A song for Sunday

https://youtu.be/hzK4WrXik6Y

It’s not just because footballers wear nylon and have ponytails 😮

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJsMpp7K/

but now she is stranded in the Caribbean.
https://metro.co.uk/2023/08/11/brit-mum-stranded-with-baby-after-giving-birth-on-caribbean-beach-19320159/

Although this link is a few months old I was interested to see just how many electric charging points are in London compared with the rest of the country

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64384370

Do any of you know how to get rid of the smell of cigarette smoke from furniture?
I recently collected a leather high back office chair from one of the freebie sites to replace a worn out chair which my daughter sometimes uses to work from home.
When i got it home I noticed that it has a faint smell of cigarette smoke.
It's a nice chair in excellent condition, so I don't want to get rid of it but the smell may mean that I can't use it

The author mentioned in this post has updated that the books have been taken down finally

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-66371430

Events for 2023

https://www.wildinart.co.uk/events/

This is the awful chaos caused on the streets of London after morons on tik tok called for people to go on the rampage

The best comment I can see is
“Wouldn’t see them turning up like this for a job fair”

What’s the world coming too

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJp6hSCR/

Very sad state of affairs when these people try to cancel a show or it’s participants

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/strictly-amanda-abbington-transphobic-claims-b2388726.html

I agree with Amanda and her explanation and think Strictly can manage without these cancel culture viewers

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/aug/17/michael-parkinson-broadcaster-and-talkshow-host-dies-aged-88

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/couple-having-50th-anniversary-dinner-30708385

https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/parking-app-scams-drivers-tricked-into-signing-up-for-expensive-subscriptions-aaJ8f0a3xRYk#?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=supporters&utm_content=Scam+alert+170823+-+Tricked+by+the+driver+-+RedB

Is it me? Or am I reading this account incorrectly. It appears to me that this couple are putting pressure on the children, worrying them! Don’t they also get family allowance?

Why would children keep asking about holidays? Or worry about having to move. Many children don’t have holidays - food and a roof over their heads is more important

https://news.sky.com/story/parents-broken-by-withdrawal-of-adoption-payments-say-funding-is-a-postcode-lottery-12941155

I've been reading on fb the posts of a palliative nurse. She lives in Herts but works in Hillibgdon, night shifts. Each night shift will cost her £25 ulez charge .
She drives all over the Borough and cannot do public transport due to time of work and all the equipment She carries.
I'm not sure how people can afford this .
I must admit I hadn't even considered someone working a nightshirt spanning two 24 hour periods

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/girl-4-scarred-life-after-30721000

No wonder people end up hateful and racist when newspapers use headlines like this

Then reading the whole story it transpires there are only five non urgent people on the towns waiting list

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12412393/amp/Council-buys-homes-Afghan-Ukrainian-refugees-newbuild-estate.html?ico=amp_mostReadNews

In a disgraceful act it took seven police officers to drag and arrest a 16 year old frightened autistic child for a ‘hate crime’ because she said a police officer looked like her lesbian Nana

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12392871/Autistic-girl-16-arrested-dragged-screaming-home-Leeds-12-officers-saying-female-cop-looked-like-lesbian-nana.html

I've just realised the Panasonic Recorder hasn't been recording for the past couple of days. Just spent yet another hour trying to work out why - I really don't want to buy a new one. The information says:

Poor reception
Aerial cable disconnected
(always have used an indoor aerial and never had a problem before)
I don't think either of those apply, have pushed everything in to be certain.

The Channel was encrypted. I don't know what that means.

Just tried recording current programmes, none are recording and the red record light is flashing.
I'm bereft as I record everything - I'd be grateful for any suggestions, please!

https://weownit.org.uk/blog/watch-people-waiting-lists-speak-out-against-nhs-privatisation

https://thegreatclimatecon.com/london-ulez-camera-map/

Wanting to get a new telly but am confused by all the details.
Don't really need an all singing and dancing one but good picture and sound, the one i was looking at has lots of good reviews for a 'cheapie' but a couple of them say the sound quality is not good.
Any recommendations ?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12388247/Woman-blasts-vegan-neighbour-refuses-kill-daughters-nits.html

Is this the next step to be installed in our houses? I bought plugs to be used on existing sockets but need more sockets to be fitted.
Apart from the usual protected goods computers, television aso I wondered if we also should protect other goods now e.g. washing machines, heaters as they all have more complicated programs.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66515278

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66512726

I think it’s quite a nice caricature

Just been on the news - people hanging about on level crossings, filming themselves for their social media accounts. Frankly, if they are hit by a train it's their own fault and I only care about the effect on the train driver, but I'd like to murder the person who was getting their dogs to pose on a level crossing, off the lead. I find myself feeling nostalgic for the Fifties, which were boring and restrictive but at least most people seemed to have some common sense and thoughtfulness.

https://twitter.com/LozzaFox/status/1689978960279384065?s=20

https://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/product-recalls/2023/08/prism-zenso-5-amp-usb-charging-tower-sold-by-tk-maxx/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Electrical%20Product%20Recall%20-%20Prism%20Zenso%205%20Amp%20USB%20Charging%20Tower%20sold%20by%20TK%20Maxx%20-%2014-08-2023%20124025&utm_content=New%20Electrical%20Product%20Recall%20-%20Prism%20Zenso%205%20Amp%20USB%20Charging%20Tower%20sold%20by%20TK%20Maxx%20-%2014-08-2023%20124025+CID_37f250eae9be0dcbb6bea64c9bf2d812&utm_source=ESF%20Campaign%20Monitor&utm_term=Prism%20Zenso%205%20Amp%20USB%20Charging%20Tower%20sold%20by%20TK%20Maxx

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https://www.morphsadventurelondon.com/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66407099 Interesting stuff (and probably even more interesting if you can understand it, which I can't).

One of Meghan Markles friends has claimed a picture of a tobacco plantation with black workers is racist. It isn't. They are not slaves, they are local workers earning a living.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/black-tobacco-plantation-farrants-cobham-b2390188.html

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-taxpayers-money-being-spent-on-booze?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=blast2023-08-12

https://news.sky.com/story/clampdown-on-gender-neutral-toilets-planned-by-the-government-12939016

Whose regulations were they?

https://www.tyla.com/news/company-tracking-employees-laptop-628962-20230809

Means I don't have to mention the two terrible VAR overturn decisions.

How can a man smile
And burst into song
When everything round him
Is going all bloody wrong

" Well, I think you all can be assured President Bush was right about Iraq's WMDs...
he had the receipts."

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https://jod.theworldreimagined.org/trails/london/national-maritime-museum,-greenwich/17

This silly story has helped the zoo bring in thousands more visitors. The writers list of possible people dressed up -towards the end of the article is amusing

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/craig-brown-is-that-a-bear-or-lord-lucan-in-disguise/ar-AA1f6Wlm

Turn up and go under threat on railways

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/right-to-turn-up-and-go-for-disabled-rail-passengers-under-serious-threat/

Welsh Govt says:-

"Decreasing speed not only reduces collisions and saves lives, but improves quality of life."

Residents of Buckley, Flintshire, have had a speed limit of 20mph imposed on all residential roads.

They report increased instances of tail-gating, road rage and dangerous overtaking.

Who's right? What's your solution?

https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/football-fans-issued-warning-as-online-ticket-scams-double-akAW85P07Q6m?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=supporters&utm_content=Scam+alert+100823+-+A+(electoral+commission)

On the road in front of you

https://news.sky.com/story/gloucester-a40-plane-landing-light-aircraft-makes-emergency-touchdown-on-central-reservation-12937574

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/supermarket-evacuated-over-fears-of-spider-causing-permanent-erections/ar-AA1f6gi6?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=56ef9aa114874dc0ba781658150985e4&ei=66

https://news.sky.com/story/nhs-data-number-of-people-waiting-to-start-routine-hospital-treatment-in-england-at-record-high-12937160

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJgK4cvd/

https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/silvertown-cycling-service

One month to go to give your views

https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/shoppers-targeted-by-copycat-websites-impersonating-joules-ahL603K0RoCQ?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=supporters&utm_content=Scam+alert+100823+-+A+(electoral+commission)

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/aug/10/uk-philanthropist-gives-almost-29m-to-heritage-skills-training How nice to read this, in an age when some people with astonishing wealth seem to hang on to everything they’ve got.