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The page offered was good. Witnesses expenses and allowances: Legal Guidance: The Crown Prosecution Service There is a PDF to download to fill in, the guidance is: Ordinary Witnesses Witnesses may receive compensation for: travelling expenses money spent on refreshments and meals financial loss (e.g. loss of earnings) other expense incurred (e.g. childcare NB: There are limits on the amounts payable: bus and train fares (standard fare) are normally repaid in full; travel by bicycle is paid at 20p per mile; travel by motor vehicle is paid at a rate per mile; a higher rate per mile may be paid if it is necessary, as opposed to just convenient, to use a private motor vehicle; taxi fares are allowed where this was the only form of transport available or if a witness is disabled or infirm. set limits apply to refreshments and meals; maximum daily amounts apply to loss of earnings and other financial losses. the PDF goes on to explain: Loss of earnings – self-employed persons (Ordinary Witnesses only) The maximum amount of earnings lost that may be repaid is:  For an absence from work not exceeding 4 hours £42.95  For an absence from work exceeding 4 hours £85.90 Payments to compensate for temporary loss of profits are taxable as receipts of a business. To claim loss of earnings, you must provide some evidence of self-employment (eg business card or letterhead with your name shown, firms stamp, tax or VAT reference, accountant’s letter) and you may be required to provide evidence of your loss. The decision to pay the higher rate is discretionary and it will not be paid automatically. Motor car: If you use your own motor car, you will be paid 25p for each mile. In addition, if you give a lift to another witness who is required to attend court or other person authorised to accompany you, a further 2p per mile will be paid for the first passenger and 1p per mile for each additional passenger. Exceptionally, if you can show that you had to use your own car instead of public transport (for example, because there was no public transport, or there was a considerable saving of time and money, or because you are disabled or infirm), then a higher rate of 45p per mile may be paid. You will need to justify using your own motor car to be eligible for the higher rate. Finally: Principle The CPS is responsible for paying allowances and expenses to witnesses who are called to give evidence in prosecutions conducted by the Service. The CPS aims to pay 100% of correctly completed witness expense claims within 10 working days of receipt. I think this is the relevant webste for your situation.

Don't forget to change the sewerage to a valve system or the water will come up through the drains if it is higher outside than in.

And mostly if you have badgers they won't re-home them with you.

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If you want the undergrowth cleared pigs will do it for you - they will grub up everything but if it is all brambles then you aren't losing much - and they make good eating. Needs good fencing or electric. If you don't want the hassle of movement orders then ask someone with pigs to do it for you.

You will find more predators where prey is plentiful. They will only be there if there is plenty of food. If you keep the predators down you will have more prey and if this species is struggling then they will get a helping hand. You are upsetting the natural balance and man has done this in the landscape for many thousands of years. If you want to have more prey species then you will need to control the predators, if you want to see more predators then stop killing them. Personally I prefer the tradition of keeping down predators and having more prey. The corvid family not only prey on small birds but on livestock so I feel comfortable keeping their number under control, others feel differently. I don't want their extermination but I have no problem with control. Google crow or raven lamb attack if you want to understand my reasoning.

Looks like a park so maybe a fire? It looks as though it has been healing so <if> it is found fit I would spray off the sward around the trunk and give it more of a chance to survive. I don't like the look of the moss, healthy trees tend not to do this.

Ground has been raised. Get rid of the muck or more trees will fail.

Definitely hornbeam

omahaalex - "Think my girlfriend has been stealing my sawdust I bring home. I found a stash she had hidden in the filter of our new tumble dryer, do I confront her? " Yes I'd definitely recommend that particularly if you have a very good insurance policy. Otherwise I would ask yourself if you are looking for a partner or a cleaner - partners are a joy, a cleaner you mistook for a partner tend to be more expensive than a cleaner.

Mostly I find people take a picture of the website address rather than scan. Make sure that the website address is visible, or preferably memorable.

Vermin control required, Kania type traps recommended - they kill quickly and efficiently. You will have to wait a long time to see the benefits. A decent landowner would have already been having this done. Interesting to see what happens when you don't.

Try not to take a phone in that is very confrontational, you want the panel on your side. Preparation is all. Best of luck [99% of which is planning]

Plan the meeting - a tip is to write the minutes of the meeting before you go and make sure you ask the questions and get the responses you expect before you leave so they match. Walk into the meeting stating how you intend to conduct yourself through this and your actions afterwards. Be co-operative and positive. "I feel sorry that we have reached such a misunderstanding that . . . . " Take notes and ask the participants to sign before they leave, they already know that this is what you are expecting. You only need note relevant facts not detail. If they aren't singed, type them up, email and ask for ask that errors are corrected. You will of course be asking to see the risk assessments and method statements, equally you will want to see the qualifications of the person making the these assessments and accusations. At all times hold quiet control of the meeting - allow them time to find out the qualifications [although the RA &MS's should be to hand and you should wait for those] Go in there knowing your case from front to back and stay calm and professional throughout. Your job in this is to make the panel realise that they should not trust the accuser and that the case you have is so watertight that the easy way out is an apology. Take no prisoners - if you are convinced your case is right then you and the panel have saved peoples lives, and you should make the panel feel proud to have taken their decision. They will deal with the manger out of shame. Clearly things never go this smoothly, but you need to play this out in your mind and have it clear as you would felling a tree with plan B's along the way. Best of luck and tell us how many lives you saved.

It was definitely a job for another day when the wind was lower and the plate wasn't moving. It was a good call. Hope the boss made it, but also hope he also got scared and realised that you were right. To me this was a job for another day, and you got out live and unharmed.

Wales has a different approach to policing the various acts that apply to badgers. The wildlife and countryside act allow the destruction of animals if it is a welfare issue and the local police are understanding of this. In fairness the behaviour of badgers that are TB infected is significantly different and they tend to stand out. They are also more prone to being roadkill as they are seriously ill, which is part of the reason that road-kill badgers have a very high infection rate of TB 1 in 8 in the west. TB is not an easy disease to kill, it used to be called consumption. It really doesn't matter which animals fault it is, all that can be said is: It is safe to drink milk [pasteurised] It is safe to eat beef [tested] It is not safe to have contact with badgers in areas where TB is endemic It is unwise to allow domestic pets to have contact with badgers in areas where TB is endemic. In country areas this is dealt with locally, in suburban and urban areas it is a primarily a political issue not a health one and there is no perception of risk and to urban dwellers there is no risk. If you live in a TB area especially if you have children then just take care