Just announced but not unexpected

🥲🥲

https://helpfulhousemates.co.uk/

Now that there is a change in the deals I find that I would pay £58 per month less on variable rate than on the fixed deal I signed up for in June.
The exit fees are £150 for gas and electricity so £300 to get out of the contract.

He said as the majority have built up immunity from probably having it without knowing, and the very low chance of having it seriously, an annual Covid booster would be a waste of taxpayers money.
The reason Moderna and Pfizer are pushing for annual boosters is purely for profitable financial gain. AstraZeneca distrubuted their vaccine on a not for profit basis.

Covid is nothng more than a cold.

https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/astrazeneca-ceo-soriot-says-covid-booster-shots-are-not-good-use-taxpayer-money

On 26th August I returned an item to an Amazon seller, it was on 48 hour track and trace.
It has been at Warrington MC since 28th August but still not delivered to seller, so therfore still no refund.
Who claims - me or the seller ?

Action Fraud is warning the public about a sharp rise in reports relating to fake emails purporting to be from Ofgem, the independent energy regulator for Great Britain. The emails claim that the recipient is due a rebate payment as part of a government scheme and provides links for the recipient to follow in order to apply for the rebate. The links in the emails lead to malicious websites designed to steal personal and financial information.

Between Monday 22nd August 2022 and Monday 5th September 2022, a total of 1,567 phishing emails related to this scam have been reported via the Suspicious Email Reporting Service (SERS). All the emails display the email subject header “Claim your bill rebate now”. Offenders are using the Ofgem brand logo and colours to make the emails look as authentic as possible. However, the emails ask recipients to “apply for an energy bill rebate before September 2020”, which is what prompted many recipients to realise the emails weren’t genuine.

You can view examples of the fake emails in our social media posts on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.


How you can protect yourself and others


If you have any doubts about a message, contact the organisation directly. Don’t use the numbers or address in the message – use the details from their official website. Remember, your bank (or any other official source) will never ask you to supply personal information via email.


If you have received an email which you’re not quite sure about, forward it to report@phishing.gov.uk. Send us emails that feel suspicious, even if you're not certain they're a scam - we can check.

https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/06/trick-emerges-on-how-to-dodge-off-peak-price-hike-to-heathrow-airport-17305980/

In the Romford Recorder - Sadiq Khan is saying Millions of Commuters could suffer Fare Rises and Service cuts despite an agreement over TFL Funding Package. It is by time he went.

I noticed in the Romford Recorder that the Met Police has extended the Bail of a Conservative MP arrested Earlier this Year. He will remain on Bail until an unspecified date in November.

I heard this story on the radio today. I hope the man gets an award for what he did to save the other man

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/man-car-saved-motorway-john-barlow-b2160638.html

https://twitter.com/CatHobbs/status/1509841981836517385

Who remembers Duggie an old fashioned comedian

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/aug/18/duggie-brown-obituary

"Theresa May has earned £715,000 from making nine speeches in 2022 so far".

Any guesses what she talks about and who pays £80,000 a go to listen to her?

If anyone sees a Christmas advert for them which is in a shopping mall then it is probably The Glades in Bromley. They were filming at one end outside Boots.

If you are willing to help members with their non-technical queries, please join the loop. Many members have left SL, or are no longer active, and, unfortunately, this includes knowledgeable members. Thank you: https://bit.ly/3er5WCd

. . . leaving tens of thousands in fines owed to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for breaches of data law unpaid. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/03/leave-eu-liquidation-brexit-arron-banks

Has anyone had any treatment or knows of someone?

https://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/product-recalls/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Electrical%20Product%20Recalls%20August%202022&utm_content=New%20Electrical%20Product%20Recalls%20August%202022+CID_6d8e714968560975f0320b9d62ee0572&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=here

Katie Price shares a video clip of her son Harvey coming down a waterslide on holiday. Then is slammed on twitter for being cruel.
Someone tell me why because I can't see what's wrong with it.

https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/celebrity-news/katie-price-furiously-slammed-after-27883146.amp

Not one offer from any Scooploop member of a kind and suitable home for my rescued kitties! Not one offer of fostering or rehoming!!! I go to fosterers in other counties as too few local ones.However most grateful for the few donations collected by Suzy P. More unwanted and abandoned cats than ever and i hate to refuse to help those in need. It has taken over my life the last 15 years+ and not for the best. Long Covid is still preventing me from doing fund raising car boot sales and reduces my ability to get on with daily life to various degrees as some days are spent mostly in bed and others i can slowly get on with the too many tasks involved with rescuing cats. Fuel is a big and unavoidable expense.
Most people prefer kittens to cats forgetting they are not kittens for very long and that they can last 15/20 years. Also most kittens should be rehomed in pairs.
Once again thank you to the few of you who help me help cats in need.
Suzy P kindly collects donations from £1 a month.
No more heating or electricity in my garden cat room due to costs sadly. In the house electricity use is kept to the strict minimum, in fact ridiculous minimum…
I have an Amazon list ready which i am attempting to make Scooploop members aware of.
All the best to you all

Sad news that Bill Turnbull
at just 66 has succumbed to his cancer

https://twitter.com/LiveFromBrexit/status/1564284027758149635 Mind-blowing not in a good way.

Just had a falling out with my so called best mate on the phone.
Tomorrow we both go to the same social club and now I am wondering if I shouldn't go because it could be awkward for the others there

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Princess Diana’s untimely death in Paris

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11158551/Notting-Hill-Carnival-Met-Police-say-stabbings-incidents-violence-broke-out.html

https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/uk_public_transport_11/?tfLKjlb&v=502374218&cl=19719623099&_checksum=739809b4a03d9596b9f9bf63591c66fcb41bd8ac36eabc67812b0835b339fb0d

This happened last weekend at the Cardiff Pride march. A lesbian group called Get The L Out, were made to leave the parade by police, because the Trans group didn't want them there.

This is so wrong, and shows that LGBT+ is now anti-gay and only for the T and the other letters that follow.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/world-s-most-useless-cat-brings-mouse-in-to-share-food-with-it/ar-AA11gZWR?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=0347274293234fb88de1c9760903a5a9

Just before the long weekend, the government released its plan to reduce sewage pollution, and we were dismayed that they had not revised their targets for water companies. This means that we’ll still be living with sewage pollution for far too long.
We told government that the draft of the plan was too little, too late. We wanted to see more in the plan that helped to deal with the problems of storm water. They have listened to us and improved some parts of the plan - so THANK YOU for your support. Here’s a quick explainer to see what’s good, bad and ugly.
First, the bad:
Government has only set targets for water companies – yet developers, highways and local authorities are all part of the problem upstream. We wanted to see targets for the root causes of too much storm water in our sewers. And the targets are too far in the future – only half of all overflows will be improved by 2040; we wanted to see all of them dealt with by this date. 85% of the thousands of people who responded let the government know this is too late, but their opinions were not heeded.
But there is good:
The targets do prioritise important ecological sites and will improve 75% of those by 2035. Plus, spills near all bathing waters must meet standards by that date. We would like to see much faster action, but at least sites important for nature and people are the front runners.
The revised version of the plan responds to our ask for more detail on what government will do to fix up the whole drainage system. There are commitments to support more nature based solutions and next steps for government to bring in better regulations.
And the ugly:
The plan doesn’t cost all the fixes needed, but it does talk about costs being passed on to consumers. We need to be vigilant and make sure that they hold water company bosses to account, as they have promised to do, and make sure that we see investment in infrastructure put before big bonuses.
There is also confusion about whether the plan ‘legalises’ existing spills. The devil is always in the detail, but the plan says that water companies must still obey their permits, and most of those don’t have the absolute limit of 10 per year that will now be implemented.
From The Rivers Trust.

Well here we go again, Covid for second time and I have to say I feel a lot worse than I did the first time! Covid sucks people stay safe xx

Just had a new member join my open group from Mass. USA and wanted to place a post entirely in Arabic - naturally I deleted it and removed them as members. First time I've seen anyone trying to post in a foreign language.

BBC 1 tonight 6.30

“In an era where everything is a crisis, then nothing really is one.

“How many overhyped panics do we expect Americans to endure before reaching the rational conclusion that the news media, their politically addicted peers, and institutional leaders have lost all perspective?
The boy who cried wolf is clogging your Facebook feed with global warming or vaccine memes and hollering about murderous hornets..."

Do you think our hourly diet of anxiety finds a crisis where there isn't one?

Hope it plays...it's awful.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/woman-fights-off-fox-after-it-attacks-her-in-her-own-garden/vi-AA1151P1?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=14833e06eddc85a7ef8526baa8fab199&category=foryou

In contrast to the current floods in Pakistan ...
https://www.grid.news/story/climate/2022/07/25/the-colorado-river-drought-is-the-first-climate-disaster-the-us-legally-has-to-deal-with/

We could be close to a terrifying nuclear catastrophe.

Russian invaders shelled a massive power plant housing six nuclear reactors in Ukraine – and the fighting’s getting more intense.

Rockets are exploding around the reactor compound, and one mistake could lead to nuclear disaster – with mass sickness, death, displacement and environmental devastation.

But here’s the really crazy thing. Bombing a nuclear plant isn’t explicitly banned under international law! But right now, we have a chance to win a crucial decision that would move us a step closer to a new global law to stop military attacks on all nuclear reactors worldwide.

Top nuclear negotiators are deciding this week, and insiders say a massive citizens’ demand for action could help push it over the line. Add your name now, and when this is huge, our call will be delivered straight to the negotiation table in New York:
Join the global call now!
Experts say a decision like this will pile on pressure for a stop to fighting between Russia and Ukraine at the nuclear site, and help stop attacks on other nuclear sites around the world.

UN nuclear negotiators are meeting right now to discuss the crisis, and could take this crucial step, while demanding that Russian troops pull back from the plant in Ukraine, and ensuring that independent experts can assess the damage.

But to do so, they’ll need to be bold. And massive public support can help. So join this call for sanity now, and we’ll hand-deliver it to the heart of the UN nuclear talks, before it’s too late.
Join the global call now!
Avaaz has stood against nuclear insanity time and time again. More than a million of us joined with the Dalai Lama, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, and others to oppose nuclear war. With rockets and shells pounding the nuclear compound, the threat of disaster is higher than it’s been for decades. Let’s do all we can to stop it, while we still can.

With hope and determination,

Nate, Nax, Luis, Aloys, Bieta, Laura and the whole Avaaz team
More information:
Physicians call for a ban on military attacks on nuclear installations (IPPNW)
Video analysis reveals Russian attack on Ukrainian nuclear plant veered near disaster (NPR)
Rocket attacks at Zaporizhzhia power plant raise fears of ‘nuclear catastrophe’ (Washington Post)
Ukraine: UN chief appeals for end to military activities at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant (United Nations)

https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/un_ban_attacks_loc_rb/?tfLKjlb&v=502402573&cl=19704660395&_checksum=930226481771d620616bc7dac1b9cb049b140e47bb1a6ab4ede8fc35765713a2

Floods across the world

https://floodlist.com/

After watching a weather report on BBC1
this morning I looked up the many places that have been devastated by floods including India, Pakistan and Australia

Heard it mentioned on TV and copied from Wikipedia

In September 2019, allegations were made of Bailey falling asleep during a meeting between campaigners acting on behalf of the British Steel Pension Scheme and the FCA, to take faster action to protect those affected by what would become one of the UK's biggest pension miss-selling scandals. A subsequent National Audit Office probe into the case concluded that members of the pension scheme suffered significant financial losses because FCA registered firms tailed to protect them. This led to parliamentarians commenting that the FCA was asleep at the wheel.[7]

In March 2020 the Treasury select committee criticised the performance of the Financial Conduct Authority. The committee said it would monitor closely the culture, operations and transparency of the FCA. This followed damning criticisms of the watchdog by consumer and industry groups during Bailey’s tenure as its chief executive.[8]

Have a look at this:

https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/sewage-open-postcard

Use the link below to join me and add your name today:

https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/sewage-open-postcard

I'm not sure if this is the right group to post this, but I think that good service should be publicised.
A few years ago I posted a message asking where I could get a custom belt case made for my mobile phones.
I need to carry two phones (work and personal) and I couldn't find a suitable ready made case.
Someone suggested Crispin Bending who made me a case which I used for several years.
Then the zip died, and as my work phone had been replaced by one a bit bigger it was a tight squeeze to fit it into the old case.
So I wanted a new custom case slightly bigger than the old one.
I tried to contact Crispin but he was temporarily closed while he moved workshops.
His website gave a link to Henry Tomkins Leather, so I contacted Henry.
He made me an excellent custom leather belt case with space for two phones plus a small zipped pocket inside to carry a few odds and ends.
He did a very good job and I'm very pleased with the result.
He also repaired the zip on the old case.
He completed the work quickly and his prices are very reasonable.
I would recommend him for any custom leather work you may need.

Henry Tomkins Leather
Nizhoni
Halsfordwood Lane
Nadderwater
Exeter.
EX4 2LD
+44(0)1392 496620

henry@htleather.co.uk
htleather.co.uk
facebook.com/htleather

Stacey announces her pregnancy

Good news for a change 😄

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11149155/amp/Stacey-Dooley-pregnant-expecting-baby-Kevin-Clifton.html

48,000 people die of Sepsis every year in the UK

A catastrophe that, still, many people are not aware of . Apologies for length of attachment but the contents are important

Follow this brave lady on TikTok as she raises awareness

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMNvSJGtL/

Do you know the symptoms

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-62466806

Vote here.
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/tree-of-the-year/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TOTY2022&utm_content=shortlist

I recently agreed to a fixed deal at £186 per month from my previous standard tariff.
Now they say they want £242 per month as the £186 was not a fixed price but a fixed tariff rate.
I wonder how many other people have been lured into this situation.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62666221

Cadburys are giving away a free Wispa Gold Salted Caramel bar
https://www.savethestudent.org/student-deals/food-and-drink/free-wispa-gold-salted-caramel-bar.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62646695.amp

Eilish has asked me to put this in the main groups

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMNWnXtb5/