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Looking for some advice from parents - we recently moved up to Bolton and am clearly intending on going to the match tomorrow - however I have a 6 year old daughter who loves playing football (she plays at a local club at the moment - proudly wearing the stripes I hasten to add) and am...

Looking for a bit of advice from the sages of NSC - lady at work has a 23 year old son who is in the mid stages of being sucked into a cult - something called the Xi Wellness Centre. In short it was a stereotypical situation you read about where he was on his own in London, just split up with...

Not having done the trip to the amex via train before but will be on monday and need to get back up to london. Realistically whats the most likely train i will get back, and assume its back into brighton and then up the mainline? Any advice from the more experienced appreciated.

Given the culinary masters that reside on here I am looking for some tips. Its our first year at hosting a family Christmas and we have 12 people coming round and have just picked up a 16lb turkey. So - any ideas on what's the best way to cook it?

Finally after a number of years of people reporting him to the police we think our neighbour has been done for drink driving but does anyone know of whether such convictions are published anywhere publically? This chap was an absolute disgrace - we saw him once literally fall over drunk...

My missus had a phone call today - from a blocked number - telling her they were from microsoft and that we had reported a problem with our laptop. He wanted her to switch on the computer and go through some steps to clean up the computer and make it go faster. Thankfully she turned down this...

After four conversations this month lasting an hour each when I was trying to order an HD box with Sky I finally lost my rag and cancelled my subscription. Apparently I had previously cancelled a sky hd box (true - three and a half years ago when they delayed delivery of the box till after the...

Dear Financial Sages of NSC. My 92 year old grandad has just moved into a care home type thing and has finally asked for some help in sorting out his finances. Last year he sold his house and moved into a warden controlled type place leaving him with a chunky lump sum of cash that he wanted to...

As there is a wide and generally helpful Hampshire network - could anyone recommend a suitable live band for my forthcoming nuptials in April next year. We are lookign for a 3 or 4 piece type group that play a range of mainstream pop going back through the years Any help much appreciated.

Chaps and chapesses. Does anyone have any ideas for an interesting venue for a wedding and reception in the area - 20 miles vicinity or so. I am checking out Marwell Zoo/Hall in the coming weeks. Looking for somewhere reasonably nice but perhaps very slightly quirky - no need for religious...

Having just moved into a new house we want some work doing including installing a new shower, fix a leaking shower, putting up a screen, changing a radiator over, couple of new taps. We have called a couple of local plumbers who we spoke to and asked them to come round and give us a quote...

Whoever drives B3 BHA turn off your frickin fog lights when it isnt foggy. There is nothing more annoying on the road.

heard yesterday discussing Paula Radcliff's attempted Marathon Co-Presenter: "She is such a brave young lady that we can all be proud of. You could tell she pushed her body as far as it could go in those horrific extreme conditions. The anguish on her face was clear she felt like she...

Just managed to get the first Saturday in donkey's off work and would love to get to Reading. I am not in the AMS (and cant find any information on the official site about joining) and obviously dont want to sit with the Reading crowd. If I purchase one of the tickets available on NSC do I need...

Place any five pound (or more) bet on the Open golf with Sporting Odds and, after you have emailed them with your user name they will credit your 'sporting games' account with £5. Trick being not to waste the money on the scratch cards as they suggest but just transfer the money straight back...

How are you all travelling?

As soon as the information is posted on the website lets make sure that NSC is informed on this thread. Particularly for those who cant get to Withdean.

Good to see that the promised Spanish withdrawal of troops from Iraq has removed the threat of terrorism from Spain. Unless of course the large dynamite bomb found under the tracks this afternoon dispels the theory that only those who supported the war on Iraq are likely terrorist targets.

Nothing moved for about two hours round here at the moment - apparently some kind of chemical spill on Parliament Square - lots of Old Bill, bomb squad, firemen, helicopters - no news on whether it was a malicious attack or not

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,1563,1135138,00.html Is a good read for those with a few spare minutes.