Chris Caulfield 📰

Barnes Primary School Cycle to Amsterdam 2025 Taking to our saddles to cycle from the school gates in Barnes to Amsterdam on 6th June 2025 to raise funds for Barnes Primary school and Skylarks Charity. That's around 300km in just two days! We hop

I've written countless stories about funding cuts and inadequate special education and activities for children with additional needs. On Friday I am doing something different, and will cycle 300km from London to Amsterdam in 2 days for Skylarks Charity

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Guessing the answer but - have you noticed any 'significant' improvements/ changes over the last few years from 0 to 2 *

CCTV image released in appeal to track down Next shoplifter Police believe this man may be able to assist them with an investigation into a shoplifting

Future Crimes Unit is here

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Chess returns to the screen on Monday with Chess Masters: The Endgame The new programme on BBC Two will be very different from 42 years ago when the eighth and final series of The Master Game was never shown due to industrial action

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...

Schrodinger's carrot 🙏🙏

Two stars! @wyahaw.bsky.social #ritz

Surrey must take a front seat on Labour's council merger plans The county's boroughs and districts could become two mega councils

What next for Surrey?

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Drummer from Queen covering Jive Bunny was not how I expected 2025 to start

Contract year Salah was always gonna be 🔥

Even more so when you don't get sent one

Surrey and its 11 boroughs and districts could be turned into 2 councils following publication of devolution white paper

#LDReporter

Nobody fights a three-year #FOI battle for the clicks.

The Romford Recorder finally got a (heavily redacted) report into a dossier of racism and sexism complaints out of Havering Council.

But not without a bit more complaining from the council...

clairemiller.net/2024/12/free...

The Romford Recorder has won a three-year Freedom of Information battle against Havering Council and the ICO, forcing the London borough to hand over a 400-page 2021 report detailing allegations of racism and sexism in its town hall
www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/2452294...

'Why we spent three years fighting to uncover a mysterious council document' Last week, Havering Council issued a press release which was highly critical of the Recorder. Here's our response and why we spent three years…

Last week, Havering Council issued an extraordinary - and inaccurate - press release lambasting the Romford Recorder as 'ridiculous' for pursuing a Freedom of Information case over racism and sexism allegations.

This is our response.

www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/2477051...

Staff: Council avoided tackling racism due to fear of 'quite racist' voters Havering Council avoided vocally criticising racism because the area was thought to have a high number of racist voters, staff claimed in a 2021…

BREAKING: Havering Council has finally released a version of its much-debated racism & sexism dossier - alongside an inaccurate taxpayer-funded press release smearing the Romford Recorder for seeking its disclosure.

www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/2476123...

Housing targets for Reigate and Banstead doubled under new NPPF published today.

I got Queen Bee! How many words can you make with 7 letters?

Eyebrows from my Eds

Fury as pupils told bring torches and walk across heaths as free school bus axed One mum who walked the route called the move 'outrageous'

The “personal safety issues of children travelling alone” was not a consideration by Surrey County Council.

#LDReporter

Ding down an hour on the clock on move five is just wild.

Romanian court annuls first round of presidential election Ruling follows revelation of declassified intelligence alleging Russia ran online campaign to promote far-right outsider

Such a relief nothing like this happens here

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...?

Spelthorne Borough Council’s extremely high levels of debt and borrowing, as of March 2023, stood at £1.1billion - 87.1 times the borough’s core spending power (CSE) and 52.4 times its total service expenditure. In perspective, average CSE for district councils is 5.6.

Review into second most indebted borough council in the country extended The council in Surrey is £1bn in debt

If you want to get up to speed with financial situation of the second most indebted borough council in the country, here's your chance as the Government extends the deadline of its 'best value review'

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#localgovfinance

Eye-watering cost to reopen theatre riddled with crumbling concrete The Harlequin Theatre closed suddenly last year

This is going to cost a lot.

Not sure what options this leaves Reigate & Banstead Borough Council.

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#Localgovfinance

Lame

Man United have a better goal difference than Man City

Looks Fableous

Surrey landlord used 'naked baby' threat to delay 'appalling HMO investigation People lives were "put at risk" as home turned into a "cash cow", according to the council

Surrey landlord and nursery worker used naked baby threat to delay 'appalling' HMO investigation

Don't think we're watching the superbowl winners here

Happy Thanksgiving though y'all

#giants #cowboys #uknfl

💍💍 Die Walküre tix sorted !! 💍💍

#ROHring