Have a look at this:
https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/Cancel-the-price-hike

I didn’t know the ‘solicitor’ from this Christian society wasn’t qualified

https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/27/critically-ill-infants-christian-legal-centre-court-cases

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-67535875

It's always refreshing to read about people behaving well, rather than just looking after themselves https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-47-of-2023/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67517446

An unexplored World War II Bomb is found

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-67530159

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/bitterns-birds-heron-london-wetland-centre-barnes-winter-b1122295.html

I feel there’s a few they missed but these are the most striking!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-67518879

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67516612.amp

Has anybody had experience with these ?
Do they work ? Is the response good and help quick to arrive ?

They look an expensive proposition. Prices vary a lot, but an annual cost of £200-£300 is a general average with a set-up cost of £40-£60. Then their seems to be a problem with digital telephone supply as against traditional analogue. A digital pendant is much more costly.
The alarm results in the team phoning your chosen contact or the emergency services, that is all.
1. Your contact may not often be available, at work, on holiday etc.
2. The emergency services could take 2-3 hours or more to arrive.
3. Is the talk volume adequate to hear ?
Meanwhile you are left laying on the floor, possibly in pain.

£260-£360 is a very expensive telephone call indeed.
It seems to me easier and infinitely more inexpensive and convenient to simply carry your mobile phone around with you in a pocket.

Your comments are welcome.

"Just a little warning regarding the Xmas treat many stores are now starting to stock for dogs at Xmas.
Many of these so called treats end up with the dog "enjoying" some time in a veterinary surgery over Christmas.
The vast majority of these rawhide products and treats come from China.
The chews are made from cattle or horse hides and their journey starts with the hides being soaked in a toxic sodium sulphide to remove the hair and fat. More chemicals are used in order to split the hide into layers which is then washed with hydrogen peroxide to give the white "pure" look and remove the rancid smell.
Now comes the pretty festive colours and the glue to form cute shapes.
On testing, these chews have shown traces of arsenic, mercury, chromium and formaldehyde.
If that wasn't bad enough, they regularly cause intestinal blockages, poisoning from chemical residue and choking.
The chews go slippery when wet and are near impossible to get hold of to save a choking dog.
Leave them in the shop where they belong or if some well meaning person buys them for your dog put them safely away for later, then dispatch in the bin!!"

Always check where made, if China or Any Far Eastern take great care. Only buy from manufactures you know and from respected Pet Stores, and check ingredients, if shown. If not shown then do not buy.

https://news.met.police.uk/news/appeal-to-identify-people-suspected-of-wearing-clothing-or-holding-signs-advocating-for-terrorist-organisations-475263

Time again to start trawling through the comparison sites. Has anyone any experience of Aviva, quote £351 compared to my renewal quote of £510, seems much the same plus a bit more. Only thing worrying for me is no customer support, everything is done online except

'Dedicated UK accident and claims line - Make new claims online or via Phone 24/7'

Which I suppose is all that matters and hopefully won't need to use. Plus my little banger is hardly top of the range with estimated value of £900 - if lucky.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-67473254.amp

https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/20/bob-mortimer-wins-bollinger-everyman-wodehouse-prize-for-his-mischievous-debut-novel

https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/20/defras-failure-to-protect-and-restore-water-bodies-unlawful-high-court-rules

If so your details might shortly be sold

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12771763/amp/cyber-attack-british-library-ransom-sell-stolen-data-online-auction-criminals-millions.html

Very expensive. Do you think it us worth buying?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/20/revealed-huge-climate-impact-of-the-middle-classes-carbon-divide

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/18/exercise-is-the-prescription-that-every-cancer-patient-deserves-and-one-theyre-in-control-of#comment-164916623 One of a series of articles in the Guardian by an oncologist. The evidence of how important exercise is to health seems to grow daily.

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/four-bodies-recovered-in-search-for-missing-teenagers-in-north-wales-12950375

https://www.hsi.org/news-resources/canada-enacts-historic-ban-on-elephant-ivory-and-rhino-horn-trade/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-67475416.amp

Part copied

What has the Government announced?

While the Government has not yet responded to the petition you signed, it has announced plans to ban XL Bully type dogs, and set out the rules that will apply to these dogs.

Under the new rules, which will come into force on 31 December 2023, it will be illegal to breed, sell, advertise, exchange, gift, rehome, abandon or allow XL Bully dogs to stray in England and Wales. From this date, these dogs must be kept on a lead and muzzled in public. From 1 February 2024 it will then become illegal to own an XL Bully dog if it is not registered on the Index of Exempted Dogs.

https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/20/nhs-england-gives-key-role-in-handling-patient-data-to-us-spy-tech-firm-palantir

better than the pavement

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/derby-teenager-sentenced-youth-detention-punching-elderly-man-death/

And four people injured

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67462539

https://ukmensday.org.uk/

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/train-strikes-full-list-of-december-2023-dates-and-rail-lines-affected-13009476

And not even an MP

https://news.sky.com/story/david-camerons-comeback-three-key-questions-people-are-asking-13007376

But it’s not new

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12764111/amp/TOXIC-NHS-sees-competing-clinicians-lack-empathy-patients-risk-sexual-harassment-female-employees-rife-health-ombudsman-claims.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12765069/amp/British-elite-runner-Tom-Evans-mugged-knifepoint-wedding-ring-watch-iPhone-trains-South-Africa-race.html?ico=amp_articleRelated_with_images

This must be the most outstanding instance of natures miraculous beauty.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/tripideas/20-totally-amazing-butterfly-species/ss-AA1jZfWd?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=91a7c5e43d594958a0c7513dfdd36202&ei=36

Good to see one council catching and prosecuting fly tippers but I think still having to book in many places to just go to the tip is making things worse

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/news/amp/fly-tipper-fined-1-5k-after-being-caught-in-the-act-296967/

What idiots, bickering over something that they have no real say in, being the opposition

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67432393

Now who can even consider trusting in them for the future. They’ve just shot themselves in the foot!

Poor man. What an awful way to die

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-67255503.amp

Is there anything I can do about condensation drips from a skylight, it drips down the front of the cooker and on the floor, all I am doing is putting towels down each night.
I do put the extractor fan on as soon as i get up but can't leave that on all night.

What a sad story

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-67427229

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-67429350

Just had a phone call from a friend asking which low calorie, refreshing drink I could recommend as she is fed-up with water. Limited storage in fridge. I only drink water/tea and maybe half a bitter shandy sometimes.

And it's not going well..
Got 3 things on order, 1 was due to be delivered Saturday, confirmed in the morning - later 'undeliverable returned to seller. yesterday email saying 'dropped of at address, which it wasnt.
1 to be delivered today email this morning says so, tracking still says being delivered today but it's not even 'out for delivery'
3rd one due Friday - wonder if i will ever get any of them ?

Their inclusive calendar excludes Christmas and Easter 🤬

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/lifestylegeneral/national-trust-accused-of-going-too-woke-after-releasing-2024-calendar-with-no-christmas/ar-AA1jSnEv

It’s most important days falling this year on the same weekend as tensions, protests and remembrance, it has been overshadowed. Today being the most important day, you may be hearing or heard fireworks tonight


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-67138768

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGe1q9P9R/

Would have at least been something they might have managed!

Some of the comments are funny 😄

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGe19DdoA/

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/amphtml/man-89-cut-neighbours-hedges-as-they-hadnt-bothered-then-thanks-himself-in-newspaper-080908092.html

We gave our today for your tomorrow.

On this day, I remember poor little Laika too, every year.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/sad-story-laika-space-dog-and-her-one-way-trip-orbit-1-180968728/