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Our caring and observant world!
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
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
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/lord-alli-labour-starmer-investigation-b2622664.html
@@ Magnesium & Vitamin D Together@@
Have any of you guys been taking these two supplements either individually or combined?? If you have? Have you noticed any positive or negative side effects?? Cheers!
https://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition/should-you-take-magnesium-and-vitamin-d-together/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pushnotification&utm_campaign=ehnetwork-everydayhealth-push-5491166
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
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?
Trump - A Raving Nutcase (Edited)
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
I recieved a scam text.... (Edited)
..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.
How the (bleep) do the do-gooders make up these numbers?
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/
CT Scans in NELFT Foundation Area (Edited)
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/
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...
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
Keir Starmer's Boot up the Crutch for Putin 🤣 (Edited)
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1954324/uk-embassy-moscow-protest-vladimir-putin-keir-starmer
New flu Vaccine Spray for those of us who don't like pricks! (Edited)
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
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
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.
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.’
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
Surviving October 7th. We will Dance again BBC2 tonight (Edited)
Documentary and factual account of the event that started the devastating attack that happened in Israel on 7th October 2023
9pm today
The Good the Bad and 25 years of rescuing cats!
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
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
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/private-security-patrol-streets-burglary-crime-152203275.html
Who would have thought Moira Stuart would be that daft?
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/sep/24/moira-stuart-says-bank-cashier-saved-her-from-scam
Happy Families (Edited)
Spending a whole year weightless , confined in a space vehicle constantly circling the Earth, is beyond my imagination.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/a-soyuz-capsule-with-2-russians-and-1-american-from-the-international-space-station-returns-to-earth/ar-AA1r35Av?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=a2804fb9eb764623980774ed669ac077&ei=75#image=2
Interesting use of AI that could potentially solve cold cases
https://news.sky.com/story/ai-tool-that-can-do-81-years-of-detective-work-in-30-hours-trialled-by-police-13220891
Nursing union rejects pay rise offer
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?
It's a shame there isn't more of it around: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj04qynvln5o
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/boy-6-abducted-from-park-in-1951-found-alive-more-than-70-years-later/ar-AA1r2vTI?ocid=msedgntphdr&cvid=e1bfda45d8fd4522f0249978901ec001&ei=28
The Ideal Paradise (Edited)
Земля Надежды и славы
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/dozens-from-uk-take-up-putin-s-offer-to-ditch-woke-west-and-move-to-russia/ar-AA1r1zW7?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=cd63df65e7094ca6afec04009093ad45&ei=24
Is the pension system broken? (Edited)
https://fb.watch/uLGH90zypi/
Sorry I did look for a more accessible link in the paper itself by couldn`t find. I know not everyone is on FB. It`s the system of each generation effectively paying the pensions of this generations pensioners that he`s seeing problems with.
Tradeswomen, as opposed to men: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1k3k9y2dp3o Signing up to TaskHer gets you a discount on the first job you offer.
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 😂
Market Garden took place between September 17-25 1944.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/hundreds-of-parachutists-drop-over-dutch-heath-to-commemorate-world-war-ii-operation/ar-AA1qXaid
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https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/online-safety-act-explainer/online-safety-act-explainer
The Food Standards Agency has made us aware they're warning people with a peanut allergy to avoid consuming foods that contain, or might contain, mustard, mustard powder, or mustard flour, because these ingredients may have been contaminated with peanuts. These ingredients can be found in food such as dips, sauces, salads and pre-packed sandwiches.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/lady-gaga-reveals-why-she-never-responded-to-rumours-she-was-a-man/ar-AA1qOKun?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=61cf5be858c04662a1b03f162072e5b8&ei=65
https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/tax-the-super-rich-0924?bucket=whatsapp-share-2024-09-05_&utm_campaign=2024-09-05_&utm_medium=share&utm_source=whatsapp
Up to you if you sign or not obvs!
You don`t even have to click the link...here`s the information/opinion offered in the text of the petition.
"With millions worried about rising costs and bills this winter, prove your ‘government of service’ is here for us - by taxing the ultra-rich to raise BILLIONS to help struggling families stay warm and safe.
No one should have to choose between heating their home and feeding their family. Right now, millions of households across the UK are facing impossible decisions, hardship and financial stress. But it doesn’t have to be like this.
A tiny 2% tax on assets over £10 million - paid by the richest 20,000 people in the UK - would raise £24 BILLION to provide crucial support and improve services. This is an opportunity for Keir Starmer’s ‘government of service’ to step up and serve the British public this winter, instead of the ultra-wealthy."
