What a colossal mistake it was to invite China's Communist leaders to the Queen's State Funeral in Westminster Abbey on Monday............... Britain's fattest man who weighs 47 stone has complained that his human rights are being infringed by his doctors who have put him on a calorie-controlled diet in a battle to save his life.Jason Holton, 32, from Camberley, Surrey, has been housebound for seven years and recently came moments from death as he suffered a series of mini strokes and a suspecte...
Sep 20, 2022
Celtic fans mocked the Queen's death with a banner that read 'F*** The Crown' and chants of 'if you hate the royal family, clap your hands' last night - while Rangers defied Uefa's ban on British teams playing the national anthem. Scottish football is divided by sectarianism and many fans who follow Rangers identify themselves as Protestant and unionist, while many who support Celtic identify themselves as Catholic and Irish republicans. James McClean wore a black armband before Wigan's Champion...
Sep 15, 2022
For a perfect illustration of the chaos into which the cause of Scottish independence has been plunged since the death of the Queen.... Iran's foreign ministry has not commented on her death or the ascension to the throne of King Charles III, and its government-linked TV channels have been spreading vile remarks about her legacy Demands that world leaders use commercial jets and coaches to reach the funeral of Queen Elizabeth instead of private planes and cars have been met with disbelief. King ...
Sep 13, 2022
A Christian chaplain was dismissed after refusing to chant 'smash heteronormativity' at inclusion training at a fee-paying boarding school, an employment tribunal was told. Reverend Dr Bernard Randall, 49, from Long Eaton, Derbyshire, did not join in the 'chant' when urged to do so by the leader of Educate and Celebrate Dr Elly Barnes during an inset session at the independent Trent College, Long Eaton. Extremist groups are using blasphemy to silence free speech, a counter-terrorism expert has w...
Sep 08, 2022
A 78-year-old coach driver died in a crash on the M25 after suffering 'a medical episode'and veering across three lanes into the central reservation today. Six teenage girls were also injured but did not require hospital treatment. A 19-year-old woman has said she is too 'afraid to leave the house at night' after she was beaten by a mob of youths shouting 'get her phone'. Chloe Miller had been on her way to her local corner shop with her mother and sister on August 27 when she was attacked on a ...
Sep 06, 2022
A police force has been praised for its 'fantastic decision' to bring back traditional headwear - just six years after switching to 'more practical' US-style baseball caps. Lancashire Police announced the U-turn on social media, saying it would be ditching the gender-neutral headgear for all its officers, before re-introducing bowler hats for females and white flat caps for males. The move was welcomed by many on social media, as one suggested: 'Just need to see the custodians return now', refer...
Aug 29, 2022
Police officers faced a backlash over the weekend for joining in with a performance of the Macarena at a Pride festival, as critics accused them of not taking their job seriously enough. Locals reacted with fury after multiple posts were made showing on-duty officers having fun on Lincolnshire Police's social media accounts from the festival, including the video of officers dancing.
Aug 23, 2022
I use a bit of social media but don’t use TikTok. For me, it’s always been one for the youngsters. I can’t dance, sing or do backward somersaults or forward ones come to that.TikTok have strict rules too, or so I thought. The number of passports lost by the Home Office in 2021 amidst the covid catch-up battle has tripled the amount seen in the previous year. It has been revealed that HGV driver Craig Heal, who was involved in a traffic accident last March, had traces of cocaine in his system. A ...
Aug 11, 2022
@vincetracy and @neilcolbourne discuss UK news #water supply #Tikok #GrantShapps #Cycling #Parenting #Education
Aug 09, 2022
Taiwan, Inflation and Prince Charles 4th August 2022 ..... Moreover, Britain goes into the cost-of-living crisis with nearly full employment. The more people in work ,the more National Insurance and income tax contributions flow into the nation's coffers and the more there is to spend, pushing up VAT receipts. Prince Charles was accused of a 'serious lack of judgment' yesterday after it emerged his charity accepted £1million from the family of Osama bin Laden. It received the donation after Char...
Aug 04, 2022
A study has revealed that Chester, the walled cathedral city, in the northwest of England, has the highest percentage of buildings - 83.7 per cent - that align with the 'golden ratio'.Using this ratio as a guide, researchers drew up a ranking of the most eye-catching cities on the planet, with Venice coming second. It has a 'beauty score' of 83.3 per cent. In third place, meanwhile, it's London (83 per cent). Fourth place is scooped up by Belfast (82.9 per cent), while Rome slides into fifth pla...
Aug 02, 2022
Proof of having enough cash is not the only new requirement, with Spain saying British entrants may have to provide a range of documents when entering the country under new rules introduced because of Brexit. I Striking rail workers were yesterday accused of demanding pay rises ‘at the point of a gun’ amid claims that some drivers already earn over £100,000 a year.Ahead of yet more stoppages this week, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps angrily insisted that drivers and other rail workers already ...
Jul 26, 2022
Knowing where a crime is going to be committed before it happens is the dream of police departments all over the world, and data scientists and artificial intelligence experts want to make it a reality. Many law enforcement agencies, especially in the US where gun violence is rampant, have been using pattern- detecting information systems to predict crime hotspots. Firefighters in France and Spain have struggled to contain wildfires raging out of control across Europe, as it continues to wilt un...
Jul 21, 2022
When I was a child, the TV weather forecasts were based around a map to which magnetic symbols, usually denoting fog or slanting rain, would be attached.When the weather did improve, it was always cheering to see childish little yellow sun images suddenly slapped on to our bit of the UK.At such times the weather forecaster might suggest it was time to ask Dad to pump up the paddling pool or get out his Panama hat. In a keynote address Monday before the United Nations General Assembly to mark the...
Jul 19, 2022
Thousands of festivalgoers lined Pamplona's narrow streets for the centuries-old festival as the bulls charged through the city. Seven men needed hospital treatment on the third day - Saturday July 9. Expert runners that take part in the historic festival run directly in front of the bulls before trying to jump out of the way at the last minute without being injured - with varying success. Any amount of alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk for certain cancers. Alcohol is toxi...
Jul 14, 2022
A Question of Values with Barbara Anne 12th July 2022 Britons complained that it was 'too hot to work' today on what could be the hottest day of the year so far - with temperatures hitting 33C (91F) amid a heat-health alert, as sunbathers hit beaches and parks early this morning......... Radio 4's specially extended edition of the Today Programme on Thursday morning was interrupted for the BBC's political editor Chris Mason to boast that he had just received a call from Downing Street informing ...
Jul 12, 2022
The Australian Kyrgios, who has proved to be his usual controversial self during the first week of Wimbledon after a number of high profile incidents including rows with umpires and crowd members, grew frustrated with the match official during his third round tie with the fourth seed. ........... The Scout Association faced a backlash last night after it introduced a ‘trans fun badge’for members as young as four. Youngsters were also offered a ‘bisexual fun badge’, a ‘lesbian fun badge’ and a ‘P...
Jul 05, 2022
@terrywhitehead and @vincetracy discuss #Melilla #Spain #Morocco #pilots#diesel #fishing #trawlers #China #Cambridgeshire #PrinceofWales #Qatar #G7
Jun 30, 2022
The Pulitzer Prize-winning west coast rapper, 35, was one of a number of artists at the Glastonbury music festival His plea for female rights was in protest against the US Supreme Court's recent decision to end the country's constitutional right to abortion. Rising diesel prices could soon stop Britain’s fishing crews from setting sail as it becomes too costly to fish, boat captains warned this weekend. Trawlers and commercial fishers are now struggling under the weight of price rises that mean ...
Jun 28, 2022
Waking up before everyone else to reserve a sun lounger with a towel is often a contentious subject, with many arguing the early bird catches the worm. But in Spain, the early bird in this case will receive a £25 fine - and unruly tourists could face even more substantial penalties if they are not careful. Holidaymakers braving airport chaos in Britain to head to Spain this summer will need to pay attention if they don't want to fall foul of a range of newly imposed 'offences'. Even showering at...
Jun 23, 2022
Over nearly 50 years, Leslie Sinclair has given a formidable 125 pints of blood. But on his last trip he was turned away after refusing to answer a question on whether or not he was pregnant. All parents who take their children on holiday during term time will be handed a fixed penalty notice (FPN), the Government announced today. The new truancy crackdown will also see FPNs issued to parents whose children are late five times in one term, take five unauthoris days of an exclusion. Education Sec...
Jun 21, 2022
A mother and her seven-year-old daughter were rushed to hospital after being attacked by a dog while out shopping.Vicky Rafferty, 35, and her daughter Evie-Louise Mannion, seven, were at Gallagher Retail Park, Coventry, when the dog mauled them on June 6. EasyJet pilots have accused the 'chaotic' airline of cancelling viable flights over the half-term holidays after 'foolish' bosses thought they could operate despite making hundreds of staff redundant during the pandemic. Pilots from France work...
Jun 16, 2022
Her Majesty, 96, delighted audiences at the televised BBC's Platinum Party at the Palace after kicking off the festivities with an appearance alongside the fictional character - in which they both enjoyed a chaotic cream tea at 'Buckingham Palace'. Rod Stewart candidly revealed the BBC had made him sing football anthem Sweet Caroline seconds before he performed the tune at the Platinum Jubilee concert. Iran's ‘ghost armada’ of sanction-busting ships has been accused of helping Russian oil firms ...
Jun 07, 2022
A smiling Prince Andrew has today been spotted horse riding, amid a furious row over whether he should receive 'forgiveness' for his part in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. The Duke of York, 62, who has largely withdrawn from public life following his out-of-court settlement with his sex assault accuser Virginia Roberts earlier this year, today broke cover to ride around the grounds of Windsor. Britain's monkeypox cases are linked to gay bars, saunas and dating apps, health chiefs revealed as the U...
Jun 06, 2022
After authorities in Madrid closed a gay sauna in the capital on Friday that had been identified as a possible place of the origin of monkeypox in Spain, more suspected cases have been recorded across the country, including the first infection of a woman. Spanish media have reported that there are now ‘at least 30’ confirmed cases nationwide. Authorities on Saturday were investigating whether parties on the tourist island of Gran Canaria have been the source of several further infections, accord...
May 26, 2022
A Ryanair steward who allegedly knocked back booze during a flight was arrested and subsequently sacked. A 26-year-old steward on a Ryanair flight last Wednesday, May 18, is believed to have been breathalysed by the captain after allegedly knocking back booze during the flight. Sam Thompson failed the breath test and has subsequently been sacked by the budget airline. This is the moment two brazen scammers attempt to con an unsuspecting car owner into selling his BMW on the cheap by sneakily tin...
May 24, 2022
@vincetracy and @terrywhitehead discussed #malware #telephones #mobiles #gas #helplines #mentalhealth and more...
May 18, 2022
Fury as Prince William is BOOED by thousands of fans at Wembley at the FA Cup Final between Liverpool and Chelsea - with supporters also jeering renditions of God Save the Queen and Abide With Me. Thousands of football fans booed Prince William ahead of the FA Cup final between Liverpool and Chelsea at Wembley this afternoon.
May 17, 2022
José Ángel S. S., known as the “Instagram pedophile,” has been found guilty by a Spanishcourt of sexually abusing minors, recording sexual encounters with them, distributing child pornography and cyber-bullying nearly 100 underage victims.
May 12, 2022
Legendary TV actor Dennis Waterman has died at the age of 74, his family has confirmed.Waterman was one of the most popular television actors of the 1970s in 80s, starring theThe Sweeney, Minder and Life and Loves of a She-Devil. In more recent years, he starredin BBC's New Tricks alongside veteran actors Amanda Redman, James Bolam and AlunArmstrong. In a statement, his family said he died today with his wife Pam at his side.
May 10, 2022
