Topic for news events that probably don’t justify a new topic (3 Viewers)

[AGinAg (38)]

I was always under the impression, that Nottingham was quite a significant hub of underground crime.

 

[big ron]

Nottingham was the first city in the UK to get a bulletproof KFC.

 

[AGinAg (38)]

Nottingham was the first city in the UK to get a bulletproof KFC.

Bloody Robin Hood

 

[big ron]

Another fun SHOTTINGHAM fact for you. The family responsible for flooding the city with firearms in the late 90s/early 00s that drove most of the violence was the GUNNs

 

[Marina Salty]

At least 79 people drown as refugee boat sinks off Greece

Hundreds more feared missing from overcrowded fishing vessel that reportedly sailed from Libya for Italy

www.theguardian.com

Possibly hundreds

 

[Ill Advised]

 

[disneyteletubby]

So many sad and depressing news stories lately

Chess tournaments played by prisoners was ironically the nicest news story I've heard today

HMP Hewell: Prison chess clubs helping rehabilitate inmates

How the game of chess is helping to rebuild the confidence of prisoners at HMP Hewell.

www.bbc.com

 

[Art Decade]

'Upon closer inspection': Texas authorities mistakenly ID littered sex doll as corpse

A Houston-area 911 caller and Texas officers mistakenly identify a sex doll as a dead body Wednesday afternoon.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Marina Salty]

Over 500 dolphins killed in Faroe Islands since hunt resumed in May

Hundreds of pilot whales targeted in two most recent ‘grinds’, with animals beached and then slaughtered

www.google.com

Why is this thing still allowed

 

[Marina Salty]

Had no idea France could get this size of earthquake

 

[AGinAg (38)]

Some kind of stabbing incident at Middlesex Hospital. Thankfully the Peaky Blinders were hand to provide commentary

 

[AGinAg (38)]

And in Paris

 

[Marina Salty]

Gay couple 'kicked and stoned' by teens who threatened to 'rape their dog'

A gay couple who were kicked, called homophobic slurs and hurled rocks at by a group of teenagers have released a video of the attack.

www.thepinknews.com

 

[cwej]

Some kind of stabbing incident at Middlesex Hospital. Thankfully the Peaky Blinders were hand to provide commentary

Fuck this was my cancer diagnosis hospital. I know it very well.

It's Central Middlesex Hospital which is actually in the heart of London. Just like CHaring Cross hospital is in Hammersmith and Hammersmith hospital is in Acton. Just to confuse things.

I am basically an expert in all London hospitals nowadays.

 

[AGinAg (38)]

His last cell signal was on Sunday (he was reported missing on Friday) and showed he was still on the move but since then it must have run out of battery/signal.

No sign of British actor Julian Sands after 6 days missing in California mountains

The search for British-born film star Julian Sands, best known for his role in "A Room with a View," pressed on for a sixth day in the snow-covered mountains of Southern California with no sign of the 65-year-old actor, authorities said on Thursday.

www.reuters.com

They've found a body.

 

[AGinAg (38)]

I never knew this...

BBC News - South Koreans become younger under new age-counting law

South Koreans become younger under new age-counting law

Seoul scraps a centuries-old age-counting system in favour of international standards.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Art Decade]

Exclusive: WHO's cancer research agency to say aspartame sweetener a possible carcinogen

One of the world's most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen next month by a leading global health body, according to two sources with knowledge of the process, pitting it against the food industry and regulators.

www.reuters.com

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Exclusive: WHO's cancer research agency to say aspartame sweetener a possible carcinogen

One of the world's most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen next month by a leading global health body, according to two sources with knowledge of the process, pitting it against the food industry and regulators.

www.reuters.com

Just what I want to read as I am drinking diet ccoke...

 

[Marina Salty]

I remember aspartame being discussed as carcinogenic since i was a child

 

[lolly]

Yes, I'm sure I remember talk of it being banned in other countries decades ago, but still considered safe in the UK.

 

[Lucille]

People who prefer DC to regular are clearly quite wicked.

 

[big ron]

I remember aspartame being discussed as carcinogenic since i was a child

You need to consume something like 36 cans a day for the levels to be carcinogenic. Everything kills you if you have too much of it.

 

[Soldi]

Moldova attack: Two dead as man opens fire inside Chisinau airport

The man was denied entry to Chisinau airport and then shot two officials, authorities say.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Finn]

With apologies to the victims, a shooting in Moldov(i)a just makes me think of DYNASTY

 

[disneyteletubby]

A couple of days ago there was a mini earthquake (3.3 magnitude) not that far from me

Staffordshire earthquake causes rumbling and homes to shake

The quake's epicentre on Wednesday was in Tean but people say they felt it as far away as Yorkshire.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Soldi]

I live in Sheffield and didn’t feel it, the lying article.

 

[Ill Advised]

Orkney council to look at proposals to become territory of Norway

The islands' councillors will consider a motion to investigate alternative forms of governance.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[big ron]

ORKXIT

 

[Marina Salty]

Can a local council decide on sovereignty issues just like that?

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Can a local council decide on sovereignty issues just like that?

No. If the Country of Scotland can't declare independence, Westminster isn't going to let a tiny little council (that has very important territorial waters) just wander off to Norway

 

[Art Decade]

Actor Allison Mack released from prison in Nxivm sex-trafficking case

Former Smallville actor, 40, pleaded guilty over role in cult-like group and was sentenced to three years in 2021

www.theguardian.com

How to finesse getting caught acting as the second in command of a sex trafficking cult. She really won

 

[floppet]

Yes, I'm sure I remember talk of it being banned in other countries decades ago, but still considered safe in the UK.

We knew it caused cancer in rats in the late 1980's when I was adding it to pop. It's such an awful fine powder and the sole reason I can't drink sugar-free drinks, I signed the dispensary bags back in so I was covered in it, I couldn't get rid of the taste for about a week.

 

[AGinAg (38)]

This is quite unpleasant

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-66120180

 

[Art Decade]

Leslie Van Houten, follower of cult leader Charles Manson, released from California prison

Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten has been released from a California prison after serving 53 years for two infamous murders.

apnews.com

 

[Ill Advised]

Northstowe: The broken-promise new town built 'with no heart'

Northstowe will be the UK's biggest new town since the development of Milton Keynes in the 1960s.

www.bbc.co.uk

BLEAK

 

[Marina Salty]

Why don't they open a shop themselves if they think the demand is enough to sustain it?

 

[Marina Salty]

Greece bracing for impact of heatwave Kleon | eKathimerini.com

The state mechanism has been placed on high alert to deal with heatwave Kleon, which will prevail throughout the country in the coming days. The most difficult days will be Friday and Saturday, and according to the latest forecast, the high temperatures will continue into next week.

www.ekathimerini.com

We were told at work we'll finish at midday 12:00 on Friday cause temperatures will exceed 42, hope no one dies and everyone cools off to a beach

 

[Ill Advised]

Why don't they open a shop themselves if they think the demand is enough to sustain it?

There was the one guy who did an outdoor market, maybe they have planning issues?

 

[Art Decade]

Italian uproar over judge's 10-second groping rule

Young Italians object to the acquittal of a school caretaker who admitted groping a teenage student.

www.bbc.com

 

[Art Decade]

Man behind viral blue-black dress illusion charged with trying to kill wife

“The dress” sparked a global debate back in 2015 on whether it was blue and black or white and gold.

nypost.com

The Dress staging a comeback.