https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-67601775

Have you ever walked into someone after many years? Did you recognise them immediately?

Probably best not to

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/slapping-therapy-manslaughter-hongchi-xiao-b2456736.html?utm_term=pos2&utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=related&utm_campaign=embed1

Just been watching live on TNT Sports. Limited overs cricket match between New York Strikers and Delhi Bulls in the Abu Dhabi T10 league. Both teams have international players from many countries, so they are not amateur sides.
Delhi Bulls have finished with a score of 31 All Out. The lowest score ever in the competions history. At one stage they were 16 for 8!

Scotland women play against England women tonight in the Nations league. England have to win to finish top of the group. Which they have to do in order that a Great Britain team goes to the Paris Olympics.
But the irony is that some of Scotlands players would be in the Great Britain team, so it would be to their personal advantage to let England win.
Scotland are bottom of the group so if they win it helps neither country.
So nothing less than about a 3-0 win is need to silence the conspiricy theorists.

Continue from disgusting disrespect thread that is not running properly due to length

Please continue on the new -diverted subject
With updates as news comes in

Is anyone else watching 'The Couple next door' on Channel 4?
I read the book with the same title and it surely wasn't anything like
that!! 😌😌😃

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/02/philippines-hit-by-earthquake-tsunami-say-experts

just found a great way to defrost my car. I put a warm wheat bag on the dashboard ,after I had unfrozen the locks and 10 minutes later clear car windows. What do other people do?

First day of Advent?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-67545415

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/athlete-centre-stop-search-scandal-170923831.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABEW5G6uSO3Df00Z5q3b22s_swiY4UAXQrlu5vK1uc6D3ZnMlw1495n6ag-4Vi0mCdWpDRRYDHVFiHiN_ReR5M2eDTrn23d13-VhZ4nxdeuYQ8lKH411rd16eeRAfEnXGZdaGYo2QNxhLE0aP_Q4JJu6f1APf3Fo1_XeAzOrcpQK

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-67607031

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2023/06/bank-branch-closures-lloyds-bank-of-scotland-halifax/

Homeless man found dead in his car people say isn’t that awful just near Christmas but they knew he was sleeping out there and didn’t offer any help

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/homeless-man-freezes-nottingham-b2457625.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/25/derek-chauvin-convicted-of-george-floyds-reported-to-have-been-stabbed-in-prison

Temu United Kingdom to make purchases. The goods / clothes look good & the reviews are in most parts, positive. However, I am confused by the name, Temu UK. I googled them and they seem to be based in Massachusetts.

If holidaying in Spain (or anywhere else it might be offered), beware of the painkiller Nolotil https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/dec/03/its-not-worth-risking-your-life-fears-over-painkiller-nolotil-grow-for-brits-in-spain

Please watch, it's quite a long video, you can pause it anytime and continue later

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpnvUIcvNUE

https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/02/two-rescued-after-gas-explosion-destroys-edinburgh-home

Seven ways that could help

I was amazed at the amount of empty houses

https://www.positive.news/society/seven-solutions-uk-housing-crisis/

65,000 on the waiting list

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-67511716

Vegan activists at Warwick University have won a vote to ban meat and dairy from all the university's canteens. Even though they make up only 2.7% of the students. Only members of their "Plant based university" society were allowed to vote. But now the result is being imposed on the 97.3% of other students.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12799637/warwick-university-meat-dairy-ban-fury-student-union.html

As crime rises on tubes the new carriages will all have cctv

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/central-line-trains-cctv-seats-moquette-tfl-london-underground-b1120566.html

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/tfl-introduce-20mph-limits-five-050000278.html

He went missing after a car crash in Hoo, Kent

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-66655273.amp

Four months on his body was found washed up in the Netherlands

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-67415630.amp

I dare say most people have got their own favourite ways of sending big files - photographs, videos etc - but if anyone hasn't and wants one, https://wetransfer.com is brilliant. The publishing trade runs on it and no doubt companies pay for the extra facilities you can get, but I've used it free several times a week over many years for sending book spreads back and forth and it has never, ever let me down. You get an email to let you know when the recipient has downloaded what you've sent. If you've got several files, it's quickest to zip them together (highlight and compress on a Mac, no doubt something similar on a PC) so you can upload them with just one click.

Has anyone else had this caller

0331 630 4261

“Hi how are you today”

Me: who are you

“Hi it’s Sarah calling about your housing problem”

Me: yeah right

Her “have you got any damp, mould or leaks”

Me: hang up and block

https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/charity-scams-are-you-donating-to-a-scammer-aCS6E1S0QWiE?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=Supporters&utm_content=Scam+alert+301123+-+A+-+7+ways+to+spot+a+scam+website

https://thestreetlink.org.uk/about

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-67309593

In a council meeting

https://news.sky.com/video/councillor-caught-about-to-clean-windows-during-remote-meeting-13013885

We often hear “nothing taste” the same anymore. I think I found the answer. Watching M & S TV program they only employ mostly young people. If their taste has changed the older generation will never buy a ready made meal saying “that was nice” So it is good bye to an easy way to produce a meal. Certainly for me.

She says “ I live my life the way I want not the way the government tell me” then blames immigrants for her lifestyle of claiming benefits, falling pregnant and not being educated 😂

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGeeJ49jB/

“I don’t vote but we need change” 😳

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-67530527

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