I like to rant and waffle about Roller coasters, Trains, Transport & urban planning, Infrastructure and the state of the world **All views are entirely my own**
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BREAKING: The first tablet version of the blockbuster weight-loss jab Wegovy will be available in the UK within weeks, following approval by the medicines regulator.
@SkyNewsThomas reports โฌ๏ธ
Read more: trib.al/iv8jSmW
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How did I not know about this already?
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Jun 7
We could have had them in brick.
Still wouldn't have won any awards - but at least would have tied in better to brewery been a bit less of an eyesore.
Instead we got the one with maximum cost-engineering, to ensure maximum investor return, with maximum disregard for the site.
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Jun 6
Cardiff had the opportunity to create something beautiful, something that could transform the skyline of the capital city of Wales.
Thanks to โvalue engineeringโ and going with the cheapest option weโve ended up with this.
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It has arrived!
Moving Britain, by Design
a visual identity proposal for Great British Railways.
Read the full proposal here:
mbbd.lkbergen.com
or
bit.ly/mbbd-gd (Google Drive)
Let me show you some highlights - ๐งต๐
ALT Front cover for "Moving Britain, by Design", a proposal for a fully considered, and more accessible visual indentity for Great British Railways.
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I feel like the Channel Tunnel road shuttle had immense potential if it was originally built to have a further reach, with terminals at Lille & between the M1 & A1 near St Albans.
Massive HGV relief on the M25 & Birmingham-Brussels would take just 2hrs 38mins of actual driving.
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Efteling training up new hospitality staff with college traineeships to provide new colleagues with diplomas in hospitality and food service while gaining experience working at Efteling.
Meanwhile in the UK:
Aramark prison slop and 0 employee retention.
Goed nieuws! ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ Samen met De Rooi Pannen starten we een eigen horeca-opleiding. Hiermee leiden we nieuwe collegaโs op binnen onze horeca. Tijdens deze opleiding combineren studenten leren en werken in de Efteling, zodat ze alle facetten van het vak ontdekken. โจ
Benieuwd hoe deze samenwerking eruitziet? Je leest het op de Efteling Blog! ๐ bit.ly/49sOczM
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May 31
my god this is so refreshing, PROPER food and a GORGEOUS eatery in a UK theme park ๐๐
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May 23
STARSHIP FLIGHT 12
A side by side look at the the launch of Starship flight 11, the final launch on Pad 1 and Starship flight 12 the first launch of the new and improved pad, engines, and vehicles.
@NASASpaceflight | nsf.live/starbase
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May 21
Yo reform voters, your entire life is a lie. Migration has plummetted and we're all worse off than ever. Why? because 'small boats' has never been the problem. The rich always have.
May 21
๐จ BREAKING: Net migration to the UK fell to 171,000 from 331,000 in the year to December 2025 - the lowest point since 2012
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Make this permanent for all hospitality and also cut employersโ Ni contributions to 10% and restore the hospitality industry to 2010s levels.
Probably my most right wing view.
May 21
๐จ BREAKING: Rachel Reeves has launched the Great British Summer Savings scheme
From 25 June to 1 September, VAT on summer attractions like theme parks will be temporarily cut from 20% to 5%
Kidsโ tickets for cinemas, concerts, soft play and restaurant meals will also be cut
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May 21
A lot of the major infrastructure work for HS2 seems to be progressing well and on time. How can the government think it makes sense to take another 13 years to open the railway?
Last year was one of HS2's most productive yet โ completing six major milestones ahead of schedule.
Here's what we achieved:
๐ All tunnelling between Old Oak Common and Birmingham Curzon Street completed
๐๏ธ 80% of major structures (bridges, viaducts and tunnels) complete or under construction
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70% of major earthworks finished.
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Seems most of the general public and our politicians have a notion that HS2 is still just a muddy streak across a field and first end-end trains not running until *2043* for "cost efficiency" and "resetting" is just an unavoidable inevitability.
Not. The. Case.
This is HS2 Now:
Last year was one of HS2's most productive yet โ completing six major milestones ahead of schedule.
Here's what we achieved:
๐ All tunnelling between Old Oak Common and Birmingham Curzon Street completed
๐๏ธ 80% of major structures (bridges, viaducts and tunnels) complete or under construction
โ
70% of major earthworks finished.
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Seems most of the general public and our politicians have a notion that HS2 is still just a muddy streak across a field and first end-end trains not running until *2043* for "cost efficiency" and "resetting" is just an unavoidable inevitability.
Not. The. Case.
This is HS2 Now:
Last year was one of HS2's most productive yet โ completing six major milestones ahead of schedule.
Here's what we achieved:
๐ All tunnelling between Old Oak Common and Birmingham Curzon Street completed
๐๏ธ 80% of major structures (bridges, viaducts and tunnels) complete or under construction
โ
70% of major earthworks finished.
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Iโd love to be told what means itโs going to take the same amount of time as the entire construction, testing and commissioning of the Elizabeth Line to finish HS2.
I suspected its Treasury spending limits, which is just too mind numbingly infuriating to put into words.
Last year was one of HS2's most productive yet โ completing six major milestones ahead of schedule.
Here's what we achieved:
๐ All tunnelling between Old Oak Common and Birmingham Curzon Street completed
๐๏ธ 80% of major structures (bridges, viaducts and tunnels) complete or under construction
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70% of major earthworks finished.
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