The Locker Room

I've just seen on the Welsh news that AM's are calling for an examination to take the place of the GCSE exam, something that would be recognised both nationally and internationally. The BBC have invited people to send in their suggestions. How about the GCE exam. It was the exam to pass many years ago,both at O & A levels. It has all but gone now I think,unfortunately. Together with grammar schools. Getting rid of them has, in my opinion,led to the reduction of education standards across the board. Not wanting to sound rude,but for the younger people out there who may not know, GCE is the General Certificate of Education,which I believe, required a greater knowledge t…

Morning, I have just created a Euro 2012 Emergency Services Mini Leage on The Sun DreamTeam website. Would you like to be involved?? There is absolutely no incentives whatsoever other than a bit of fun and bragging rights for the winner! What do i need to do? Go to http://www.dreamteam...spx?action=view and click "GET YOUR FREE TEAM" You then have the choice whether you want a free team, or pay £10 for 6 teams. Once your team has been created you can "Create/Join Mini League" In the Join Mini League box enter the Leage Pin of 138562 and the Leage Password of 999911 Would be great to see some members from this forum in the league! Copy this and send it via your …

Just read this article which caught my eye, about 'five things you didn't know about the police' http://breakingnewspolice.co.uk/archives/183' but what five things didn't you know about the police until you joined the job.

Now OK I'm Marmite lover (thankfully the special someone sees past this flaw of mine...) but this does seem a bit extreme! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/8533896/Marmite-made-illegal-in-Denmark.html

Watching the BBC coverage of the river pageant - what a load of rubbish they are broadcasting. Long views of the small boats, with just a few closeups and no explanation of who they were. Silent shots of the bell boat. Presenters talking when foghorns are sounding, or their microphones not switched on. Bring back old man Dimbleby and Cecil Snaith.

What are you all doing during the Jubilee celebrations? Will you be working, or enjoying the festivities?

I've noticed one or two recent PS.com banning orders. Cautionary advice by our Mods should be enough warning to those members who are close to breaching before it gets out of hand, but some choose to ignore their Mods' advice resulting in their ultimate dismissal. Why do some persist? (No Names / resurrection of old arguments, etc. Please!) Is it the time of day/night (perhaps the perpetrators may have had too much to drink at the time), are some pre-destined in some way, or were there some hidden Trolls do you think? REMEMBER - NO NAMES or old argument re-visiting please.

Hi, I have created an eBay auction as I am selling my Scottish SET Police Practice Papers - I paid £42.50 and they really helped me pass the test! Click here to view the auction page. Thank you.

Have you had any experiences of shoddy workmanship at home/work? Was it dangerous? Did you have to to any lengths to get it put right? Do you now take steps to ensure that this doesn't happen again?

Old street crime uk is being repeated on sky1 in the early hours - well worth a sky plus. I forgot how good it was, definitely the closest things to "cops" we had before all these other shows came on scene. I like the fact that it's usually shot in one take, follows 2-3 police forces in one episode and has minimal commentary! None of this "The ELITE safer neighbourhood unit are executing a warrant, after breaching the door SAS Iranian embassy style, PC Smith uses an ELITE drugs dog to find one single cannabis cigarette - what a major result for these ELITE, TACTICAL, law enforcers. Also some of the clips are before we moved to airwave - makes you wonder how on earth we…

I'm a biker, not a bad one, i stick to the law but enjoy riding my lovely 600cc sportbike. I wear the right kit, including high viz and a bright helmet. I commute to work in the summer on my bike and in the last 3 days I have had 5 cars veer towards me in slow traffic because of car drivers on their mobile phones, either texting or phoning. Is it just me or does it get up other peoples noses? I wish I had a ticket book with me on my way to and from work - i'd make the government a fortune!

What with all the recent reporting about public sector workers being greedy, workshy parasites, and their over-inflated salaries and pensions being an insupportable burden on the taxpayer, I thought I would start a thread where we can identify other practices which actually put a much greater burden on the taxpayer, otherwise known as "us". Let's start with the Lords. Why, exactly, do they need £165 per night for lodging? I imagine that even in that London town, you can get a Travel Lodge or Premier Inn for less than that. The ones who weren't born into the titled nobility can recall their humble origins, and the ones that were can find out how normal "taxpayers" actuall…

Had this link sent to me the other day, don't know if they've been posted before and apologies if they have. The link below takes you to the page but I've also posted it for other who cannot access the link, also if you follow the link there is a few more stories that you can read. http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/03/notes-from-the-front-line-going-the-way-of-the-dojo/ In the parking lot behind a local Sainsbury’s I’m sat with my feet on the dashboard, in the passenger seat of a Panda, waiting for Jay to come back with our lunch. I don’t really have any reason for having stayed in the car, other than complete, abject laziness. I suppose I was fiddling with the MDT when we…