So the media story as attached mentions that Andy Burnham could replace Keir Starmer. Is a mayor who is not an MP allowed to do that then 😂 or am I confused

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1956703/keir-starmer-could-be-replaced-odds/amp

https://news.sky.com/story/lancashire-police-apologises-for-putting-down-familys-pet-xl-bully-dog-by-mistake-13228102

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/amp/stranded-ship-with-explosive-cargo-poses-no-threat-owners-313950/

Statement to public inquiry reveals that investigation is underway over allegations that a senior Post Office executive instructed staff to destroy evidence

The Post Office is investigating allegations that a senior executive instructed staff to destroy or conceal documents that could be of interest to the Post Office scandal public inquiry.


https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612666/Post-Office-senior-executive-suspended-over-allegations-of-destroying-evidence

1 in 4 children leave primary school without basic literary skills.

Half the UK prison population are illiterate.

Might this country benefit from more investment in our schools, rather than supporting low standard universities?

No pun intended

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vp7wdnpz8o

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy437gnp28zo.amp

And why it has failed miserably despite the ludicrous aspirations of its Administrator?
The bold heading "Have Your Say" Is completely Inaccurate and should be removed.
It is no more than an echo chamber of one view and opinion, all singing from the same song sheet, not a discussion group at all.
With very few members participating it is an extremely boring construct shown by how few members comment on the posts.
It has become no more than a bolt hole for those few members to gossip and talk about other members behind their backs.
Not only should the heading "Have Your Say" be removed but also the incompetent and useless administrator. You only have to look at the difference between the politics group and anything to see how much the posts on their generate and the difference between the experienced and none biased Clive and the out of his depth Brian. It was bad enough with Alan but now it has hit rock bottom and can not be saved. About time it was put out of its misery.

https://fb.watch/u-RROK79oN/?fs=e&s=aEkTS0

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/01/paul-and-jack-were-murdered-by-their-abusive-father-why-had-the-family-courts-granted-him-contact This is enraging. Why do the authorities not listen to the mothers and children? There may be a few mothers who are making false claims either for revenge on partners who have simply left or they just don’t want to see them in connection with child contact, but I think this is probably very rare. Male violence against women sadly isn’t.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g4jg0gn4do

The debate is taking place at the CBS Broadcast Centre in New York City and is set to start at 9pm (local time) on Tuesday, which is 2am (BST) on Wednesday in the UK.

In the UK, the BBC will also show the debate live on the BBC News Channel, BBC One, iPlayer, BBC News website and app.

https://www.itv.com/news/2024-10-03/bill-brought-forward-to-legalise-assisted-dying

A woman who lay dead in her flat for three
years wrote "I'm starving" and "I can't
believe I'm surviving this long" in calendar
and diary entries prior to her death, an
inquest has heard.

https://metro.co.uk/2024/10/03/woman-lay-dead-flat-three-years-wrote-im-starving-diary-21730346/?ico=metro-posts_article_whats-trending-now

What a waste!

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/union-objection-windscreen-wipers-held-154101009.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/lord-alli-labour-starmer-investigation-b2622664.html

A former President of the US, the first ever to make it to 100 years old

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyldnlrnxdo.amp

https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/poor-customer-service-cost-energy-and-broadband-customers-298-million-last-year-aNOTq0n4itHK

A man who was jailed in 2014 for overstaying his visa, forging a right to work document and claiming £50k in benefits was given a job processing universal credit claims.
He said he did nothing wrong as the DBS said he didn't have to declare anything older than 5 years.
This isn't always true. If a conviction leads to a jail sentence it should show up on a DBS no matter how long ago.The fact that he didn't declare it shouldn't have stopped the police from including it, so the fact it came back clear is worrying!
He has now been dismissed for a reason unrelated to this apparently

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3vkdy997rko

Tomorrow evening, the men who will be a heart-beat from being President of the USA after the November election will be in public debate.

Will you watch, are you at all interested?

Supporters of this old imbecile should go and have their head examined.
Nothing more than a Hitler syndrome.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/donald-trump-repeats-claim-kamala-harris-is-mentally-disabled-despite-republicans-warnings/ar-AA1rqFNx?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=7de5f1eee3144b6b983bd0c04a3043d6&ei=22

..now I know it`s a scam because it`s for a parking fine and I don`t drive/don`t own a car but a friend said it needs reporting because sometimes such things can be the start of ID theft. But who do you report it to? and is she right anyway?
What do you lot think?

Nights are dark enough for lighting at 7.30 pm now and its much cooler.
I put the heating on for 1-2 hours yesterday and have it on now for a short time.

This paves the way for nurses strikes...they rejected a 5.5% offer,hardly surprising when the doctors got 22% and train drivers a deal that worked out approx 15%.
More money to pay out if an agreement reached?

Reality starting to dawn?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04pe3653k7o

The payments regulator has just slashed the new mandatory reimbursement limit for fraud victims that would have forced banks to provide better protections.

In a disgraceful move, the regulator has dramatically watered down vital new rules for firms to reimburse scam victims - slashing the limit from a proposed £415,000 to just £85,000. This comes just weeks before the new safeguards were due to come into effect.

It is outrageous that the regulator is siding with fraud enablers in the payments industry at the expense of scam victims. This is a complete betrayal of scam victims and caves to months of lobbying from firms that refuse to take fraud seriously. Victims of high-value fraud, including house purchases, stand to have their lives destroyed by this screeching U-turn.

Our director of policy and advocacy Rocio Concha, said:

‘This decision puts all of us at greater risk of being targeted by criminals because it reduces the incentives for banks and payments firms to take fraud prevention seriously.’

Is this fair?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13877611/English-speaking-NHS-Hospital-translator.html

In today's I paper there's an article about gambling adverts during televised football matches. The match with the most was West Ham v Aston Villa. They claim there were 6,491 logos or adverts during the match which equates to 30 per minute.
How are they creating those figures because when the match is being played the most gambling logos you can see is three. One on the Villa shirts, one on the West Ham shirts, and one on the hoardings. Or did someone pause the tv every minute and count each individual player visible facing the camera.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/national/24613109.gambling-ads-premier-league-opening-weekend-nearly-triple-study-shows/

As my local groups are dormant, I thought I’d post this item here. If anyone in this group lives in Havering, Redbridge or Barking and Dagenham and a smoker/ex smoker you will be able to get a CT scan to check lung condition. People aged between 55-74 will receive letters inviting them to take part in the programme. Details below.
https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/news-events/targeted-lung-health-check-programme-offering-free-lung-checks-to-residents-in-havering-13121/

What a ridiculous excuse.

https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-final-day-of-labour-conference-to-focus-on-health-as-pm-prepares-to-make-un-debut-12593360

We'll settle it tomorrow.
Lunch with Putin, great guy, in his special diner on top floor of Kremlin Towers, great views from all the windows...

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An interesting piece, if you're a regular rice-eater https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/sep/25/health-rice-variety-diabetes-heart-disease-scientific-research-irri-philippines-acc

Rather than spending time ridiculing an unfortunate error and laughing/making childish memes etc can the sensible members remember , think of and sign the petition to release the hostages still in the custody of Hamas. You can opt out of receiving further contact from the organisation

https://actnow.ajc.org/gVEmwfl?c_src=wb_-_20240927_WhatisKnownAboutIsraeliHostagesTakenbyHamas

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1954324/uk-embassy-moscow-protest-vladimir-putin-keir-starmer

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/donald-trump-opens-up-a-big-10-point-lead-in-election-model/ss-AA1rf6Us?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=5bceb189fe0a4c13aef72d37b9701fa6&ei=10

Starmer has been dealt another blow after Labour members at the party’s conference voted in favour of a motion calling for ministers to reverse their cut to the winter fuel allowance.

A motion put forward by Unite at the party’s conference in Liverpool has been overwhelmingly backed by members, which will cause further blushes for Sir Keir.

While there is nothing binding about the vote, it puts further pressure on the Labour leadership over its controversial decision to remove the benefit.

The motion passed by a show of hands on what is the last day of the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy43kkw7pn2o

This is great news for people who don't like needles😱
https://www.everydayhealth.com/lung-respiratory/flu-vaccine-for-home-use-gets-fda-approval/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pushnotification&utm_campaign=ehnetwork-everydayhealth-push-5467273

Do you know any , did you believe something for years and then find out it wasn’t true ?

“Cow tipping is the purported activity of sneaking up on any unsuspecting or sleeping upright cow and pushing it over for entertainment supposedly popular in rural farming communities” honest 😂

Who would have guessed that Naomi Campbell is not particularly devoted to charitable causes? https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2024/sep/26/naomi-campbell-banned-from-being-charity-trustee

Documentary and factual account of the event that started the devastating attack that happened in Israel on 7th October 2023

9pm today

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy94d2zy1rqo.amp

Has very likely changed my life big time…
Never ending as not one day without being asked for the impossible. To help more in need of help by private individuals and other rescues.
Like other rescues I lack more space, more money and more time. I learnt a lot during those 25 years about cats and about people. I always made myself busy reading much about nutrition for pets and finding out the outcome of poor quality food. I experimented with various cat food over the years and also water of different ph . I encountered some amazing kind people the last 25 years some I remained friend with. But of course also some not so kind people i felt sorry for. I always feel sorry for people who abuse others, as no doubt they would be happier if they were kind!
Sadly ongoing Long Covid has slowed me down and often made me feel as if 100 years old the last few years.
Rarely reporting on my cat rescue activities as i need to use my time to get on with helping kitties and no time for chit chat! Also at long last moving on useless possessions into skip after skip.
Some of the cats are on waiting lists of rescues that offer vast and safe outdoor space without any neighbours…
Thanks again to those of you who have helped me help kitties in need in different ways.
Do not take on kitties unless you can offer them a kind forever home please or foster as long as you intend to return the cat!

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/anthony-joshua-defeated-by-daniel-dubois-in-ibf-world-heavyweight-title-at-wembley-stadium-13219526

Only recently found out a couple of my friends don't

https://bit.ly/4eD3Qtq

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/private-security-patrol-streets-burglary-crime-152203275.html