Sydenham Town Forum

I think you're right Tim: however, I'd have expressed it slightly differently. There is a problem when the experiences, values, thought processes and culture of the police is markedly different to society at large. The simple fact is that the police live in something if a different world to the rest...

Hang on, it's 3 in the morning, There is no-one about, a burglary happens where a suspect is fleetingly seen in the dark, a policeman is in the vicinity when the call comes out and sees a man matching that description who is within easy travelling time to the location of the offence. It isn't reason...

"Reasonable grounds to suspect" are pretty clear words in the English Language. They mean what they mean in the dictionary. In essence if a police officer suspects someone of carrying something illegal because of objectively definable reasons then he can search them for said item. Like wh...

"Reasonable grounds to suspect" are pretty clear words in the English Language. They mean what they mean in the dictionary. In essence if a police officer suspects someone of carrying something illegal because of objectively definable reasons then he can search them for said item. I don't ...

I really don't get the public discourse around "stop and search". The law allows a police officer to stop and search someone who he has "reasonable grounds to suspect" a given person may have a prohibited item on them. Is there anyone out there at all that believes that if a poli...

Is that driveway public or private land? If it is private land (shared between the various householders perhaps) then I think I am correct in saying that it is a civil matter between the owners and the dumper and not a criminal matter that the council would get involved in. This is an absolute disgr...

With regards to the online reporting it is a means to join-up where/when these things are happening. They are still investigated by police officers. The police will still physically attend if there is a need to - if the victim is especially vulnerable for example, there are suspects on scene etc. Wi...

There is a new centralised reporting system of fraud which is nationwide thing. The idea being that reports are properly joined-up as frauds like these don't respect police force boundaries:

http://www.actionfraud.police.uk

That does seem like cruelty to animals, and why are you limiting abuse to asses? Or do you hate mules, horses and donkeys as much? I think kicking animals has no place in sydenham.

What happened at the meeting?

I can't say it's something I've ever noticed but, yes, it would be an offence under Railway Bye-law 7(2).

Out of interest was it a reportable collision? (That is when the police have to be involve if someone is injured etc.)

I must say where I am in Kent I am really rather happy with BT infinity. I get decent download and upload speeds: I don't really measure the speed but there is no issue with having a film stream over the telly, playing a game online and browsing all at the same time. I would consider myself quite a ...

Get rid of housing benefit. Phase it out over several years. The market can then correct itself to some degree. If you can't afford to live in the South East then you can house-share, or go and live in the reset of the country. If employers can't get employees they will pay people more so that their...

Nearly £400k for a terraced house? Are people insane?! Why are people paying so much?

Indeed. I am lucky where I am as I live somewhere where I have a choice of train routes so if one is out of action then most likely the other ones are ok. It is rare indeed that there are no trains whatsoever on a Sunday. However, there are some people out there (myself included) that work on Sunday...

What I find frustrating is that there never seems to be any end in sight when it comes to closures like this. Why don't they share more information at train stations? If it was a case of a few posters saying "we are upgrading all the signalling and track, this is a major project and will take 5...

It's my understanding a licensing meeting is taking place then where the licence is up for review... No massive secret. (I hope now I mention it!)

I just have a funny feeling something might be happening at the end of Feb. that's all.

Wait until the end of Feb. continue complaints if it continues after then.