Day: January 19, 2020

Until 2018 City of Edinburgh Council was in effect maintaining benches in perpetuity but it decided to end the practice, due to cost, and instead introduce a 20-year maintenance warranty. A council spokeswoman said: “We have a very clear policy in place to decommission benches respectfully when they reach the end of their life. “This involves storing the benches and plaques and reaching out to donors to discuss future arrangements and this was correctly followed. “Standard practice is to recycle the parts of the benches which can be reused and…

Until 2018 City of Edinburgh Council was in effect maintaining benches in perpetuity but it decided to end the practice, due to cost, and instead introduce a 20-year maintenance warranty. A council spokeswoman said: “We have a very clear policy in place to decommission benches respectfully when they reach the end of their life. “This involves storing the benches and plaques and reaching out to donors to discuss future arrangements and this was correctly followed. “Standard practice is to recycle the parts of the benches which can be reused and…

Until 2018 City of Edinburgh Council was in effect maintaining benches in perpetuity but it decided to end the practice, due to cost, and instead introduce a 20-year maintenance warranty. A council spokeswoman said: “We have a very clear policy in place to decommission benches respectfully when they reach the end of their life. “This involves storing the benches and plaques and reaching out to donors to discuss future arrangements and this was correctly followed. “Standard practice is to recycle the parts of the benches which can be reused and…

Paulo Gazzaniga kept out a Troy Deeney penalty awarded for a handball by Jan Vertonghen with 20 minutes left as Tottenham drew 0-0 at Watford It is possible to read too much into the remarks of managers, but sometimes they give a new perspective on a match, particularly those as uneventful as this one. So it was that in the cheery aspect of Jos Mourinho and the repeatedly pragmatic remarks of Nigel Pearson, you could perhaps better discern who had come out best from this stalemate. Watford are the team…

Paulo Gazzaniga kept out a Troy Deeney penalty awarded for a handball by Jan Vertonghen with 20 minutes left as Tottenham drew 0-0 at Watford It is possible to read too much into the remarks of managers, but sometimes they give a new perspective on a match, particularly those as uneventful as this one. So it was that in the cheery aspect of Jos Mourinho and the repeatedly pragmatic remarks of Nigel Pearson, you could perhaps better discern who had come out best from this stalemate. Watford are the team…

Paulo Gazzaniga kept out a Troy Deeney penalty awarded for a handball by Jan Vertonghen with 20 minutes left as Tottenham drew 0-0 at Watford It is possible to read too much into the remarks of managers, but sometimes they give a new perspective on a match, particularly those as uneventful as this one. So it was that in the cheery aspect of Jos Mourinho and the repeatedly pragmatic remarks of Nigel Pearson, you could perhaps better discern who had come out best from this stalemate. Watford are the team…