Tells us just how much was dished out for a ‘signature’ for something that achieved absolutely nothing
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/21/james-cleverly-spent-655-a-head-on-in-flight-catering-for-one-day-trip-to-rwanda
Anything !
An open Group where anything can be discussed by anybody, as long as you are polite, respect others opinions, and behave !!!
Open Loop 812
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Maybe you are all aware of how many people are injured each year by cattle in this country but in case you are not check out the website
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People surprised to see parrots 🦜
Ah bless them , they are so common to most of us
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Worker reforms prove costly (Edited)
Labours proposed worker reforms,including changes to sick pay and banning zero hour contracts,look set to be very costly for businesses according to their own analysis. On top of the expected employers NI contribution increase things are looking bleak for growth. I predict many job cuts
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Sleep walking schoolboy murderer sentenced
https://news.sky.com/story/amp/hammer-wielding-public-schoolboy-who-claimed-he-was-sleepwalking-during-attack-on-fellow-pupils-jailed-for-life-13235725?dicbo=v2-YJufBJc
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NHS - the Government need your views
Please join the survey
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The Poison Dwarf will Crap his Pants at this
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/us-ready-to-invite-ukraine-to-nato-le-monde/ar-AA1szau8?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=4396c1e334a542f1c44ec5610980ceaf&ei=26
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Trump's Presidential Kick up the Crutch to Putin
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/i-will-strike-right-in-the-center-of-damn-moscow-trump-talks-about-threats-to-putin-over-ukraine/ar-AA1sDEXE?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=a6fde462055b437a8e08fae1e8ef7032&ei=40
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If you suspect you are being scammed by someone pretending to be your bank
159 is a phone number that connects callers to their bank to report suspected fraud:
When to call
If you think you've been contacted by a fraudster or are a victim of a scam, you can call 159. This includes if someone claims to be from your bank, an authority figure, or asks you to transfer money or make a payment.
How it works
159 is a secure number that connects you directly to your bank. It's available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Who manages it
159 is managed by Stop Scams UK, which includes many banks across the UK.
Why it's important
Fraudsters often pretend to be banks or other organizations to steal money from individuals and businesses. The sooner you report fraud, the sooner your bank can take action.
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State Pension Age could rise to 71?
https://www.gbnews.com/money/state-pension-age-rise-proposal-poverty
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Fair!
https://metro.co.uk/2024/10/19/mum-sacked-coming-back-maternity-leave-pregnant-21826305/amp/ -
Slightly embarrassed to ask this but how is inflation coming down if everything is going up?
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The Head of Operations for the Labour Party has announced it will send about one hundred current and former staff to the US shortly to campaign on behalf of Kamala Harris.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/19/uk-experts-warn-against-buying-feline-equivalent-of-xl-bully-dog
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https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/millions-to-be-handed-health-monitoring-smartwatches-by-nhs/ar-AA1szbTR?ocid=msedgntphdr&cvid=73367a27bc484f629915e84bdf0cb9f4&ei=34
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/19/uk-deports-record-number-of-nigerians-and-ghanaians-in-single-flight
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Muslim police officer faces sack over alleged links to female jihadist
A hijab-wearing Muslim police officer who was hailed as a role model for confronting anti-lockdown protesters faces being sacked from Scotland Yard over her alleged links to a female jihadist in Syria.
Pc Ruby Begum, 29, is also accused of posting offensive messages on Twitter where she insulted Jews and mocked the 9/11 terror attacks.
She is alleged to have made the comments before joining the Metropolitan Police in 2016 but chose not to delete them after becoming a special constable.
Pc Begum, who faces a misconduct hearing, is alleged to have failed during the force’s vetting process “to disclose her association with a female jihadi living inside the Islamic State caliphate in Syria”.
She is also said to have an “interest in the teachings of extremist preachers”.
The officer, who serves with the Met’s territorial support group, a unit which specialises in public order policing, was praised by colleagues and the public in 2020 after a photograph of her confronting a mob of anti-lockdown protesters in London went viral on social media.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/17/ruby-begum-police-disciplinary-racist-tweets/?msockid=0f308a1d41156bc50cd49f0540326a6c -
What I cannot understand is how none of it was even missed and if he hadn’t dropped that one bag how it seems he would have been able to easily carry on
https://news.sky.com/story/amp/ex-detective-gets-19-years-in-jail-for-stealing-4kg-of-cocaine-from-work-to-sell-in-manchester-13235348 -
North Korean troops (Edited)
Very scary thought
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/north-korean-troops-arrived-russia-135155112.html -
It seems that the moderator has had enough and is looking for a replacement if anyone is interested, I would apply but I doubt if he would go for it. 😂😂😂
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Cane Corso killed man’s brother
Prison sentence for arrogant dog owner
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Please add further sightings, and locations.
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Deportations from Chagos Islands to St Helena
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/starmer-agrees-rwanda-style-deal-083948082.html
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https://www.timeout.com/london/news/east-london-is-getting-a-brand-new-riverside-town-with-20-000-homes-and-its-backed-by-sadiq-khan-101424
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Inside the £70K ‘mafia-style’ champagne shoplifting gang
https://bbc.com/news/articles/czxdr29lyggo
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Used in some areas to deal with speeding
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London Underground workers to strike next!
London Underground workers to strike for much of November after unions reject pay offer
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RIP - One Direction Star found dead
https://news.sky.com/story/amp/former-one-direction-star-liam-payne-found-dead-reports-13234922
If you follow modern music and stars the former next direction star and solo star Liam Payne found dead after falling from a balcony -
He was behind the heinous attack on 7th October last year. Unfortunately there are hundreds ready to replace him
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Chief political correspondent sent out
For a story about a cat 🐈⬛
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/cat-defib-eviction-london-ambulance-service-walthamstow-station-b1188151.html
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https://www.timeout.com/london/news/london-train-strikes-everything-you-need-to-know-021723
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American store owner sorts out robber
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/armed-teenager-pizza-shop-texas-b2630384.html?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=exchange&tblci=GiAlVchYVOoOpChM20hDeDn2mtPDaz8QEVl9yXe5rcXkgyDj3U8oiKyonoL258JzMK-WPg#tblciGiAlVchYVOoOpChM20hDeDn2mtPDaz8QEVl9yXe5rcXkgyDj3U8oiKyonoL258JzMK-WPg
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Millionaires urge chancellor to raise capital gains tax (Edited)
https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/17/millionaire-business-owners-urge-rachel-reeves-to-raise-14bn-from-rise-in-capital-gains-tax
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https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/asylum-seekers-immigration-bibby-stockholm-hotels/
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Nhs publish staff language guidelines
The NHS published a 28 page document online to it's staff about appropriate language. It's told them to stop using the phases "The blind leading the blind" and saying someone is "deaf to reason".
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Harris has lost her lead over that senile old prat.
What a catastrophe for America and the world looming up.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/harris-losing-ground-to-trump-in-us-presidential-race-polls-suggest/ar-AA1sd1r9?ocid=BingNewsSerp -
Walking back from Hyde Park to Victoria via Knightsbridge on Sunday we saw a demonstration outside one of the embassies.
They were a non-binary trans group called Queers For Palestine. They were campaigning for the rights of LGBTQ people in Gaza.
Do they even know what the reaction would be if they took their protest to the streets of Gaza.
People who identify as Queer are not even Gay in the true sense. They are straight people that think it's good for their image to align themselves with the Gay community but would never indulge in the physical side of a gay relationship. -
Trump rails against movie about his life: ‘Fake and classless’
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Business national insurance rise on the cards?
Was in a multi agency meeting today and there is rising concern that business national insurance contributions will rise.This will have an impact on budgets and future recruiting. A lot of uneasy conversations taking place
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This cannot be right. These people should be locked away before they act out their fantasies and harm someone. Our children deserve better
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More nurses struck off since 2021
https://www.bracknellnews.co.uk/news/24648690.reading-rbh-nurse-struck-off-claiming-shifts-not-work/
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Amazes me how we don't support our homeless. This could be anyone. It's sad
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This evening, a shocking BBC Panorama investigation will lay bare the stories of Revolut bank customers who say scammers took tens of thousands of pounds from their accounts and that Britain’s newest bank failed to protect them.*
This comes just weeks after the payments regulator slashed reimbursement limits for scam victims by £330,000, in response to intense lobbying from payment firms and banks.
None of us fall victim to scams because we’re intentionally careless, but because we’re ruthlessly manipulated by the increasingly sophisticated tactics of organised criminals. The explosive findings of tonight’s investigation hammer home a grim reality: without sufficient financial incentives for banks and payment firms to improve fraud security, we may all be at risk.
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Does anyone know what to do with old video tapes? These are blank or home recoded, not commercially produced. I have about 2 dozen - is there really no alternative but to put them in the black bin for land fill?
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Poke up the Nose for Putin (Edited)
Good onya ! That'll teach the balmy little dwarf a lesson. Somebody has the guts to threaten him for a change.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/nato-threatens-to-destroy-russia/ar-AA1sbSPI?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=f53c4f434b5a4a66c1d008417e0e960f&ei=16