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Though I agree with your sentiment, the article did say -

She was put in handcuffs by two off-duty officers on Saturday

Always yield to pedestrians (including mobility assisted ones). In the hierarchy of vulnerability and entitlement to the streets they come first.

A hundred times This! well said. Impassable roads stop footfall, stop businesses opening, stop kids playing, prevents community cohesion and economic growth. Fuck dangerous roads. If you're a cyclist you play a small part in this. Be nice x

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This is so desperately sad (again):

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jul/01/body-of-suspected-plane-stowaway-found-in-south-london-garden

An inquest into his death heard he is believed to have survived freezing temperatures of up to minus 60C for most of the 12-hour flight. But he was understood to be “dead or nearly dead” by the time he hit the ground.

How can you survive -60C for any length of time, let alone hours?

A bag, water and some food were found in the landing gear compartment when the plane arrived, the Metropolitan police said.

Because the price of his house is the REAL story here...

FFS

House prices, check.
Diana, check.
Adoration of teenagers, check.

Daily Mail bingo full-house, that.

That Diana story, they wish there was more incest in the royal family?

Interesting use of the word 'magical' too

Because frozen bodies falling into the garden of a 150,000 ex-council semi wouldn't be newsworthy... I mean, do poor people even sunbathe?

How can you survive -60C for any length of time, let alone hours?

Seems unlikely. Quite apart from suffocating from the lack of oxygen at 35000 feet.

http://courtnewsuk.co.uk/20-months-for-bmw-driver-who-left-cyclist-with-brain-injuries/

Mr Dey suffered a bleed on the brain, a broken nose and permanent damage to his knee.

20 months, assume will serve less than that. WTAF.

freezing temperatures up to minus 60C

This boils my frozen piss.

Should point out it's the Guardian responible, not Oliver.

23,000 containers on a single ship!

I didn't even notice that.

responible

I did notice that, though. :)

Aircraft wheel bays are horrible places. Really filthy dirty and full of hoses and pipes, and they’re obviously not pressurised. It’s minus 57C at 33,000 feet, he would have been dead long before London. Poor sod.

This gone be good

https://www.channel5.com/show/cyclists-scourge-of-the-streets/

That's the sort of thing you can't get your head around unless it's compared in some way to the size of Wales.

Cyclists: Scourge of the Streets? will provide an unfiltered look at the enduring war between cyclists and motorists in England. The film will meet a variety of characters, from the cabbies of London and the residents of Surrey who no longer feel safe driving on local roads, to the cyclists patrolling the UK’s highways and law enforcement officials attempting to make the roadways a safer place for everyone who uses them.

Sounds edifying in the extreme

As it's the 1st in a fleet of 11 such sized vessels,
combined they can probably carry most of Wales' annual manufacturing output.

Ah, Wales - the BBC standard unit to measure everything large...

Wouldn't expect any less from the creators of Benefit Street.

next week: Gypsies. Why don't they just die?

Fucking 'el not sure if I want to watch that or not...

I quite enjoyed Benefit Street