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Agreed A further problem is that the SCB/ACU seem to be taking more of an interest (probably a good thing in itself) meaning that BSPA 'decisions' are being relegated to 'proposals' and subject to ratification - thus creating even more uncertainty.

Most councils allow more public participation than Rugby, but them's the rules we have to work with. I think the committee members will be more inclined to listen to someone who lives in Brandon or Binley Woods.

That is a monster-ous suggestion!

I thought it was his brother Tom Combobulation they were after signing.

I would send objections to the council now, but hold off on e-mails to councillors until there is a date for consideration of the application and an officer's report to comment on (that could easily be a couple of months away - ask the planning officers when it is likely to be scheduled for). I would imagine that Tony Gillias will not sit on this one! For now I'd try and engage councillors in the wider issues of Coventry Bees survival (e.g. finding new sites) and keeping the councillors for Brandon itself up to date on developments. (Watch out for changes to the original application prior to determination by the planning committee)

And I thought you were numerate and understood statistical distributions. A very poor attempt to justify your wildly inaccurate statement.

Your first sentence is plain wrong. Life expectancy at 65 is a further 17 years on average. So well over 50% of 65 year olds will still be alive. See https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/bulletins/lifeexpectancyatbirthandatage65bylocalareasintheunitedkingdom/2014-04-16

Just wondering.. If Luke Becker is not a good candidate for discretionary recommendation for a visa , then can someone give an example of who would be? There must be some cases as otherwise there would be no point in having the discretionary provision. The decision looks perverse and misguided, however maybe this is about the politics of brexit.

Yougov shows that there is lukewarm support for this - 41 to 35 with 24% don't know. However when you look up the detail it is clear that support is strongest amongst the young, women and Londoners. That leads me to suspect that there would be a majority in favour of their retention among speedway fans given the demographics. There are things I feel strongly about, but this just isn't one of them.

Without planning laws it would be even easier for developers to buy up stadiums and redevelop as residential or commercial property. The fundamental problem is the basic laws of economics. Speedway (and many other leisure activities) simply can't compete with the financial returns available for other land uses.

Several tracks opened for business in 1940. There were even plans for a league. But then on May 10 Germany invaded France (followed shortly by Dunkirk) and activity reduced sharply. West Ham and California both shut up shop in May. Aside from Belle Vue who ran a full season, Rye House (11 mtgs), Oxford (8) and Glasgow White City (6) also staged more than a couple of meetings.

So 2018 update: It is now (well once 2018 is underway) tied at the top - 77 seasons each for Eastbourne and Coventry. Other major change is Wolves move up three places to 8.

As pointed out this is a very different thread. The one you want is here:

Something I have mused on doing, even if it is just for the title: "Gibbons Decline and Fall (of British Speedway)"

Like Rye House and London, it is a stretch to call Lunner Oslo.

Also Prague, but UKM's point is a good observation. None of the major speedway nations have speedway in their capital city.

Why would Sundstrom get a reduction? He hasn't missed any years. Being absent from Britain does not equate to missing a year. The 8% reduction applies to riders who have been out of action due to injury for an entire year.

A really well written article that captures the emotions tied up in the 'sense of place' that much loved stadia engender.

He's still riding, but his results are well below the level he was at 5-10 years ago. See here http://www.aktuellspeedway.se/tyskland/forare/christian-hefenbrock/#

This seems a very sterile and petty argument. All three have similar records. All three are very talented. Given the right breaks all three will go far and deserve our backing.

So what charities are involved in the 'Charity' shield?

Slavery was abolished nearly 200 years ago. Nobody is 'owned.' What is owned is 'the contract'. Effectively the intangible asset of the right to enter into negotiations with a view to engaging the rider's services.

I think you mean deduct the difference from their taxable income. In effect you get back 20% from HMRC.

I was told tomorrow (but that was before Xmas so it could easily have changed.)

Interesting article here https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=pl&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fspeedwayekstraliga.pl%2Fprofil-kibica-pge-ekstraligi%2F&edit-text=&act=url Eighth is the apparent answer Also worth noting that Patryk Dudek just came sixth in sportsman of the year and bartosz Zmazlik 13th https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=pl&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fspeedwayekstraliga.pl%2Fpatryk-dudek-szosty-w-83-plebiscycie-przegladu-sportowego-na-najlepszego-sportowca-polski-2017%2F&edit-text=&act=url