UK farmland being contaminated by forever chemicals linked to cancers, report finds
Police arrest woman for inciting marchers to breach conditions set by police
The Met is deploying 1,100 officers with resources from eight other forces to manage tomorrows controversial demonstration
Police arrest woman for inciting marchers to breach conditions set by police
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Dads Hilariously Bad Paintings Go ViralNow Hes Flooded with Portrait Requests
An English dads hilariously bad portraits have gone viral and now hes receiving commissions for his works worldwide. Jamie Lee Matthiass whacky side hustle started
Labour refuses to rule out means-testing pension triple lock
Dads Hilariously Bad Paintings Go ViralNow Hes Flooded with Portrait Requests
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The UK has it's first Cybertwat
All remaining UK Mens Basketball home games sold out
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Dads Hilariously Bad Paintings Go ViralNow Hes Flooded with Portrait Requests
Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, and UK, Tourists Fly with TUI to Finlands Arctic Lakeland for Magical Winter Moments: New Report You Need to Know
UKMy first Robin photo of 2025 from the garden. The light was poor so I had my first try of expose to the right its not too bad as I was also shooting through glass.
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Octopus overtakes British Gas as the UKs biggest household energy suppliers
Das Vereinigte Knigreich bekommt ein neuesBOS-Funknetz
Das Vereinigte Knigreich (England, Wales, Schottland und Nordirland) erhlt ein neues digitales 4G-Funknetz fr seine Sicherheitsbehrden.
" drug to be trialled on volunteers to tackle misuse"
Breaking: Jewish anti-genocide campaigner Yael Kahn re-arrested
Israeli anti-Zionist taken again into police custody for reasons not yet given Jewish Israeli anti-genocide campaigner Yael Kahn, who lives in the UK, has been re-arrested around 11am this morning
Tick tock, drip drop... At 20:00 hrs on Friday 17 January 2025 the Malmanac weathervane reports 5.6C, 88% relative humidity, pressure steady 1030mb. No rainfall. Wind is blowing 0.4mph from SE, gusting to 2.0mph.
Every time when Greg Davies or Alex Horne try to speak German, it catches me off guard. But I love it.
Just now, they tried to pronounce "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", and it was horribly wrong, but I loved it so much, I listened to it for 20 times now.
UK police seize Cybertruck because its illegal there
Hedegehog feeding box.
TikTok pushing dangerous videos about depression to children
The Tesla Cybertruck is not road legal in the UK and does not hold a certificate of conformity Haha excellent
Seeing posts from people in Saskatchewan about how snowed in they are.
I'm currently 4 degrees further north in Malvern, but thanks to AMOC and our current maritime climate we rarely see so much as a flake of snow, so maybe we should be grateful while we still have it.
If the UK goes back to the weather you'd expect at this latitude, with our current housing stock, we'll be in big trouble.
"The is forecast to be the fastest growing major over the next two years and the only , apart from the US, to have its growth forecast upgraded for this year."
upgrades and takes swipe at Trump plans (IMF) The Guardian
Hedegehog feeding box.
my expectations were very low at the last election. Just a burning desire to be rid of the incompetent lying corrupt self-serving turds that had messed up the over the previous 14 years. But I have to say I cant think of a single positive or creative thing has done yet Bit of a damp squib.
Nazi-obsessed terrorist Callum Parslow jailed after stabbing asylum seeker
17/01/2025 Drizzle northwest hills Evening Weather Forecast UK Met Office Weather
Last year saw the fastest annual rise in atmospheric CO concentration
Human Rights Watch critical of UK
HRWs World Report for 2024 critical of the UK on several fronts
January 2025
It comes as a shock when a respected international human rights organisation produces a report containing a number of criticisms of the UK government over its human rights record. There are some in this country who think that our role in developing the Universal Declaration in 1948 and incorporating that into the Human Rights Act fifty years later, somehow gives us some kind of moral status as champions of rights. HRWs report disabuses us of that. The UK is a cause for concern on several fronts it says.
There are others who think the opposite and consider the act to have gone to far, enabling murderers, rapists and terrorists getting their just deserts presenting spurious arguments based on the act. The Conservative government has in its various manifestos promised to abolish it and more recently has suggested it wants a bill of rights to replace the act. There has been a concerted press and media campaign over many years arguing for it to be abolished and which has, arguably, engendered in many people that the idea that the legislation is somehow against them. The positive benefits of the legislation are seldom mentioned.
There are still many who want the UK to come out of the European Convention including the MP for East Wiltshire, Danny Kruger.
The discusses several areas of concern where it considers the UK to be falling short on human rights issues.
Poverty
Poverty means people are less able to live fulfilling lives, have poorer health outcomes, and often cannot afford to heat their homes adequately. The UK has the one of the highest levels of income inequality in Europe. It notes that the Labour government has not abolished the two-child limit a factor driving up child poverty. There is a cost of living crisis. It often means people cannot pursue their rights in the courts, not only because the system is hideously expensive and legal aid has all but vanished, but because of years of delay before a case can be heard.
It notes that 7 years have passed since the Grenfell Tower fire yet no one has been brought to justice. It might also have noted that years have gone by following the publicity concerning grooming gangs more accurately called rape gangs with little sign of serious action and no one brought to account. And there is the Post Office scandal and what has happened in the Anglican church and the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury. There has been a spate of hospital scandals.
Curtailment of freedoms
Several laws introduced to curtail freedoms. They point to the 2023 Public Order Act and the 2022 Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act which have increased police powers of arrest. They express concern about increasing surveillance including of peaceful protests. Facial recognition is being introduced apace amounting to mass surveillance of the populace. We are more like China than perhaps we like to think. They draw attention to the UN rapporteurs concerns about clampdown on environmental protests.
There are other matters of concern in the UK and these can be seen in the full report starting on page 505. The past year has once again highlighted an often-disregarded reality: liberal democracies are not always reliable champions of human rights at home or abroad.
They discuss the role of the United States in connection to Gaza and note that US President Joe Bidens foreign policy has demonstrated a double standard when it comes to human rights, providing arms without restriction to Israel despite its widespread atrocities in Gaza, while condemning Russia for similar violations in Ukraine, and failing to address serious rights abuses by partners like the United Arab Emirates, India, and Kenya. Donald Trumps return to the White House not only threatens rights within the US but will also affect, by commission and omission, respect for human rights abroad. If the first Trump administrations attacks on multilateral institutions, international law, and the rights of marginalized groups are any indication, his second term could inflict even greater human rights damage, including by emboldening illiberal leaders worldwide to follow suit.
This is probably the key message of the report as a whole. The promise of the Universal Declaration and the hope of never again seems to be dead in the water. If countries like the US and the UK cannot give a lead, acting honourably and taking full account of human rights both at home and in their foreign policies, there is slender hope that countries led by a variety of despots will take any heed. As we noted in our the selling of arms to whomsoever causing death and terrible harm to millions seems to matter over any kind of moral consideration. The HRW report is a sober read.
#HumanRights #HumanRightsWatch #UK
Elon interfering in and 's
e Premier ministre britannique Keir Starmer a invit aujourd'hui le prsident lu amricain Donald Trump , dans deux entretiens avec Politico et le journal Financial Times, " discuter d'un accord commercial ", le "Saint Graal" des Britanniques aprs le Brexit.
DWP loses court case broad by Public Law Project regarding a public consultation on welfare benefit reforms.
"In his judgment, Mr. Justice Calver found that the consultation was misleading, rushed and unfair."
Deliveroo Revenue Up Despite Uncertain Consumer Environment 'sHot
Modi lauds Indias maritime capabilities
Three new naval platforms a destroyer, a frigate and a submarine were commissioned at a ceremony in Mumbai.....
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Tesla Cybertruck Illegally Driving in Great Britain Seized by Police in Manchester.
The Cybertruck isn't road-legal in the United Kingdom yet, but someone tried their luck.
Tick tock, drip drop... Weathervane highs/lows so far (17:00) Friday 17 January 2025:
High temperature 11.6C at 14:25 hrs
low 4.4C at 01:25 hrs
High humidity 81%RH at 10:49 hrs
low 61%RH at 00:49 hrs
Max wind gust 8.5mph at 14:15 hrs
Daily rainfall 0.0mm
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Un processus de dmarcation coloniale : enqute sur la formation de la frontire germano-britannique entre le Nigeria et le Cameroun