Lancs Lad
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And Leeds is the start . Broken isn't the word
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Absolutely .... when I was teaching in '79/'80 academic year, it'd gone to the dogs then - a far cry from the days I spent in the same school, not that many years before, where discipline and respect were the order of the day.
Very few were stupid enough to 'cross' the authority of teachers, (or anyone TBH) in my day and were dealt with swiftly, without any parents threatening to 'batter' those responsible for disciplining their 'little darling', whose mouth wouldn't melt butter
Country is ****ed - state education (on the whole) is bolloxed.
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DaveDCB
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I left school in 2003 .. wasnāt a bad place really, usual (not meaning to stereotype) council estate kids mostly all excluded but then all hung around the gates in a afternoonā¦ I did alrite, but didnāt really give a crap , I just wanted to go outside and work - to the school that meant you were a failure back then! One thing public school really teaches you is how to be streetwise!
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Smiffy
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Absolutely .... when I was teaching in '79/'80 academic year, it'd gone to the dogs then - a far cry from the days I spent in the same school, not that many years before, where discipline and respect were the order of the day.
Very few were stupid enough to 'cross' the authority of teachers, (or anyone TBH) in my day and were dealt with swiftly, without any parents threatening to 'batter' those responsible for disciplining their 'little darling', whose mouth wouldn't melt butter
Country is ****ed - state education (on the whole) is bolloxed.
From conversations I've had with teachers, alot of the private schools are absolutely no better at all. It's the parents that are the problem. Soft parenting doesn't help kids regardless of how much money they have.
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6feetdown
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Taken from article
Analysis this week revealed up to one in 22 residents in parts of England and Wales are immigrants who came to the country last year.
This figure, collated by the Office for National Statistics, reflects people immigrating from outside of the UK.
Middlesbrough, Leicester, Coventry, Camden and Newhaven were the five areas which saw the biggest influx of international migrants in 2023 - heaping more pressure on housing, schools and the NHS.
Analysis this week revealed up to one in 22 residents in parts of England and Wales are immigrants who came to the country last year.
This figure, collated by the Office for National Statistics, reflects people immigrating from outside of the UK.
Middlesbrough, Leicester, Coventry, Camden and Newhaven were the five areas which saw the biggest influx of international migrants in 2023 - heaping more pressure on housing, schools and the NHS.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
good one on the box tonight ... HS2 Brum to manchy land .. they're gonna use the existing tracks, run slower and discourage ppl from using the trains couldn't make it up
and ................
www.building.co.uk
couldn't make it upand ................
Curzon Street to be built with more platforms than needed, report into curtailed HS2 project reveals
New Birmingham station to stick to original specification despite cut to northern stretch of route last year
www.building.co.uk
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
interesting figures/statistics in this article
www.theconstructionindex.co.uk
" With an ageing workforce, a lack of skilled workers could seriously slow down Labourās plans. Working closely with builders, contractors and government agencies, NHBC is rolling out a national network of training hubs to help upskill the next generation.ā " ... good luck with that then .... gonna have to get 'em out of bed/away from their phones/video games / weened off their 'entitlements' first
Latest NHBC numbers show scale of mountain to climb
The National House Building Council says that the new government has āa mountain to climbā to hit its housing targets.
www.theconstructionindex.co.uk
" With an ageing workforce, a lack of skilled workers could seriously slow down Labourās plans. Working closely with builders, contractors and government agencies, NHBC is rolling out a national network of training hubs to help upskill the next generation.ā " ... good luck with that then .... gonna have to get 'em out of bed/away from their phones/video games / weened off their 'entitlements' first
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bobthebuilder
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we are building about 220000 on average per year ,its all bollocksinteresting figures/statistics in this article
Latest NHBC numbers show scale of mountain to climb
The National House Building Council says that the new government has āa mountain to climbā to hit its housing targets.
" With an ageing workforce, a lack of skilled workers could seriously slow down Labourās plans. Working closely with builders, contractors and government agencies, NHBC is rolling out a national network of training hubs to help upskill the next generation.ā " ... good luck with that then .... gonna have to get 'em out of bed/away from their phones/video games / weened off their 'entitlements' first
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
here it comes .........
www.building.co.uk
" Chancellor claims budget overspends ācovered upā by Tories and says ādifficult decisionsā to come in autumn budget ...... She set out a number of planned policies and investments that the government would axe in order to find savings, which will amount to Ā£5.5 billion this year, and over Ā£8 billion next year. "
New Hospital Programme to be reviewed in full and road schemes iced as Reeves hunts for savings
Chancellor claims budget overspends 'covered up' by Tories and says 'difficult decisions' to come in autumn budget
www.building.co.uk
" Chancellor claims budget overspends ācovered upā by Tories and says ādifficult decisionsā to come in autumn budget ...... She set out a number of planned policies and investments that the government would axe in order to find savings, which will amount to Ā£5.5 billion this year, and over Ā£8 billion next year. "
Giles
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Funny how tories made much play of the nothing left note when they took over from labour, and 14 years of austerity followedā¦ to leave us even more in debt and out of money
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
vast sums squandered on the wrong things .. to line their own pockets mostly
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
haven't heard much about this since the late opening fiasco ....... and it's still not finished
www.building.co.uk
" Co-op Live sends Bamās construction arm sinking Ā£20m into red as firm sets aside Ā£3.5m for job cuts "
Co-op Live sends Bamās construction arm sinking Ā£20m into red as firm sets aside Ā£3.5m for job cuts
Losses on Manchester project expected to rise as scheme still not finished
www.building.co.uk
" Co-op Live sends Bamās construction arm sinking Ā£20m into red as firm sets aside Ā£3.5m for job cuts "
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Smiffy
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vast sums squandered on the wrong things .. to line their own pockets mostly
Not just that but we expect so much more of public services now. Look at how many things are expected to be policed now that weren't a thing 20 years ago. Same goes for the NHS. Who would imagine when I was a kid the amount of mental health services required. Right through to sex change operations.
And it's goes through just about every thing government run. We now have a space force within the military for example.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
here it comes .........
New Hospital Programme to be reviewed in full and road schemes iced as Reeves hunts for savings
Chancellor claims budget overspends 'covered up' by Tories and says 'difficult decisions' to come in autumn budget
" Chancellor claims budget overspends ācovered upā by Tories and says ādifficult decisionsā to come in autumn budget ...... She set out a number of planned policies and investments that the government would axe in order to find savings, which will amount to Ā£5.5 billion this year, and over Ā£8 billion next year. "
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/stonehenge-tunnel-cancelled
"The government has cancelled the A303 Stonehenge tunnel and the A27 schemes."
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Monkeybusiness
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Surely it would be easier to just plant a load of trees to screen Stone Henge from the road to assist with flowing traffic?
doobin
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A space force is strategic. It doesn't mean they are planning for a remake of Starship Troopers, more like counter-measures to stop an enemy from knocking out all the satellites we rely upon.
Sex change ops? I can do it cheaper with a pair of half bricks.
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Smiffy
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I know it's strategic, my point is all the extra things we have to pay for than we used to. Same goes for cyber crime and policing. We need it. But we don't want to pay more for it.
Each generation brings more expense
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6feetdown
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UFC was held there Saturday I thinkhaven't heard much about this since the late opening fiasco ....... and it's still not finished
Co-op Live sends Bamās construction arm sinking Ā£20m into red as firm sets aside Ā£3.5m for job cuts
Losses on Manchester project expected to rise as scheme still not finished
" Co-op Live sends Bamās construction arm sinking Ā£20m into red as firm sets aside Ā£3.5m for job cuts "
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Monkeybusiness
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It all looks great, nicely finished, beautifully lit, but was definitely designed by a tee-total lady-man.
I saw the Eagles playing there a week or so after it opened - very impressive place (and an absolutely mega concert - the support act was the Doobie Brothers for farks sake!) but a ridiculous design-lead oversight in that the gents toilets have no urinals(!). Our section had 13 cubicles for several thousand people. You couldnāt go for a pee in the interval, the queue was enormous!!! They had loads of places you could spend all of your money on booze, but no way of getting rid of it to make room for moreā¦
It all looks great, nicely finished, beautifully lit, but was definitely designed by a tee-total lady-man.
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DaveDCB
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Manchester airport is the same in the new terminal wing , one urinal along the 500meter walk to passport control for all the inbound flights!! Such an idiotic design!!
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