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Shadowblade

07-18-24 09:58 AM

Ursula von der Leyen wins second term as Brussels chief

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Shadowblade

07-18-24 03:40 PM

4 and 5 years for blocking the motorway :up:

Five 'fanatic' Just Stop Oil protesters jailed for plot to block M25
https://news.sky.com/story/just-stop...ption-13179407

Jimbuna

07-19-24 08:38 AM

Why some trains in Wales are set to have seaweed on the menu

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Trains in Wales are set to serve up seaweed on a new limited edition menu.

The new selection of products is set to go on sale ahead of the National Eisteddfod next month.

The festival, which celebrates Welsh culture, takes place in a different part of the country every year.

Transport for Wales says customers on some of its rail services will get to choose from a wider range of Welsh produce.

That includes laverbread (made from edible seaweed) and bacon, Caerphilly chicken supreme and glazed bara brith.

While the menu will only be available on first class trains, standard class services will also offer customers the chance to try the "Eisteddfod burger".

On-board director at Transport for Wales Piers Croft said the menu offers diners the "chance to experience the flavour of the Eisteddfod".

"This unique opportunity celebrates everything that Wales has to offer while enjoying a delicious and authentic meal," he said.

Lowri Joyce, the company's Welsh language strategic lead, said it wanted to "celebrate our language, culture and everything it means to be Cymraeg (Welsh)".

"I'd encourage those travelling to the Maes [site of the Eisteddfod] to look for sustainable travel options and if you have the chance, try out our special menu," she added.

The menu will be available until 10 August.

This year's National Eisteddfod takes place in Rhondda Cynon Taf from 3 to 10 August.
https://news.sky.com/story/why-some-...-menu-13179560

mapuc

07-20-24 05:03 AM

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Caught on the outside
When the train doors closed, he rushed over to the train, where he tried to get on through the door he had left the train through shortly before.

However, the doors were already locked, so the man hurried on to the next door, but without success.

In a moment of desperation, it made the man run towards the center of the train, where he stood on the step of the driver's compartment and held on to the two handrails as the train began to move.

https://ekstrabladet-dk.translate.go..._x_tr_pto=wapp

Markus

Jimbuna

07-20-24 05:40 AM

Parrot that escaped home found five miles away after 'wild weekend'

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A parrot that escaped his home and flew off for a "wild weekend" has been found more than five miles away in a maternity unit.

The pet bird named Jobby fled a ground floor flat in Langside, Glasgow, shortly after midnight on Saturday.

Owner Apsi Witana had been performing with her band Brenda at Kelburn Garden Party in North Ayrshire and had been unloading equipment when Jobby made his great escape.

Ms Witana told Sky News: "That's when he just bolted. It was such a horrible moment.

"He's never flown away before, but I have taken him on little excursions like to Queen's Park, which is not that far."

Ms Witana and her friend Flore de Hoog got to work sticking up posters and sharing appeals on social media.

"I had really lost hope that he wouldn't come back," she said.

However late on Sunday afternoon, the musician and TV assistant editor was contacted by a nurse and a patient at the Queen Elizabeth Maternity Unit, saying Jobby was in the reception area.

The pet was said to be "eating crisps and playing around" before Ms Witana arrived.

She said: "It was really good to hear that."

On arrival to the unit within the Queen Elizabeth and University Hospital campus, Ms Witana said Jobby was relaxed and preening despite the five-mile adventure.

She said: "I'm really happy as it proves to me that he's a tough bird."

After around 40 hours on the run, Jobby returned home.
https://news.sky.com/story/parrot-th...ekend-13175065

Jimbuna

07-21-24 11:30 AM

British woman and her husband found dead in boat after trying to cross Atlantic Ocean

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A couple who had embarked on a mission to sail across the Atlantic Ocean have been found dead in a lifeboat off the coast of Canada.

Brett Clibbery and Sarah Packwood were found after their raft washed ashore on Sable Island, around 108 miles southeast of mainland Nova Scotia, local media said.

It is believed Ms Packwood was from the UK and Mr Clibbery was from Canada, although the Royal Canadian Mounted Police initially reported they were both from British Columbia.

Formal identification is yet to take place.

The pair were heading to the region of Azores - an autonomous region of Portugal - having left Halifax Harbour on 11 June on board their yacht named Theros, Canadian police said.

The couple were reported missing on 18 June and found three weeks later on 10 July.

In a post on Facebook, Mr Clibbery's son James confirmed the pair had died.

"The past few days have been very hard," he wrote.

"My father James Brett Clibbery, and his wife, Sarah Justine Packwood have regrettably passed away.

"There is still an investigation, as well as a DNA test to confirm, but with all the news, it is hard to remain hopeful."

He said the couple would be "forever missed", adding: "There isn't anything that will fill the hole that has been left by their, so far unexplained passing."

Documenting their journey from Canada to Europe, Ms Packwood and Mr Clibbery had uploaded regular videos to a YouTube channel called Theros Adventures.

They dubbed their latest adventure the green odyssey, a nod to the yacht being powered by a battery from an electric Nissan Leaf car and six solar panels.
https://news.sky.com/story/british-w...ocean-13182620

Jimbuna

07-22-24 10:41 AM

Meet Crush, the rare orange lobster diverted from dinner plate to aquarium by Denver Broncos fans

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The Downtown Aquarium in Denver has a new resident — a rare orange lobster that was rescued from a shipment of crustaceans delivered to a Red Lobster restaurant in Pueblo, Colorado.

A long-term employee who is a dishwasher and head biscuit maker spotted the bright orange lobster while unpacking a shipment last Friday and alerted restaurant managers, aquarium officials said. The staff named it Crush after the Denver Broncos’ legendary Orange Crush defense from 1976 to 1986.

“Myself and many of my team are born and raised Denver Broncos fans, so as soon as we saw that orange color, we knew that Crush would be an excellent representation,” said Kendra Kastendieck, the restaurant’s general manager. “And we all want our defensive line to be that good again.”

When the Pueblo Zoo couldn’t take Crush, Kastendieck called the Downtown Aquarium, which she said was interested right away.

Kastendieck packed Crush with ice packs in a plastic foam container and delivered it to the aquarium on Wednesday.

“As soon as they acclimated him to his quarantine tank at the Denver aquarium, he was very active right off the bat and was really exploring his little area,” Kastendieck said Thursday.

Staff had set up a tank with a new generation Denver Broncos helmet on top and an older generation one sitting in the tank “so he can actually climb into it and play around it,” she said.

Crush will be examined by a veterinarian and after 30 days in quarantine will be placed in the “Lurks” exhibit that houses other cold water North Atlantic Ocean species, aquarium staff said.

“We are thrilled to be able to share this very rare and extraordinary animal with the community and visitors to Colorado,” Ryan Herman, general curator at Denver Downtown Aquarium, said in a statement.

Crush was shipped to the Pueblo restaurant from a supplier in Tennessee. It was caught off a coast of Canada, said Kastendieck, but she was unable to confirm which coast.
https://apnews.com/article/denver-aq...211955f4b47f2a

Jimbuna

07-25-24 10:39 AM

Tortoise causes train delays after slowly climbing on to tracks between Ascot and Bagshot

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A tortoise miraculously managed to escape its home and climb on to train tracks, sparking delays for commuters.

After a global IT outage caused havoc for many trying to travel on Britain's trains on Friday morning, more delays were reported between Ascot and Bagshot later that evening.

South Western Railway told Sky News a train driver spotted the culprit - a tortoise named Solomon - on the track near Ascot station just after 6pm.

The reptile was moving "at pace" towards Bagshot, they jokingly added.

Engineers carried Solomon off the tracks - and staff "moved the tortoise to a position of safety on the platform at Ascot, which included a short ride on the train itself".

While staff had planned to leave the reptile with a vet in Staines, the tortoise's owner identified Solomon and collected him at around 8pm.

South Western Railway said they understood the tortoise "was unharmed" after the ordeal, and said it caused minimal disruption to services.

Meanwhile, Network Rail Wessex apologised for the disruption, and appeared to suggest that Solomon was able to get on the tracks because of a gap in a fence.
https://news.sky.com/story/tortoise-...gshot-13183414

Moonlight

07-27-24 07:38 AM

Thousands fill central London for Tommy Robinson rally amid chants of 'We want our country back' as Met police flood streets with 1,000 officers to keep the peace as capital with anti-racism counter-protest and Trans Pride event also due

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...don-today.html

There may be trouble ahead.

Anyone right of centre who makes some noise certainly makes the politicians and the police jittery. I can totally understand why people are joining this march, for months we've had Terrorist supporting marches where the police have done nothing to curb these Anti Semites from spouting their hatred of Israel and Western Nations.

If the government doesn't get a grip on all this and start listening to Real British Peoples concerns it's only a matter of time before we have serious unrest on the streets of England.

The first thing the Labour party have to do is stop these Terrorist supporters from marching again, the second thing is, stop your own Ministers from supporting Terrorists in Palestine. That should calm things down on the British side a fair bit, as for the Migrants, your party has sucked up to them for too long and that has caused all this unrest in the first place. Take the shackles off the Police Force and let them deal with Law & Order the old fashioned way, everyone will get the message soon enough.

Jimbuna

07-27-24 11:01 AM

Well don't go expecting any help from Keir and his team.

Moonlight

07-30-24 09:37 AM

Terrifying moment British tourist is seriously wounded and his girlfriend is shot dead in Brazil hotel lobby as gunman tries to rob them

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-rob-them.html

I have a theory on why the world is going mad, Food, Mobile Phones & Wi-Fi, all the chemicals that the Food Industry are forcing down our throats every day, plus the constant use of Mobile Phones that are affecting peoples brains and goodness knows what that wi-fi thing is doing as well.

I've never had a Mobile Phone, and I don't use wi-fi either, you can limit your intake of food chemicals but inevitably you'll be taking these down your throat on a daily basis.

I'm not as mad as a box of frogs but, I can't say the same for you muppets, senile dementia is going to be knocking on your front door soon, so the quicker you bin those Mobile Phones & those Wi-Fi things the better off you will be.

Oh, one more thing, You're Welcome. :O:

mapuc

07-30-24 10:14 PM

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The investigation commissioned by the US interior secretary, Deb Haaland, found marked and unmarked graves at 65 of the more than 400 US boarding schools that were established to forcibly assimilate Native American children into white society. The findings don’t specify how each child died, but the causes of death included sickness and abuse during a 150-year period that ended in 1969, officials said

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ar...arding-schools

Markus

Jimbuna

07-31-24 08:26 AM

Devon: Would you buy six-acre Drake's Island near Plymouth with private beach and 15 ghosts?

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A six-acre island off the Devon coast - complete with private beach, fortifications and planning permission for a luxury hotel - has been put up for sale.

Drake's Island, just 600 yards from Plymouth, was used as a military defence for hundreds of years - with 18th-century cannons still in position and included in the sale.

It takes less than 10 minutes to reach by boat and once on land there is military history everywhere.

From old barracks to artillery batteries complete with shell shafts and underground gunpowder stores.

"It has over 2,000 years of history - the first recorded building is 1135," current owner and local businessman Morgan Phillips says.

"It was its nuclear deterrent of its day, that's probably why the Spanish armada never came here!"

Mr Phillips bought the island in 2019 for £6m and has worked on securing consent for a 43-bed hotel.

He gives guided tours to groups.

"Plymouth is trying to become a destination - it's getting there, it's a long way forward with that. What we really need is the island to be taken forward and someone who has got the budget to be able to do that," he explained.

The island is named after Sir Francis Drake - who set sail from it to circumnavigate the globe in 1577.

It has no fixed guide price but renovation costs are estimated at around £25m.

Ali Rana from property consultants Carter Jonas is leading the sale.

"The proposals include for these [outbuildings] to be converted into bedrooms and one of the things the owner has been thinking about is using this as a wedding venue where the guests would stay there and potentially put a restaurant, café at the end. It's one of those opportunities where with some vision you could really create something special," Mr Rana says.

Any new owner may not be alone though, with reportedly 15 resident ghosts - all former military men.

"If you believe the mediums who come out here... they're all British squaddies," says Mr Phillips.

"They are here to protect us. That's what they did when they were alive and that's what they're still doing!

"I've seen enough to say stuff happens here that I can't explain. But all of it is really nice," he insists.
https://news.sky.com/story/would-you...hosts-13184211

Jimbuna

08-01-24 12:56 PM

Hockey player opts to have part of finger amputated to compete at Paris Olympics

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A hockey player chose to have part of his finger amputated so he could compete at the Paris Olympics.

Australian Matt Dawson, 30, badly broke a digit on his right hand after he was hit by a hockey stick during a training session in Perth two weeks ago.

The impact left the top of his finger nearly entirely severed and his Olympic dreams were hanging in the balance.

Doctors said his injury would take four to six months to recover, meaning he would have to miss this summer's games in France.

Or, the athlete could have his finger amputated and make it to the competition.

Dawson, who plays in defence for Australia, chose the latter.

A surgeon took about an inch off the end of his ring finger on his right hand, just below the top knuckle.

He said he had called his wife after talking about the amputation with the surgeon and she warned him against making a "rash decision".

"With all the information I had to make the decision, in a pretty short period of time, I still decided to take it and I can still have a pretty good functioning life with just a little less finger to worry about," Dawson said on the Parlez Vous Hockey podcast.
https://news.sky.com/story/hockey-pl...mpics-13185473

Moonlight

08-01-24 02:45 PM

BBC boss Tim Davie admits he knew Huw Edwards' arrest was over the most serious level of sex abuse images but continued to pay the paedophile presenter £200,000 until he quit - as he reveals the corporation is considering legal action to recoup money

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...oup-money.html

I'm getting the "We look after our own" vibes from the BBC, was it a thankyou payment for keeping quiet about who else is in that club, after all, they have form for covering this stuff up, don't they.........

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