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I think that Terry Hurlock could answer that one.

What literally? Bet that cramped your style a bit. Or maybe not..........

That was a woman??

There's an excellent book called "The Secret State" by Professor Peter Hennessy which relates in detail the UK's defence planning during the Cold War. When the planners learnt about the "Football" that always accompanied the US President and contained the launch codes for the missiles, they raised the question of what would happen if there was a surprise attack and the PM was in his official car and could not be reached. The only nationwide radio network at the time was run by the AA, so they installed a receiver in the PM's car which received AA messages. They could then use this to alert the PM to a surprise attack. The idea was that the driver would then find a phone so that the PM could get in touch and authorize retaliation. They also ensured that all the PM's drivers carried sufficient change so the the PM could use a call box if necessary. They also realised by 1968 that the various bunkers dotted about the country were essentially useless in terms of protecting the nations leadership as the Russians knew where they were and a direct or very close hit would destroy them. So they adopted the Python concept which was dispersing small groups of ministers + the royal family to remote locations and then re-assemble them after the conflict ended, although whether there would be anything left to govern was another question.

I was in the 1st year at Barton Peveril at the time and remember some lad who went home for lunch and listened to the news coming back and saying that a war was about to start and we'd all be dead by teatime.

Both Crecy and Agincourt showed that the longbow was more effective.

The Guardian's somewhat tongue-in-cheek transfer column has him arriving here in January for £1.5m.

Maybe if you deducted the proportion of the cost that goes on TV advertising and walked off with the product, it would be seen as theft.

We are forced to pay for ITV whether we watch it or not, unless you avoid any product or company that advertises on it.

To his own toilet of course.

NA confirmed it'll be about another 4 weeks. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/9994384.Adkins_confirms_extended_Ramirez_absence/

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/9986379.Saints_programme_shop_closes/ Always interesting for a browse. Does everything have to be about making money?

Series 3 starts a week tonight.

The law is actually surprisingly simple: contracts can be written but they don’t have to be. When you enter a private car park there is normally a large sign at the entrance. This is giving you notice of the terms and conditions attached to the car park. By driving into the car park you are accepting these terms of contract. You are now contractually obliged to fulfill the contract. In the event you do not perform, for example, if you stay longer than allowed, the car parking company will try to impose a penalty on you. Basically saying, pay X amount for breach of contract. However, it has been found (in previous court cases) that penalty clauses in contracts are unlawful at Common Law and any such clauses appearing in a contract are illegal and void. The rest of the contract is still binding. Courts determine whether a liquidated damages clause is a penalty clause by assessing whether the clause was a genuine attempt at estimating potential loss. So, if the loss was £10, you should only be liable for that £10 plus a reasonable admin fee.

According to the HBO website: Martin Scorsese Executive Producer, Director

Surprised that no ones mentioned Boardwalk Empire. Another quality production from HBO directed by Martin Scorsese. Just starting Series 3 on Sky Atlantic, (also available on torrent sites, so I'm told).

You don't need to have signed anything. Essentially when a driver of a vehicle drives into a car park and parks his car he is implied to have accepted the offer for parking on the terms of the offeror (the parking company or land owner). A contract is formed and therefore the contract can be broken (or breached). This is on the condition that the charges and conditions are clearly displayed.

Will anyone actually be sacked? If you worked for a private company and made this kind of cock-up, you'd be out on your ear but it never seems to happen to civil servants or local authority people, they just "learn lessons".

Even got praise from the Telegraph.

I think that it's treated like a debt, so baliffs could be involved and it could affect your credit rating.

What seems to have gone unnoticed is that the government is to change the law so that the registered keeper of the vehicle is liable for any fines, not the driver, so the old excuse of "I didn't know who was driving" will no longer apply.

Liliyhammer's worth a watch. It stars Steve Van Zandt, guitarist with Bruce Springsteen who made his acting name in the excellent Sopranos. He plays a mobster who goes into Witness Protection and chooses to re-locate to Lillehammer (because he liked the look of it in the Winter Olympics). He soon starts up his old ways and gets into various dodgy schemes. Although fairly light in tone, there's enough going on to hold the interest.

I've got a 2007 1.6 Zetec manual. Best points probably the ride and handling and reasonably nippy. This is my 2nd Focus and they're not near the top of the bestsellers for nothing. Apart from it's yearly service, they've not needed any parts and I get around 40 mpg. Not the most exciting of cars but practical, very reliable and quite cheap to run. Air con, heated front and rear screens and a radio that has crap MW reception (this appears to be quite common on Ford radios).

Anyone who wants to become an MP should have been in a "proper" job for at least 10 years. None of this leaving University, getting a post as a researcher for some MP, fighting a hopeless seat and then getting a more winnable one. No experience of the real world or what it's like to work for a company that has to make a profit or you lose your job.

The lovely Bob Higgins who coached the Wallaces amongst others. There was a documentary about him on TV in the late 80's when he was shown to indulging in rather "strange" training practices. Shortly after, he got a brick through the window of his house (Townhill Park, I think).