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It was me that was involved in the accident. Supertramp explained perfectly what happened. I drive this way to work every day and see this happen all the time but on this occasion wasn't prepared for the other car to hit me due to paying attention to the school children crossing the road. It was reported to the police straightaway who said they were going to check the cctv and send me a letter if they could trace who the driver was. For now I'm stuck without a car because I can't afford to pay to get the damage repaired and my insurance has a £600 excess to pay so I'm stuck in limbo hoping that the police can find out who it was. I just want everyone to be aware that is driving down that road that what Supertramp said is completely right, I have seen it so many times. I have no idea why people think that the right hand lane is to turn left though, it is fairly obvious that the lane is for straight on only.

I think the best way to go would be 2 fixed speed cameras, one at either end. Iv lived in this area most of my life and too many people have had accidents in the same place. I dont understand why some people find it so difficult that they will have to set off to work 5 minutes earlier, its ridiculous! If the only way that you can get to work on time is by speeding, get up earlier! Iv got a fiat 500, so living on a road with about 30 speed bumps annoys me because all I can do is crawl over them (I aint paying out for new springs every week) but it doesnt half annoy me when im trying to save my poor old suspension and iv got some tw*t overtake me, sounding his horn and driving me off the road at 7am. Fair enough, on a major road, but im talking beighton road, normanton hill and stradbroke road, especially when kids are on the way to school! Id like to go with the obvious and say its boy racers in corsas but it isnt, its 'business men' driving audis, bmws and vauxhall insignias. Fools! Btw before everyone attacks me for being 'past it' and 'having nothing better to do than moan' im 27 and work full time.

Yes, stradbroke road, top end. I have noticed a house empty for the last couple of days that normally has a good amount of people gathered outside so im hoping that might be it now. Fingers crossed!

Seen a lot of police around for the last couple of weeks, just wondered if anyone knew what was going on? Its normally pretty quiet. Also seen a crime investigation van outside city school tonight. Have been seeing a few lads on bikes that we dont normally see, could it be something to do with them?

I know this is an oldish thread so probably not relevant now but thought id post for anyone looking in future. I used to rent an apartment in middlewood lodge. In summertime it was fabulous, absolutely loved the peace and tranquility. But, in winter I wasnt as keen, at the time, me and my partner shared a car, so I would often come home from work a bit late, obviously in winter, it is pretty dark for 7pm. I used to get the tram home and walk home alone. I must say as a young female on her own there was occasions when I just didnt feel safe. On one occasion I had a gang of young lads generally being quite threatening and trying to grab at me as I was walking past the play area and it scared me to death, if anything was to happen no one would hear you scream. I think if you drive a car then its lovely but if not I would think twice, walking up there in the dark is not nice when theres noone around.

Took my dog to springfield vets at richmond yesterday and decided im not going back. The vet kept us waiting nearly an hour with no apology and ended up coming home in tears.my dog is a fairly large breed and it was clear he is not a big dog person. The minute we walked in the room my dog cowered away, scared of him and thats totally not like him. He usually loves going there! The man was very abrupt with me and I felt as though he was making me out to be a dangerous dog owner, he made out that my dog had snapped at him when he did no such thing, he was just trying to get under the table and moved his head to get out of the way. I was thrown a muzzle and told he needed to go to a behaviourist to sort him out. I couldnt believe how rude he was! My dog wouldnt hurt a fly and was perfectly behaved in the waiting room even after being sat there for an hour.I have always been so happy taking him there, the reception staff and nurses have always been fantastic and there used to be a female vet that was brilliant. Iv cancelled my membership with them so need to find somewhere else, these posts seem quite old so I was wondering peoples latest thoughts. I would prefer somewhere with a female vet if possible as I think this might have put my dog off a bit. Thankyou for any help

Well, theyv been hooked up to the grid finally, shame theres still a huge hole in front of our house :-( its going to be an interesting night spent gazing at the curtains waiting for a plume of smoke and little green men to come walking in through the window. Least well be saving a bit of money on our electric bill now we dont need the lights on haha does anyone know if they are going to stay this bright or is there still some sort of shield to be put on??

Wow! Other than the obvious upset about the complete lack of organisation this event has had (or communication of what the hell is going on) we have 74 pages of people arguing the toss. This is one of the best sporting events to come anywhere near us as a region and all we can do is argue, even if you dont follow the sport surely it is easy to see that this is big and fantastic for yorkshire! Come on everyone, if this was a football match people would have had flags up for 6 months, but for this....nothing. im not a huge fan of cycling but I can see how great this is for sheffield, its just a shame so many are using this as an excuse for a rant. Blame the organisers for not knowing how this is going to work and which roads will be shut and when, its not the fault of the cyclists participating. Lets just keep our fingers crossed this doesnt turn out like the sheffield marathon #someonecheckthewaterdelivery

Like I said, all well and good if you dont need to go anywhere, but according to the letter the whole area is to be done in this time but it doesnt specify which road and when. There literally is nowhere local to park. My boyfriend has to leave his car on the road and bus into town for 7am and I drive to work just after which means if they decide to bother turning up we wont know it needs to be shifted until its been towed

Oh great! Whos betting that the day we chance it and leave the car there it gets towed? Its not a big deal if youre at home all day but we leave for work early doors and parking charges in town for 2 weeks on the off chance is ridiculous...

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So, had a letter last week saying road resurfacing is starting from 9th june. Fair enough! Just got home this evening to a sign on the lamp post saying its from 29th may 7am until 7pm. Thats tomorrow! No parking, waiting or loading or vehicles will be towed. Thats great warning for anyone arriving home in the dark this evening that wont see the sign. Even better for those that have taken their kids on holiday for a few days to come home and be greeted by no car parked outside their house. Well done again Amey! Couldnt organise a shindig in a brewery

Im just wondering if anyone can give me a bit of advice. For the past 2 months or so we have had really low hot water pressure to all taps but cold seems to be normal. Our boiler is quite old but had a service last year and was deemed in good working order. The boiler itself doesnt seem to have a visible pressure gauge. It is an old tank system with cold tank in the loft and copper tank on the 1st floor. Could anyone help with what the problem may be? Thankyou in advance for any replies

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Dental nursing. Patients and dentists speak to you like something they have trodden in. You get rubbish wages for cleaning up peoples spit off the floor (and myself). I have had to phone the police on a few occasions because i was scared to leave the building at night and we have to pay £120 registration a year for the privilege of going to work to be spoke to like manure. We spend all day running about and never get a full hour lunch break. I have worked in this business for over ten years and everywhere is equally terrible. working from 8-7 is the norm and if you unfortunately need the toilet you will have to wait until your lunch 'hour' . It would be fantastic if a patient actually acknowledged we were in the room half of the time, the dentist is always 'mr fantastic' but we have had to go through training ourselves and get no credit. sorry...but next time you go to the dentist try and think of the poor girl stood in the corner probably terrified of getting a telling off when you leave the room. its amazing what gets thrown at us when patients aren't around.

yes and ditto above post......you are potentially encouraging the *******who have stolen from me......thanks a bunch.. Excuse me...i have no idea what you are trying to suggest. A bit of context wouldn't go a miss. How am i 'encouraging' anyone? I think you will find that without this 'service' there would be a lot more fly-tipping going on in our wonderful countryside. Not everyone has a car big enough to even take items to the tip and if they did, larger vehicles have to be booked in. Unless you want to open your garden and come and pick up scrap items from people that cant dispose of it, i've got a load of socks that you can put anywhere you like! Kind regards

Take it and put it outside your house in clear view of the road. I have done that with all sorts of junk that was left in our house when we bought it. Old hoovers, 1950's brown fridge freezer, brown stove etc none of it was worth selling and i couldn't be bothered to take it to the tip, so thought id see if it disappeared. Everything we put out was taken within a day and we haven't been burgled. Thank god for scrap men really, they have saved us a lot of hassle!

its over woodhouse now, im up every few minutes looking for it out of the window

So, just wanted peoples opinions on whether things will get any better, just for the 'laugh'! I am 25 and my boyfriend 30. Just managed to buy a house (through the massive generosity of my partners parents being able to lend us a deposit). I work in healthcare and he works in a call centre, we both get paid peanuts. We hardly see each other as our shift patterns differ so much and when we are together all we can do is moan about the bad treatment we get at work. We have pretty much decided that if nothing changes, then children will be out of the question. We definitely cant afford a child on the wages we get at the moment and wont rely on benefits. We have both signed up and paid to do open university courses to try and get better jobs but it hasn't made a difference to our prospects. Instead we are now even more skint because the courses are so expensive. Just to add more insult to injury my car has been vandalized 3 times in the last 2 months! Not bad to say i am at work 70% of the time! Just thought id have a rant. Sorry

I am just wondering if anyone around the Stradbroke Road area (s13) has had any damage to their cars? Over the past month or so I have had my wing mirror smashed off twice and this morning i have gone out to find my tail light smashed. I know that the damage wasn't done by a car because my partners car was parked too close and his hasn't been damaged. On all occasions it is only my car that has been damaged and not my boyfriends. Has anyone seen any strange folk lurking about at night or have similar things been happening to you? Also, if anyone close to the top of Stradbroke road has CCTV that has picked anything up i would be very grateful if i could have a look. Thankyou

you would be better to try and get the stain out yourselves than risk the bond.iv rented more than a few houses and they will always find something to moan about. we had one landlord take nearly £30 out of our bond to replace a toilet brush and another £30 for a shower curtain which in my opinion should be changed as a matter of hygiene anyway. they will always scam you for at least double or triple the actual cost of the item. what has always annoyed me is that if it had said that the items needed to be replaced in the tenancy agreement i would quite happily have nipped to wilkos and bought the things myself!

hi, i was just wondering if anyone could give me some advice. me and my partner are starting to look into buying a house as our rent seems to be far exceeding what we would be paying if we bought. the only problem is we havent got a clue. at the moment we have a deposit of zero but may be able to borrow a small amount if we could find anywhere. we really dont want a new build but have seen certain schemes that are trying to push them on first time buyers. what we really want is an older house that we could do up, live in for a few years and either rent or sell on. does anyone know of any help/incentives/mortgage schemes for first time buyers that dont want a new build property? thankyou for any help

oh mother!!! you idiot! stop showing yourself up :-)

hi, i am just wondering if anyone can tell me how much notice you need to give if you have been in a job for 9 months? i have a contract (sort of) but it gives no notice period if i want to leave, it only tells me the terms of if they want to sack me. i have searched google but i can only find information on canadian law thankyou

i used to have my bridge pierced, that was a surface piercing. i think that every surface piercing will eventually migrate (work closer to the skin) as obviously the force of the skin tries to push it out. if you are wanting something more permanent i recommend having microdermal implants, iv got one in my chest and that cant migrate. its completely under the skin with a 'foot' on so only the ball or gem can be seen so if you are wanting the same look as a nape piercing you would need two. a friend of mine had surface piercing on her wrist and that managed to work itself loose within a matter of weeks, also if you let it get to that point it leaves a hell of a scar. mine on my nose is very obvious. if it was me i would take the nape piercing out and look into microdermals instead, its a bit more money but in the long run i think its worth it. i think its about £40 to have one done but iv never had any issues with mine. i had it done at thou art on chapel walk in town, they are all really lovely in there aswell! hope this helped. you might want to google microdermal implants (anchors) before you go so that you know what it is.