seems like the government want a softer line taken on vaping in public.... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45212444 however, I've straw-polled a number of train companies; without exception they are...
third instance in 4 days:- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-45196451?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-birmingham-45148975&link_location=live-reporting-story...
at the risk of this disappearing..... :-) by convention, the final stage of the TdF is essentially a victory procession, with the winner having effectively been decided on the penultimate stage. by...
.......or an anti-corbyn smear? https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/damien-enticott-labour-facebook-post_uk_5b5b0bfee4b0fd5c73ce9c31 mr Enticott himself does come across as rather a fit and proper...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jul/18/how-disgraced-anti-vaxxer-andrew-wakefield-was-embraced-by-trumps-america another round of MMR vs Anti-vax, and this time he has the ear of some...
an awfy lot of people look to be gathering in Trafalgar Square today, forgoing the football, to celebrate "London Pride". I think it's awesome that so many will give up their Saturday afternoon to...
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44722728
ok so they backed down, this time. but how many other landmark historical documents could be called out for not conforming to today's sensibilities?...
Facebook has blocked my access to my own timeline, telling me if I want to see content, I need to find more friends. I don't want any more friends. How can I tell Facebook to stop mucking me about and...
A concert is due to be held on Sword Beach, Ouistreham on the 6th June 2019, the 75th anniversary of D Day. Good Idea? Dame Vera Lynn (and others) don't appear to be in favour......
this weekend marked the 34th anniversary of the "battle of orgreave" - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-44500039 given that after all this time, most of those (whether police,...
White Hart Lane, 16th June. Anyone on here going? did you pay? https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2018/jun/07/jezfest-labour-live-ticket-sales-so-slow-giving-away now it's been...
in the news now following Sajid Javid's appearance on the Andrew Marr Show. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/03/windrush-scandal-sajid-javid-review-hostile-environment-policy //In an...
film pundits see this pairing as an opportunity to make Bond "more relevant" to the 2018 audience. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44258209 how would you make Bond "more relevant" without...
https://www.metro.news/high-speed-rail-for-whole-uk/1076336/ //CREATING multiple high-speed rail lines would inject ‘rocket fuel’ into the economy, a transport group has urged.// since high speed...
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-44278439 let's try that again. previously clumsily put by TTT, nevertheless this raises a serious question. If m Barnier is prepared to negotiate...
//Theresa May should "step aside" and let Labour do the Brexit deal if she cannot even get her ministers to agree on their aims, Jeremy Corbyn has said.// http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44137149...
make cats illegal petition:- https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/petition-to-criminalise-cat-ownership-in-sawtry-sent-to-parliament-1-8498759 the petition was rejected. but would you have signed?...
the 75th anniversary of the famous raid by 617 squadron is being commemorated by special screenings of the film, for one day only. https://www.heyuguys.com/4k-dam-busters-second-world-war-operation/...