So good they named it twice. The blurb on YouTube runs: For 26 years, Harborough Market has been at the heart of the community in Market Harborough, Leicestershire. The warmth, camaraderie, and invaluable service from Harborough Market traders, especially during the Covid period, have been second to none and have been perfectly captured in this video. That "26 years" must refer to the time since the new market hall opened. The construction of that hall was agreed while I was a councillor, you know.
Sun 6th
17:31
Ludlow Covid Cast 3: Tracey and Andy talk to Dr Caron Morton about vaccination and safety
Covid-19 vaccine supplies have arrived in the county ready for the vaccination campaign to begin in the next couple of days. It may be a while before many of us receive our jab. Not every we have spoken to will take up the offer of a jab. Some are concerned about adverse health impacts. We talked to Dr Caron Morton GP about the issues for our latest webcast. Andy began the interview by asking whether the development of the vaccine was rushed. Tracey ended by asking whether Caron herself would have a Covid-19 vaccination. Transcript Covid Cast 3 Andy I'd ...
Peter Alliss, whose death was announced this morning, was the last sports commentator who has always been there as far as I was concerned. He was a natural broadcaster who understood golf intimately, used humour and knew when to stay quiet. If some found his shout outs to golf clubs he had visited irritating, they were at least an attempt to keep championship golf in touch with the game's roots. His qualities are all on display here as he describes Jean Van de Velde's self-destruction at the 72nd hole of the 1999 British Open. He was right about that driver. ...
Patience Wheatcroft was given a peerage by David Cameron but resigned the Conservative whip a year ago. Writing for Prospect, she argues that one-nation Tories have no future in the party: In May last year, I was at a dinner party discussing the results of that month's European elections. Not one of the 10 people present had voted Tory. Neither had anyone done what nearly a third of the country did and voted for the Brexit Party, which was then giving refuge to many Conservatives who wanted to let off steam under Theresa May. None of this would have been ...
Some notable blog posts from this month: I failed to note that on the last day of my US trip in February, I went to find my grandmother's childhood home in New Jersey; this month I visited Berlin and followed the Wall. and also had a lovely trip along the Karpass Peninsula in Cyprus. In Brussels, F and I explored the Coudenberg
Winter has hit this week, the best case scenario on future trade with the EU is that our Government is going to agree to something that destroys the beautiful castle we have become used to and leaves just a rickety drawbridge over a shark infested moat and 25000 jobs are to be lost with the collapse of just two retail giants. It's been a grim few days and we know there's worse to come in this most anxious of Decembers. Across the country people are trying to cheer themselves up. Christmas lights have been going up here since mid November ...
[IMG: Counting your blessings improves your mental health so get counting] During the first lockdown, way back in Spring, I sat in my familiar garden but experienced an unfamiliar sensation. Sitting in my garden was something... The post Counting your blessings improves your mental health so get counting appeared first on Ambitiousmamas.
Sat, 12:56: Why the Gerhard Sabathil spy probe fell apart https://t.co/KeusxuVPiC Dramatic stuff. Sat, 14:48: 'One of the nuttier things I've seen': MAGA civil war erupts in Georgia https://t.co/IqIoGfrX6U Hardliners threaten to boycott Senate runoffs. Please! Sat, 15:04: Cyteen by CJ Cherryh I have no idea what happened at the climax. Cherryh's style is very dense; she doesn't believe in telling you much about the background or setting. #nwbooks https://t.co/xBpJwxLFDW https://t.co/rxI0RF4UKY https://t.co/u9EUGTk9yb Sat, 15:33: A Contract With God, And Other Tenement Stories, by Will Eisner This is very good. The title story in particular and the last story, "Cookalein" are ...
Sun 6th
10:12
How should Liberal Democrat MPs vote on any trade deal? Irina von Wiese and Humphrey Hawksley set ou...
We acknowledge the Liberal Democrat parliamentary party is not big enough to impact the vote on any Brexit deal and believe abstention is not an option. It would be seen as weak and give rise to attack from all sides. We do have opposing views on what the Yes or No vote should be, but we do have opposing views on what that vote should be. With whom do you agree? Irina Anything but a vote against would be a betrayal of our most loyal base and our core values. Most vote for us because of our unapologetically pro-EU stance. ...
Apparently, the awarding of contracts and the allocation of jobs within the government to friends and allies of Conservative ministers has an official name, it is a 'direct appointment process'. According to the Guardian, the latest person to benefit from this largesse is Nimco Ali, who is reportedly godmother to the son of Carrie Symonds and Boris Johnson, and who was appointed adviser on tackling violence against women and girls in October, a role that was not publicly advertised: Information released under the Freedom of Information Act to The Critic magazine revealed that she was hired via a "direct appointment ...
I once blogged: Turning on Radio 4 was dangerous in the 1970s. There was every chance you would encounter Instant Sunshine, the King's Singers or James bloody Galway. Worse, it could be Cleo Laine. She invariably went: Doo wop, doo be doo, diddly diddly shoo, doo wop, doop doop diddly diddly whop, woop woop shoo wop shoo wop, diddly diddly, bip bop bap, shoobly shoobly woop woo. Another group that haunted the airwaves in those days was Manhattan Transfer, but I remember rather liking Tuxedo Junction. Manhattan Transfer (we never called them The Manhattan Transfer back in the day) took ...
i) births and deaths 6 December 1932: birth of Declan Mulholland, one of the few Northern Irish actors to appear in Who, as Clark in The Sea Devils (1972) and Till in The Androids of Tara (1978). 6 December 1975: birth of Noel Clarke, who played Mickey Smith in New Who (2005-2010) and also wrote the 2006 Torchwood episode Combat., the only member of the regular cast to have written for the Whoniverse on TV (though others, including Tom Baker and Colin Baker, have written books, comics and audios). ii) broadcast anniversaries 6 December 1975: broadcast of third episode of ...
From the City Council : THE ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) THE DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL AS TRAFFIC AUTHORITY being satisfied that traffic on the road should be prohibited by Gas meter relocation works being carried out HEREBY PROHIBIT the driving of any vehicle in Riverside Drive (drop off / pick up access road at train station), Dundee. This notice comes into effect on Monday 7 December 2020 for 5 working days. Pedestrian thoroughfare will be maintained. No alternative routes for vehicles are available. For further information contact 433082. Executive Director of City Development - Dundee City Council ...
