http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-43611527 In a developed European country in 2018 how is this allowed to happen? It doesn't read like a tiny minority either, it appears in certain areas this is a sizable number of children and families. I've had to tighten the belt in the last few months with...
Edinburgh council are introducing a £25 a year charge to pick up your brown garden waste bin I see. Apparently 67,000 will opt out so where are they going to put their waste? Dump it somewhere no doubt. My local councillor (Labour) blaming the Scottish Government for cutting the council...
As it says. Genius.
Seen Steaming Lord Foulkes has been in the press again. Stupid auld Yam pisshead! http://www.thenational.scot/news/16129278.Labour_Lord___s_attempt_to_attack_independence_backfires_hilariously/
10g of sugar per 100ml to be reduced to 5g. Folk are in uprour!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43596854 Sad day RIP.
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust is fined £2million over safety breaches. What good does this fine actually serve? Taking £2m from an NHS trust that is already massively underfunded seems counter productive to me.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42574651 He's sure about that? :bitchy:
Claims political asylum from a country with a shocking human rights and free speech record.... Brave freedom fighter or hypocritical, narcissistic, lying sex-pest?
This is what we live with in Scotland: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/16120181.Police_Scotland_alerted_to__shocking_and_vile___Smash_a_Fenian_Day_/ its absolutely shameful and must be stamped out.
Ant (from Ant & Dec) has been done for drink driving and their Saturday night takeaway show has been cancelled. Been amazed by some peoples reaction on twitter, giving it "aww he's got mental health issues, he's struggling with a drink problem etc etc". IMO he deserves no sympathy for getting...
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/football-hooligan-heads-scotland-recruitment-11422487 Apparently targetting Hibs and Hearts fans for recruitment, there's leafleting in opposition to them at this Saturday's game.
I'm surprised to see Mr Gaffney was caught out in his latest speech ranting about homophobic, and racist remarks. I would have thought he could have tempered his language given he was speaking to Labour students at a burns supper. All this after, Anas, was reporting being abused by another of...
:smug: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-43448590
Shocking situation, especially for those that were driving under it as it collapsed. The video shows a few cars fully or partially trapped under the bridge. Looks like one car driver had a close encounter - the front part of the car is untouched, the rear part is flattened. ...
So tragic http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43403178 🤢
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43373719 I note that the guilty party's accomplice hasn't been identified or found. Here's a solution. As this jakey is not divulging who his pal is, why not add his absent friend's likely sentence to his? That might help jog his memory.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-43367267 RIP up there with the diddy men funny guy, wonder why he had 20 offshore accounts though :wink:
It looks like the internet has named, shamed and shared photographs of Jon Venables. I've seen the photographs (which I'm not going to post for obvious reasons) and they all show a man that I'm convinced is him...and it seems to be backed up by reports that he's now demanding plastic surgery to...
Lost my credit card so cancelled it on paypal. Paypal won't accept new card. Their site says it could be because bank won't accept "$1" charge. Anybody had similar problem?
For those of you so inclined ... https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/202629
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-43318898 Haven't read it in years, but another plank of my youth has rotted away.
Really, WGAF?
I don't mean the police. It's fashionable to "hate the pigs" until you actually need them. I mean the Fire and Ambulance Services. I've always held them in the highest regard and I would automatically defer to their requests, but more and more often we read about them being attacked whilst...
I was driving at Turnhouse and witnessed dozens (no exaggeration) of emergency vehicles tearing along and parking up at the airport. Anyone else see anything or know what's going on? Can't see anything on any media about it.
Firstly I will admit that I’ve had a few drinks. I’m a person that constantly thinks about what is happening around me and what’s happening in the wider world. I get annoyed by the capitalist system, but I wish I was rich. I get annoyed seeing corrupt leaders in other countries betraying the people...
Somethings are just so wrong in this world. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43239037
http://wingsoverscotland.com/still-better-together/
You might have to click "continue to test" for this one. I got left leaning centrist. https://www.idrlabs.com/political-left-right/test.php
I debated the merits of even starting this thread. There's no point in another .net debate about gun control. It's well tread ground. Thoughts and prayers are absolutely pointless. Yet 17 school kids are dead in the USA and all I feel is apathy to a situation that is the norm, and won't ever...
BBC are running a story >>LINK<< regarding a recent movie release, "Peter Rabbit" and a scene whereby the CGI animals round on the human character and fire blackberries at him even though he is allergic and requires his epi-pen at some point. This scene seems to have upset some folk and I can't...
I’ve just finished reading the Ashlee Vance book about Elon Musk. I’ve read a lot of biographies over the years and found this one utterly fascinating. When a mans goals are to ‘change cars, save the environment & make humans interplanetary’ you know you’re dealing with someone a bit different &...
Happy Pancake Day all. I've traditionally been a lemon and cinnamon guy, but it turns out I can't tolerate cinnamon any more. I'm making pancakes with the wee man today, so looking for filling suggestions. We're doing the usual Nutella, jam and sugar ones - any other decent fillings? ...
Hark back to the scenes in Trainspotting when Renton has sex with Diane only to find out in the morning that she's only 14. He's mortified. She's blasé, but under our laws, he'd likely be jailed. It's a scene which provokes much debate, external or otherwise. If you're in a venue with a...
I realise that this isn't an exact science, but it's interesting and fun to do. The answers I gave make me 50% Left, 36.1% Liberal. https://www.idrlabs.com/political-coordinates/test.php
Anyone do it? How? Where? Any thoughts are welcome. :aok:
I've not seen much of the news in the last 2 days, has anything been made of their controversial views and the fact that they now have a significant influence on U.K. politics.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-delivering-on-pledge-to-give-back-british-expats-the-right-to-vote The idiots are well and truly at the wheel. If you’ve left a country you shouldn’t get a say in how it’s run, any more than you should still get to vote in council elections for an...
Scientists capture exploding beetles' amazing escapes from toads' stomachs! https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/07/scientists-capture-exploding-beetles-amazing-escapes-from-toads-stomachs?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard
This surely should be appealed. A man who pulled in to a bus stop on Christmas Day to help a homeless man was fined by a council. Lee Williamson, of Evington, Leicester, said he stopped to give a homeless man a blanket, hat, gloves, scarf, food, and chat to him. He later received a £70...
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