You're amongst friends HY. Whatever our political differences, these are trivial when life events mean that any of us needs the support of the group. That you felt able to share such a personal event… (View Post)

Greetings from Cumbria, where an Air Ambulance has just used the grounds of our hotel as a helipad. (View Post)

Without jury trials you wouldn't have defence barristers throwing out a load of chaff for hours on end in an attempt to befuddle the jury into an incorrect Not Guilty verdict. (View Post)

If each case took half as long in court, twice as many could be processed. So how can trials be accelerated? What are the faffing about bits that can be dealt with to offer quick wins? (View Post)

There is unused capacity on the ECML. Paths being squandered on 5 coach trains when they could be used by 9 or 10 car. And there's going to be more of this from December. (View Post)