The bike probably has a chain guard and wheel guard.
Grant Shapps is going to be furious and there's nothing he can do about it. đ
Baby Elsa was less than an hour old when she was discovered by a dog walker wrapped in a towel in London.
This is a really disturbing story. Baby Elsa is one of three full siblings who were all abandoned shortly after birth in a time span from 2017 to 2023.
I think the legal problem is how to fine Lime when itâs the end user who âlittersâ the bike, and how to know whether the name on the payment method matches the end user. Iâm sure if councils could legally seize and fine/destroy, theyâd be doing it.
And I don't know if Lime have updated the security but it used to be quite easy to override the locking mechanism and ride without paying, you just had to live with the really loud clicking noise the bike made. So if it's been stolen and then dumped, Lime have no comeback against anyone.
Plans get lost, stuff gets bricked up, there were a number of bombs fell in that area during WWII (http://bombsight.org/?#16/51.5187/-0.1039), it can mean expensive surprises when doing building work.
When they were building the Eurostar tunnels down the road from me they found a load of disused wells that nobody had any idea existed, with unfortunate results.
Ealing Beaver Project says it shows the beavers are "happy" with the habitat.
Baby beavers have been born in urban London for the first time in more than 400 years, a conservation project said.
the New World Order, the World Economic Forum, you won't be allowed to leave your neighbourhood because 15 minute cities are coming with guards and checkpoints.
Why not use oil lamps or candles in wind-proof lanterns? Red glass for rear, clear glass for the front. My grandparents rode bikes back in the days before reliable battery lamps were a thing and that's what they used.
Change equivalent to removing 200,000 cars for a year, with capitalâs air quality improving at faster rate than rest of England
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17936539
> Genuinely excellent news. > > âWe are now set to get Londonâs air to within legal limits by 2025, 184 years earlier than previously projected.â > > A hundred and eighty four years.
Change equivalent to removing 200,000 cars for a year, with capitalâs air quality improving at faster rate than rest of England
Genuinely excellent news.
âWe are now set to get Londonâs air to within legal limits by 2025, 184 years earlier than previously projected.â
A hundred and eighty four years.
I use YNAB for budgeting
Plan to Eat for meal planning.
Unfuck your habitat for cleaning.
Different political parties.
Red = Labour (new governing party).
Gold = Liberal Democrat.
Blue = Tory (former governing party).
Grey = Independent (but he used to be Labour and was leader of the Labour party for a bit).
Do not offer street homeless people shelter unless you have the skills, training and abilities necessary to support them long term, including dealing with the underlying issues which led to the person becoming street homeless in the first place and the subsequent issues which have kept them there.
Me starting on the diagnostics pathway has been approved by my medical insurance.
I'm in the UK so normally I'd go via the NHS but the medical insurance I have via work has a neurodiversity pathway and my GP asked me to take that route if at all possible, as it will be quicker and easier for me.
Hi, I'm new here, just started the process of diagnosis in the UK. Strongly suspect inattentive ADHD, and I think this has all come to a head since I stopped drinking, no alcohol means no hiding places from your own brain any more...
There's been a few different suggestions, I'm not sure what the current iteration says.
As I understand it, the big problem with any Oxford Street pedestrianisation is the diverted bus routes. Everything would have to go down Wigmore Street, which would have to be converted back to a two-way street.
If it's an illegal electric motorbike (which is what is being referred to here, electric assist pedal bikes aren't illegal), you can't insure it.
Thanks. I've only been to York once that I can remember but I can see immediately why it failed. Something whizzing along silently in a crowded pedestrian area with narrow pavements so people will be stepping into the road without looking, is fairly obviously going to be a disaster.
Cross-posting my comment from the other community:
I think what our mate Darin is referring to by âe-bikesâ is throttle-operated, no need to pedal, capable of going 30-60mph electric motorbike which, like any other motorbike, you need a licence and protective gear to ride, and no, theyâve got no business being in the bike lane with people noodling along at 10-15mph, and definitely not on the pavement with pedestrians.
Unfortunately, Darin is an idiot who canât string a sentence together and so heâs just told everyone that my electric assist pedal cycle, top assisted speed of 15.5mph, no need for a licence or insurance, is also illegal. Thanks, Darin.
This House of Commons briefing from 2019 lays out what the issues are with e-scooters, in that because theyâre not legally classed as a bicycle, they have the same legal requirements as a motorbike, which is clearly nonsense for a scooter with a top speed of 15.5mph, however, the law has not yet caught up with reality. Since that briefing was written, various trials have started in cities with hired e-scooters provided by third parties to see how the law needs to be updated and what needs to change in order to make them legal on UK roads, but the trials seem to just keep getting extended with no conclusions drawn. As weâre currently in election purdah, nothingâs going to happen until July anyway, and I highly doubt that âsorting out e-scooter legalityâ will be top of the new governmentâs priority list.
I think what our mate Darin is referring to by "e-bikes" is throttle-operated, no need to pedal, capable of going 30-60mph electric motorbike which, like any other motorbike, you need a licence and protective gear to ride, and no, they've got no business being in the bike lane with people noodling along at 10-15mph, and definitely not on the pavement with pedestrians.
Unfortunately, Darin is an idiot who can't string a sentence together and so he's just told everyone that my electric assist pedal cycle, top assisted speed of 15.5mph, no need for a licence or insurance, is also illegal. Thanks, Darin.
This House of Commons briefing from 2019 lays out what the issues are with e-scooters, in that because they're not legally classed as a bicycle, they have the same legal requirements as a motorbike, which is clearly nonsense for a scooter with a top speed of 15.5mph, however, the law has not yet caught up with reality. Since that briefing was written, various trials have started in cities with hired e-scooters provided by third parties to see how the law needs to be updated and what needs to change in order to make them legal on UK roads, but the trials seem to just keep getting extended with no conclusions drawn. As we're currently in election purdah, nothing's going to happen until July anyway, and I highly doubt that "sorting out e-scooter legality" will be top of the new government's priority list.
Not all e-bikes are illegal to use on the public road, so Darin is also wrong.
The UK does a "bike to work" scheme, you get an interest free loan from your employer that is repaid directly from your salary before your tax is deducted, so it reduces your tax bill every month. The loan money can be spent at any bike shop on any bike that meets the criteria. It's extremely popular and works well.
wasn't paywalled for me, but try one of the paywall removers here https://www.archivebuttons.com/
Statement, Stratford Market Village, Newham
Newham council has managed to find some funds from somewhere to enable them to take over the lease of the market village, although there is a break clause after a year so if it's loss-making they can walk away.
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