Dr Pit

She has been refferred to lately as unstable, but apparantly if you put a beer mat under her foot it sorts it out!

Kedgeree............E

radish........H

Very difficult to say as it seems they dont have as much in assets as you would expect. I thought they may get taken over, but apperently their mortgage books are so big that the monopolies commision would not allow another large lender to have them. It would maybe need to be split up. Only time will tell.

Quite

Anyone got any shares? How low do you think they will go? Will they be taken over, or maybe go under? What does anyone think?

Yes the people in power need to act to sort these problems out, but they are not the cause. There has been a steady erosion of all standards over the last few decades, and the problem people have grown at such a rate that they could become the majority. TV and films promote violence, and gang culture,so that kids idolise this kind of behaviour. Their parents set no example , so they have to take one from somewhere. The people in power need to act now, or god knows where it will end. We see all the gun crime etc in London and manchester as a far off problem, but it will spread.

I am definately not blaming anything on poor people. I refer to those who will not work and prefer to feed off the genuine working class / rich. The dole should be a safety net for anyone who finds themselves out of work, or ill. It should not be a way of life. There is plenty of work for those who want it. This country has seen a general erosion of all standards, and now the moronic pleb mentality is seen as the norm.

Trouble is in this country we have a whole class of people who think they can do as they like, expect us to pay them for sitting on their arses and fund theier kids upbringings. They have no respect or regard for teachers, police, firemen, old people or anyone really. A few simple yet highly effective measures would kerb these worrying trends. Firstly in order to get dole money the person has to attend a Goverment run factory and work 5 x 8 hour shifts. There would be a creche to look after their kids here and the product would be irrelevant. This would deter teenage lasses getting pregnant as a career move (present situation) so they can sit in their council flats watching !*!@# daytime telly, rent paid. Secondly prisons are full, expensive to run, and far too soft. Contract them out to foreign countries and pay them to house our scum. EG say a prisoner here costs £1000 per week to house, maybe Greece or Turkey would do it for £500, and give the bastards a proper hard time to boot. They dont seem to go back for more in these countries. Also if a kid does something the parent should be fined. No money? Do some shifts at the Government factory to pay it off. Parent fails to attend factory / fails to pay fine?? SEND HIM ABROAD FOR A SPELL IN PRISON. This will sort alot out these problems we have. I am not a hard line right wing nutter, just an ordinary bloke who is sick of seeing society slip to the level of this !*!@# underclass. These lazy, ignorant !*!@# heads are dragging us all down and no one has the bottle to sort them. I doubt any government will have the balls to make the bold moves we need. Gun crime / drug dealing?? 100 years in foreign prison and zero tolerance. Also police need to enforce laws on ALL people and not have exemptions for big drug dealers who keep calm for them and inform and enforce on their behalf. This would leave the decent normal people to exist in a peace and not live in terror.

Here! Here!

Anyone know what's happening with Bebside Hall development?

here! here! well said that man.

A few rumours going around at present about areas where they might be building new houses in and around the town. Progress cannot be stopped but we must strive to protect some of the areas, such as 20 acres,horse fields opposite hartlands, areas down towards humford etc.

Everyone complains that Bedlington doesnt have the shops people want, but the shops such as butchers etc need to be supported when they are there. Its no good whinging about the lack of local shops on route to Asda. Use the shops that are there and hopefully others may come..............maybe.

E- Bay? Bloody marvellous!