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Agree. And in cricket there are only a limited number of reviews. The team captain could have, say, a maximum of two reviews per game, which if proved incorrect, then you would then lose the right to more reviews. Borderline offsides are another issue - i reckon ref's onfield call should stand unless there's a clear offside (say three feet?). It certainly isn't helping the game as it stands.
I know a bit about this. It's not just about money, but an awful lot of technicalities and not a little politics.
The bridge was deemed safe to reopen to cyclists and pedestrians in 2021 but a stabilisation plan put together by Mott MacDonald was to be undertaken prior to a full repair job.
The first step of the stabilisation plan was for custom steel support frames to be fitted around the cracked iron pedestals. FM Conway is the contractor currently carrying out the work, which was delayed due to issues sourcing the metal from Ukraine amidst the ongoing conflict.
The steel arrived in the UK in May 2023 in the form of 29 giant sheets. A sub-contractor cut it into 1220 pieces that were welded together to be fitted onto the cracked pedestals for support. Work to fit the supports onto the pedestals has nearly completed. However, some small pieces of the custom steel frames are in need of adjustment. They have been sent back to a Middlesborough factory, where they will undergo the needed modifications.
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (LBHF) reports that, when the steel supports have been finalised, work will move on to the next stage of stabilisation. This will see the bridge jacked up and bearings replaced. LBHF 'remains confident' that the stabilisation process will be complete this year. This will allow cyclists to ride across the bridge once again, rather than wheeling them (road traffic will still be blocked from accessing the bridge).
By the way, a further blow in December when it was hit by a party boat carrying West Ham fans to attend the club’s match against Fulham. LBHF reports that the roughly 100m gantry that runs under the bridge was damaged in the incident. This is crucial for supporting any work that needs to take place to the underside of the bridge and must be fixed before full repairs can take place.
The latest estimate from LBHF totalling £250M (over £100M more than the previous estimate). In 2021 it was agreed that the funding would be split three ways between LBHF, TfL and the Department for Transport. However, the business case has been sitting with the DfT for over two years without approval, meaning funds cannot be released by the DfT and TfL. LBHF has now said it can only fund its £83M share of the cost if it is allowed to implement a toll order or a road user charge on the bridge once it reopens to traffic. LBHF is due to consult on this plan. However, the rising cost has been said to have caused a “stalemate” between the three funding parties. A specially formed task force to work on a solution for Hammersmith Bridge has not met for over two years.
Liberal Dem MP for Richmond Sarah Olney told the Standard: “I think it’s increasingly possible that it won’t reopen to traffic.” She said that only central government can now afford to pay the bill, with the sum being unrealistic for a local council. This seems likely.
The full repair plan will involve the erection of a second deck above the existing deck to provide crossing for all traffic while works are undertaken on the bridge itself. This “double decker” solution, put together by Foster + Partners and Cowi, has already seen £3.5M committed to it from LBHF for ground investigations and further feasibility studies. This work has now been completed and the double decker solution will be taken forward, but only once the business case has been passed and funds released.
The speed of light is a universal constant in a vacuum, like the vacuum of space. The speed of light traveling through a vacuum is exactly 299,792,458 meters (983,571,056 feet) per second. That's about 186,282 miles per second.
However, light can 'slow down' slightly when it passes through an absorbing medium, such as water (225,000 km p.s = 140,000 miles p.s) or glass (200,000 km per p.s = 124,000 miles p.s).
The speed of sound, by contrast, varies an awful lot depending on such things as temperature and the medium through which a sound wave is operating. At 20 °C for example, the speed of sound in air is about 343 m/s, or one km in 2.91 s or one mile in 4.69 s. At 0 °C, the speed of sound in air is about 331 m/s. Typically, sound travels most slowly in gases, faster in liquids, and fastest in solids.
Wheatsheaf is fine - standard fullers pub with a dining area at the back - you can reserve a table in advance and if you need extra space let them know and I'm sure the staff can accommodate you.
I hate Abba with a passion normally reserved for Beezlebub and Yoko Ono. Hated them in the 70s, and hate them even more now that they seem to fkg everywhere. Hate every single note they ever sang&played. And then I came across this. Astonishing work with a remarkably sophisticated lyric.
Was it my imagination or was the pitch different? It smelt like newly cut grass for starters, then much less bouncy than of late? Or just because both teams played on the floor? Whatever - it was, to use a cliche, a great advertisement for footy
Couldn't stop myself jumping up and down during the last ten minutes of the game last night, to the extent that some guy behind got very stroppy with me and not so politely told me to sit down (which i did). At the end of the game i apologised for being so exciteable, offered my hand in peace and was told to fk off. No wonder the country's fkd.
Absolutely. I was welling up before ko to the extent that person next to me asked if i was ok. To hear all sides of the ground cheering chanting and singing their hearts out was so special. Great night and haven't come back to earth yet
Apps. Specifically those that you are obliged to download because you want to go to a gig somewhere. The latest one I had to get was one called Dice, which seems to have fkd up my device and so has pssd me off no end. They say it's for 'greater security', but I'm betting someone's making money somewhere and I bet it's not the artists.
Amen to all of that. For all Leicester's dominance, we were defensively very good (apart from the free kick) - great to see players immediately getting back into shape when the ball was lost. And to carve them right open for the first goal wss a sheer delight after watching it done so many ttimes to us this season. We even seem to be able to run down the clock if necessary. What a turnaround, suddenly a team to be proud of. Stuff Cifuentes' mouth with gold (or iou's) now!
Obviously depends what you like. For Pale, TT Landlord is a big seller, but .. lots better imo
Broadside more to my taste, but build up to McEwan's Champion Ale (surprisingly cheap still, but don't tell anyone). Now, that's one that grabs you by the throat and tells you 'hey, i'm serious shit here'.
Yup. As Clive put it that 'they've shot my dog' feeling. The Stoke result had the result of making all my friends' lives so miserable that they are begging me to stay away from Qpr for the time being.
'Quite comfortably the most threatening'. Yup, that's what i saw, particularly in the second half. Everyone around me saying 'only one team going to win this', and it wasn't Qpr. Perhaps if they'd scored earlier, it might have made a difference, but that was a thoroughly lacklustre display which we wouldn't have yelled 'robbed' if we'd lost.
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