Weekly Road Report - West End Ward #dundeewestendDUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 1 DECEMBER 2025 Old Hawkhill - road closed from approximately 50m south of Hunter Street (building defect) fom 9 October 2025 for approximately 3 - 6 months. Peddie Street - give and take traffic control from Monday 1 December 2025 for 3 weeks for lighting works. Forthcoming Roadworks Perth Road (near Ninewells Avenue) - temporary traffic lights on Tuesday 9 December (9.00am to 4.00pm) for Scottish Water work. Hawkhill (at Tait's Lane) - overnight (9.00pm to 6.00am) temporary traffic lights on Thursday 11 ... (more) |
So, tell me again, where exactly is Clacton?The Mirror reports on research by their journalists that has found that Nigel Farage has made £140,000 from filming up to 2,000 personal Cameo videos, but has spoken in Parliament just 22 times and mentioned his Clacton constituents on only three occassions. The paper says that the Brexit MP has trousered more than £140,000 from selling personal messages on the US-based Cameo platform since December last year. They add that last year he even got up before the rest of his family on Christmas morning to log on and send a message: His speaking records show he stood up in ... (more) |
3 Christmas fairsOn Saturday I visited three local Christmas fairs. As already reported, I went to Whickham Library fair in the morning (see photo above), taking 2 of my goats with me to help raise funds. I popped into the building as well to say help to everyone and have a look at what was for sale. By midday the clock was ticking so we packed up the goats, took them back to the farm and then headed to the (more) |
A short history of correspondence with my family...When I was (much) younger, messages to my family were sent on something that looked like this, an aerogramme. They were designed to be lightweight (to keep the delivery cost down) and easy to use - you folded over the gummed, protruding edges to seal it closed. But, with telephone calls expensive, and even middle class Indian homes not always connected to the telephone, they were how you kept the family in touch with what you were doing. Of course, the advent of the internet meant that aerogrammes were increasingly irrelevant, and it appears that the Royal Mail gave them ... (more) |
Goat fundraisingAs we have done for many years, we took two of our goats to Whickham Voluntary Library on Saturday for the Christmas fair. We had lots of questions about them from people going to the fair and from those visiting the local shops. A collecting tin was strategically placed next to the goats. The end result was £119 raised for the Library. Not a bad sum! (more) |
J.W. Logan left an estate worth £13m in today's moneyMy hero J.W. Logan - nicknamed "Paddy Logan" for his strong support for Irish home rule - died in 1925. He had been Liberal MP for Harborough from 1891 to 1904 and from 1910 to 1916. He left, reported the London Daily Chronicle (Monday 21 September 1925), an estate of £167,159. According to an online inflation calculator, £100 in 1925 is worth £7,769.23 today. So, after consulting the University of Rutland's celebrated Department of Hard Sums, I can reveal that Logan left an estate worth almost £13m. No wonder he was able to provide Market Harborough with swimming baths and ... (more) |
Liverpool is a city of immigrants and we love it.Yesterday I went to two events which showed to me both the roots of our city and the way that it has been built and relied on successive waves of immigrants from all over the World. My first event was with the Polish community celebrating 20 years of their Saturday School where young Brits with a Polish heritage are taught the Polis Language, history, and culture. There are 29 other similar Saturday schools in Liverpool which shows youngsters how to integrate into our society but retain something of their roots. Believe me there were a lot of broad Scouse accents ... (more) |
Cutting waiting lists and the BudgetIn her Budget Statement the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated one of her aims was to cut waiting lists in the NHS. According to a survey by the Times newspaper earlier this year it was estimated that there were on average 13,600 older people in hospital every day who did not need to be there awaiting social care, costing the NHS £2.9m per year. Therefore, one cannot resolve the problems of the NHS in isolation of social care. The NHS and social care are in crisis and in need of radical reform, restructuring and cultural change to liberate the professionals ... (more) |
Magistrate Dr Delicate censured for swearingBBC News wins our Headline of the Day Award. The good doctor's response was a bit "I'm sorry if you feel you've been sworn at": Dr Delicate, who hitherto had a five-year unblemished record, apologised "if such behaviour occurred", and said some of her actions may have been misinterpreted. (more) |
Lord Bonkers' Diary: He should ask an eagle to do itOn Friday it was Peter the Painter: today it's Gandalf the Grey. You meet all sorts in Rutland. It sounds as though Meadowcroft would have seen eye-to-eye with Hugo Dyson. Legend has it that he responded to Tolkien reading something from Lord of the Rings at a meeting of the Inklings in an Oxford pub by groaning "Oh fuck, not another elf." Saturday On Bonfire Night I was accosted at the village firework display by a white-bearded fellow who claimed to be a wizard. He said they were looking for a couple of chaps to trek into eastern Rutland and ... (more) |