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So near.

 

Leicester 50 years ago  · 

Stephen Butt

 

1973 - The prototype Advanced Passenger Train arrives at London Road station.

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

So near.

 

Leicester 50 years ago  · 

Stephen Butt

 

1973 - The prototype Advanced Passenger Train arrives at London Road station.

Did that ever actually run? Didn't it end up being too fast for our rail system?

 

[davieG]

2 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Did that ever actually run? Didn't it end up being too fast for our rail system?

 

Not commercially but it did break some speed records, there were some technical issues which unfortunately showed up on a big publicised run. It then rain out of money the government wanted to spend on it especially as the 125 was doing well.

[BKLFox]

7 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Did that ever actually run? Didn't it end up being too fast for our rail system?

 

 

2 minutes ago, davieG said:

Not commercially but it did break some speed records, there were some technical issues which unfortunately showed up on a big publicised run. It then rain out of money the government wanted to spend on it especially as the 125 was doing well.

After the project was scrapped it went on to have a short acting career in Dr Who playing a dog

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[Trav Le Bleu]

On 09/07/2026 at 08:56, davieG said:

Centring most atlas world maps on the Greenwich Meridian is very misleading. If you look at a world, for instance, in a Japanese atlas and it's centred on the international date line, then you have this great big blue space smack in the middle called the Pacific Ocean.

 

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Europe is about to force phone companies to make a change millions of people have wanted for years.

Replaceable batteries are coming back.

Starting in 2027, new EU rules will push many mobile phones and portable devices to have batteries that consumers can replace more easily.

That does not necessarily mean every phone will have an old-school removable back like the 2000s.

But it does mean manufacturers will have to design devices so batteries are easier to remove and replace without destroying the phone.

And that matters.

Because right now, when a phone battery gets weak, many people feel forced to buy a whole new phone.

Not because the screen is broken.

Not because the camera is useless.

Not because the phone cannot work.

But because one battery has aged.

Europe wants to change that.

Longer-lasting phones.

Less electronic waste.

More repairability.

Less pressure to upgrade just because the battery is tired.

For years, tech companies made phones thinner, sleeker, and harder to repair.

Now the EU is saying something simple:

If the battery dies, the phone should not have to die with it

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12 hours ago, davieG said:

 

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Europe is about to force phone companies to make a change millions of people have wanted for years.

Replaceable batteries are coming back.

Starting in 2027, new EU rules will push many mobile phones and portable devices to have batteries that consumers can replace more easily.

That does not necessarily mean every phone will have an old-school removable back like the 2000s.

But it does mean manufacturers will have to design devices so batteries are easier to remove and replace without destroying the phone.

And that matters.

Because right now, when a phone battery gets weak, many people feel forced to buy a whole new phone.

Not because the screen is broken.

Not because the camera is useless.

Not because the phone cannot work.

But because one battery has aged.

Europe wants to change that.

Longer-lasting phones.

Less electronic waste.

More repairability.

Less pressure to upgrade just because the battery is tired.

For years, tech companies made phones thinner, sleeker, and harder to repair.

Now the EU is saying something simple:

If the battery dies, the phone should not have to die with it

Typical EU wokeness