Clothing grant

Years ago tracks were laid with a gap between sections to allow for expansion and contraction, but then they decided that welding track sections together would stop the clickety-clack and suddenly we have to slow trains down to cope, progress eh?

americanbob This explains why there are no railways in the tropics or any other countries that have high temperatures. It’s a good job we normally have a cool climate that enables trains to run.

Aristotle Is this a wind-up? Spain and France have the fastest railways in Europe and have temperatures in the high 30s for much of the summer.

Eddie van Coupon 26 degrees and train tracks warping? That’s a Brisbane winter day, folks, I seriously doubt that your steel is so inferior to ours that it can’t withstand what isn’t considered hot by pretty much all of Australia!

Fiona Scott - Doran How did we ever evolve to where we are now? Steam trains ran years ago in hotter summers than we have now. Railways run in hot countries like India, Spain etc without any trouble. We get a couple of warmish days and it’s game over! A new national minimum school clothing grant has been set at £100 in a move designed to relieve pressure on families. The annual costs are expected to reach £12 million, with 50 per cent of the cost met by the Scottish Government and 50 per cent by local authorities. More bribes to keep the proletariat on side.

Danny Moore Never had any help other than family allowance and managed to bring up two kids that are working and doing well. Why are they handing out my cash to families that don’t work and keep having kids to stay on benefit?

Jim Thomas However did we manage years ago when we were poor and had to go to school... talk about mollycoddling!

Lennie Yet again the SNP buying votes. They can’t keep on spending like this; I want my £4,100 they have promised.

634TDJ “Russian boy with chocolate constantly round mouth denies stealing chocolate”.

Martin65536 Putin don’t matter: he’s on the outside looking in, nobody cares what he thinks, he’s never going to be invited to the party.

winger.steve Might help if he stopped shooting down Malaysian passenger jets.

Freewheel Putin is soon going to be very disappointed when his pet Trump is impeached and spends the rest of his life in prison...