What high blood pressure monitor can you recommend? Thank you

My energy supplier Sainsbury's/E.ON have sent me a letter saying that energy prices will be lowered on July 1st.
Electricity will decrease by £53.59 and gas will decrease by £622.43 during the last 6 months of 2023.

If another person has Airplane Mode activated on their phone, how does that effect how their phone works? Can they make and receive calls and texts? use whatsApp, connect to wifi?

Interesting angle from this broadcaster

https://youtu.be/EQoWpMlkL2s

It even covers the rumours about his supposed cancer

Long but worth listening to and considering an election next March

https://news.sky.com/story/all-crew-and-passengers-on-missing-titan-sub-believed-to-be-dead-12907756

Don't know if anyone can help. No Scooploop messages have been coming through by email for a couple of days. I sent a message through to the scooploop technical group but have had no reply.
Basically, I get a morning email of information of messages received, but I am used to getting individual emails throughout the day. I have tried the website, but that's not the same as having regular emails on "hot topics"
Not sure what I have done.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-65039451

Wet cat and kitten food donations urgently needed. Just spent £500 with Zooplus and more with Tesco and Asda and that will not last long. Many of the abandoned, stray and feral cats have not been fed good quality food they would have benefited from. Many not provided with water or given water in unhealthy plastic containers or unsuitable metal bowls. Panacur wormer granules also needed. Royal Canin Mother and Babycat Mousse wet food needed. Animonda baby kitten pate and Lilly’s Kitchen kitten pate most welcome. Thank you for kind donations via Suzy P helping with collecting donations on my behalf from £1 a month.
Fosterers urgently needed for cats and kittens.
More irresponsible pet owners than ever abandoning their cats or trying to give them away unaware that kittens last 15/20 years as forever family members once acquired. The reason why rehoming must only be serious and strictly to genuine responsible cat lovers not likely to have a change of circumstances or mind.
Amazon wishlist goods also helpful.
Thank you

No foul play expected

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1784498/nicola-bulley-everything-we-know

Apart from the headline acts which will always be good, my highlights so far
1. Cate Blanchett on stage with Sparks. Ron Mael still looks like Hitler
2. A very talented violinist named Sudan Archives. Loved what she was wearing on stage.
3. The singer of reggae legends Third World singing opera. Time To Say Goodbye.

I know many people don’t like foxes but this lady has been feeding foxes for 25 years. They are not tame but neither are they dangerous if respected . The comments of some people on this video amaze me - are people really that ignorant nowadays 😳

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJCGG7Ah/

Peanut butter for Satay sauce?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66031341

"The Museum of Childhood has stripped out its soft toy collection as part of a bid to shed its creepy image".

Tristam Hunt, director of the V & A, said the rebrand was needed because the museum had turned into a "magical, creepy place" with limited appeal for children.

"Truth be told, parents and grandparents always enjoyed visiting more than children"

£13m has been spent to create a museum centred upon play, imagination and design.

Your thoughts...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/25/a-symbol-of-what-humans-shouldnt-be-doing-the-new-world-of-octopus-farming

This link does contain a petition if any members are interested in signing it

'A girl at our school has decided she identifies as a cat'
The Telegraph 2023/06/09
" a teacher, who wishes to remain anonymous, tells of a female pupil who has “decided she identifies as a cat”.

Found this text online, so credit to the author.

Originating from a time when gay and lesbian people were persecuted and not accepted as they are today, I understand why it was created.

It is a testament to how genuinely progressive society is (despite what those who wish to divide us down identity lines would have us believe) that discrimination against gay and lesbian people is condemned by the overwhelming majority of people. Myself included.

This simple flag, with its simple message, and the movement it represents has been hijacked by the modern and ever more “progressive” iterations of it, to now include a triangle which has a black line (representing Black Lives Matter) what on earth skin colour has to do with sexual orientation, i have no idea. A brown line (which is for brown people) doesn’t matter how brown you are, tough luck, you only get the one brown line (doesn’t seem very inclusive of diversity to me) Again I have no idea what brownness has to do with sexual orientation. And then there’s the baby blue and the baby pink (which represents transgenderism) There is now even a sideways 8 on the latest ever evolving migraine flag, unveiled this week (which represents autistic people) In what world has autism got anything to do with sexual orientation? Madness.

Transgenderism isn’t about two people of the same sex being attracted to each other. It’s based on a fundamental lie. That men can become women and women can become men. All it takes is the have your healthy genitals chopped off and bobs your uncle (or your aunt) Adults who choose to undergo these crude surgeries are free to do so. However sad some people may find it, it’s their choice. But it doesn’t change reality. It doesn’t alter the truth.

It is the promotion of this gender ideology to children in schools which is most disturbing. From social transitioning, to new and ever more ridiculous pronouns, through to breast binding, puberty blockers and ultimately irreversible life changing surgeries is abhorrent. Children and young people do not have the mental capacity to understand the consequences such permanent decisions.

Just read or listen to the testimonies of those who now have to live out the rest of their lives in regret, deprived of breasts, penises, the opportunity to enjoy sexual pleasure, or become parents. Instead confronted with a future of Osteoporosis and multiple infections.

We wouldn’t let a child cut off his or her arm if they wanted to. Any doctor who was willing to do so would be struck off immediately. Instead, we would, quite rightly encourage kids to seek professional help. So why on earth would we seek to normalise and celebrate this most intimate and irrevocable of mutations to children? All couched within the most insidious of terms “Gender affirming healthcare.” It’s not healthcare, it’s body destruction.

Now you can feel free to disagree with me, and I respect anyone’s right or do so. But it seems until LGB draw a clear line between the TQ++ etc etc, those who are hiding behind Lesbian and gay people to push this nihilistic and narcissistic agenda, will continue to undo all the progress made in the names of equal rights.

That is why I have no issue with the original rainbow flag and why I despise the others so much.

End of copy and paste.
Why not let the trans and other non-gays that are living in a fantasy world of made up genders have their own seperate flag?

As has become increasingly apparent, this country was not prepared for a pandemic.

So no surprise then:-

"Following on from Rishi Sunak's comments that the UK is preparing for a "range of scenarios" after the mutiny, the Times is reporting that government assessments have warned Britain must prepare for the sudden collapse of Russia."

There's no contingency planning for the sudden removal of Putin from control of Russia?

It will only play with dog toys 😂

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1782027/enormous-cat-terrifies-vets-dog-toys

A friend of mine sold a beach hut a couple of years ago and got more than ten times what she paid for it.

I believe there’s a new programme on tv starting soon about them, but before it starts I had a look online

https://www.beachhuts4hire.co.uk/beach-huts/sale/beach-huts-for-sale.aspx

Anyone thinking of getting one

The mercenary boss who scored Russia its only significant success in months, at Bakhmut, has told the Russian people the whole pretext for the invasion was a lie, that the threat from Ukraine was invented.

The "special military operation" has rebounded and an attempted military coup is in progress.

More death and destruction for the Russian people.

Unbelievable after last months torrential downpours that in less than two weeks of sunshine we fall apart .

https://news.sky.com/story/hosepipe-ban-introduced-in-kent-and-sussex-12903528

There’s always something 😳
No wonder the Aussie’s call us whinging poms

Cadent have been here putting in new gas pipes and moving meters from inside to outside.
They told me it is the same meter, just moved to outside in a box [ for which they didn't leave a key, it was inside the locked box!]
It is not the same it is a totally different meter and Google says it is a smart gas meter - not told this or given any info how to read it.
EDF say it was nothing to do with them and Cadent say the same
Now the reading is all wrong.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-sets-out-proposals-to-ban-the-keeping-primates-as-pets

Where did that come from?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-65955973

An awkward choice for him I feel

https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/20/bradford-mayor-resigns-after-apologising-for-attending-lgbtq-event-18982316/?ito=amp-more-item-1

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-65970567.amp

https://bit.ly/3p1zITD

Happy Father's day

click on

Woke activists say "men at work" signs offend women.

https://www.gbnews.com/news/devon-news-south-west-water-men-signs-woke-latest

Sick. Beyond belief

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-65951188

I didn’t watch the video and I am not sure I could watch the documentary either.

The sentencing will no doubt NOT fit the crime!

Frankenstein has a gender transformation in a new play opening in Bromley.

Does anyone have an easy way to syphon water from a bath for re-use watering the garden, please. Method used currently is scooping all out with pail and then carrying out into garden, apparently there is a way where an electric drill is used to move the water into another vessel? Would anyone have an experience of this - I've tried googling but sometimes people have their own ways. Just remembering the old petrol days when petrol was sucked up the tube and deposited elsewhere!

This was on BBC news late last night when they broadcast from Washington. Tori Bowie was one of the top US sprinters. She went to the Olympics and Worlds.
She was 8 months pregnant when she died. The cause of death was Eclampsia.
Some shocking statistics that show how racist America is. 69 in every 100,000 US black women die in childbirth. For American white women it is only 26 in every 100,000. That's every year.

The best thing to happen to it now it has the extra BLM and child sex black and brown triangles added. It was ok as just a rainbow flag. Well done Mr Fox

https://www.thenational.scot/news/23599716.laurence-fox-burns-pride-flags-brands-vile/

This has appeared in a local park, and looks like a lost phone mast.
Have you seen anything like it, and does it work?

I have only just read of this awful story. How a surgeon was allowed to run amok over years damaging and ruining patients lives and futures

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65904293

The lady in this report was not aware that there were 99 others that had come forward

Someone I know applied to the councils housing support fund for help with energy bills. They sent her two vouchers for £100 each with instructions to take them to a Paypoint shop and exchange them for cash.
A few days ago she went to her local shop at 9.30am with both vouchers. The shop opens at 8.30am. The young girl behind the counter said "I don't know if I can do both vouchers at once" so my friend said to just cash one of them and she'd be back with the other one another time. The girl said, "ok, I need to get the older lady to do it because she knows how to enter the details etc".
The older lady looks at the voucher, looks at a kind of ledger book, and says, "we are done for today, I can't cash this today" Then she says "you can try again tomorrow, but we will only give you £80". So my friend walked out really p*ssed off.
I've said to her to go to another shop and if the same happens to clarify you will still get the other £20 the next day.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/boys-wear-skirts-school-protest-30253637?gaa_at=la&gaa_n=AXv4zM0-_EVrI78RF8GZH9nU9-4EhHV1nHPCVnt9TPHQSE1BkujpjUiWcCui6cdPaQ0%3D&gaa_ts=648e1909&gaa_sig=XUi3qPOysWhToN15zOiBzXOmV504-XykgmNXxKsvbjVzq7Q-b7N9w9YlwsAWxcJHH13g_7b79sGeKFuvkDRNgw%3D%3D

All in good humour and to make a point . School didn’t make any fuss or reprimand him.

A Swedish company has developed a new flatpack and ultra-sustainable electric car – and the UK is set to be one of the first nations to see them out on the roads.
Luvly, a Stockholm-based technology company, has developed these light urban vehicles (LUVs) with the aim of creating affordable access to ethical, safe passenger and cargo transport options.

The aim is to democratise the benefits of a plug-in car with vehicles that are more practical, affordable, and efficient, as well as safer for pedestrians and other drivers than traditional family cars and SUVs.

A unique flatpack solution enables assembly close to the end-user – drawing comparisons to fellow Swedish company IKEA – this means that if a driver purchases a Luvly vehicle, they will be reducing the carbon emissions and cost of shipping.

Targeted at those living in major towns and cities, the vehicle is the fifth of the weight of a typical electric car and comes with a portable battery that can be charged at your home or place of work.

The ‘Luvly O’ could be seen on UK roads by the end of 2023.

The two-seater will come with a range of around 61 miles, and a top speed of 56mph. Excluding batteries, the total weight of the vehicle is less than 400kgs.

Designed with Koenigsegg hypercar alumnus Joachim Nordwall, it will be powered by two removable batteries – all for the cost of around £8,600.

Håkan Lutz, CEO and Founder of Luvly, commented: “Luvly was founded on the belief that the negative aspects of cars - environmental harm, cost, danger to pedestrians and other road-users, space inefficiency - can be mitigated by combining modern technological solutions with futuristic design.

“Our light urban vehicles emphasise the values of positive communal living: consideration, temperance, and taking responsibility not just for yourself, not even just for your children, but also for your neighbour.

“In many markets, consumers are ready to eschew expensive, polluting, dangerous cars in favour of more fit-for-purpose solutions.

“With our combination of patented tech innovation and sophisticated licensing and logistics structures, we believe Luvly is poised to become a world-leader in the urban transport of the decades ahead.”

What are Light Urban Vehicles (LUVs)?
LUVs are vehicles for up to four people or last-mile goods transport, optimised for city and commuter traffic with significant environmental, space, efficiency, and adaptability advantages over cars.

This type of vehicle typically requires less energy and cost to run and produce than a plug-in car.

According to Luvly, when compared with electric cars, energy consumption from LUV production, shipping, and distribution is up to 80% lower.

I find this photo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65941549 even more enraging than the vid - so confident in their wrongdoing sanctioned by their boss they even carefully pose. I can't imagine how poor people who said goodbye to dying relatives through windows, or couldn't visit them at all, must feel on seeing this.

Should it stop or are we interfering in their culture

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1781470/faroe-islands-hunting-dolphins-killed-grindadrap/amp

I know what I think 😢

It's a long fascinating read.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65916892

The trader requests that Johnson was jailed for, it found, were not illegal - and didn't even break any rules. Many of those convictions arose from guilty pleas, made under the threat of prosecution in the US, which the DoJ no longer views as sound.

The UK is now the only country where making or accepting the requests is viewed as criminal. David Davis, John McDonnell and other MPs, peers and senior lawyers have written to the Times saying the cases must be sent back to the courts.

"In my most optimistic view, I would like my guilty plea to be revoked. I'd like to basically have my reputation restored. And I'd like senior people to be held accountable," says Johnson.

Asked who they are, his reply is simple: "The board of Barclays Bank, the Bank of England and the government of the UK."

I have just had to go to Mitcham Rd, Tooting, and walking back towards Tooting Broadway, I could not help but notice the filth and muck on the streets, do not seem to have been cleaned for YEARS!!. Has Mr Bean wasted all the street budget on his vanity projects??

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12198203/Women-Love-star-Glenda-Jackson-dead-87-Former-Labour-MP-passes-away.html

Police are keeping an open mind on the circumstances of the deaths of three people today in Nottingham

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-65893694.amp

Former President Trump has said many times :-

"I've done nothing wrong, nothing, it's a witch-hunt, because there's nothing that I have done that's wrong. Nothing at all."

So why are so many of his competing electoral candidates offering to pardon him if they get the top job?

Does this mean they believe he really has done something wrong?

As Trump now has 37 charges against him,including mishandling classified documents,surely he can't still run for President? Apparently he can . There are no laws stopping even a convicted or imprisoned felon from becoming President. Indeed, he wouldn't be the first to run a campaign from behind bars. Would he have the audacity to do so? Think we all know the answer to that! 2024 elections look very interesting

It’s Father’s Day this Sunday and I saw an amazing offer in a shop today.

Father’s Day cards £1.50 each or three for £3

What am I going to do with the extra cards 😳