PeteM01

At least 10 years ago, I got very angry with a youth smoking something very strong-smelling outside my kids' primary school at 8:30 in the morning. He looked shocked and surprised that someone had challenged him, but I did not see (or smell) him doing it again. In any other circumstances, I would have ignored it. More recently, I was walking near Redmires when I met a family out with young children; one of the parents was holding a large spliff that I could smell several minutes before I enountered them. Cannabis use is now completely normalised but I do feel sad that young children are being exposed to it on a regular basis.

All trees start off as saplings. You just need to be patient. The loss of trees in specific locations, as mentioned by c00kie, is much more of a concern to me.

Less than 12cm - that sounds about right for some near us in Crookes. Many were vandalised but were replanted and seem to have to have survived.

I would be interested to know what percentage of the felled trees have been replaced - do you have this figure?

The facts: 1) Quite a few tons of earth and stone have been dumped around the rim of the hole over the last 7-10 days, some of which has tumbled to the bottom, covering up some of the decaying vegetation in the bottom. 2) The construction work is literally on the other side of Northumberland Road; no-one said 'just over the road'. 3) The rubble from the construction site is partly contaminated with asbestos and hydrocarbons. 4) The university do not own the 'hole' site. The idle speculation: 1) It is possible that uncontaminated topsoil is being stored at the 'hole' site rather than being used as fill, to allow it to be reused. 2) Someone else entirely could be using the 'hole' site to store their dirt and yellow tubing.

I imagine everything changed when they found all that stuff from the former dam just under the surface.

The Kelham Island Tavern and The Fat Cat have not changed much over the years. Something for everyone in Kelham Island, I would say. Are the curtains up yet?

A lot of people walk to work/university along Northumberland Road during the week, so pollution is an issue. However, the trees were probably too high up on the bank to have mcuh of an effect at ground level? Presumably, like Amey, they will use much smaller varieties of trees for the replacements?

Interesting that the University's contractors managed to remove 20-30 mature trees along Northumberland Road without a peep from anyone. I was surprised that they could do this when birds were likely to be nesting in them.

It is now being filled in, using the earth from the construction site on the other side of Northumberland Road.

Interesting that a couple of people have been air-brushed out of the restoration project...

They weren't serving anyone...

It was pretty full yesterday evening when I visited for the first time. I did not like the modern style of bare echoing walls which makes it too loud for my taste (get some curtains up, for Pete's sake!) and the shouty bar staff did not help, but I was very impressed with the selection of beers. The Northern Monk stout was a treat. Guess I'll have to get some ear-plugs for my next visit...

If you make your test results available to be searched online, there is a good chance that someone will contact you. I have made contact with (or been contacted by) several people based on our DNA similarity. Most turn out to be traceable through family trees and so are genuine cousins. As we have potentially more than 17,000 5th cousins, there are a lot of relations out there somewhere! Not all DNA matches are real, however, so confirmation is always required. I found this online about the probablity of finding matching DNA between 2 cousins: Relationship 23andMe AncestryDNA Family Tree DNA Family Finder First cousins 100% 100% 100% Second cousins 100% 100% >99% Third cousins 89.7% 98% >90% Fourth cousins 45.9% 71% >50% Fifth cousins 14.9% 32% >10% Sixth cousins 4.1% 11% Remote (typically less than 2%)[2]

The Ancestry test is quite basic but if you link it to a family tree on Ancestry or elsewhere, it can confirm relationships and can help to fill in a few gaps. The power of this is limited to only a few generations back. The Y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA tests offered elsewhere are better here but more expensive. You may get some interesting hints about ethnicity for recent ancestors but these will need confirmation by other means. Healthwise, the Ancestry test is of little value but the findings can be quite entertaining.

The fact that you see so many people of south Indian heritage in Maveli speaks volumes...the warm chick pea salad is a favourite of mine.

Sheffield Party Councillors Change +/- Labour 49 -3 Liberal Democrat 26 +3 Green 8 +2 UKIP 1 -2 Councillors change compared with 2016

Neither are really 'curry houses' but I believe that the best South Asian food in Sheffield can be found at the Front Room in Hillsborough (North India/Pakistan) and Maveli (South India). I travel to India and Nepal 3 or 4 times a year and have not eaten anything better than the food in either of these places.

1h 56m! Pretty pleased with that.

I have had to take a few months off running for a back problem but back in training now. Not run a half-marathon distance for 6 months, so may have to settle for a very slow time!

And he has no confidence in Theresa may's government...

Very pleased to see that Jared voted this evening, with the Labour whip on Amendment 7. I would imagine that most of his constituents will also be pleased.

Home-Ring Road-Turner St-Multistorey-pick-up/drop-off-Turner St-Ring Road-Home. Even in the evenings, a queue is rare. I avoid Cross Turner St and the 'drop-off' point...

For the sake of settling future debates about Sheffield vs other UK cities (OK, mainly Leeds on this forum), I would strongly recommend looking at this website. The data tool can be set for city vs city comparisons. Those folk in Leeds might get paid more but Sheffield kids are brighter!

Were you the gent walking round the site and peering down into the hole this morning at 09:00?