by Peter Loader | Mar 15, 2024 | Emergency Medical Services
“Improvements made to DBS check delays” is the headline to a BBC article that I read recently. The article goes on say that the backlog has been reduced from 13,000 to 9,600 and the average time to process applications reducing from 92 days to 34 days....
by Peter Loader | Mar 4, 2024 | For Fun
I’ve now launched a new website at https://dawlishinoo.co.uk/ describing my Dawlish model railway. If you are interested to know what I get up to in my spare time, go and have a look! If not, creating a link from another website helps with its search engine...
by Peter Loader | Jan 26, 2024 | National Statistics, Policing
Clare’s Law disclosure rates appeared in the news this month. Published statistics have been used to claim that police forces in England and Wales are leaving people at risk by rejecting Clare’s law checks on suspected abusers. On the other hand, some police...
by Peter Loader | Jul 28, 2023 | For Fun
In my opinion the best start word for Wordle is SLATE. However, if you are going to use SLATE, then it is worth understanding why, and what you should do based upon the feedback Wordle gives you after you’ve pressed <enter>. To this end, you may wish to...
by Peter Loader | Jul 13, 2023 | For Fun, National Statistics
My interest in excess deaths was sparked by noticing what appeared to me to be a prevalence of “medical emergencies” at football matches since the covid-19 pandemic. I have watched a lot of games both live and on Sky over the years and can barely remember...
