why can't i hide mumsnet local threads?

[Tortington]

i have my mn set up so that the hide button is at the side of each thread therefore i dont have to open it

however it will not let me hide local threads

an there it stays unmoving and unchanging at the top of my screen - shit i will not answer, doesn't apply to me, shit i have no opinion on and couldn't care less about

haunts me with every refresh of the page

?

I have to open them to hide them, which I do, and then they reappear a few days later.

I'd love the answer to this one too

i have

They keep new posts in MN Local there at the top of active convos for an hour or so. It will disappear in time.