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Royal Mail prioritises parcels over letters despite the amount charged. Last year Royal Mail was fined £21m after a quarter of first-class post arrived late. It sounds as though Royal Mail intends to resolve the situation by making the post too expensive to use. No letters - no problem! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgv497gndno -
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A post in the Politics group on the state of the UK's defences prompted me to carry out some research and I came across this. Some of you may remember the advert. Anyone with rudimentary knowledge of contract law would know the claim could not succeed - but this was in America. https://www.slashgear.com/1104315/the-incredible-story-of-pepsis-harrier-jet-giveaway/ -
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The Forestry Commission, in partnership with Defra, has published an updated grey squirrel policy statement setting out the actions government will take over the next 5 years to reduce the impact of grey squirrels on the red squirrel population and on our trees and woodlands. A long read, but in essence the number of grey squirrels is finally going to be controlled. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/grey-squirrel-policy-statement?utm_source=Tree+Council+Community&utm_campaign=d8fb0876b0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_08_21_03_02_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-504ab88b97-518570630 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/grey-squirrel-policy-statement/grey-squirrel-policy-statement-managing-the-impact-of-grey-squirrels -
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I have received this message from the local Hampshire County Council Community Engagement Ranger (Access Team). I appreciate that not everyone on this email list is an Access team Path Warden, however I wanted to contact everyone who has a Path Warden kit to please check the sterile wound cleansing wipes in the first aid kit. If you have any matching the brands detailed below, please throw them away! (Please see image for information.) -
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I have received this message from the local Hampshire County Council Community Engagement Ranger (Access Team). I appreciate that not everyone on this email list is an Access team Path Warden, however I wanted to contact everyone who has a Path Warden kit to please check the sterile wound cleansing wipes in the first aid kit. If you have any matching the brands detailed below, please throw them away! (Please see image for information.) -
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There was a programme on BBC yesterday following a rock climber who was determined to climb the 3,200 feet vertical rock formation of El Capitan in Yosemite Nation Park - without ropes (or a parachute)!!! Even the cameraman at the bottom had to keep looking away. He did it in just under four hours. The programme is available for another 15 days. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001yctb/free-solo -
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Emissions of CO2 from China are expected to reduce by 0.3% for 2025. Before you get too excited, emissions from China are still over 12 billion tonnes per annum. This is a small step in the right direction although to make a positive difference, emissions need to be zero. Many countries have claimed CO2 emissions reductions while Chinese manufacturing has largely replaced the industrial sectors in those countries. Emissions from shipping have been ignored as an inconvenient truth. The USA, in particular, is now starting to take manufacturing back. Emissions from countries other than China could well rise to reflect that change, resulting in an overall increase in emissions. https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-21-months/ Global CO2 emissions are projected to be 38.1 billion tonnes for 2025. https://www.worldenergydata.org/fossil-fuel-co%E2%82%82-emissions-hit-record-high-in-2025/ -
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A peace prize from FIFA!!! Comedians (and others) will never let him forget that. Which organisation will bestow this honour on him next? Darts? Snooker (or more likely Pool)? Tiddly Winks? Probably the World Series (baseball). They're all American clubs so they probably think it's worth sucking up to him. -
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This will give you an idea of the shocking scale of the online scam industry worldwide. You may not be aware of some aspects such as the vast numbers of slaves forced to carry out the scams with beatings if they do not reach targets. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001rs7s/hunting-the-catfish-crime-gang -
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Most, if not all, mobile phone networks offer "Pay As You Go" SIM cards. They are not pay as you go as we used to know them, they are monthly contracts. Payment is required whether the SIM is used or not and credit cannot be carried forward. The only advantage over a standard contract is there is no ongoing committment. There is one exception. EE offer a Pay As You Go SIM. It is not advertised on the website and I had to ask in an EE shop. The minimum initial payment is £10. The SIM needs to be used at least once every three months to keep the credit. The charge rates are a rip-off: 20p per text and 40p per minute for calls, but if it is hardly ever used it is a lot cheaper than paying every month for something you don't need. -
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There was a comment recently about the noise of fireworks compared to years ago. The current legal maximum noise level for consumer fireworks is 120 decibels. There is a petition to reduce the maximum noise level to 90 decibels. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/738192 There is also a petition to restrict sales of fireworks to organisers of events authorised by the local council. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/732559 A petition similar to the second one is started every year. It is doing better this time and both petitions have over 100,000 signatures which should mean it is debated in parliament. -
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