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. It can vibrate a little but all I need is an idea if there is a vehicle coming up from behind. It's because of the vibration that I had to abandon an experiment with mirrors, despite having a similar stiff neck problem. I found that the vibration was such that trying to make even vague sense of t...

In priciple police forces operate to the guidance issued by The College of Policing (effectively the professional body for police officers) this allows them to understand how the law and guidance is to be operated in practice - the updated guidance that forces work to can be found from https://beta....

If she is a Band 7 and not being paid that then she’s either not a Band 7 in the true sense, i.e. AfC, or she’s being screwed over big time by her employer. There's two possibilities that I see for the discrepancy, which I believe is recounted honestly: She's not on full time hours or The figure we...

At this time of year, I always wear a Buff/Neck gaiter on the bike. This doubles up as a mask, when necessary. I don’t pull it up over my mouth and nose most of the time, but can do easily if it’s cold or if I encounter anyone whilst out. I also wear the same thing off the bike when visiting shops,...

Also there seems little point comparing their wages to the national average, they need to be compared against people with similar levels of qualifications and training, then also take into account the difficulty, stress levels, shift patterns, health risks, ongoing training, annual assessments, ins...

Train Drivers ! Choo choo.....or choo ching ! Very strong Trade Union working for those with a very responsible job, and only /just/ enough trained drivers to fill the required number of jobs (and a very high bar to get over to get into training position) It's very common for TOCs & FOCs (Train...

are nhs doctors and nurses poorly rewarded ? Leaving aside my pet peeve the use of 'doctors & nurses' as shorthand for the huge range of people needed to run a modern health service... No - as a retired NHS professional I do not believe that there are many poorly paid jobs in the NHS. The profe...

Anyone know? mine is all separate bookings in july so would be a nightmare to change at short notice. I'm in a very similar situation. We had an Interrail trip booked for 2020 which took a lot of unravelling, and I've rebooked it for June. At least this time I've had the sense to book hotels on a &...

My impression is that this is about EU citizens resident in the UK can get an EHIC from the UK Government but UK citizens resident in the UK can't (maybe because EU citizens living in the UK cannot get their EHIC from the EU member state). It only becomes an issue of "fairness" when we fi...

Here's the link to the new UK EU EHIC https://services.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/cra/start In summary - available to nationals & students from EU (and a few other) countries and some dependents - see the link for the full details, if in doubt, start the application, it will dump you out if you are ineligibl...

Yes an Irish EHIC is issued on condition of residence, not nationally. The Irish government made this clear a couple of years ago. I was referring to the new availability from the UK NHS which allows a range of people to get a UK /EU EHIC based on their EU nationally, including students, even if the...

Stevek76 wrote: (and presumably anyone lucky enough to have an irish etc passport) "], .

Nope - wife has Irish parents, has Irish passport, but born in the UK - no EHIC for those in her situation

I bought a Galaxy frame from St John Street Cycles when they had a batch greatly reduced. It was a nice metallic green (I think this was the Super Galaxy colour). This would have been about 1986. I built it up into a spec to suit me - and it took me into the world of Audax across the UK, France and ...

The s158 payment attracted a number of myths which I had to deal with in the latter part of my career - an ambulance fee was perhaps the most common. The most comprehensive summary is at https://www.bma.org.uk/pay-and-contracts/fees/fees-for-doctors-services/fees-for-emergency-treatment-in-a-road-tr...

Fluency? My personal tests when I started degree level French in my 50s were (1) to understand a joke told to me & (2) to understand someone else's conversation upon which I was eavesdropping. It wasn't the language as such I found most valuable, but the insight into a different culture(s). Curr...