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This strategic resource option (as with other SROs around the country) have been written into the water company's WRMP. They wouldn't be able to meet their statutory obligations on deployable output if they just scrapped the idea because any backup options would be considerably more costly. https://www.ofwat.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Gate-three-draft-decision-for-Cheddar-2-Reservoir-and-Transfer.pdf It's shameful that we've reached a situation where the WCs have had to be dragged kicking and screaming to a point where they have reluctantly agreed to invest in these large scale projects to meet their obligations. But then England and Wales are joined only by Chile in having a completely privatised water industry, so it's also not the slightest bit surprising.

Come on Wednesday! 🦉🦉🦉

Just thinking of you Turks. You obviously missed the alerts and I wouldn't want you to come to any harm out there 😘

https://apnews.com/article/italy-europe-heat-wave-temperatures-austria-france-57b6b4c67fd40b24fe578e71edaa519b Italy’s Health Ministry placed all 27 cities monitored under its national heat surveillance system on red alert Thursday — the first time this year that the entire network has been under the highest warning level simultaneously. The alerts stretch from Trieste in the northeast to Palermo in Sicily and signal a health risk for the entire population, not only vulnerable groups such as older adults and people with chronic illnesses. Authorities urged residents and tourists to avoid direct sunlight during the hottest hours of the day, remain indoors where possible and drink plenty of water.

I think the point is that if they're banned then even the most cognitively challenged people wouldn't be able to buy them anyway. But yeah. Your point stands. I was at a little local festival recently and the amount of stupid pricks I saw just chucking lit cigarettes onto the tinderbox parched grass was infuriating.

We just need to improve how we store the rain that does fall over winter. There's plenty of water available but we don't have sufficient infrastructure to capture and store it efficiently enough to make sure it's available when we need it. We haven't built any new major PWS reservoirs in this country for about 35 years. But I'm sure it's just pure coincidence that happens to be around the same time the water industry was sold off to private interests who are more concerned about paying huge bonuses to their directors than they are about providing an adequate service to bill-payers.

If you thought beating the PL champions and getting to a Wembley semi-final where we gave Man City a bloody nose was just a distraction then maybe supporting football isn't for you. The confidence that came from that cup run bled through into our league performances, and our ability to rotate regularly without dropping massively in quality meant it didn't cause unwanted fatigue. This idea that we shouldn't take the cups seriously and just concentrate on the league is utter nonsense.

Yes but that will only be the case for a small number of the overall centres. Anyway, my understanding is that these facilities are intended to provide early intervention for people before they reach crisis point, so the opening hours won't necessarily be a problem. Currently if you go to the GP with non-urgent concerns then you will likely be referred to an under-resourced psychological therapy service and often have to wait months just for an initial telephone appointment with a counsellor. That's why the number of severe cases has risen so drastically because the early support just isn't there to stop things from spiralling.

Did you miss this bit of the report? I'm all in favour of this idea. From 2010 onwards the Tories ripped apart provisions for MH support in the NHS under the guise of austerity and, surprise surprise, the result was a massive increase in cases of severe MH episodes. I've known more than one person in recent years who have had major MH issues and trying to get any kind of help from the NHS has been like trying to get MLG to admit he is wrong. One person I know had a major psychotic episode and had pretty much detached from reality completely, but because they hadn't threatened to kill anyone, the doctors couldn't find a bed for them at a suitable facility and they had to stay at home and be cared for by their partner who had no training in this area and had to take time off work unpaid. The stress of this ultimately destroyed their relationship, and led to further MH issues for the partner. Walk in centres with properly trained MH professionals is a great proposal because GPs generally don't have a clue in this area, and if they can't give an immediate prescription or make a suitable referral, they mostly don't want to know.

Not that I know of. At youth level he mostly played in the 10 position with Ellis Simms ahead of him as the target man, and I know that's his preferred position. He might well be capable of doing a job in that role if called upon, but we shouldn't be relying on that as an option IMO.

He scored a great goal in pre-season last year as well. I don't think we can read much into that.

Yeah the point seems to have overtaken him somewhat doesn't it. Or maybe it just didn't qualify as humour for him.

Doesn't necessarily have to be a PL move. We'll have to sort something out with him because if he stays he's not even guaranteed to start and he's far too good to be warming the bench for a Championship team. I'm also fairly sure we wouldn't have wanted / been able to sign Peretz if we knew there was a chance we couldn't offload Ramsdale before the window shuts.

Let's just hope it's not a sign that the wheels are coming off of our youth development strategy.

So having already loaned out JRob to Monza, we've now sent this lad off to Le Mans. Either we're in a race to get rid of them. Or we're hoping they will come back with big improvements in their speed and endurance respectively.