Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Be careful what you wish for Stan. Could be you next.

A study from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) analysed the fortunes of 74 UK cities with populations of more than 100,000, developing an index of relative decline based on changes in employment rates, levels of highly qualified workers, the number and type of full-time jobs, net migration rates and population change.

Rochdale, Burnley and Bolton topped the list of cities that have fared the worst

Germany’s dash for coal continues apace. Following on the opening of two new coal power stations in 2012, six more are due to open this year, with a combined capacity of 5800MW, enough to provide 7% of Germany’s electricity needs.
Including the plants coming on stream this year, there are 12 coal fired stations due to open by 2020. Along with the two opened last year in Neurath and Boxberg, they will be capable of supplying 19% of the country’s power.

In addition, 27 gas fired stations are due on line, which should contribute a further 17% of Germany’s total electricity generation. (Based on 2011 statistics, total generation was 575 TwH).
It is worth noting that none of these coal or gas plants will be built with Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS), which is a legal requirement for coal generators in the UK, despite the fact that the technology does not yet exist on a commercial scale.

Be careful what you wish for iturama. Could be you next.

"A study from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) analysed the fortunes of 74 UK cities with populations of more than 100,000, developing an index of relative decline based on changes in employment rates, levels of highly qualified workers, the number and type of full-time jobs, net migration rates and population change.

Rochdale, Burnley and Bolton topped the list of cities that have fared the worst?"

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Misleading quote from you iturama as...

a) Burnley is not a City.
b) The population of Burnley is and has not been for many decades anywhere near 100,000...so please check your facts before posting in the future.

...Next.

grenfell council have a list who should of been in the tower block .
they can not get answers from the residents of who were in the flats ,

they are the criminals all they need to do is go to the council .so the council know who is a live , simple then they know who is not ,
but the residents are giving them little help why ?

it appears some of the tenants do not live in the uk they have sub let their council flat

Sorry Stan. That is from the Guardian, the lefts favourite rag. My fault, I should have realised that coming from the graun it would be fake news.

thats ok stan loves fake news its is trait

Millions of motorists will be quids in at the pumps as a supermarket price war has slashed another 2p a litre off petrol.

Surprisingly, Sainsbury’s fired the first salvo and Morrisons waded in soon after with both lopping 2p off diesel and unleaded.

Tesco joined the fray by matching its rivals with petrol prices while Asda said it would drop by “up to 2p”.

But its forecourt prices now at 110.7p per litre for both types of fuel mean a penny a litre has been cut from its previous price of 111.7p.

The supermarket battle to woo shoppers comes two weeks after Asda first sparked an all out war with a 2p cut.

It followed criticism from the RAC that petrol retailers were failing to pass on savings amid falling oil prices.

Sainsbury’s which triggered today’s petrol pump bonanza said: “We hope this will bring a little bit of sunshine to millions of motorists braving the rain over the next few days.”

Peter Cattell, Tesco’s fuel director said: “We know customers will be making plans to enjoy the British summer, so we’re delighted to be dropping the price of petrol and diesel by up to 2p per litre at all of our 500 petrol filing stations.”

And Morrisons said of its 2p a litre drop: “We’ll always make sure we have the cheapest fuel prices in the area.”

Dave Tyrer, Asda’s senior buying manager for petrol added: “Asda is well known for having the lowest fuel prices around and we’ve cut our already market leading price further – by up to 2p - to mean our customers won’t pay more than 110.7p per litre for petrol or diesel at any of our 307 petrol stations nationwide.”

Councils face bills running to hundreds of millions of pounds to make tower blocks safe after the Government said it would NOT guarantee extra money to pay for vital work to prevent a repeat of the Grenfell disaster.

Ninety-five high-rise buildings in 32 local authority areas have failed safety tests, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) said yesterday, with hundreds more blocks still to be tested.

The findings prompted Theresa May to announce a “major national investigation” into the use of cladding on high-rise blocks, with every sample so far tested in the wake of the Grenfell found to be unsafe.

Hmmm?

And then there's the small matter of the insulation behind the cladding too.

Residents of these tower blocks are also being refused home insurance

No mention of Burnley, Stan. Must be improving.

It is often said that home is where the heart is - and that there's no place like it.
But a new league table of the worst places to live in England reveals the areas branded 'scummy' and 'run-down' by their not-so-proud inhabitants.
Here is what they have to say about the towns voted England's worst...
In reverse order:
10. Blackpool
'Go back a few streets from the prom and you will see the deprivation, the ghettos and the scummy pubs that make up the REAL Blackpool.'

9. Oldham
'I think Oldham was best summed up by a friend of mine who remarked the people look as though the government has been performing nuclear testing in the area.'

8. Sunderland
'It's a pretty sad place, to be honest. Find somewhere with easy access to Newcastle city centre and you'll be happy.'

7. Gravesend
'If you must come to Gravesend, please stop by the estate agents and buy my house, because it's far to close to chavs for comfort.'

6. Bradford
'Bradford is literally hell on earth. The city centre resembles a squalid cess pit, full of monstrous partially demolished 60s concrete office blocks.'

5. Rochdale
'Rochdale, once described by Monty Python as a quaint Northern village, I am sure you already recognise this as a misnomer of the greatest degree.'

4. Scunthorpe
'If Maccy Ds is the chav's staple diet, what does that tell you about a town that boasts not one, not two but THREE of these gourmet eateries?'

3. Luton
'One of the most shocking moments in Luton was on Christmas day. My friend pointed out the local McDonalds, saying "it gets busier every year".'

2. Hull
'I lived in Hull until I was ten but my parents moved when local gangs started to have pitched battles using such weapons as garden shears.'

1. Dover
'Let us for a moment imagine that the British Isles are the silhouette of an old man.

'Scotland is his cap, Cornwall his toes, Anglia his curved spine, making Dover his herpes infested s***hole.'

Hold on a sec.


We keep reading about the council/gov having to cough up millions to put the tower blocks right.

But where are the suppliers/installers and their insurers?

That would only be appropriate once someone or a company found to be to blame

Grenfell Tower: 149 high-rise buildings in 45 local authorities fail fire safety tests

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/grenfell-tower-latest-news-149-high-rise-building-fire-safety-tests-fail-local-authorities-uk-a7816311.html

put up the rents to pay for the work to e done if you own your home does the gov and tax payers pey . answer NO NO NO .

PUT UP THE RENTS AN PUT THEM UP NOW MAKE THOSE THAT USE THEM PAY FOR THEM

council rents are far to cheap and most should not be in council homes ,

put up the rents

"iturama - 30 Jun 2017 09:22 - 78279 of 78289

Sorry Stan. That is from the Guardian, the lefts favourite rag. My fault, I should have realised that coming from the graun it would be fake news."

Reading the Guardian eh these days..may I be the first to congratulate you on your choice of Newspaper );-

iturama - 30 Jun 2017 14:32 - 78285 of 78291

No mention of Burnley, Stan. Must be improving.


Burnley like a lot of Penine towns never recovered from the loss of Cotton, Coal Mining, The Shoe industry and of course the dreadful Thatcher years on top, but the area around the Town is an attractive area with many settling down there and commuting to Manchester each day.

Further more with the recent resurrection of the Todmenden Link commuting into Manchester is even quicker then it is by road.

all MT's fault that the cotton industry went down the pan - stan will confirm and ditto coal . .... as for shoes, blame it all on these developing economies