
The others who took the cash, worth about £4,500 per family after legal costs, had to sign a strict non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
“We have been inundated with flies, rats, smell, noise. It's just been horrendous,” says Mandy Royle, who lives in the closest home to the UK’s biggest waste incinerator at Runcorn in Cheshire.
The facility generates electricity from burning nearly a million tonnes of household rubbish every year - but much of that waste doesn't come from Ms Royle's local area. Like many incinerators, deliveries come from hundreds of miles away.
Many families nearby shared a £1m settlement after 180 of them launched a legal action over the pollution and disturbances from the Runcorn incinerator
But Ms Royle was one of a handful of people who did not sign the agreement, allowing her to speak out about life in the shadow of one of the UK's giant waste plants.
“I’m just stuck in this little corner with a big monster staring at me and throwing what it does over me,” she says.
The others who took the cash, worth about £4,500 per family after legal costs, had to sign a strict non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
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“We have been inundated with flies, rats, smell, noise.
Sounds like a fair summation - of what you have done to this forum tbf.
“We have been inundated with flies, rats, smell, noise.
Sounds like a fair summation - of what you have done to this forum tbf.
Speeches at pro-Palestinian rallies in the UK might have glorified terrorism, the government's independent reviewer of terrorism says.
It comes as Home Secretary Suella Braverman says "the full force of the law" should be used against support for Hamas, a proscribed terrorist group, external.
The BBC showed Jonathan Hall KC footage from speeches collected by BBC Verify.
Mr Hall said that several appeared in breach of terrorism legislation and police should have taken action.
Mr Hall, whose role allows him to regularly report on how Britain's terrorism legislation is working, said: "If you take what happened in the Be'eri kibbutz, where babies were massacred, that is unambiguously an act of terrorism," he said.
"People need to know, if you glorify that you risk committing a really serious terrorism offence."
His comments came as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was asked if waving Palestinian flags or saying "Free Palestine" in public could constitute a crime.
Mr Sunak told broadcasters: "Inciting violence, racial hatred, is illegal. People who are acting in an abusive or threatening manner causing distress are breaking the law."
He said that police would "make sure anyone who breaks the law meets the full force of that law".
STARMER OR SUNAK BOTH ALLOWING ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.... a great government over there
It comes as Home Secretary Suella Braverman says "the full force of the law" should be used against support for Hamas, a proscribed terrorist group, external.
The BBC showed Jonathan Hall KC footage from speeches collected by BBC Verify.
Mr Hall said that several appeared in breach of terrorism legislation and police should have taken action.
Mr Hall, whose role allows him to regularly report on how Britain's terrorism legislation is working, said: "If you take what happened in the Be'eri kibbutz, where babies were massacred, that is unambiguously an act of terrorism," he said.
"People need to know, if you glorify that you risk committing a really serious terrorism offence."
His comments came as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was asked if waving Palestinian flags or saying "Free Palestine" in public could constitute a crime.
Mr Sunak told broadcasters: "Inciting violence, racial hatred, is illegal. People who are acting in an abusive or threatening manner causing distress are breaking the law."
He said that police would "make sure anyone who breaks the law meets the full force of that law".
STARMER OR SUNAK BOTH ALLOWING ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.... a great government over there
A WOMAN has allegedly been raped at a children's playground - with cops hunting a suspected teenage attacker who was with three other men.
Four unknown men reportedly approached the woman at the Toddler's Cove playground in Canterbury at around 9.30pm on Friday.
One of the men allegedly assaulted the victim after the others had left the scene.
The suspect was white and described as eastern European and around 18 or 19 years old.
He had tight black curly hair which covered his ears and was wearing a white tracksuit top and white bottoms.
He carried a small white bag around his waist, Kent Police said in an appeal this evening.
Four unknown men reportedly approached the woman at the Toddler's Cove playground in Canterbury at around 9.30pm on Friday.
One of the men allegedly assaulted the victim after the others had left the scene.
The suspect was white and described as eastern European and around 18 or 19 years old.
He had tight black curly hair which covered his ears and was wearing a white tracksuit top and white bottoms.
He carried a small white bag around his waist, Kent Police said in an appeal this evening.
22 October 2024, 07:12 BST
Updated 29 minutes ago
Government borrowing rose last month, marking the third-highest September since records began in January 1993.
Official figures show that borrowing - the difference between spending and tax revenue - reached £16.6bn last month.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the figure was £2.1bn more than September last year.
This is the last official set of public finance figures until the Budget next week, with the Treasury expected to change its own self-imposed debt rules.
The monthly figure was lower than expected by economists, who had collectively predicted borrowing of £17.5bn for September.
"While tax revenue increased, this was outweighed by increased spending, partly due to higher debt interest and public sector pay rises," said Jessica Barnaby, deputy director for public sector finance at the ONS.
Updated 29 minutes ago
Government borrowing rose last month, marking the third-highest September since records began in January 1993.
Official figures show that borrowing - the difference between spending and tax revenue - reached £16.6bn last month.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the figure was £2.1bn more than September last year.
This is the last official set of public finance figures until the Budget next week, with the Treasury expected to change its own self-imposed debt rules.
The monthly figure was lower than expected by economists, who had collectively predicted borrowing of £17.5bn for September.
"While tax revenue increased, this was outweighed by increased spending, partly due to higher debt interest and public sector pay rises," said Jessica Barnaby, deputy director for public sector finance at the ONS.
Who in their right mind would lend Starmer £16 billion ?
OP, why are you so anti-UK? Why does it bother you so much?
Every forum needs a resident deluded fantasist or an angry nutter. I think it's in the forum rules.
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