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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 1m

Thanks. Will try.

Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 11m

Oooh. You can get Spice Bags in the UK.
Except they are at Frankie & Benny's. 😬

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 41m

I'll throw another growth on the fire whilst I dine on all the growth.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 2h

It is going to run on this weird 12 hour cycle. I suspect it will quite quickly get amended to the twice a day behaviour being the same all day long. bsky.app/profile/drad...

Adam Gripton @dradam676.bsky.social · 2h

Confirmed on www.networkrail.co.uk/stories/a-ne... that this is, mercifully, true (they meet at the top on the minute, so outer ring is seconds) - but this has also unearthed this bizarre bit of detail... wtf?

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 2h

I think the clock looks great. But the double arrow animation sounds like a committee designed it.

Adam Gripton @dradam676.bsky.social · 2h

Confirmed on www.networkrail.co.uk/stories/a-ne... that this is, mercifully, true (they meet at the top on the minute, so outer ring is seconds) - but this has also unearthed this bizarre bit of detail... wtf?

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 2h

And every twelve hours it operates as you might expect it to.

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Ann Kempster @annkempster.com · 3h

Our glorious AI future.

Martin Jordan @martinjordan.com · 3h

Wild #AI in gov’t story ahead:

A citizen received a letter from the revenue office about paying property tax on a plot of land in Bavaria.

The problem was that she didn’t own a property in Bavaria, and neither did anyone in her family.

She refused. The revenue office insisted.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 4h

The logo could just move to show seconds. Pretty bizarre they decided against that, or perhaps the clockwise portion of the logo will.

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Sandy Martin @sandyofipswich.bsky.social · 4h

BBC mass survey now published - the most important issue for respondents is that it should be independent of government and unbiased, yet less than half of all respondents by both age group and region are convinced that it is. We need the BBC to regain its independence!

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 4h

Oh.

"It's a subtle yet powerful metaphor for the ebb and flow of journeys across the country, and the millions of connections made on the railways every day."

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 4h

"The motif is dynamically integrated into the clock face, its two halves travelling in opposing directions and converging precisely every 30 seconds."

Why not convey actual seconds?

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 4h

Looks good. Shame the animated logo serves no purpose. That's not great design. bsky.app/profile/theb...

The Beauty of Transport @thebeautyoftransport.com · 4h

Network Rail’s (and, one assumes, GBR’s) new standard station clock has been unveiled. Provided it’s installed in addition to heritage clocks at stations rather than accidentally replacing them, I’m all in. Very smart. www.creativeboom.com/news/design-...

Design Bridge and Partners unveil the first national railway timepiece in over 50 years

Created in collaboration with Network Rail, RIBA and the Design Museum, the striking new clock debuts at London Bridge station as a new icon of British design, blending heritage, accessibility and...

www.creativeboom.com

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The Beauty of Transport @thebeautyoftransport.com · 4h

Network Rail’s (and, one assumes, GBR’s) new standard station clock has been unveiled. Provided it’s installed in addition to heritage clocks at stations rather than accidentally replacing them, I’m all in. Very smart. www.creativeboom.com/news/design-...

Design Bridge and Partners unveil the first national railway timepiece in over 50 years

Created in collaboration with Network Rail, RIBA and the Design Museum, the striking new clock debuts at London Bridge station as a new icon of British design, blending heritage, accessibility and...

www.creativeboom.com

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 4h

Keep getting updates from UPS about a delivery, but I don't know who it is from. The source company is listed as "ParcelCompare" which appears to be a broker for delivery companies. Not expecting anything. Feels scammy even if genuine.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 4h

I'm coming round to the technology.

Depeche Median @happybusman.bsky.social · 6h

Two people check tide times with ChatGPT, almost die.

uk.news.yahoo.com/restaurant-b...

Restaurant boss saw two people about to do something deadly so he grabbed his megaphone

He ran out of the restaurant and warned the pair to turn back

uk.news.yahoo.com

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 4h

I'm sorry, but over a decade to deliver a station is piteous.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 8h

Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."

Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first

Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 4h

It is for HGVs basically. Although apparently it will unlock housing too.

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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 5h

These measly figures are not something to celebrate. Our economy will continue to stagnate until the government starts investing in the public services + infrastructure on which a thriving economy is based. Austerity got us into this mess - more austerity will not get us out. 1/3

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9h

UK economy returns to growth in August with 0.1% rise in GDP – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, including the latest UK growth report Today’s GDP report also highlights weakness at service sector firms focused on consumers. The UK’s consumer-facing services sector shrank by 0.6% in the three months to August, dragged down by: travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities (down 7.6%) other personal service activities (down 3.4%) buying and selling, renting and operating of own or leased real estate, excluding imputed rent (down 1.0%) “We have seen the fastest growth in the G7 since the start of the year, but for too many people our economy feels stuck. Working day in, day out without getting ahead. The Chancellor is determined to turn this around by helping businesses in every town and high street grow, investing in infrastructure and cutting red tape to get Britain building.” Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 5h

Spend billions on a 14 mile motorway to get a pedestrian ferry back. Stage of this country. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Lower Thames Crossing revenue could fund ferry service, MP says - BBC News

Gravesham MP says the closure of the Gravesend-Tilbury ferry has had an impact on the local economy.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 5h

No it is not. It has taken years and years.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 5h

The only lesson is England cannot deliver a new station. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Lessons to be learned over stalled White Rose Station - mayor - BBC News

The White Rose Station in Leeds has been in limbo since contractors walked off the site in 2024.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 5h

Waymo cars in London will have “human safety drivers”.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 6h

I really hope the 2026 local elections scares the shit out of this government because we are fast approaching the point of no return to put things right ahead of the next GE.

David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 19h

This is a grim read. I stick to my view that the wilful blindness of the government to the financial crisis in local government will cost them their majority at the next election. Why not roll the dice for change when the local public realm is falling apart? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

English councils to remain poorer than in 2010 despite funding rise, says report

Exclusive: Impact of austerity cannot be undone by end of parliament despite above-inflation funding, analysis finds

www.theguardian.com

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 6h

I went in the M&S for a sandwich and made me feel sad.

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