After three weeks in an induced coma

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-13354827/amp/Boxer-dies-brutal-knockout-Miami.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-13361835/billy-vunipola-video-topless-police-taser-majorca.html?ico=related-replace#

I have just seen this and wondered if this was why he dropped out standing for London Mayor

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/laurence-fox-paedophile-slur-court-fine-drag-b2534741.html?utm_term=pos2&utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=related&utm_campaign=embed2

What a charmer he is

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/met-police-apologises-for-using-phrase-openly-jewish-as-antisemitism-campaigner-accuses-force-of-victim-blaming-13118714

I was shocked to read this

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-13319015/Hanoverian-Housekeeping-revealed-silver-boxes-grab.html

Tory MP and former health minister, Dr Dan Poulter, defected to Labour, criticizing the Conservatives for becoming a "nationalist party of the right" and abandoning compassion and NHS prioritization.

Poulter, who works as a part-time mental health doctor, announced his resignation as a Tory MP and will join Labour until the next election.

He will not seek re-election to the House of Commons but plans to advise Labour on mental health policies while focusing on his NHS work.


https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/27/top-tory-mp-defects-to-labour-in-fury-at-nhs-crisis

"My philosophy is:
What people say about me is none of my business.
I am who I am and do what I do.
I expect nothing and accept everything.
And that makes life easier.--
We live in a world where funerals are more important than the deceased, marriage is more important than love, looks are more important than the soul.
We live in a packaging culture that despises content."

Sir Anthony Hopkins

Not my usual place to shop but as I was over there it was convenient. There was a bit of a pong by the entrance door which got worse the further we went into the shop until it was unbearable to the point that I gave up shopping before I was sick. It was a really horrible smell of raw sewage and another customer said it had been like it for ages.

I searched on line and couldn't find anything about that store but it was quite surprising to find they've already had the same problem at Morrisons in Bolsover and Plymouth.

Click on

Surely in both cases a verbal warning would have sufficed.

Case number one. A sainsbury's worker doing their own shopping forgets to pay 30p for a bag.
https://www.hrgrapevine.com/content/article/2024-04-19-sainsburys-worker-of-20-years-fired-over-30p-bag-furore

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20240425/Study-suggests-lingering-coronavirus-in-tissues-may-contribute-to-long-COVID-symptoms.aspx

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/07/tenfold-rise-in-ae-patients-waiting-more-than-a-day-for-a-hospital-bed-since-2019 This is terrifying, really.

Whilst our tots can’t dress themselves 😂

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGeuTo93t/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-68838440.amp

Having recently visited Wales we found that the roads that were 20mph were only in villages, busy high streets and near schools and hospitals. It certainly didn’t stop us from getting anywhere or impinge our movement

How the media use incorrect wording in stories

An 82 year old staff member is laid off as the shop she works in finally closes

https://metro.co.uk/2024/04/25/clarks-employee-who-worked-at-same-shop-for-68-years-sacked-with-two-days-notice-20720874/?ico=trending-module_category_news_item-0

This goes some way to scuppering the belief that only XLs and Rotweiler/Pit-bull type dogs are prone to turning into monsters without warning!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxwvkenr9yro?at_medium=social&at_link_id=6772BEB2-0154-11EF-BCB6-A2957FFF265E&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_link_origin=BBC_News&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_format=link&at_link_type=web_link&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_campaign_type=owned&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3vd5cyG44rD-wx-4q-RCIbKRMyagXHRSV4FEqpBg8n-HXPWBZIBFSMwoU_aem_AWoYawpKuf4W2vVsJmv39HO4379YYxm7EoguCPCZFJPnAyZrt5oZ6x0UUmh8d98nr37ja5IzhLxTVhxGhuJ9Z7x0

What do you think of Rishi’s suggestion


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68864391.amp

https://amp.theguardian.com/fashion/2024/apr/23/designer-nancy-gonzalez-sentenced-to-prison-for-smuggling-crocodile-and-python-handbags

Four middle-aged women in New Mexico were infected with HIV after receiving 'vampire facials' at a spa.

The spa, VIP Beauty Salon and Spa in Albuquerque, was closed in 2018 due to unwrapped needles and unlabeled syringes found during an investigation.

Vampire facials' involve extracting blood from the body and injecting it into the face to stimulate new skin cells.

This is the first known case of HIV transmission through cosmetic injection.

A fifth patient, a man who slept with one of the women but never went to the spa, was also infected.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13351547/kim-kardashian-vampire-facials-hiv-new-mexico.html

Sentencing in May

https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/man-convicted-murder-and-attempted-murder-hartlepool

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-68897731

Does everyone here already know this big disadvantage to using PayPal? I didn’t, and have used it a lot to buy goods just using a password rather than typing in my credit card number - I also thought it might be safer. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/apr/24/matchesfashion-strikes-a-sour-note-as-my-902-goes-missing

Is today, as I am sure you all know

Here’s some information

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/st-georges-day/9-things-you-didnt-know-about-st-george/

Right next to military horses

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68895233

What an awful incident and the sight of that horse covered in blood 🩸

At BP AGM

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c043p0njvddo.amp

The family home where Captain Sir Tom Moore raised millions for NHS charities during the pandemic has been put up for sale for £2.25m.

The house and grounds in Marston Moretaine, in Bedfordshire, became well-known after the Army veteran walked laps around the garden, raising £38m for NHS Charities Together.

He lived there with his daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore and her family.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68896140

The House of Representatives has voted in favour of a bill that could potentially lead to a ban on TikTok in the United States unless its Chinese owner sells its stake in the social media platform.

https://news.sky.com/story/tiktok-could-be-banned-in-us-after-house-of-representatives-passes-bill-13119396

There's no "feel-good" factor now.

Any thoughts how it might be brought back?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2lezd59e9lo

1. Read the article carefully.
2. Write your thoughts and feelings about modern school standards judgement.
3. You have ten minutes and must write no less than 100 words or more than 200.
4. Marks will be given for .....

Is Ofsted fit for purpose?

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/23/boy-9-from-derbyshire-wins-gull-screeching-competition

I knew that by June this year all cats have to be microchipped. Whilst I was reading about that I found the story about cat ownership being linked to schizophrenia

https://metro.co.uk/2024/04/16/a-pet-cat-double-chances-schizophrenia-20657437/?ico=trending-post-strip_item_2

https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/cuckoo-tracking-project/updates-our-cuckoos

Avian flight schedules - departures and arrivals.

https://www.bto.org/cuckoos#map

Now we are threatened by our beloved pets !!! Whatever next ?

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/warning-to-all-cat-and-dog-owners-over-superbug-spreading-to-humans-and-it-s-antibiotic-resistant/ar-AA1nlEZT?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=b61b610fcdb541aacc4100eea94d92ac&ei=66

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/parents-describe-babys-scary-measles-symptoms-as-cases-soar-13120596

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/650023

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68841840

https://news.sky.com/story/labour-blames-shoplifters-charter-for-surge-in-retail-crime-13118957

I don’t know what the answer is when the police won’t even attend

We all had a day off 😁😁

Just a server issue in Germany
What you all been doing ? 😂😂

The car park at NESCOT - North East Surrey College of Technology. They all look new.

Trying to find out why they are sitting there. For several weeks.

Rumours abound!

Made in Germany, have manufacturing fault.
Two companies are arguing over who will run the service.
Failed ULEZ compliance!

Or maybe it's performance art...

Any suggestions?

Only problem is, he is dead.

https://nypost.com/2024/04/18/lifestyle/woman-who-used-dead-uncle-to-get-bank-loan-arrived-by-taxi/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68731366.amp

The new scrabble

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68801704

https://nypost.com/2024/04/19/lifestyle/bird-flu-virus-found-in-milk-is-of-great-concern-to-who/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68839043

understand honey is good for you but ---- seeing all the sugar when it gets a bit older makes me think could it be. What do you think and which one you buy?

Three hundred officers will be going on strike at Britain's busiest airport from April 29th to May 2nd.

They are striking because up to 250 officers could lose their jobs due to roster changes.

Terminals 2, 3, 4, and 5 will be affected.

https://news.sky.com/story/heathrow-border-force-strike-officers-to-strike-for-four-days-as-union-protests-against-job-cuts-13116691

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/18/drug-shortages-normal-in-uk-made-worse-by-brexit-report-warns

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68838977

I don’t know how many members will know of Samantha, the wife of Warwick Davis.

Warwick has just shared the news that his wife passed away, aged just 53, last month

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/warwick-daviss-wife-samantha-dies-aged-53-13117621

My heart goes out to him and their children

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