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More nanny state bumf,,,

Click on this link for Mail online synopsis of the Panorama programme findings: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8264143/How-government-counted-single-gloves-pairs-claim-boast-one-billion-items-PPE.html

Allan, 55, finished the £15,000 project during lockdown — 18 years after he started. A winch at the top of the 109ft track hauls a wagon carrying him and wife Rachel, 50, from the road to their three-bed bungalow in seven minutes. He dug out 150 tons of soil by hand and built retaining walls in Dawlish, Devon. Read more... ...

I have received this. Thought I would repost it on here. It's likely our gardens have been getting much more attention while we remain at home to help the NHS and beat the Corona-virus. It's great for the gardens, but we're also hearing concerns about the number of garden bonfires and residents are asking what the rules are locally. Well, there are no byelaws in Teignbridge against ...

https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/28/new-graph-shows-total-coronavirus-deaths-in-uk-tracking-much-hig/

Royal Mail
leatash
leatash
28 Apr 2020

https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/28/royal-mail-to-scrap-saturday-letter-deliveries-due-to-pandemic/

https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/04/28/new-graph-shows-total-coronavirus-deaths-in-uk-tracking-much-hig/

In the past fifty years British Rail, and their later reincarnations, have raised the level of the line by packing more and more ballast stones under the rails. The area on leaving the station to the end of Marine Parade being the worst. What was a view of the sea and beach has now become a view of the railway. Constant storms have washed this ballast onto Marine Parade, damaging cars parked in ...

leatash
leatash
26 Apr 2020

I think you need to look at the bigger picture Margeret the wall is also being extended eastwards not only will it protect the line it will also keep the town safe.

Margaret Swift
Margaret Swift
26 Apr 2020

Carer - you should have gone to Specsavers! Oh well if it was breached in the 90s then there is an absolute necessity for the wall!! It was notable yesterday that the waves were still topping the new section so what is the point really?