https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/other/putin-s-olympic-heroes-should-be-stripped-of-their-ill-gotten-medals/ar-AA1oNh7b?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Spoke too soon ☹️

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg79zp1e0elo.amp

But why not country wide

Trans woman, who has won races as a man, so is a man, allowed to compete in the paralympics against disabled women.
https://nypost.com/2024/08/13/opinion/blind-runner-who-won-as-a-man-should-not-race-women-in-paralympics/

Last Saturday my sister rang and said she was on the floor and couldn't get up.

We went round to her but could lift her. I rang the fire brigade (which is literally about 3 mins away) and they said they couldn't help in case she was injured and they made it worse. They did say if I couldn't get help within 2 hours I should ring them back.

Rang the ambulance but they wouldn't send one - she didn't meet the criteria and was told to ring 111.

Rang them and had to go through it all again and then the girl said my sister would have to answer the assessment so I had to put the phone on speaker and relay the questions because she's very deaf. After all that they said a Dr would ring - I didn't need a Dr, I needed help right then.

Eventually we somehow managed to get her on a chair and then on to the walker and back to her chair. We waited and waited but no call and she wanted to go to bed.

The next day she wasn't in the flat, an ambulance had turned up in the night and taken her in and I found her in A&E late morning. She'd been on a chair all night.

No wonder people die after a fall, they are just left there.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/29829967/riot-yob-jail-tiktok-fake-video/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvTtr5JfoMo

Now the new season is here, some of us are realising that we were kidding ourselves we could still play for our favourite team.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/29839933/labour-mp-jewish-anti-muslim-riots/

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1935305/missing-girl-Sittingbourne-kent-canterbury

The biter bit.

Vladimir now has Ukraine turning the tables, invading Russian territory.

It was only a year ago he had to go into hiding when Prigozhin looked like ousting him from power.

Clock ticking...

https://news.sky.com/story/carmarthenshire-teenage-girl-pleads-not-guilty-to-attempted-murder-after-school-stabbings-13193866?authId=1*xjdf0d*_a*d0JnX29USDdzZXpuYjJpZ19fQV9mSm9nQ0lwWkdGWUJoTnhQam9wWU1HMl9SWlNMRzRsS1ZOVDV1ZTB5XzIyZw..

Just been offered this on-line.
Didn't know he was in jail!

https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/12/doctor-warned-valdo-calocane-could-kill-three-years-before-nottingham-stabbings

Labour donor gets top Treasury job.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24506145.labour-donor-awarded-plum-job-treasury-rachel-reeves-gift/

Your thoughts?

Get your kids [ grand-kids ] active and reading.

https://www.shethepeople.tv/women-at-olympics/phd-bryony-page-trampoline-olympics-gold-paris-6845473

Rachel Reeves has been criticised for appointing an adviser who suggested “codger” pensioners should face higher taxes and be stripped of free TV licences.

Last week, the shadow chancellor unveiled Sir Edward Troup, a former head of HMRC, as part of a panel of experts advising her on tackling tax avoidance.

Speaking at a round table hosted by the Resolution Foundation he described pensioners as an “under-taxed generation” who “have had it ridiculously good”.

He suggested that perks for the over-75s, such as free TV licences, should instead be handed to younger working families who needed financial help more.
‘We should be looking at the codgers’

“I’m a baby boomer, I was born in 1955, and we have had it ridiculously good. We’ve benefited from low interest rates, high inflation when we bought our houses, we’ve enjoyed good returns on whatever we’ve managed to put into our pension funds.

“We’re not paying national insurance if we’re still working after the age of 60, and it’s a complete disgrace. I am part of an under-taxed generation, so I’m afraid we are going to have to look at the more senior members of society.”

Sir Edward then cited “great analysis” by the Financial Times which he said highlighted “the ridiculous nature of giving free television licences to the over-75s who are much better off than young families with children”.

He added: “They’re the ones who deserve the free television licences anyway, so we should be looking at the codgers.”

Are you a codger?
"an old man, especially one who is strange or humorous in some way"

Or a Baby Boomer?

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/nhs-tells-staff-to-ask-men-if-they-re-pregnant-before-x-rays-as-part-of-inclusivity-drive/ar-AA1oAWgZ?ocid=msedgntphdr&cvid=3bbe28ab10924f1ebaf5b517e6d6c7e6&ei=63

Copied from email from "We own it”

Last week our research revealed that our NHS is being converted from a health service for all, to a wealth service for a few.

Private shareholders have taken £6.7 billion, or £10 million a week, in profits out of the NHS since 2012.

I will find you

https://youtube.com/shorts/dBOnUF5874w?si=YWzV02XObzImTkuQ

Bullies, the lot of them. Hope to hear of their prison sentences soon.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj622z0w7n0o.amp

Please take the time to watch the full video

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rjJG_AiCu4

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy31pk1w0lo

In reality, it is an insult to asses.

You're convicted wrongly, spend many years in jail, and then you're told you owe up-keep money to the system that made the mistake, and destroyed your life.

SHAME on any government that can support this.

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/msn-slideshow/unsettling-truths-your-history-books-didnt-tell-you-about-wwii.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/laurence-fox-nicky-doll-olympic-opening-ceremony-defamation-b2593275.html?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=related&utm_campaign=embed1

https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/08/sri-lanka-sea-turtle-nesting-conservation-development-poaching-illegal-hatcheries-tourist-industry

The B******s are at it again!
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce31zxqypxpo

Nice guy (not)

https://news.sky.com/story/labour-councillor-ricky-jones-arrested-after-allegedly-telling-protest-fascists-need-to-have-throats-cut-13193409

is becoming the go to excuse for Olympic losers.
In the first week it was Adam Peaty's reason for only finishing 2nd.
Tonight it was US sprinter Noah Lyles. Just minutes after losing in the 200m final it was announced by his team, it's because Noah has Covid.

Earlier on, I was on my way to Waitrose at Greenwich; two people muttered something before we passed each other, I sensed it wasn't at me, but it was at the young woman ahead of me, who had stopped walking, because she looked upset, so I had to ask her what had happened

Apparently, one of them had spatted at her as they passed each other, and this had happened three times already since she came from Vietnam to the UK in January to work

The young woman was smartly dressed for work, she had a pleasant manner, it was very unlikely she would deliberately provoke anyone to spat at her, more likely, she was an easy target for cowards and bullies

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/olympics/article-13710831/amp/Olympic-Games-gold-medallist-Ethan-Katzberg-DNA.html

Yet to be confirmed

https://news.sky.com/story/junior-doctors-offered-20-pay-rise-by-government-to-end-strike-action-sky-news-understands-13186769

Is there a limit to human gullibility?

Crypto currency the latest test...

Click

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHipCFqyzUQ

In the absence of being able to ask the non-existent SL staff, do any of our grapevine members know how SL is responding to intensive care ?
Are we soon to close ?

Indian wrestler disqualified from gold medal match for being overweight. Even though she legally reached the final, she will now be placed last and not get any medal.
https://sports.ndtv.com/olympics-2024/indian-wrestler-vinesh-phogat-disqualified-from-paris-olympics-medal-heartbreak-6282216

"i admire a man that can cover 90 per cent of his head with 30 per cent of his hair,"

Combing for your answers.

As the true British spirit shines through

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czxlgwl28gyo

Well done 👏

Now threatening court action against people who don’t want to advertise with his unmoderated X

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn47798gxx4o.amp

It is often said that Hitler was a painter, which brings out all the jokes of him being a painter and decorator, a slap-it-on guy.
The fact is that Hitler was a very talented scenic artist, producing very good paintings indeed and certainly beyond ridicule.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=hitler%27s%20art%20collection&qs=HS&form=QBIRMH&sp=1&lq=0&pq=hitler%27s%20art%20collection&sc=2-23&cvid=336DDCD87DF847958E229B06D63D9319&first=1

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c84jjv7kp1wo

An interesting BBC investigation

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y38gjp4ygo.amp

It appears the people running the Olympic village are so obsessed with sustainability that there have been complaints from competitors as to why there is no air conditioning and also the canteen has a majority vegan menu.
Some have booked into hotels so they can eat proper food.

Murdered baby found under the floorboards of 20th century house.
https://metro.co.uk/2024/08/06/babys-remains-found-floorboards-wrapped-114-year-old-newspaper-21369930/

https://youtu.be/KA2LCVPvzEQ