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We all thought referendums (referenda...?) were a bad idea, then we had one on Scottish indy, which was conclusive but left Nicola and her bravehearts still seething. Then we had one on Brexit which was barely conclusive, so we still have folks arguing the toss years afterwards. So they are now a dreadful idea. One on the irish border wouldn't solve the underlying tribal problems, just incorporate them into a another hitherto peaceful country. If the Scots persist then how about the Shetland Islanders having a referendum about going back to Norway? There is a voice for this, aalbeit a minority. However, it would mean all the oil and gas (whether or not it is a diminishing resource) heading over to Norway rather than heading south to heat your house. Don't laugh...............

Back to football. How are the injured players progressing. ? We could do with some meat in the sandwich…. Will O’ Connell get back this season ?

The subs bench looks thinner than the ones in Graves Park…..

As above, access is difficult in the current situation. The height restrictions on the railway bridge, for instance, are too low for a 'full size' fire engine and make it difficult to bring in heavy construction equipment. Driving a new road through the end of the Rutland Road Industrial Estate is an obvious remedy, but would need planning changes, and the owners of the Estate would not be happy. I doubt there is the collective will to find a solution. The original operator went bust, the next one invested a lot of money in extending the faciities to include a bowling alley, etc, but as the site was unattended overnight it attracted a lot of local intellectuals who ran amok and kept setting fires. Eventually he gave up and so we have have the current dereliction. And I believe the adjacent land is the old Sheffield Tip, and a s such may be classed as as contaminated. Added: When are they going to do something about the derelict former Stones Brewery, which is on the approach. What a blot on the landscape.

Update: Open today. Busy with two days traffic. Sign outside now says new opening hours 10 while 2. slogan inside says “helpful banking”. You couldn’t make it up……

I can read their writing. Closed. Open “to be advised” Bless the Post Office on Sharrowvale Road. They took our cash takings. More power to them.

Shut up. Locked. Handwritten notice telling me to s*d off to High St. what IS GOING ON?

The barbaraic stupidity continues. If you want Putin's vision for the Ukraine google a picture of Aleppo in Syria. One of the middle east's great cities, reduced to rubble by Vlads brave soldiers. Heroes of the Soveiet Union, etc. They aren't real soldiers, they don't fight, they just demolish and assassinate. I despair. NATO was founded in 1949 by US, UK, Canada, etc. It's main purpose was to confront Stalin. Nowadays it spouts a lot of rhetoric but I don't think it has ever fired a shot in anger at Russia in those 72 years. I stand to be corrected (!). So don't expect anything different. However when this harrowing bloodbath is over I think we will discover that a lot of hi-tech munitions were shuffled across the border. Added:Regarding POW's, I note that when Ukraine capture any Russian troops one of the first things they do is to hand them a mobile phone and ask them to phone their mothers' to inform them that they are captured, but alive and safe. Clever tactic.

Abbey Glass on Chesterfield Road at Woodseats have the 2'x2' panels in stock. When there has been some gales they cut some more...... And they sell those little clips and springs. Good people.

It’s for the heavy metal evenings. ‘Sweat the assets’ and all that. Nice bright lighting, plenty of customer traffic. Just what we all need in S8.

I have no faith in Joe Biden doing anything. As President, he will make the final indecision. Repeatedly. He is more interested in Louisiana than Latvia. There are few Ukrainians in the US, their votes are negligible. So rhetoric yes, rifles no. Never mind, Hollywood will fix it. An ex-marine with chiselled features and perfect teeth will destroy a forty mile long armed convoy with just a pistol, roger the sultry interpreter, and restore democracy. Perhaps not in that orzder.

Hi, we run a good sized hospitality business in the Hunters Bar area. Currently on a mix of Excel and written ledgers, we need to upgrade to "Sage". Rather than work through by trial and error - is there an individual or small company that can install this onto our desktop, and set up the 'architecture' for us? We need to modernise the financial controls, speed up the audit, and enable more than one to have the ability to input data. At present only the inventor can do that....! Thanks, you can post here or PM.

If Vlad does not invade, he's exposed as a threatener, not a doer. He repeatedly states he won't invade Ukraine, Sleepy Joe says he will invade in a few days. One has to be wrong. Classic opening from Vlad, start skirmishes on the border claiming they were fired on first, and launch cyber attack on Kiev and the other big cities. Ukraine is not in the EU, and not in NATO, there is only so much we can do. I fear the worst. As ever, it will be the civilian families who will suffer. One can understand Russia's nervousness, they want guarantees from the West as to Ukraine's future, which they look upon in the same way as Belarus. The West say that Ukraine's future is entirely up to Ukraine, so no guarantees. Stalemate.

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Not been stated, but can assume DOY pays his legals (c£6m) and her legals (c£4m), as well as something in the charity box to ease his conscience. I think she folded. There is compelling evidence that the photo of him, her, and the Madame is a photoshoppie.

The freeholds in the city centre ( any city centre) are invariably held by large property companies, or big financial institutions. They maximise their returns by charging as high a rental as they can achieve. In turn, this is only affordable by large retailers. When their business model falters - for whatever reason - they close. But the landlords still want top dollar, otherwise their properties lose book value, and their balance sheets wither. Its a vicious circle. It was sad to see Stone the Crows close their funky shop on Barkers Pool, a big rent hike being a factor, I believe. And I think SCC was the landlord! Any up and coming retail business with a good idea cannot contemplate city centre premises, so they set up on the edge of town (as well as online). And if that business involves customers taking away bulky objects, then access to their vehicle is fundamental. I seem to remember that SCC wanted IKEA to set up in the city centre - could you get a flat-pack BIlly bookcase onto a 'bus? Watch customers coming out of Dunelm on Chesterfield Road, they all have sizeable purchases, is it any wonder Dunelm chose that location rather than set up on the "high street", and by the way they are successful. I agree with previous posters, the outlook is grim. I fear it could get worse before it gets better.

I hope it's a really sustainable business. So a giant combined tattoo parlour and nail shop seems to be favourite.

It looks like this scenario is strengthening NATO, which is not what Vlad envisaged. Apart from some foot dragging from Germany (what's new), everyone seems united. Finland has never been in NATO, and has strived to keep on good terms with Moscow, and when polled the Finns said they wanted to remain independent. However that opinion is shifting, and were they to join NATO - who would gladly accept them - Vlad would have a very long border which would need manning. As it is, he has taken manpower away from there and sent them to Ukraine.... My father was born in one world war, I was born in another, my sons were born in peacetime. Another conflict would be a disaster.

How I wish I had installed that log burner. As I write I can hear surreptitious saw noises fro Graves Park woods……

I am a cyncic when it comes to Government 'announcements'. I appreciate that puts me in a minority - perhaps of one - on t this Forum. But this 'Report' by civil servant Sue Grey is being delayed, and once again my cynical hackles stir. The report was instigated by No.10, and concerns goings on at No. 10 during the lockdown. Our lockdown, of course, itseems not theirs.... It appears she has been diligent and timely, which is to her credit. There was some disquiet when she appropriated the in and out logs for staffers, but it was all ready to go last Tuesday. Then plod (i.e the Met) suddenly decided, with commendable alacrity to investigate 'parties' going back to 2020. Blue flashing lights, stab proof vests, dog vans, who knows. Battering rams perhaps. All just in time to forestall publication. And there is me, the lonely cynic, sat seething in Sheffield 8. Today I read that the Met - headed by that awful Dick woman - and government lawyers (I bet they are a jolly bunch) are poring over the report intent on removing anything of substance. It will be less use than a kitchen roll. At the heart of this, of course, is the danger that the report will show that the PM lied to parliament. That is, above all, the worst scenario any PM could face, so the report will be bland, bland, bland. IF the Met subsequently lay charges and IF they are upheld the maximum penalty is a fixed fine of £100 or so. What a mess they have got themselves into.

ts very difficult to change all the rules in mid-flow. Yes, if you were designing an ideal football 'structure' you wouldn't start from where we are now. It's like playing cards with some obscenely rich people, no matter how skilful you are, you will be overwhelmed with their limitless pile of chips. When the sovereign weatlth funds of some countries effectively buy their way in, you are doomed. But, ironically, all the money in the world cannot buy you titles. In the Premier League every season there is - in reality - one winner and nineteen losers. Some of the 'investors' struggle to come to terms with that, they want guaranteed success. There is the apocryphal story of the US billionaire who bought a club and had a heart attack when relegation was explained to him............. For now, we will have to make the bst of what we've got. Good fortune to all our city clubs, and I hope Derby come through.

If a stadium, and all the other delights, gets completed in the next ten years I will be amazed. Planning(s) . approvals, objections, appeals and public enquiries move at a glacial pace. Currently, there is a lot of waffle.and speculation. SFC realise that it would be easier to put sheds on their Stubley Hollow site, but they don't make as much money as houses. So they are stuck. Siting a sports stadium bang next to residences raises issues. When Chesterfield moved from Saltergate local residents were delighted, and they relocated to a semi industrial location. SFC are looking to do the reverse. How will the residents of Lupton Road, and similar, feel about a floodlit arena at the end of their gardens being used most evenings? And they are talking about music as well. Heavy metal, anyone? Don't mention massed bagpipe bands.............. It should be going on the old aerodrome - a nice brownfield site. But SCC will make more coin by selling that to a housing developer. Real world.

....reacting to the wrong set of lights.... Yes, coming up Meadowhead the turning into Morrisons is immediately followed by lights on a crossing. If you are at the head of the line of traffic you cannot see "your" lights as they are above your head. When the crossing turns green it's so easy to set off...... Suggestions for improving the roundabout on the A61/Ring Road will usually begin with "I wouldn't start from here" . As in posts passim, we all recognise that it's a dogs breakfast, and the arrival of a 5,000 seat stadium will need some serious thought. We don't need planning to do the hokey cokey again. I do like the green space that is the sports ground cricket field, but perhaps the only solution would be to lose it. Mind you, I wouldn't miss the cell block clubhouse. As ever - who is going to pay for it all? And why is it taking so long for the plans to bemade public?

I doubt we could get into the top two after such a slow start. But if we did get into the play offs it would only bring false hopes. We may even prevail in the play offs and make the Wembley final. Then the real sense of doom would overwhelm me. Our record in play off finals (any division) is woeful. And in the unlikely event that we won that, we would go into the top tier with a squad of nice blokes, but with no chance of staying there. However, I would enjoy the atmosphere of a capacity crowd again, it is something special. .............Pessimist of S8...............

Wherever the PM lives, it must have a door opening onto the street, facing a baying mob of half witted journalists can bawl insults and intellectual gems such as - "when are you going to resign..." No peace.