https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59067915

And the death toll in the UK from Covid reaches more than 140,000

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/gardener-warned-police-over-obscene-21901500.amp

Seems a shame after almost 20 years

My first impression is that inflation is up by 4% but pensions only up 3.1 %, and we won't get that until next April - so not too good.
What do you think about it ?

Another Carabao cup tie to predict between Preston from the Championship and Liverpool from the Premier League. Get predictions in by 7pm.Good luck

Has anyone had messages or seen posts by @Garydave? I received a friend request and it looked a bit dodgy to me. Has anyone else had any interactions or thoughts about this?

Did anyone watch this show on Mon night, or now on BBC iPlayer?
The pollution that this company has created since turning to plastic is really depressing,
and not just in Coca Cola bottles but other soft drinks they churn out. Even more sad when
you see the poorest families in Uganda collecting and returning to recycle for about 4p a day
- if that, and very young children not able to go to school.

Tonight's match is from the Carabao Cup. It could go to extra time and penalties but your prediction is for the score at full time. You have until 7pm.
Good luck.

it does not respect all genders.
Yes the trans activist and non-binary nutters have got their way again. The birthing body, chest feeding cervix owners have been cancelled.
https://www.gbnews.uk/gb-views/mercy-muroki-brands-oxfam-spineless-for-removing-inspirational-women-game-for-not-respecting-all-genders/147071

Young babies/children (mainly girls of course) are being sold in Afghanistan (by men/fathers of course) to make ends meet as so many people are starving. God help them where they end up. However it may help if the men didn’t keep making their poor wives pregnant . What a world we live in.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10127261/Londons-new-ultra-low-emission-zone-comes-force.html

I did something last night at home I've not done since 2013...I got absolutely RAT-ARSED on Irish Cream Liqueur! I had 1/2 a bottle, drank from a large mug & drank it as if it was tea! I was well blotted, blokey was killing himself laughing and I have no hang-over!

Did anyone get battered by Storm Ciara in Birmingham City Centre recently? Hubby and I had booked into a hotel for a business meeting but I hate meetings that go on for hours so he went, brave lad he is, and I just went out to the Birmingham Grand Central for a bit of shopping. I got absolutely SOAKED through and loved it! I love storms! Couldn't see where I was going because of buckets of water in my eyes! Got back to our hotel room freezing cold with my shopping bag as wet as I was!

Powerful.. Joshua Dyer (aged 14) was tasked at school to write a poem for Remembrance Day.

An hour later (without any help) he produced this..

ONE THOUSAND MEN ARE WALKING

One thousand men are walking, Walking side by side Singing songs from home, The spirit as their guide, they walk toward the light milord, they walk towards the sun, they smoke and laugh and smile together, no foes to outrun, these men live on forever in the hearts of those they saved, a nation truly grateful for the path of peace they paved, they march as friends and comrades but they do not march for war, step closer to salvation, a tranquil steady corps the meadows lit with golden beams, a beacon for the brave, the emerald grass untrampled, a reward for what they gave, they dream of those they left behind and know they dream of them
forever in those poppy fields, there walks one thousand men.

Joshua Dyer 2019 (aged 14)

Lest we forget

This weeks Super Sunday match comes from Old Trafford. Get your predictions in by 4pm.
Good luck

Forgive me if this question has already been brought up. I don’t log in every day.
I’ve just received my October energy bill and my contract ends next month with the new fixed price contract more than doubled in price. With the variable option being much cheaper.
Martin Lewis says not to bother with looking to switch to another energy provider.
I’m with Octopus.
Do I choose the expensive fixed rate option or go with the variable rate in the hope of prices easing later?
What have most of you good people done?

How has Norwich City manager Daniel Farke kept his job for so long?
Today's 7-0 defeat at Chelsea was their 19th match in a row without a win. 17 defeats and 2 draws.

Dignity in Dying believes that 84% of us support the right to assistance in achieving a dignified death, when desperate to end one's own suffering. How large a proportion of SL users agrees, I wonder?
Those who do (of whom I'm one) might want to sign this letter to the PM, seeking adequate Parliamentary time for discussion of the new bill in the House of Commons: https://action.dignityindying.org.uk/page/92231/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=fb_share&utm_source=fb_share&fbclid=IwAR3a-4zclYV6OYxWnntSAYmD5yfPQkAn_ttSi64br6vjYSHI-oIxU37ZG2w

Tonight's Saturday Night Football from the Premier League. Get your predictions in by 5pm.
Good luck

Does anyone have an email address for EDF electricity to complain to "higher authorities?" Need meter change due to fault. Not turning up, not phoning back and I am fed up.
Thank you

It's Friday Night Football in the Premier League. Get your predictions in by 7pm.Good luck

Boris Johnson claims his government are aiming for a “high-skill, high-wage” economy, but is that really feasible?

I was prompted to write having stumbled across this article from the Australian Times. It's always interesting, and often unnerving, to read how us Brits are seen by foreign eyes. Johnson's ideal, it would seem, will require such fundamental changes in benefits and the way work works that it might just remain a pipe dream.

https://www.australiantimes.co.uk/news/why-boris-johnsons-plans-for-a-high-wage-economy-require-a-major-shift-in-the-way-british-business-works/

Heard today of 5 people I know all had bad after affects from their booster jab.

Tonight is the turn of teams in the Europa League group stages. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm.
Good luck

How does my thermostat tell the boiler what to do ? - there are no wires connecting them and my friend was told she could remove it from the passage and just put it in any room.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-58977839

Another Champions League match. Get your predictions in by 7.30.
Good Luck.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/18/motorist-fined-number-plate-t-shirt

Tonight it's the group stage of the Champions League. Get your predictions in by 7.30.
Good luck

There are a group of people, members of the Woke community, who are employed as Sensitivity Readers. I don't know how many there are.
Their job is to read all new novels looking for reasons to be offended and call it out. One of their rules is an author should only be permitted to write about their own "lived experience".
They also read older novels and say why they should be cancelled. One was a novel promoted by Oprah Winfrey. The Sensitivity Readers group wanted it cancelled because the author is a white American woman and the novels main character is a Mexican immigrant woman. They said she shouldn't be writing about a Mexican Immigrant as it was not her own "lived experience".

News Flash from the English Coastguard.

The Royal Navy intercepted three boatloads of people off the Kent coast this morning.

This placed the Navy in a rather awkward position, as the boats were not heading to, but rather away from Kent and towards France.

Another surprise was that the boats weren't loaded with migrants as expected, but with British Senior Citizens.

Their claim was they were trying to get to Calais so as to be able to return to the UK as migrants and therefore be entitled to substantially more benefits than they currently receive as legitimate British Pensioners.

The Navy it is believed, gave them food, water and extra fuel and assisted them on their journey.

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Tonight's Monday Night Football is a London derby. Get your predictions in by 7pm.Good luck.

Cameron Norrie wins Indian Wells title! 😁

What a pair, like the Everly Brothers. On iplayer now 2 older programmes “The Harmony Game” with them discussing their hits, and also “Concert in Central Park ”. Now both 80!! I introduced their music to one of the young girls I childminded - Alex - and when she went to Uni she took the hits CD I bought her as a present. She then ended up introducing her flat mates to their sound and they went out buying CDs/records for themselves. She also got into Paul Simon solos and had a discreet tattoo of “You can call me Al”. We’re still in touch, she’s now a mum herself. 🥰

(I hope this link works)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZwNzQhjcHE

Today's Super Sunday match is Steve Bruce's 1000th as a manager. Get your predictions in by 4pm.
Good luck

If you are concerned about girls education in Afghanistan now the Taliban are back in control you might want to sign Malala’s petition - it’s growing rapidly. She’s got some courage.

https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/get_afghan_girls_back_in_school_loc/?

I don't remember dressing up as a kid for Halloween and going door to door for Trick or Treat. 😈 Did you carve pumpkins? 🎃
To me the best thing is an extra hour in bed, clocks go back on the 31st October. 😴

Flu outbreak stretches NHS resources.
This was the BBC headline...in 2000.http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/6/newsid_2477000/2477943.stm
Office of National Statistics published these figures.
Total deaths in England & Wales were 608,000 in 2020-21.Population 60 million.
Total deaths in England and Wales were 538,000 in 2000-01Population 52 million
This shows that the pandemic wasn't the huge prpblem the press and policians would have you believe? In fact the death rate was worse in 2000-01.

Your thoughts please.

It's back to the Premier League for today's West London derby. Get your predictions in by 5pm.
Good luck

Had a card through the letterbox today from these people. Says a surveyor will call next week to talk about home efficiency. They are offering free boilers, cavity wall and loft insulation.
Sounds too good to be true.
Wonder if it's connected to the scam phonecalls I've had claiming my loft insulation is a health risk and had to be replaced.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/15/new-zealand-council-ends-contract-with-wizard-after-two-decades-of-service
What do you think he might do in retirement, or can you think of another job he should go for?

https://newstoday42.com/2021/10/13/buckskin-stallion-horse-shows-off-his-majesty-after-owner-sets-him-free/?fbclid=IwAR13mpdPYgGieqYb5rx312rfkas7eD_OMsvy2S3in6ooRdVdO20ZJZqOA0g