Silence in court! Discuss The Archers and shout from the gallery here. Send him down.

[PseudoBadger]

What day is it again?

[Putthetulipsthere]

Our village concerns over recent months include:-

Dog poo not being cleared up
Rabbits over running gardens
Who stole a display of dahlias from the fruit and produce show?
Who is paired with who on church flower rota
New incumbent in village pub restricting it to a restaurant only, no bar, thus preventing groups such as PTA to use it for gatherings ( he has since mended his ways)

[JasperDamerel]

It's just occurred to me, why on earth isn't Phoebe taking a gap year to volunteer in South Africa? Apart from the obvious reason that everyone in Ambridge has forgotten about Noli and Sipho.

[Tuktuktaker]

Didn't it end badly the last time Phoebe was in S Africa, JasperDamerel? What with discovering her mother was having an affair and all?

[ErrolTheDragon]

Jasper, I don't think gap years are common now, in these days of student loans. The exception is people who didn't get the places they wanted , or some of those planning to do med/vet who want to get their grades under their belts and some solid experience before (re) applying.

[JasperDamerel]

It went badly, but she kept in touch with the siblings by Skype even when Kate was being an arse. And Brian is clearly loaded and could afford for her to go and Jenny would talk him into giving her anything now that she's got a place at Oxford.

I thought that nowadays people tended to do money-earning gap years to save up, so there still lots of people taking out, but the whole travelling the world year was back to being the preserve of the wealthy.

[RandomDent]

She might go when she graduates, lots of people did in the dark ages when I went to uni.

[JudyCoolibar]

TukTuk, when the SWs wanted to show that Helen's eating disorder could be coming back, they signalled it quite heavily - there were numerous scenes when she refused food or slid out of having any. I think they would have signalled it in the same way if it was being suggested now, but the only person who has said Helen looks thin is Pat, and she hasn't seen her since she was heavily pregnant.

[RandomDent]

Tom mentioned it too. Has he been visiting?

[RandomDent]

Actually, that's a point. Once Pat had given her evidence, would she not be allowed to visit Helen?

[JudyCoolibar]

Pat would be allowed to visit now if Helen is convicted. I'm not sure if she would before the end of the trial - I suspect the same rules would apply in case, for instance, the jury can't come to a verdict and there has to be a retrial.

[BoffinMum]

Village life ( not my village, but nearby).

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2435914/Villagers-outraged-hear-parish-hall-hosting-S-amp-M-classes-Wait-till-read-this.html

[CeciledeVolanges]

Tuktuk I'm aware of Helen's history, I'm just confused as to why it would be bulimia. I always thought it was anorexia. People don't like saying "anorexia" so they say "eating disorder" instead.

[SlimCheesy2]

Major rural news in my village is that there has been a petition started to ban 4x4sfrom the church car park because someone was nearly hit by one.

And that the local council's solution to a bad village-wide rat infestation is to ask people to dismantle and then discontinue their compost heaps. I am quite exercised by the last one and have written to the local paper suggesting that if the council brought back weekly bin collections that might solve the problem.

[ibrowze]

Can a medical person explain to me what service it did Rob to taunt Helen about her weight when pregnant? If he was thinking it might provoke her to stop eating again, wouldn't that harm his precious Gideon in vitro?!

[redshoeblueshoe]

ibrowze we did have a lot of discussion about it at the time, but I can't remember what we concluded

[nippiesweetie]

BoffinMum Sheep can cough, though. Really loudly. Loud enough for me to think that someone was in my room.

Sheep actually across the road.

[Tuktuktaker]

Sorry, Cecile, as I said, I'd got bulimia from somewhere in the recesses of my mind, but it does sound more like anorexia - I just thought I remembered one of Helen's symptoms was making herself sick, which I thought was bulimic behaviour. I'm probably wrong, though, sometimes I remember things which I deeply believe to be the truth and then find out I've been deluded for years..

[glamorousgrandmother]

If he was thinking it might provoke her to stop eating again, wouldn't that harm his precious Gideon in vitro?!confused don't know if it would. I had such bad morning sickness I put on very little weight, the hospital were a bit concerned but my baby was 7lb 14oz so no harm done.

[BlackeyedSusan]

so have we all been to the loo, lined up the snacks, gaffertaped the radio down and removed all heavy objects from the vacinity?

[RamsayBoltonsConscience]

Shhh!

[MotherofPearl]

De-lurking to say I'm bf my 4 month old DD to sleep on my bed while listening on headphones on my phone! Feeling dedicated.

[Bimblepops]

This is annoying me terribly already, STOP FAFFING AROUND WITH CHAIRS AND GET ON WITH IT

[Gruach]

Go ahead. Ignore the TRIAL THREAD linked above.

I won't say anything.

Learnt my lesson ...

[selsigfach]

It's not looking good :(