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  1. Fairly certain only Douglas Prom has the necessary by-laws in place to allow Segways and the like, which presumably includes hoverboards.
  2. The emissions testing regime in the UK and much of Europe wouldn't fail on the "real world" NOx figures either. Doesn't mean they won't be forced to do a recall to program out the cheat mode. Further announcement on that due in the next couple of weeks apparently. Sure some people will say f**k it and not bother, but I bet most will comply with a letter from VW/Audi/Seat/Skoda and send their car in for the recall work. I'll probably say f**k it too if the leasing company will let me put it off until they get it back at the end of the term.
  3. Raymotors have VW and Seat, but they'll not be permitted to do any warranty or recall work on Audi or Skoda. Steam Packet will be busy...
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    Car Leasing

    Arnold Clark do on their business leases. Don't know about PCP - probably the same.
  5. Lazy idiots. Should have just been bundled into a combined water and sewerage rate, but they couldn't be arsed working it out so just slapped a nice round number on. They must just enjoy the aggro - surely they knew it would be dubbed the toilet tax and they'd be slammed at every opportunity. Either that or they're going to fake a u-turn and do something not quite as absurd to quiet the mob and get to do what they planned all along?
  6. To clarify, I set up Google wallet from my PC, then did the VPN to get into the UK store from the phone and make a purchase. Since then it's been working. I even force stopped the Google Play app and cleared all data to see if it still worked or binned me off to the free store but it's been working consistently. Edit: Think my phone did an update at some point as well. Worth checking if anything needs updating manually.
  7. Logged in to the play store from my PC as well, on Sure broadband. Get full app store same as on my phone both on wifi (same network) and Sure 3G. I spoke to Sure the other day when they popped up for an account review and commented it seems to be working and they indicated it should be fixed for them at least. The only other change I've made was setting up Google wallet and selecting UK as the billing address when I wanted a paid app. Since then it's been fully working, so it could also be an account issue.
  8. Apparently it's been fixed now. My phone has been on the UK store for days now without any VPN trickery. Either that or setting up Google wallet correctly fixed it for me.
  9. As detailed in other theads, set up a UK VPN on the phone, force close the Play Store then open it up again. Agree to the terms and conditions and disconnect the VPN. Full access to the UK store for a while until it times out. I used www.getukvpn.com as it was one of the first free ones that popped up on google. Works a treat. iPlayer and Sky Go work perfectly from here, it's just getting the app downloaded that's the niggle.
  10. I'm running an ipad 2 on ios 6 and can't say I've noticed any trouble with the app store myself.
  11. They don't care. You'd be better off asking MT to take it up with Google - after all, if Sure customers don't have a problem then it's more potential revenue lost to Sure.
  12. BigDave

    Adhd Island

    What data exactly? They ask bugger all really.
  13. BigDave

    Adhd Island

    All standard procedure when it comes to kids. Some have complicated family arrangements so they have to make sure that everyone who should be legally informed is kept in the loop. Hence the quesion about whether or not they have a social worker assigned to them etc. To those whose lives are mostly conventional it seems intrusive.
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    Adhd Island

    Details? It is a "care allowance" from social. I know there are some children that are seriously affected with this condition but I also believe there are a large number where it is simply bad behaviour that the parents cannot control. Catch up will you? It's called DLA (disability living allowance) and it would not be awarded for ADHD alone. There would be other underlying problems, possibly exacerbated by the ADHD, such as ODD, OCD, ASD, GDD, SPLD etc., etc. DLA is not awarded for medical conditions, it is based on how much additional assistance a person needs and what they need assistance doing. Some with ADHD alone are awarded DLA, some are not - all depends what their individual needs are.
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