Were the police too slow to react

The link is live so it will change as reports come in

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/leeds-riots-harehills-uk-why-latest-news-b2582440.html

This started over children taken into care? Are people too quick to react or overreact without knowing the facts or making assumptions.
How much of that reaction is caused by online bloggers

https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/20/i-have-not-forgiven-met-officers-who-photographed-dead-daughters-bibaa-henry-nicole-smallman-mother-mina-smallman

Would be grateful for recommendations preferable one were pressure can be adjusted to suit. I find it very painful.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c729wepg424o.amp

Only just getting dark now. Beautiful light at 22.20

Sadly passed away last night after a battle with cancer

https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/articles/cjewjqnqwv4o.amp

It may sound daft, but I'm not sure what it is.
I read that Labour will stop the use of hotels for those who crossed in small boats, but then read that these people crossing could then apply for asylum, which currently under the hotel scheme they couldn't? Or am I reading it totally wrong?

Found after all this time

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/amp/school-evacuated-and-cordoned-off-by-police-309994/

FYI.

"Recorded executions soared to their highest number in almost a decade in 2023 with a sharp rise across the Middle East and in Somalia, where executions increased by more than six times, Amnesty International said today as it released its annual report on the global use of the death penalty

Globally, a total of 1,153 known executions took place in 2023, which does not include the thousands believed to have been carried out in China, marking an increase of more than 30% from 2022. It was the highest figure recorded by Amnesty International since 2015, when 1,634 people were known to have been executed. Despite this increase, the number of countries that carried out executions reached the lowest figure on record with Amnesty International.

The five countries with the highest number of executions in 2023 were China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and the USA. Excluding China, Iran alone accounted for 74% of all recorded executions while Saudi Arabia accounted for 15%.

The USA also carried out an increased number of executions in 2023.

Due to state secrecy, Amnesty’s numbers do not include the thousands of people believed to have been executed in China, which remains the world’s lead executioner.

Similarly, the organization was unable to put forward figures for North Korea and Viet Nam, countries believed to resort to executions extensively.

Despite the actions of a few, progress continued. As of today, 112 countries are fully abolitionist and 144 in total have abolished the death penalty in law or practice.

Executions were recorded in 16 countries, the lowest number recorded by Amnesty International. No executions were recorded in Belarus, Japan, Myanmar and South Sudan, all of which carried out executions in 2022."

Progess...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/18/five-just-stop-oil-supporters-jailed-over-protest-that-blocked-m25

Spot the Hermit crab hiding away amongst the countless sea shells.

Will it effect you

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/07/19/outage-tech-internet-broadband-banking-uk-australia-world/

https://bit.ly/3KHHbyq

I was under the impression - wrongly it seems - that people over a certain age didn't have to pay for their tv licence. It would seem that you have to be receiving Pension Credit to get a free licence.

Has it always been like that or has something changed recently?

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/horror-man-child-suffer-burns-29561759.amp

“If I had some medical condition that emerged, if somebody, if doctors came to me and said, you got this problem and that problem,” Biden said, according to a brief excerpt released by the network.

The comment is the latest in a series of shifting explanations by the president about what might cause him to reconsider. In an interview with ABC News this month, Biden said he would drop out only if the “Lord almighty” told him to. At a news conference in Washington several days later, he said he would stay in the race unless aides came to him with proof that he could never win.

In the BET [ Black Entertainment Television ] interview, he conceded that he “made a serious mistake in the whole debate” and would reevaluate his decision if one of his doctors changed their assessment of him.

Biden also said for the first time that he had expected to “move on” from the presidency and “pass it on to somebody else” but decided to run again because he believed his “wisdom” and experience would help heal the country’s worsening divisions.

“You may remember, Ed, I said I was going to be a transitional candidate, and I thought I would be able to move on from this and pass it on to somebody else,” the president said. “But I didn’t anticipate things getting so, so, so divided. And quite frankly, I think the only thing age brings is a little bit of wisdom.”

It is the most explicit that Biden has been in suggesting that he considered serving only one term in office when he ran in 2020.

At the time, he said he would be a transitional candidate who could serve as a bridge to a new generation of political leaders in the party.

That was widely seen at the time by many Democrats as Biden — the oldest person elected to the White House — hinting that he would pass the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris to run in the 2024 election."

This is a critical decision. Your thoughts?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx0243yv17xo.amp

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cek9n3yv0llo.amp

Statiticians devise training regimes.

Analysis reveals that if you reduce the length of long passes by 10 feet your per centage of completed passes increase by 75%.

[ logically if 10 outfield players form a closed circle they'd have a 100% passing success rate.]

Watch as substitutes are sent on with coaches holding a laptop showing how and where they must perform.

Spain took chances, passed with one touch, and best of all played exciting football and won...

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/christmas

The candidates are
Eddie Howe
Graham Potter
Lee Carsley
Jurgen Klopp
Mauricio Pochettino

Out of those I think Eddie Howe is the best choice if we are going to stick with an English born manager.
I hope to god the FA don't choose Potter. That would be like Turnip 2 - the sequel.
Carsley is the current Under 21 team boss, so choosing him would be repeating how Southgate was chosen.
Of the foreigners, Poch is better than Klopp.

"Who Dares Wins".

Please check the recent results of the current England Cricket Team & Management.

AND it's worth paying to watch.

I will be rich soon. Received friend’s request .emilia.filipowicz @Emiliafilipowic How can this person be banned from posting?

Trouble swallowing bitter medication? Suck an ice cube then swallow tablet with iced water. Works like a treat.

Ok we know there are some that will immediately say they don’t like sport but many of us have one or two sports we are somewhat interested in.

Do you know when it starts

Do you think it’s been very underplayed this year

What , if anything will you be looking forward to?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crg5ev7e46mo

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/jd-vance-once-compared-trump-hitler-now-they-are-running-mates-2024-07-15/

Reuters is a trusted news source.

Eight years ago, in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election, J.D. Vance was a bitter critic of Donald Trump.

Publicly, he called the Republican presidential candidate an "idiot" and said he was "reprehensible."

Privately, he compared him to Adolf Hitler.

What has changed in the past 8 years?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c84jmkg0k40o

https://www.royalswan.co.uk/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13635765/amp/Body-hunt-missing-teenager-Jay-Slater.html?ico=amp_articleRelated_with_images

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-mp-inquiry-yvette-cooper-political-violence-b2579843.html

https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1923308/strictly-come-dancing-james-jordan-graziano-di-prima-axed/amp

St Swithin's Day is 15th July - the date when he was moved to a new shrine. This day is associated with the weather forecast for the English summer, in the rhyme: St. Swithin's day if thou dost rain For forty days it will remain St. Swithin's day if thou be fair For forty days 'twill rain nae mair

I had missed this in the news but found it of interest today. Hope change comes with these ambassadors

https://news.sky.com/story/king-uses-convening-power-to-make-a-difference-on-some-of-the-most-pressing-issues-of-our-time-13177178

Source: New York Post

"Trump wore a “loose, large white bandage that covered his right ear” during the interview that was conducted on Trump’s private plane as he flew to Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention, according to the report.

No pictures were allowed to be taken of the former president wearing the bandage, per Goodwin.

Elsewhere in the interview, Trump said he’s “supposed to be dead.”

“A lot of people say it’s the most iconic photo they’ve ever seen,” he added of an image of him pumping his fist before being escorted away by agents.

“They’re right and I didn’t die. Usually you have to die to have an iconic picture,” he added."

Your thoughts?

July 50 years ago.

Barry Goldwater [ Republican right wing candidate ] was nominated to run for US President.

Despite exceptionally strong grass roots support, he failed.

Real reform - REAL CHANGE !!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-3227167/Video-James-Timpson-One-prisoners-definitely-there.htm

Your thoughts...

And Princess Catherine arrives at Wimbledon

https://news.sky.com/story/princess-of-wales-arrives-at-wimbledon-for-rare-public-appearance-at-mens-final-13177742

Just seen this posted on another site and thought it's worth posting on here just to warn people of what's been going on with these poor dogs and cats. There's some really screwed up people outthere that's for sure...

A timely reminder

"Newsweek" report:-

Next week the Republican Party meets to confrm Trump's nomination as Presidential Candidate.

“‘We are prohibiting citizens from possessing tennis balls and water bottles while allowing them to carry fully loaded AR-15 assault rifles into the security perimeter of a major political event,’ Milwaukee Alderman Robert Bauman told Newsweek.

‘I find this utterly ridiculous.’

“‘Fake guns are prohibited, but real guns are allowed,’ he said. ‘Think about that.’”



Fake news indeed!!

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/beloved-black-bear-rescued-from-ukraine-zoo-dies-in-scottish-zoo/ar-BB1pV4FB?ocid=BingNewsSerp

https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/shots-fired-at-donald-trump-rally-as-former-president-rushed-off-stage-13177651

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/08/trophy-hunter-killings-spark-fierce-battle-over-the-future-of-super-tusker-elephants?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=discover&utm_campaign=CCwQy5Tdq8m7zsTSARi95cPP6KOm-JUBKicIMBCph-my2vCwsTwYzOuBofvdgIC_ASoOCAAqBggKMJeqezDfswk&utm_content=bullets

https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/13/national-trust-only-fools-and-horses-chandeliers

Israel has launched an airstrike targeting a top Hamas military commander believed to be behind the Oct. 7 attack.

The strike hit an area designated as a humanitarian zone, resulting in over 70 fatalities, according to Gazan authorities.

The fate of the commander, Muhammad Deif, remains uncertain.

Hamas denied Israel's claims of targeting leaders and accused them of attempting to conceal the extent of civilian casualties.

The strike occurred in Mawasi, a coastal strip where displaced Palestinians reside.

Eyewitness accounts and videos revealed the presence of displaced people in the targeted area, contradicting Israel's claims.

• The strike caused significant damage, including a large crater and collapsed tents, resulting in numerous fatalities and injuries.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/13/world/israel-gaza-war-hamas

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4ngegrlwvgo