Or, indeed, money coming the other way. As well as the money saved by not having HEIC cargo ships looted by French Navy ships and privateers as a result of the UK takeover of Mauritius. Complex ... (View Post)

Sure, deal with criminals and negligents if they can be caught with evidence. But the underlying problem is climate variance leading to a catastrophic combination of lack of precipitation, low humidi… (View Post)

Citizen's arrest, and on suspicion ... and it may not have been deliberate. Idiot with barbecue syndrome is a thing. But it could be a bit of broken glass, or a power line going sparky, or an ol… (View Post)

I had not heard of that building, but looking that up, my sympathies are with the author. My instant reaction was that I was looking at a carpet emporium converted to housing in the currently fashion… (View Post)

Unusually dry would be an, erm, unusually dry understatement. Apparently this year they've had cumulatively 2.2% of the normal winter rainfall total (Oct-Mar), if I read the graph rightly. https… (View Post)