Look out for the Buck moon tonight
https://inews.co.uk/news/science/july-2022-full-moon-tonight-when-buck-supermoon-1739690
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Look out for the Buck moon tonight
https://inews.co.uk/news/science/july-2022-full-moon-tonight-when-buck-supermoon-1739690
First public parole hearing
https://news.sky.com/story/charles-bronson-britains-most-notorious-prisoner-sends-voice-note-to-sky-news-after-begging-for-free-pardon-12650976
Conservative Party leadership race - the initial ballot results
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/jul/13/conservative-leadership-race-penny-mordaunt-rishi-sunak-liz-truss-uk-politics-latest-live?page=with:block-62cecb228f0813fe76dde0cf
So the new Chancellor of the Exchequer is unsurprisingly out of the running, along with Jeremy Hunt.
Covid deaths top 200,000 in the UK
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/covid-death-toll-uk-today-b2122034.html
I sent in meter readings as usual over a week ago but still haven't had an energy bill.
Perhaps the prospect of this meeting and what was agreed about showing how direct debits are calculated etc has made my provider (Shell Energy) focus harder on revising how they work out the incomprehensible bills that they've been sending me this year.
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2022/07/energy-suppliers-commit-to-offer-more-help-for-consumers-this-wi/
Predict The Score - Netherlands v Portugal
This is the later of todays matches. Earlier Sweden and Switzerland are playing. Portugal didn't qualify for these Euros but as the best placed non-qualifiers they were chosen to take the place of the banned Russia team. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm for the 8pm kick off
Good luck
Revealed: Full list of BBC on-air stars earning over £150,000 - with Gary Lineker, Zoe Ball and Alan Shearer in the lead
Here is a full list of BBC on-air salaries for 2021/22 above £150,000, as published in the BBC annual report.
The list is ranked by salary band, starting with the highest.
The equivalent salary band for 2020/21 is shown in brackets, with a description of the year-on-year change.
1 Gary Lineker £1,350,000-1,354,999 (down from £1,360,000-£1,364,999)
2 Zoe Ball £980,000-£984,999 (down from £1,130,000-£1,134,999)
3 Alan Shearer £450,000-£454,999 (up from £390,000-£394,999)
= Steve Wright £450,000-£454,999 (down from £465,000-£469,999)
5 Stephen Nolan £415,000-£419,999 (up from £405,000-£409,999)
6 Fiona Bruce £410,000-£414,999 (up from £405,000-£409,999)
= Huw Edwards £410,000-£414,999 (down from £425,000-£429,999)
8 Vanessa Feltz £400,000-£404,999 (up from £390,000-£394,999)
= Scott Mills £400,000-£404,999 (up from £375,000-£379,999)
10 Greg James £390,000-£394,999 (up from £310,000-£314,999)
11 Ken Bruce £385,000-£389,999 (up from £365,000-£369,999)
12 Lauren Laverne £380,000-£384,999 (down from £395,000-£399,999)
13 Naga Munchetty £365,000-£369,999 (up from £255,000-£259,999)
14 George Alagiah £325,000-£329,999 (no change)
= Emily Maitlis £325,000-£329,999 (no change)
= Amol Rajan £325,000-£329,999 (up from £240,000-£244,999)
17 Sophie Raworth £305,000-£309,999 (up from £280,000-£284,999)
18 Nicky Campbell £295,000-£299,999 (no change)
19 Jeremy Vine £290,000-£294,999 (down from £295,000-£299,999)
20 Jason Mohammad £285,000-£289,999 (up from £270,000-£274,999)
21 Sara Cox £275,000-£279,999 (up from £270,000-£274,999)
= Mishal Husain £275,000-£279,999 (no change)
23 Evan Davis £270,000-£274,999 (no change)
= Nick Robinson £270,000-£274,999 (no change)
25 Andrew Marr £265,000-£269,999 (down from £335,000-£339,999)
= Jo Whiley £265,000-£269,999 (down from £275,000-£279,999)
27 Laura Kuenssberg £260,000-£264,999 (no change)
28 Martha Kearney £255,000-£259,999 (up from £250,000-£254,999)
= Clive Myrie £255,000-£259,999 (up from £205,000-£209,999)
= Justin Webb £255,000-£259,999 (no change)
31 Mark Chapman £250,000-£254,999 (no change)
32 Sarah Montague £245,000-£249,999 (no change)
= Kirsty Wark £245,000-£249,999 (up from £210,000-£214,999)
34 Victoria Derbyshire £240,000-£244,999 (up from £170,000-£174,999)
= Faisal Islam £240,000-£244,999 (up from £205,000-£209,999)
36 Jeremy Bowen £230,000-£234,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
37 Jon Sopel £225,000-£229,999 (down from £230,000-£234,999)
= Michael Vaughan £225,000-£229,999 (up from £175,000-£179,999)
39 Jermaine Jenas £220,000-£224,999 (up from £195,000-£199,999)
= Dan Walker £220,000-£224,999 (down from £295,000-£299,999)
41 Katya Adler £215,000-£219,999 (down from £220,000-£224,999)
= Emma Barnett £215,000-£219,999 (down from £240,000-£244,999)
= Mary Berry £215,000-£219,999 (no change)
44 Fergal Keane £210,000-£214,999 (up from £205,000-£209,999)
= Trevor Nelson £210,000-£214,999 (down from £230,000-£234,999)
46 Clare Balding £205,000-£209,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
= Simon Jack £205,000-£209,999 (up from £190,000-£194,999)
48 Reeta Chakrabarti £200,000-£204,999 (up from £175,000-£179,999)
= Gabby Logan £200,000-£204,999 (up from £165,000-£169,999)
= Micah Richards £200,000-£204,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
= Louis Theroux £200,000-£204,999 (no change)
52 Alex Scott £195,000-£199,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
53 Mark Easton £190,000-£194,999 (no change)
= Sarah Smith £190,000-£194,999 (up from £185,000-£189,999)
= Charlie Stayt £190,000-£194,999 (no change)
56 Sue Barker £185,000-£189,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
57 Rachel Burden £180,000-£184,999 (down from £205,000-£209,999)
= John McEnroe £180,000-£184,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
59 Jonathan Agnew £175,000-£179,999 (no change)
= Stephen Sackur £175,000-£179,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
61 Ben Brown £170,000-£174,999 (no change)
62 Harpreet Bhullar £160,000-£164,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
= Orla Guerin £160,000-£164,999 (no change)
= Colin Murray £160,000-£164,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
65 Clara Amfo £155,000-£159,999 (down from £165,000-£169,999)
= Joanna Gosling £155,000-£159,999 (no change)
= Isa Guha £155,000-£159,999 (up from £150,000-£154,999)
= Chris Sutton £155,000-£159,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
= Claudia Winkleman £155,000-£159,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
70 Nihal Arthanayake £150,000-£154,999 (no change)
= Lyse Doucet £150,000-£154,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
= Steve Lamacq £150,000-£154,999 (down from £155,000-£159,999)
= Tony Livesey £150,000-£154,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
= Carolyn Quinn £150,00
Predict The Score - Germany v Spain
This is the latter of today's matches in the Women's Euros. Finland are playing Denmark earlier in the day. Spain were one of the pre-tournament favourites but their star striker got injured in the training session before their first match. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm for the 8pm kick off.
Good luck
Very upsetting and one is already free (Edited)
Mother and partner jailed for neglect after her daughter, two ...https://www.dailymail.co.uk › news › article-11002775
Unbelievable that a nurse pushed away a toddler as she didn't want to get dirty by letting her near. She should have lost her job, no excuses.
Sir Mo reveals the truth (Edited)
Known to us as Sir Mo Farah he now reveals the truth
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul/11/sir-mo-farah-i-was-brought-into-the-uk-illegally-using-another-childs-name?CMP=twt_gu
Glyphosate found in 80% of US urine samples
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/09/weedkiller-glyphosate-cdc-study-urine-samples?CMP=share_btn_tw
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/11/tory-leadership-race-nadhim-zahawi-joins-liz-truss-in-pledging-tax-cuts
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Let's have a lovely week despite all of the worries and problems this world is going through ❤
Apparently the over population of squirrels is causing no end of trouble so they are to be given contraceptive pills!!! According to Breakfast tele (which I didn't see) but Husband did.
Guess what popular beach pastime could land you £130 fine
In Spain.
https://www.gbnews.uk/news/brit-holidaymakers-warning-as-little-known-beach-rule-could-see-you-fined-130/335794
Predict The Score - England v Norway
This is the match that could decide who finishes 1st and 2nd in the group. Northern Ireland play Austria in the earlier match. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm for the 8pm kick off.
Good luck
11th July World Population day
Rises caused mainly by people living longer. More people over 100 then ever before.
https://www.un.org/en/observances/world-population-day
With the news being taken over by politics you may have missed this
https://news.sky.com/story/woman-27-stabbed-in-the-back-by-cyclist-in-east-london-near-to-where-zara-aleena-was-killed-12649720
Christian mechanic sentenced to death
There has been a rise in blasphemy arrests
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10994767/Christian-mechanic-sentenced-death-blasphemy-Pakistan-argued-customer.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tanyamohn/2022/04/30/free-bikes-for-ukrainian-refugees/?sh=680bcb6c45fb
This isn’t just happening there. There are schemes in the UK too
Just watched the Men`s final, great game I think Djokovic had a great winning game, any other thoughts ?
Reading in the paper last week about the price of Lurpak now being £9 in some supermarkets. Thats for the 1 kg pack. One supermarket is even putting security tags on the tubs.
Anyway reading the article it was revealed that Lurpak is not 100% butter. It contains 28% rapeseed oil. I was shocked.
The only real butters are Anchor and Countrylife.
Predict The Score - France v Italy
This is the latter of two matches in the Women's Euros today. The earlier one is Belgium v Iceland. France's standout player is Wendie Renard. She appear to be about a foot taller than any other player. She wins headers just by standing in the right place. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm for the 8pm kick off
Good luck
Community advocate receives vile letter from DVLA
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gym-owner-traumatised-after-dvla-27431919
How could the DVLA have sent this out without checking
When the French mime artist Marcel Marceau died, on the radio, out of respect they had two minutes noise . 😂
Amazing young lady (Edited)
Amelie Osborne Smith was attacked by a crocodile whilst on a gap year but returned to the area to see a school she funded.
This is the original story about the start of the fundraising
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-60667251
Judge unable to imprison poacher
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/08/poacher-who-took-60k-of-salmon-and-trout-from-welsh-river-walks-free
Sat Jul 9, 11:59 PM 2 min 21° 21° above SE 10° above E Facebook Twitter
Sun Jul 10, 1:32 AM 6 min 63° 14° above WSW 10° above E Facebook Twitter
Sun Jul 10, 3:08 AM 7 min 72° 10° above W 10° above ESE Facebook Twitter
Sun Jul 10, 11:11 PM 1 min 15° 15° above ESE 10° above ESE Facebook Twitter
Mon Jul 11, 12:44 AM 6 min 51° 16° above SW 10° above E Facebook Twitter
Wimbledon could have a Russian champion (Edited)
Wimbledon organisers are thought to be absolutely livid that Russian tennis player Elena Rybakina has circumvented the ban on Russian players by switching allegiance to Kazakhstan shortly before the tournament.
She was born in Moscow and lives there so no doubting she is Russian.
As for the final itself, I think the other finalist, Ons Jabeur, will be the favourite.
Could be the first African, ethnically Arab, Tunisian winner. Or the first (not really) Kazakh winner.
But as I've said before tennis players represent themselves, not their countries. There should never have been a ban.
I think Rybakina will win
Predict The Score - Netherlands v Sweden
This is the latter of todays matches in the Women's Euros. Earlier Portugal and Switzerland will be playing. Netherlands are defending champions. But they did have home advantage back in 2017. They were coached by the woman who is now England manager, Sabrina Wiegman. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm for 8pm kick off.
Good luck
A political post part 2 (Edited)
As 1st one is running exceptionally slowly
I hope that Clive will now close it so we can continue on this new thread
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/carrie-johnson-chequers-prime-minister-boris-johnson-buckinghamshire-b2118688.html
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Appeal for any further information
This man had been working with young and vulnerable young people for over 20 years
https://www.sussex.police.uk/news/sussex/news/court-results/crowborough-man-sentenced-for-child-sex-offences/
Although he has been sentenced any further information will be gratefully received by police regarding other possible offences
Anti Net Zero Campaigners Funded by Oil Investors
In a recently closed thread, someone said they had read that global warming was mainly due to natural causes and not human activity. Perhaps the article was written by the Global Warming Policy Foundation AKA Net Zero Watch.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/global-warming-policy-foundation-net-zero-watch-koch-brothers/
Ringo (Edited)
With everything that happened yesterday Ringo Starr’s 82nd birthday was almost ovelooked
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMNy1AVg2/?k=1
Nadal pulls out (Edited)
What an awful shame Rafa has had to stand down due to a tear in his abdomen. Shame he didn’t do it during the last match though. It has let his next opponent go through without a fight
Predict The Score - Germany v Denmark
This is the later of two matches being played today. The other was Spain v Finland. The match is being played at Brentford. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm for an 8pm kick-off.
Good luck
Baby P's mum freed after 7 years
The mum who killed Baby P has been freed today after the parole board decided she wasn't a threat,even though Dominic Raab argued it was wrong to let a violent killer out so soon.
7 years for horrifically torturing and killing your son is a joke. People get longer for robberies.
Now we will be financing her to live in a bail hostel and then a home while she lives the life her baby will never get to have .
Sowing annuals can be harmful to the ecosystem
https://www.countryside-jobs.com/article/2020-07-24-the-increase-in-road-verge-wilding-and-the-role-of-native-flora?fbclid=IwAR1tWucpRkDi3UJSNTEbYdTaJMBgy-uUFmjph3F2yacjqGvCIlJYmJEqc7I
If you didn't realise that beekeeping doesn't help 'save the bees', and is actually contributing to the collapse of our wild bee species, please read this.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/24/this-only-saves-honeybees-the-trouble-with-britains-beekeeping-boom-aoe
I posted this in Save the Planet, but this is a mainstream subject that affects us all.
If we switched to renewable energy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall by 40% because they're just carrying fossil fuels.
https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/the-happiest-number-ive-heard-in
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/why-whiskas-cat-food-has-disappeared-from-tescos-shelves/ar-AAZjJ8A?ocid=msedgntphdr
The secret lives of toads in trees
https://www.froglife.org/2022/07/07/the-secret-lives-of-toads-in-trees/
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/the-delicious-irony-of-boris-johnson-s-downfall/ar-AAZkkIE?ocid=msedgntphdr&cvid=df7b50ab7253479ca5317fc3033f1bac
1.Katie Price
2.Simon Cowell
3. Alan Titchmarsh
4. Anne Robinson
5.The Dulux dog
6.Steve Davis
7.The opera bloke from the Go compare advert
Is Scooploop dying ? (Edited)
It is for me, there are so many posts I have had to stop following lately there seems little point in being part of it.
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Maybe some of will be moving home and will need to decorate but not with this skilfully made cake
So calm down folks and enjoy this lovely eh… possibly sunny day .. maybe later
Some music to calm the mind
https://youtu.be/xMaE6toi4mk