So, whilst I have a hard time justifying Tony Martin killing 16 year old Barras, it’s true he wouldn’t have died had he not been there. And let’s not forget, somebody breaking into your house, in the dead of night must have been genuinely terrifying.


I agree with the last part, it probably was ...

Reasonable force in that context would be hitting a robber with a bat to disarm or stun them. Guns are not reasonable . Yes, you should defend your home, but that is too far.


I disagree on that point, firearms can be legitimate uses of force to achieve a legitimate aim or lawful purpose ...

The former Boots unit in Hammersmith Broadway is becoming a Sainsbury's local. The Boots was quite the time capsule when it was open, with older branding still in use everywhere. There are 2 (a large store on King Street, a 2 minute walk away and a smaller one about 10 minutes away down the Fulham ...

Rules are an interesting read:

" 2.0 - Copyright
You agree and confirm that any contribution(s) and/or material you provide or upload, including but not limited to text, photographs and sound, is original to you and does not infringe the copyright, trade mark or other intellectual property rights ...

And before anyone asks, I've only joined to protect my username and see the user list.


I did the same thing for the same reasons. I do love how obvious the spam bots are, nearly all have a website that offers for sale Viagra and Cialis, and live in different regions for some reason... I take it ...

I’m guessing these are just front for laundering money from drugs or something else, right?

Yes.

See also the hand car wash, cash only.

You get these a lot in cities, and it's baffling when you see a barber shop open 24/7 (cash only) with nobody in it, no chance of anyone being in it and one ...

In the world of television presentation, technical stuff is interesting - to have any interest and not do this as a job you need to be somewhere on a spectrum I've always thought.

However ringing the SD Switch-off helpline to ask their Christmas plans for the barker message is a new one for me. I ...

I attended a training course on being a JESIP incident commander a few weeks back, and the facilitators did mention this - the backend to make it happen has been what's caused the delay; each Cat 1 and Cat 2 responder agency has needed access to a portal to push these messages out, but not all Cat 2 ...

The Great British Rail project may be scrapped. Significant impact on all regions as a result, i.e nothing will change.


It may be, but it's more likely it will happen albeit in a less formal way.

The DfT have been wanting to sack off the franchise model for some years, and the Network Rail ...

Matches their bank notes

I haven’t and won’t yet make a decision as to which one to join.

I’m sad that TVLF has finished tbh, it was going well I thought. I know it’s a bit late now but maybe it could be brought back in another way.

I’m yet to join any new site until I know a ‘winner’ - but I honestly think since the ...