McDonald's Customer Service is dreadful.

Controversial traffic calming measures to be removed in Liverpool. BBC News - Controversial 'Wotsit Street' in Birkenhead to go, council boss says - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Controversial 'Wotsit Street' in Birkenhead to go, council boss says

The traffic calming measures led to ridicule after being compared to the cheesy corn puff snack.

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A "serious cyclist" couldn't give a toss about the rest of us. Wilmslow Cycle Lane.

Been out doing Ethels today. It's a Peak District hill list commemorating the work of Ethel Haythornthwaite in founding the National Park. My tiny car dwarfed by Parkhouse Hill.

So today is Saturday 1st August. I have a direct debit set up for vehicle tax. It's due today. But they won't take payment until Monday. So it's untaxed. Very odd... It's parked at home off-road and won't be used but the system seems flawed.

Amused to see a Podpoint van in Macc. All signwritten talking about green charging. But here's the thing; it was an ICE van.

I think I know the answer to this but is it legal to have a downspout draining across a pavement like this? Not great for pedestrians.

Witness angry driver sounding her horn in rage that a pedestrian didn't hear her approaching - in the pedestrian area of Macc and after 11am.

Petition to install speed bumps on Windmill Street in Macc. Petition · Install speed bumps on Windmill Street, Macclesfield - Macclesfield, United Kingdom · Change.org share.google/5Qmiryp4QuOV...

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Police out again on Coare Street. CEC needs to get a grip and do something.

"Wilmslow in Bloom" has asked cyclists not to park bikes by their displays. If only Cheshire East put in the bike stands that they have been "studying" for 5 years.

Peak District National Park is sponsored by a car company (again). BBC News - Peak District National Park partnership with Skoda criticised - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Peak District National Park partnership with Skoda criticised

Skoda installs adverts for one of their new cars on Peak District National Park signs.

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I'm hoping that James is joking, but I'm far from sure.

Recently booked a few nights in a hotel. Booked direct because they offered extras for doing so. Turns out the extras were free parking. Said we were coming by train: no extras for us apparently.

Perceptive. And rings true.

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The people who complain about empty bike lanes do not want full bike lanes. They want no bike lanes.

#ClimateEmergency The homemade fudge lady on Bromsgrove market had to cease trading on the hottest days as the heat was damaging the fudge. Climate change has many negative effects - not all are obvious.

Cheshire Police asked rate payers to pay more to fund extra PCSOs. A good PCSO can make a real difference in keeping pavements clear of cars. But despite the extra money, Cheshire Police didn't deliver the promised PCSOs.

Chris, mate. There are better ways. #SainsburysMacc

Police in Macc spoke to 75 drivers using Coare Street as a shortcut. It included a driving instructor with student on the way to his driving test.

Woodford residents up in arms about a plan to remove a grass verge to install a cycle lane.

BBC finds half of all Councils encourage pavement parking. BBC News - Pavement parking allowed by half of councils in England - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pavement parking allowed by half of councils in England

Disability charities say the practice makes streets harder to navigate for wheelchair users and people with limited sight.

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So today I discovered that Bromsgrove houses the National Telephone Kiosk Collection. Tempted to visit. The National Telephone Kiosk Collection @ Avoncroft, part of The Communications Museum Trust share.google/X4wb5vjrLbXX...

Recently I commented that the removal of VAT on electricity would save me about £2.88 over the year on charging our EV. Doesn't sound like much but it's the equivalent of 226 miles of free driving or nearly three weeks of car use for us.

Driving a car is the single most dangerous thing many people do each day but few folks realize it

Matthew has an opinion. But it's ridiculous.

I'm uncertain of the circumstances here. Some have suggested she might have been using the new pedestrian crossing across the exit road from Tesco's. This has always seemed a bit poor to me. Not least because the sightlines for drivers are poor. Tributes paid macclesfield.nub.news/news/local-n...

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A very odd, largely positive, story about living under the M4. It seems to miss some key points to me. BBC News - I've got a motorway in my garden - it's my shelter in hot weather www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I have the M4 motorway in my Port Talbot back garden

It was built over people's homes 60 years ago, but what's it like to live in the shadow of the M4?

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Bus fares capped at £2. Good news. It was very disappointing when Labour increased the cap to £3.

Macc Forest is on fire.