https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8002dk9nxqo.amp

https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/tattoo-artist-killed-toddler-weeks-29377639

What happens when you cross an Elephant with a Rhino?

Ell if I know.

This was information learned in the playground, of course.

Presumably even starting later and more feebly would help . . . https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/18/weightlifting-at-retirement-age-keeps-legs-strong-years-later-study-finds

The Danes must be accustomed to bland food as their food administration have banned spicy noodles.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/6/12/denmark-says-korean-instant-noodles-too-spicy-to-eat-safely

The places we don’t hear about

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8vvr251rr5o

He waves to nobody

https://youtube.com/shorts/mmAn9jZ2pmc?si=BW56TKmfr_7bmFlh

The existing Russian dynasty are resorting to Nazi style extermination methods. Even beheading captive soldiers.
Russian President Vladimir Putin revoked an additional protocol to the Geneva Conventions related to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13546703/prisoners-war-starved-Putins-merciless-guards-Ukrainian-soldiers.html

"The Pope faces UN investigation over his personal authorisation of allegedly unlawful wiretaps during a Vatican investigation into the “corrupt” sale of a £300 million central London property.

Lawyers for Raffaele Mincione, a British financier accused of defrauding the Vatican, have filed a complaint to the UN about alleged abuses committed during the trial by Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide.

Rodney Dixon KC, a leading human rights barrister, has accused the Pope of personally authorising unlawful wiretaps of Mr Mincione’s phone during the investigation into alleged wrongdoing at the Vatican.

During the trial, it emerged that Pope Francis himself handed powers to investigators allowing them to tap phones, intercept emails and arrest anyone they wanted to without approval from a judge. The powers were based on “rescritti” – ancient laws that the Pope could use as divine monarch of the Vatican.

In the complaint to Prof Margaret Satterthwaite, the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Mr Dixon listed the Pope as a “perpetrator” of human rights abuses."

Source - Report In Daily Telegraph.

Only the USA, Britain and France in the blue team.

Labour will win
Reform will win seats and Farage will become a pain in the bottom for everyone
Boris Johnson will make a huge comeback
We will all be moaning in 2 years time that nothing has changed 😁

Just found this and I have to admit I didn’t even know about it before. Was it hushed up? Or did I just miss it?

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGebKAW6R/

Singers arrested? When the police can’t turn up for shoplifters or burglars . Doesn’t seem quite right.

They barely even turned up when protesters blocked roads or sat on top of trains!

We are lucky to live here with a promising future?

Tories promise no stamp duty for first time buyers, under £425,000.

Why not for a purchase at any price?
Wretched Treasury small-minded accountants, that's why.

Why not cancel stamp duty for vendors over 70?
Lots of baby boomers want to downsize, and that would be an excellent way of encouraging the sale of larger homes with only one or two occupants.

Why not just do away with stamp duty completely?
It's one of the worst taxes stiflng individual aspiration.

Moving to a new home generates many complementary businesses, and produces a feel good factor missing since the 2008 debacle.

Too radical for any party?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnee0d73nlzo

It’s now affecting people rehoming or rescuing animals due to fear over future veterinary procedures

More people are turning away from news, describing it as depressing, relentless and boring, a global study suggests.

Almost four in 10 (39%) people worldwide said they sometimes or often actively avoid the news, compared with 29% in 2017, according to the report by Oxford University's Reuters Institute.

Today is the 16th of flaming June, which has been cold and wet so far.
In 4 days time it will be Thursday the 20th of June - the longest day !!!
After that the days will be getting shorter - Merry Christmas !

https://www.eatingwell.com/benefits-of-strawberries-8405421

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/paul-alexander-iron-lung-polio-texas-man-b2512350.html

Should wear helmets

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/16/the-brain-is-very-vulnerable-dutch-cyclists-urged-to-wear-helmets-as-road-deaths-rise

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c511l0j4l2po

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13532141/RICHARD-EDEN-Bear-Grylls-Chief-Scout-baptise-Russell-Brand.html

The glamorous star of Corrie has Dementia.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/coronation-street-legend-julie-goodyear-s-pal-gives-honest-update-on-dementia/ar-BB1nZPO4?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=62d541d0511c4b8e898fec9754c792de&ei=49

There's more than one site fundraising with regard to Rishi Sunak's deprived childhood - this one is for the Trussell Trust, which I know that at least one member here supports https://www.justgiving.com/page/rishi-sky-tv

Putin disappeared into a bunker and an army marched on Moscow.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/30/could-yevgeny-prigozhin-really-have-captured-moscow-wagner-russia

Poor Sunak, as a child he went without -
Sky TV - you couldn’t make it up

https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/12/rishi-sunak-went-without-lots-of-things-including-sky-tv-as-a-child

as Suzy P collected £216 last month from some of you who kindly helped me help rescued cats in need.
This paid for a £190 vet bill for a poorly 8 year old cat and the difference went towards the fuel bill.
Thank you also for the much appreciated large box of Sheba.
Kitten wet food much needed.
Fosterers and five star homes more than ever needed for rescued cats.
This morning going to try to catch a very poorly scared cat that appeared in someone’s garden in N14 and take him to the vet’s then I will try to get some from N18 mosque that badly need help. The problem is what to do with them after vet visits?
Unwanted owned cats on a daily basis.
Thank you for your help
I cannot do it alone. Equity release on house coming to an end…

https://www.express.co.uk/news/us/1908379/Joe-Biden-Xi-Jinping-Vladimir-Putin-gaffe-d-day

Dog had to be shot

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13498363/amp/XL-Bully-killed-owner-birthday-shot-police-victim-flee-raging-pet-excited.html

I've taken all my old glasses to Marks & Spencer but now I'm left with several cases and really don't want to just dispose of them at the dump.

Any ideas who might take them?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/king-charles-portrait-vandalised-rspca-animal-rising-b2560535.html?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=Feed

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-manifesto-national-service-shapps-b2561189.html#

Well that soon went pear shaped

Are you using one? Reports states they are making a come-back.

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/father-whose-partner-and-children-died-in-fire-after-e-bike-battery-exploded-calls-for-urgent-safety-measures-13151486

https://news.sky.com/story/families-in-england-left-homeless-despite-33-000-empty-council-homes-13149141?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=discover&utm_campaign=CCwqGAgwKg8IACoHCAowwr36BjCtxzYw4JusAjC__94C&utm_content=bullets

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/memorial-celebrating-ww2-hero-paddy-the-pigeon-destroyed-in-co-antrim/ar-BB1nUHe0?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=56723d9f5b374c08b0fd3c2830a08dd7&ei=20

Interesting. Do read each text.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/25-things-you-might-not-know-about-princess-anne/ss-BB1nyeB8?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=f6c8849e986c44a5bcf85cc7a3f974c1&ei=44

TV doctor Michael Mosley went missing while on holiday in Symi, Greece, after failing to return from a walk.

A search and rescue team with advanced equipment is expected to arrive from Athens to assist in the search.

Mosley is known for his appearances on British TV shows, his work as a columnist, and his contributions to diet and exercise documentaries, including the invention of the 5:2 diet.

He has four children with his wife, Clare Bailey Mosley, also a doctor and author.

The couple recently attended the Hay Festival, where Mosley presented a special edition of his podcast.

https://www.itv.com/news/2024-06-06/tv-doctor-michael-mosley-reported-missing-in-greece

As in the carers group

https://www.scooploop.com/thread/carers-week-once-again-on-its-way#comment_489809

Listen to Johnnie and Tiggy Walker on BBC Sounds as they discuss his illness. How little of his life he has left and how he and his devoted wife and he met and how throughout his life she has been there to care for him. 😢

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz99py9rgz5o

https://news.sky.com/story/drivers-winking-selfie-moments-before-killing-biker-released-by-police-13149451

At a wedding


https://news.sky.com/story/duke-of-westminster-wedding-protester-sets-off-fire-extinguisher-outside-chester-cathedral-13149379

Overshadowed by the election?

I am sure (or hope) that many of us have volunteered during our lives, but it appears the celebration of it has been almost forgotten this year by the media.

When I volunteered we had a treat, not a party as such during that week.

Do you volunteer? Did you celebrate

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/sadistic-women-who-filmed-themselves-torturing-man-to-death-jailed-for-at-least-26-years-13148296?dicbo=v2-VUjvj91

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cerr19d0z0go.amp

Oxford University research reveals Viagra can help prevent dementia.

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-06-07-sildenafil-viagra-improves-brain-blood-flow-and-could-help-prevent-dementia.

In 2021 over 4.1 million prescriptions for viagra or similar erectile dysfunction medications were given out in the UK. {Pharmacy Direct}

https://pharmacydirectgb.co.uk/erectile-dysfunction-statistics-facts-figures-in-the-uk-in-2021/

This is interesting reading.

e.g. younger men have a bigger [ smaller?] problem than you'd expect...

Although it was 80 years ago I can remember is as if it were yesterday, despite being almost 13 years old at the time.
I lived on the SE coast at the time and we awoke to the sound of aircraft engines and on looking out there were aircraft from horizon to horizon, formation upon formation, all heading out to the sea. It was clear that something very big was going on long before the announcement on the radio. What was amazing was that this stream of aeroplanes continued throughout the day until dusk, it seemed impossible that we could have so many aeroplanes.
Being so young I was unaware of the full impact of what was going on and that while I wondered at what I was seeing, only a few miles away men were being killed in their thousands, it takes time to come to a full understanding.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/millions-of-cat-owners-face-500-fine-if-they-don-t-microchip-pets/ar-BB1nW6ZR?ocid=msedgntphdr&cvid=54e453aeee4344c6bc059fbd55afa3cd&ei=64