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@OpenChiswickW4 Used to cycle down there all the time! Wonderful trees. The location of the first V2 to land on Britain in WW2

Full Sakura season is here again on Staveley Road in Chiswick. This road was a rat run for 5,500 drivers every day trying to save a minute by avoiding the Hogarth Rndbt and A4. Both built at great expense for drivers. Until the new filter and LTN. 😊 😍 Cherry Blossom

@infobeautiful or even 8.08

Very bad? Terrible? Or perfect? American superlatives graded. Making American 8.8 again? today.yougov.com/society/articl…

@paullewismoney Anyone with a post graduate degree is also paying back both at the same time so 9% plus 6% so far as I can make out. If you do manage to get a salary above £50270 then about 60% will be deducted if in a workplace pension scheme

The student loan scandal - interest on loans is more than the repayments for many on Plan 2 so debt grows trapping them with extra 9% income tax for up to 30 years bit.ly/3NcgO8o £15.2 billion interest added to student loans last year, only £5 billion repaid.

@JamesMelville The other issue is that the government is still owed this money until it is written off. Do they seriously expect it all to be paid? If not, why not write it off to the students now rather than sell it at a massive discount to a company later who will still make money from it.

The student loan scam. This is absolutely insane. Just look at the recent enormous jump in interest on student loans. Interest on loans is more than the repayments for many students. They will be saddled with enormous debts (and high interest) for years.

@paullewismoney How is this accounted for by the government? Are they expecting it all to be repaid? if not, why have such a high interest rate?

Today, 2 Oct 1946 @PS_Waverley launched. Today, aged 79, she sailed under my feet at @TowerBridge. So, Happy Birthday to this incredible ship, the world’s last surviving ocean-going paddle steamer. Built for LNER to an old design, she’s still going strong. There she goes, again…

Happy #ColourBlindAwarenessDay 2026!

Agreed the stats quoted look to be completely wrong. We do need a more vibrant housing sector with smaller developers and this is one of the bits of legislation stifling it.

Cool Cooling Towers- can't wait!

Ribblehead 💛

Good Morning from Muker 👀

Bigger AND better. Observe how the new mansard roofs in the middle and on the right, do not just "not detract", they actively improve the street. The good news is that thanks to our work...

Unless the RIBA refocuses on the things that architects actually care about—planning, fees, sustainability and procurement—then there's little to be done to arrest this sad, but inexorable slide into irrelevance. architectsjournal.co.uk/news/no-candid…

its even worse than you think - its either no counties or every country @colourblindorg

got to be 'This Sporting Life' as its written by David Storey also a Yorkshireman although of these 'Rita Sue and Bob too' is still funny to me

@TristanCorkPost ....and what about the application for scheme on the site adjacent which still appears to be 'pending' app no. 21/05580/F which is significantly higher than V-shed and on a similar site to the Centre for Performing arts

The reaction from people in Bristol to the council planners opposing a rooftop bar on the V-Shed is pretty universal bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…

@TristanCorkPost ....and what about the observation 'thingy' which was in Millennium Square and was granted permission

@TristanCorkPost Also look at the application for the additional floor on the Lloyds building app no. 24/02665/LA which appears have the support of Historic England and that's a listed building!

@TristanCorkPost A far cry from this proposal!

⚠️ 9 years ago today… We walked into the Dpt for Education to make the case for something that should not need fighting for: 👉 That screening for colour blindness must be reinstated in schools. Nothing has changed! amzn.to/4eGJxds @colourblindorg