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You can also call 105 if you spot damage to electricity power lines and substations that could put you, or someone else, in danger. If there’s a serious immediate risk, you should call the emergency services too.

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BBC Sooty row over 'sexing up' revealed

The idea to introduce a female puppet to Sooty's children's TV show in the 1960s was so controversial that the BBC director general had to intervene, a new documentary has revealed.

The suggestion by Sooty creator Harry Corbett caused a furore in the press, which claimed it would "introduce sex into a children's programme".

The show's producer and a BBC governor were against Sooty having a girlfriend.

BBC DG Hugh Carleton Greene stepped in to allow panda Soo's introduction.

Matthew Corbett, Harry's son, told the documentary: "My father was called into the head office and the director general of the BBC said he had made a decision."

He said Greene had ruled that Sooty having a female friend "was to be allowed - but they must never touch".So Soo was introduced in 1965 - originally voiced by Harry Corbett's wife Marjorie - and she has been at Sooty's side ever since.

The documentary, titled Sooty Ungloved, will have its world premiere in Guiseley, West Yorkshire, on Saturday, with profits from the screening going towards providing a defibrillator for the area.

Corbett and his family lived in the town for 35 years. He and the puppet found fame on TV in the early 1950s.

When Corbett suggested introducing a female character in the 1960s, the show's producer Trevor Hill dismissed the idea "on the grounds that sex would be creeping into the programme", according to a letter written by Corbett in 1965.

The tabloid press picked up on the disagreement, causing a row between Corbett and Grahame Miller, the BBC's head of north regional programmes.read more and see video

on your bike .

supermarket chain sainsbury's are going to offer a new service that is really old in origin and last used 130 years ago .the delivery bike will  carry up to 20 items at 4.99 an hour  and can be done through an app called chop chop .where you chose and track items ,begins in central and south west london the 28-09-2016 .first offered in 1882 ,eat your heart out open all hours -old british television programme .

my time on probation

Probation in criminal law is a period of supervision over an offender, ordered by a court instead of serving time in prison.

In some jurisdictions, the term probation only applies to community sentences (alternatives to incarceration), such as suspended sentences.^[1] In others, probation also includes supervision of those conditionally released from prison on parole.^[2]

An offender on probation is ordered to follow certain conditions set forth by the court, often under the supervision of a probation officer. During this testing period, an offender faces the threat of being sent to prison, if found breaking the rules. this happened to me in 1987 in essex at time split from my frist girlfriend and unhappy to say lost the plot big time wnt on a criminal damage spree -car wing mirrors,dustbin  through bus stop,bike on floor -fines and court charges -second time -slash car tyres ,broke wing mirrors and more serious in court as judge give me  1 year probation order and asked to see a doctor -court fees and fines. i had to report to a probation officer which i did for a while then got bored and did weight training instead yes probation officer was not very happy .why do i mention this well when i get checked for volunteer work or work i have to mention as still on file so be careful as you mistakes in past can haunt your future.

holsworthy railway station 50 years ago shut down -3 October 1966[1] Closed

Parliamentary authority to construct a line from Okehampton to Bude had first been obtained as far back as 1865 with the passing of the Bude Canal and Launceston Junction Railway Act (c.cclxiii). However, this scheme was never put into action and the construction powers lapsed. In 1873 new powers were obtained by the Devon and Cornwall Railway in the shape of the Devon and Cornwall Railway (Western Extensions) Act (c.cxii) which authorised a line from Meldon Junction to Holsworthy where a terminus was to be constructed; Bude was not, at the time, considered important enough to warrant its own station.^[2] In 1874 the Devon and Cornwall Railway was purchased by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR), commencing construction on the line the following year.^[3]

Derriton Viaduct

The station was opened along with the single track line on 20 January 1879 and the LSWR began operating a smart horse-bus service to Bude in connection with the trains.^[4] The station was approached across Holsworthy Viaduct, a structure consisting of nine 50 ft spans and the first of its kind to be built entirely out of concrete.

By 1898 Bude had developed sufficiently for the LSWR, under pressure from local residents, to extend the line westwards to the coastal port. The new section opened on 11 August 1898 and necessitated the rebuilding of Holsworthy Station; little is known about the first station as no plans or photographs appear to exist of it. The new station was rather unusual in that it was situated between two viaducts—Holsworthy Viaduct to the east and Derriton Viaduct to the west. A new 20-lever signalbox was installed and the turntable and engine shed from the earlier station were kept. The turntable lasted until 1 January 1911 when it was demolished, and the goods shed until the 1920s. The goods yard was unusually large and complicated for a local station such as Holsworthy and incorporated a run-around line to enable short trains to bypass the station without fouling the main line.^[4]

The station was served for many years by the Atlantic Coast Express from London Waterloo, but this was withdrawn following the transfer of the line to the Western Region of British Railways in January 1963.^[5] The withdrawal was a portent of worse to come as the station and line were proposed for closure by Richard Beeching, Chairman of the British Transport Commission, in his report published in March of that year. For the last few years of its life, the service to Holsworthy was operated entirely by Diesel Multiple Units working as "locals" between Okehampton and Bude.^{[4]read more}

my arcade past .

back in the 80s around the time of bandaid  i was living and working in southend-on-sea essex .i was work then  in the arcade as a cashier come cleaner ,one of the many along the mile stretch along southend seafront .in the time there i dealt with skinheads who wanted to know if safe had any mooney i just said not allowed key and then the time i was carrying 50 pound in coins in bags in both arms and asked if i would give them it but just said if could run faster then me with them good luck.i  enjoyed seeing people spend a lot of money in fruit machines and chasing the kids away from the 2p machine - knocked and legged it the free gos on all arcade games of the time but not the rowdy pub and violence on a friday and saturday nights we had bouncers on .

my cat friend .

i have a ginger and white cat that visits my bungalow normally to shit in garden lay in porch or on wall border to next door may belonged to previous owner.