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I noticed on the Ryde Esplanade & Pier webcam today that some sort of railway maintenance vehicle has been operating on the tracks at Esplanade today. It has a digger type arm (like a JCB) and has been moving some heavy objects around the station. It went back in the direction of St Johns for a...

I also wondered what would happen when the loss of EU funding started to bite in these areas. However, several weeks ago (I can't remember if I read it on a news site or heard it on the radio) a journalist went to some of the affected areas in south Wales and interviewed the locals. Most of the...

I think the role of social media has a lot to do with the increasing divisiveness in society, including the labelling of other age groups as "not us". I am currently reading a book called "Zucked" by Roger McNamee who describes how the algorithms developed by Facebook are deliberately designed...

and Bojo making eurosceptic Lord Frost a member of the cabinet and chair of the EU-UK committee tasked with implementing the Brexit deal, sends a further signal to the EU that the UK government is not going to be at all helpful in resolving the enormous detrimental issues that the trade deal he...

Are there any estimates of how much extra it will add to the cost of holding an election?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/56172067

Did you notice the strange red and white patterns on the parachute? It turns out it was a message and people have already decoded it... https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/nasa-mars-landing-perseverance-code-jpl-b1806161.html

The Supreme Court has finally rejected Trump's attempts to keep his financial records secret which means they must be released to New York prosecutors. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/us/supreme-court-trump-financial-records.html It will be interesting to see if this triggers any prosecutions.

I've been getting a noticeable increase in the number of calls on my landline during the last few days, up to 5 or 6 calls per day. I've already had 4 today. Most are showing as either international or mobile numbers. I let most go to answerphone and they terminated immediately. I did pick up...

Surely there is much more variation and inequality within these arbitrary groupings rather than between them, due to financial inheritance, gender, ethnicity, disability and class.

I've not had any pancakes since I left the parental home 48 years ago.

It has been posted in the GWR 769 thread that they will only switch between diesel and electric when stationary.

OK, I switched my TV to Freeview, set the 'Type' to Radio and selected channel 704 (which is also Radio 4) and the contents of the sports pages looked identical to those on Freesat. The only difference was having to set the 'Type' to Radio, which is not necessary on Freesat as it has all the TV...

I just checked the red button text service on my TV, tuned to Freesat channel 704 (Radio 4) and it looks like it's showing today's football results?

Someone already has: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/564233 It currently has 11 signatures and has a deadline of 7 July 2021. The creator of the petition seems highly concerned about the 'unfair' extra 1p you get when you divide exactly £1 by 3, but perhaps he and his 2 friends only...

Date ceased to be legal tender: 22 November 1970 According to https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/withdrawn-banknotes

Alpine has issued an update on Alonso's condition and say he will be fit for the start of the season. https://www.crash.net/f1/news/950828/1/twotime-f1-world-champion-alonso-has-surgery-fractured-jaw

It was in post #973 by @Chris125 which had the following link: https://twitter.com/SW_Help/status/1348850200434135041 In which there was the following comment:

Yes and it works whether the alignment is sun - earth - moon, or sun - moon - earth, so you get two spring tides for each orbit of the moon around the earth. Neap tides occur when the bodies are aligned at 90 degrees.

Alpine F1 driver Fernando Alonso is “conscious” and “well in himself” after being involved in a road accident while cycling in Switzerland. https://www.crash.net/f1/news/950827/1/alpine-f1-driver-alonso-conscious-hospital-after-cycling-accident