mike84

What did we challenge Leeds for? What do Leeds city council do better than Sheffield?

You do make the decisions, you vote for your councillor, the political party in control then directs the decisions and actions of the councils staff. But to be honest, you don't understand the absolute basics of local government so I wouldn't fancy you being involved in the decision making process.

It's not my fault you don't understand the difference between a Councillor (and elected person) and a council officer (an employee of the council).

They do, they council does buy properties back that have previously been sold via right to buy, and are buying other properties as well taking properties on long leases from private sector landlords. It doesnt jump up and down about it though. Perhaps it should publicise these types of things more.

£200k per property is about right for new build costs as an average at the moment. Labour and material costs are at an all time high, this is why social housing building by councils and housing associations is grinding to a halt again, it's unaffordable.

There's no a single councillor who earns anywhere near that from their role as an elected representative.

The tower blocks have restrictors on the windows, however the tenant can open the window past the restrictor by releasing them manually in the frames.. I believe windows also turn around so they can be cleaned. It is virtually impossible for this to be done by accident. It's a difficult one, but sometimes people have to take some responsibility for their own safety. If I lived 10 floors up, I wouldn't be opening the windows fully.

You can't switch if you're on a communal heating supply. Usually there's only 1 direct supply from the mains to the block, the relationship for the supply is with the landlord and the energy provider they choose. The landlord then engages with a company like switch2 to provide individual metering and either regular bills or prepayment meters for the tenants in each flat.

You're right, your no expert. Apart from the tram lines, buildings, roads, footpaths and the bridge it'd be easy :)

You needed to get your kids to try on any of the required items at Mansfield Road then order them online or at the shop. All the sizes are the same, all pinders do is put the school logos on items they buy in. Unfortunately there's always a daft wait at Peaks so trying on at the factory and ordering is always the best way.

Pinders aren't generally the only supplier for schools. They are a company which has agreements with schools to use their logos (this is the case for the school my children attend). You can generally order direct from the school. You could have also ordered from pinders online and had the items delivered or visited their factory / shop on Mansfield Road to try on and order items at any point over the last 6/7 weeks. It's a bit of a stretch to blame a shop for being out of stock of an item that you could have ordered to guarantee you had them.

I presume the consultation or any details on on Rotherham Councils website considering this section of the Parkway is their responsibility.

What people always seem to forget is there's several schools, one of them for kids with disabilities and special needs on and near the road. Any faster speed limit might take 10 seconds of the journey. It's really not worth the hassle the speed limit changing.

No speed limit signs = 30mph in built up areas. There are actually signs in the run up to the camera that don't actually need to be provided. The camera is also painted bright yellow.

Pawn broker trying to make maximum amount of money / profit. It's not really that surprising.

Very similar to Richardson (Sheffield) kitchen knives, now just a brand name owned by a Dutch company. "Assembled in Sheffield" no doubt from pieces made elsewhere.

I go once a week to drop off, then pick up later in the day and have never been stuck in a queue of 20 - 30 cars. Maybe I'm just lucky every week. The main problem with the drop off point is people waiting to pick up, which isn't what it's for.

It's a shame more plastics aren't recycled but they seem to just want plastic bottles and are happy just to burn everything else at the incinerator.

It's not for general plastic unfortunately, so yes you should have put the polystyrene and bags in the black bin.

Yes, I have on a regular basis and I've never had a problem that a little bit of foresight and planning hadn't solved. There's a huge multi story car park that's free for dropping off and picking up, the actual station drop off point works well if people do just drop off and not sit there like lemons waiting for others to arrive. That's what the short stay car park and multi story are there for. There was a large consultation exercise at the time the work was done to improve the area. You must have missed it.

Why? A public square with a significant art installation is a great thing to have at the station. There's plenty of places to easily drop off and pick up without the whole area being over run with cars and traffic. the drop off point and road used to run almost straight past the station entrance and it was a nightmare. Especially as a pedestrian.

If you've reported it to the council their contractor should visit and make the steps safe.

Aren't the "lifts" on the wagons are different for the different size bins.

One of the reasons for changing the bins was so that they could use a basic refuse collection wagon and not have to have one of the compartmented ones. This means the bin men are out longer and can collect more as the wagons are bigger.

Unless the trees have preservation orders attached or you are in a conservation area then they can be felled / pruned if they are on private land without any other permissions required.