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A thought about Slough. Imagine that the whole of Berkshire had been put in Tier 3. There is a big castle in Windsor. A certain monarch rather likes it there, and travels from Buckingham Palace (Tier 2) regularly. If Windsor were to be in Tier 3, travel between the two, whilst not illegal, would...

I can theoretically take photos of cheques using the Lloyds banking app and pay them in like that. I have never successfully done that, as you seem to need a professional photographer's lighting rig for the image to be accepted. Every time I end up doing the 25 mile round trip to the branch...

Is there a list anywhere of units delivered so far?

I'm going to quote verbatim something I wrote on Facebook yesterday "Can we all have a Christmas whip round and buy every BBC and Sky journalist a thesaurus. Why is everything a 'grim milestone'. Use some imagination" This was a slightly targeted post. I was at school with the current deputy...

How an outline of a Pacer, with "proudly made in Britain" written over the top.

As carrying ID with your address on is not compulsory, they could be doing themselves out of a lot of business from islanders who don't have a driving licence. To be honest I doubt pub owners will care where their punters come from as long as they are spending money.

You're probably right. The road sign for the county boundary is by the rail overbridge though. Probably placed for highway convenience.

That'll likely end once the national lockdown has finished. It was the same in the spring.

I think that half of Blackwater (the Guildford bound platform) is in Surrey. The other platform is in Hampshire. The border with Berkshire is within a few dozen metres as well.

News this morning is that it has been submitted to the MHRA for approval. That's a big step, and proof that yesterday some elements of the media wanted to make a mountain out of a molehill

I will be doing precisely that. Hampshire (Tier 2) to IOW (Tier 1) in mid December.

A vaccine that's cheap, safe, 62% effective and keeps 100% out of hospital is good enough for me. We have GOT to get out of this mindset that no one should be a bit unwell ever again.

There is no manufacturing problem. Don't know where you got that from. There was a bit of a dosage cock up during the trials. It won't affect the roll out, as even at the lower effectiveness value of 62% it's still over the 50% threshold that is deemed to be acceptable, and way above the annual...

Genuine question: Given that over the last year or so Northern have gained the entire 195 fleet, the 331s, the 170s and a handful of 158s and 156s, how can it be that they are desperately short of capacity and need to hold on to the Pacers? Aside from the 142s and 144s, the only other stock to...

On its way 68 mins late.

The Mail is a lot better since Paul Dacre ceased to be editor. He personified the image problem they have.

During April I attempted to call out the council pest control to deal with a rodent problem (that's what happens when you close restaurants). The council had furloughed all the rat catchers. I'd say preventing the spread of rodent-borne diseases was quite important, but hey ho. They genuinely...

You can always tell when government officials have run out of arguments: they just resort to saying "we're saving lives". It has echoes of "take back control" from a different evidence-free government policy.

What surprises me more is that the TOCs and manufacturers don't seem to solicit the input of union reps at the design stage. If what I read up thread about seat positioning is true (and I have no reason to think it isn't) surely it would have been better to find this out in a plywood mockup...

Which 483s are still actually in existence (serviceable or not)?