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Our police force was turning into a joke years ago. All the current scandals seem to relate to decades back. I don't see any problems around at the moment that are being pinned on any of the sitting commissioners whilst in office.

A lot of towns have community conveniences. Cafes shops and bars sign up for the scheme and get an annual payment from the council for providing the service. It is far more cost effective than having public toilets that get vandalised every week.

I'm not sure myself. The parents disagree with the treatment being given and are perfectly entitled to look at alternatives regardless of what the so called experts say.

Same old..Same old.

Actually I find it more amazing that a week before the world's largest sporting even comes to town the information provided for those who don't spend their day glued to the internet allowed some folk to think the route is passing Meadowhead roundabout.

I've just been talking to some folk from Meadowhead. They had seen signs about road closures on the A61 and assumed the recent resurfacing of the roads round there was for the Tour de France. They had planned to sit outside the Norton Hotel to watch the race go past.

Or arranging how to pay for it is a cashless transaction.

Has a life beyond Sheffield Forum?

I wouldn't decry anyone for taking advantage of any freebie offered when starting up a business. The problems are all with the council when the freebies start to run out and the businesses start to look for somewhere cheaper. If the council can't fill the market when they are offering rent free stalls, I can't see folk queuing up for them when those silly rents start coming in.

This one works. http://www.cyclelove.net/2013/10/vintage-cycling-festival-leroica-britannia-2014/

According to Pistonheads http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=842767&mid=0 Obviously have far too much time on my hands but I have discovered my key will lock or unlock my Chrysler 300 from a distance of approximately 105 yards!! Awesome and I beleive unbeatable,

I don't know what classes as made in the UK. There was a famous brand of Sheffield cutlery that was made in Korea and brought into Sheffield for a polish and silver plate. Lots of British beef is imported, left in a field for 3 weeks before slaughter. I know of clothing where cloth blanks are cut in Sri Lanka and shipped to the UK to be machine sewed.

Predictable enough to know that if Pistorius had been black or a Muslim it wouldn't have got a mention.

I doubt it. I can think of far better places to go and eat than Sheffield City Centre where I don't risk getting a ticket. I also doubt there is a worse place on the planet to go for a drink. I would far rather jump in my car and meet friends in a decent place in Derbyshire or the suburbs. And if that means I have to drive and cut back on alcohol that probably isn't a bad thing. Decent food is far more important than an extra glass of wine or beer. By the way have you tried Bishops Bistro?

I don't think the OP is after a clear picture. Do you. By the way you seem to have forgotten that it was you making comment on my point about clarity. Not the other way around. Thinking about it though. Are there any bars and restaurants in the city centre worth the drive anyhow. Last time I was in Sheffield I walked from the Man Power building down to High Street and can't think I passed one of either unless you count Greggs. I'd probably save the hassle and drive to a place that didn't think haute cuisine came out of a Mc Caines bag, and that wouldn't be in Sheffield city centre..

So you missed the sometimes option then?

I would find it difficult to imagine many people who owned a car wouldn't drive into town for a drink or a meal at some stage in their lives. The other day I parked up and went shopping and had a cake and a cup of coffee.

Bedroom or motel!! This is Sheffield you mean bus shelter or shop doorway.

I don't see the problem of retirement at 60. Most folk are fit particularly if you've worked in that sort of regime. There are loads of jobs in the service that don't require climbing out of 10th floor windows with a woman over your shoulder. I know retired firemen who work as pall bearers at funeral directors now they have retired from the service. That has to be harder than sitting behind a desk monitoring where your fire engines are being deployed.

Not in Sheffield.

On average 60 people are killed in the UK construction industry each year compared to an average of one death in the fire service. I hope this helps.

You are right. The folk from the council estates will elect the same load of no hopers that the usually do and the city will continue its downward spiral into a ghetto of betting shops, pound shops and crappy takeaways. The investment will go elsewhere as will the jobs. Those right wing trolls will continue living in Derbyshire but will take their money and spend it elsewhere making more room at the tables for Sheffield's unemployed to squander their dole money.

I think the message is very clear. The thread asks if folk are going into town and using bars and cafes less since the extra charging hours were imposed. There is a very clear answer from the poll and comments that the answer is yes. That the council will come on the thread and make excuses isn't surprising but hardly addresses the issue that trade is being lost in the city and makes it less likely that investors will come to Sheffield because the available trade is falling. It will be one factor in the decision of Hammerson's to invest in Leeds instead of Sheffield. Leeds gives every indication it is moving forward..Airport expansion, new shopping centre, new arena. Sheffield gives every indication that it is dying. No airport, stadium closing. Hammersons pulling out of the retail complex. Even the M1 and the proposed HS2 skirt round Sheffield and head north to Leeds.

They just stuck massive increases on the cost of hold baggage. I wouldn't fly with them again unless I was on a weekend away with just a couple of changes of clothing. .

I had an interesting thought a while ago when I cycled across Graves Park. First I came across an ice cream van in the middle of the park, whuch had presumably driven along the footpaths to get to its spot and was parked without a pay & display ticket. Another couple of hundred yards and there was a guy parked up in a 4 by 4 taking money for Zorbing in one of the lakes. Again no parking ticket. Then I came upon the fairground. There are several dozen vehicles ranging from cars to huge articulated trucks parked on the grass and on top of the Marie Curie daffodils that were planted in the woods. There are also a few dozen caravans for folk who seem to be allowed to sleep overnight in the park. This is quite an interesting situation as the park belongs to the people of Sheffield who cannot take vehicles into the park and stick them where they want, but these folk can. I wonder what right travellers have to stick their caravan in one of our public parks and squat there when most folk get a ticket if they park them on the road outside their house. ---------- Post added 01-08-2013 at 14:57 ---------- Isn't that what he gets paid to do?