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    Reform UK discussion

    This is not unique to Reform. Councillors of all parties have been caught by this rule in the past. Usually the issue is not with people directly employed by the council, but people who work for the council indirectly (under various outsourcing arrangements) who don't realise the rule covers them.
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    Are premium bonds a good investment?

    NS&I mention this myth in their FAQs https://www.nsandi-adviser.com/faqs?page=9
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    9M50 - 9 Car Pendolino Low Speed Buffer Collision At London Euston - 05/07/2025

    It's unlikely anything will be released publicly. I don't think it is serious enough to warrant a RAIB report.
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    9M50 - 9 Car Pendolino Low Speed Buffer Collision At London Euston - 05/07/2025

    It won't use any platform as today is Saturday!
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    Sections of the sectional appendix

    Where does the areas with poor rail adhesion go?
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    The "And in other news..." thread

    Its not really that difficult, particularly if the car was an automatic.
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    Station name trivia

    Harwich International, Dovercourt, Harwich Town
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    ESR - AWS cancelling board location

    In practice, particularly on bi-directional lines, the ESRs are set up incorrectly more often than not!
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    Low-speed, empty stock derailment at Bletchley (26/06)

    Which presumably explains why the Lowland Sleeper is leaving Euston an hour early.
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    Lumo - QUALIFIED Customer Train Driver/Instructor - Euston/Preston/Stirling - (25/03/25)

    If they genuinely have no intention of enforcing it, why not just remove it from the contracts?
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    Entry to the US

    That advice may be accurate but is not very helpful! Flying all the way to the USA only to turn around and fly straight back isn't what I would call a good outcome.
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    Hot Weather TOC Uniforms

    There was a case which reached the Court of Appeal which decided employers do not have any obligation to provide suncreen. https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/tracey-earl-bid-sue-middlesbrough-7147527
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    Abandoned Cars. Your experiences...

    I don't see how that rule can be enforced though. My car is currently exactly where it was 72 hours ago, that doesn't mean it hasn't moved in that time though.
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    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    When people used to pay money to download ringtones / wallpapers onto their phone.
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    Hot Weather TOC Uniforms

    What happens when you are spare? Do you have both shorts and trousers with you and quickly change in the toilets when you are asked to work a train!

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