News reaches us that the House of Lords opinions in the appeal of Aweys v Birmingham are to be handed down on 1 July (Court of Appeal report here). [Update, Moran v Manchester CC (our Court of Appeal report here) will also be handed down on the same day as the two were heard together]

We’ll have the decks cleared for those.

In the meantime, here’s a picture for the interlude. (Note to younger readers. There was a time, not that long ago, when there were only three TV channels and programmes didn’t start till lunchtime – and would sometimes then stop until tea. In the interim, they’d put a picture up. And we’d watch it. Amazing, isn’t it?).

Naturally, us being us, you don’t get a picture of ducks, sunset or the Lake District. Instead – decanting…