Talking of which - a day out in the Dales today. Started unpromisingly with both pubs and both cafes in Horton in Ribblesdale closed, forcing us five miles up the road for lunch to the Station Inn at… (View Post)

Agreed, but isn't this news all about ten years old? We've known about this - and all the other places where it's happened - and it was met with a weary "yebbut racism" by th… (View Post)

It happens because while those in power consider the mass rape of girls in towns like Rochdale "bad", they consider it less bad than the possibility that tge population might take a sub-opt… (View Post)

Also transport. So much of left behind Britain is an hour or more from anywhere with opportunity. There is poverty in London and the SE too, of course, but access to opportunity is rarely the issue t… (View Post)

Patches of clear sky above South Manchester before dawn. So I popped up to Wild Bank Hill to see if I could watch the sun rise. But the fog crept in. Still, good to be out in it. Got back to the car … (View Post)