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Made of plastic so not breakable. The downside is it only makes one mug of coffee at a time but that does mean keeping it hot isn’t an issue. 😀 Biggest benefit is that it makes a better cup of coffee than any cafetière.

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Street Life in North Tyneside Halloween Spooky Social Bike Ride. Friday 24th October - Meet from 6:15pm - Ride 6:30pm. Free to attend.

Lights and spooky costumes at the ready for the @ntstreetlife.bsky.social Hallowe’en takeover.

@onetwotony.bsky.social

@boylemeister.bsky.social @karlonsea.bsky.social Cheers!

I think because a Crown Court isn't a high enough level so is still open to challenge/appeal

From Carlton's article - Martin Porter KC, joint head of chambers at 2 Temple Gardens, said that although the decision does not set a binding precedent, the judge considered the case with great care “perhaps with an eye to appeal.”

Not sure if it has killed it completely, unfortunately, as my understanding is that the case didn't set a precedent. Definitely an encouraging step in the right direction though.

UK Judge Affirms Legality Of Public-Submitted Road Crime Footage In Landmark Ruling A judge has ruled that motorists and cyclists can legally share videos with police, dismissing a lawsuit from a retired solicitor.

Big news for dashcam/helmetcam users:

Judge Affirms Legality Of Public-Submitted Road Crime Footage In Landmark Ruling

www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

They have the best steak and ale pie I have ever tasted.

I think your earlier reply has got lost somewhere. It sounded like you were adamant that children were incapable of travelling to school independently regardless of the context or infrastructure provided.

Schools do allow this. Both of my daughters have travelled to school independently from age 9.

That just isn’t true. All the children in my daughters year 4 class (age 8/9) just spent the last 6 weeks walking themselves to school in preparation for their walk to middle school in year 5 when they will still be 9. They are able to do this because there is minimal road danger on their routes.

With the North Tyneside Public Transport Users Group (@northeastptug.bsky.social), we asked all the mayoral candidates a series of questions about public transport and active travel.

We received responses from 6 out of the 7 candidates: streetlifentyneside.org.uk/2025/04/13/p...

Spanish City, Whitley Bay, taken at night from the Plaza. The right half of the building is in shot.

Back by popular demand! Join us this Friday, 28th March, 6:30pm at Spanish City Plaza for a leisurely ride to Tynemouth and back for drinks.

IMPORTANT: There is a short section on-road to bypass the ongoing works on the cycleway. Sunset is at 6:34 so lights are essential.

My first ride along one of the new sections of North Tyneside’s “seafront sustainable route” - decent width and separation here and good to see side road priority. Nice to have lots of extra zebras too. Enough people on foot, even on a grey day, to be grateful to no longer have share the path.

This could have been my daughter.

Hundreds of young people cycle along this route, abandoned by @ntcouncilteam.bsky.social after 4 years of planning.

How many more children will be injured (or worse) before the council decides to face the opposition, find design solutions and build a safe route?

Welsh 20mph limit: 100 fewer killed or seriously hurt in first year Ex-minister says it shows policy was the most successful road safety initiative in modern times.

So the first year of Wales 20mph default limit saw 26% fewer casualties on the countries roads.
That's an amazing drop and a lot less stress on the emergency services and NHS.
Can we have this in England too now? the evidence is clear that it saves lives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Just a reminder that this is tomorrow night - hope you can make it, and don't forget to share!

Our first social ride of 2025 is this Friday!

🗓️ Friday 31st January
⏰ 18:30 ride
📍 Spanish City plaza > Tynemouth > Whitley Bay via NCN1
🍻 Drinks location tbc by popular demand!
💡 Remember bike lights!

We're a friendly bunch, and it's a slow, socially-paced ride so please do pop along! Pls share!

North east folk! Don't forget to respond to the North East Local Transport Plan consultation. You can do so online or in person (see www.northeast-ca.gov.uk/localtranspo... for more info and events).

This blog from @space4gosforth.bsky.social is a good way in to thinking about some key issues.

👍 but unfortunately the sign up link is broken

I’m not even sure how fancy the coloured tarmac is. Most of the dye seems to be attaching itself to my tyres and the sections that have been down longer are noticeably faded compared to the newer parts. 🙄

A screenshot of the linked blog post, with the followed text: North Tyneside Council abandons Preston Road cycle path North Tyneside Council has abandoned its plan for a safe cycle route linking North Shields town centre with John Spence High School and the A1058 Beach Road cycle route.

This:

“It needs people with courage to stand up and say: ‘This is not in the public interest. I want my kids to be able to get to school under their own steam.’” (www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...)

Most recently in North Tyneside:
streetlifentyneside.org.uk/2024/10/31/n...

A brand new section of red cycle path on the North Tyneside coast, between Tynemouth and Cullercoats, barely more than 1.5 metres wide and with only paint for separation.

This is the newest section of our new “seafront sustainable route” (along the North Tyneside coast).

It barely meets LTN1/20 for width (it’s two-way) and there’s only paint separating it from the footpath (hence the pedestrian).

Very disappointing.

Suspect this will be a common theme

Apropos of this, having recently had a week in NL - I cycled in strong winds, zero temps, driving rain, over steep bridges, up & down surprisingly long underpasses, across exposed countryside, through busy cities - and it was all pretty easy, because it was safe & convenient.

Infrastructure works!

😂

Not sure if there is a typo? I may just be parsing this incorrectly but should ‘nothing about us with us’ be ‘nothing about us without us’?