Making the news today....

[5thelement]

10 hours ago, Mesterh said:

I had a bit of a look into the digital ID thing and I think its pointless and I wont be going for it but I didnt see anything about being charged £85 for not producing it? Where did you read about that? 

 

Eggs probably told him. 😂

[Steven P]

2 hours ago, Mark J said:

Venezuela's Maduro says US 'fabricating war' after it deployed huge warship

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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The deployment of the USS Gerald R Ford marks a major escalation in what the US says is a campaign to target drug traffickers.

That's one way to win a Nobel Peace Prize.

 

All about the oil.

 

Venezuela has had sanctions against it for being naughty for years, cannot sell its oil.

Trump wants them to behave so he can buy the oil.

[5thelement]

16 minutes ago, Steven P said:

 

All about the oil.

 

Venezuela has had sanctions against it for being naughty for years, cannot sell its oil.

Trump wants them to behave so he can buy the oil.

He was using a 10 year old stock image of a drug boat to back this action, a bit like the stock image of the same immigrant boat  continuously arriving off Dover.

[BillQ]

On 25/10/2025 at 07:22, Johnsond said:

It’s past the point of being a mistake.
In Khans multicultural paradise, 9000😳that’s industrial scale levels of rape. Those whom deny the problem exists are very much part of it. 

"Nine thousand cases of child sexual exploitation are being reviewed by the Metropolitan Police, the force has confirmed.

 

In a statement, the Met said it was reinvestigating the cases which involve "intra-familial, peer-on-peer and in institutional settings, along with those which do not fit the common understanding of a 'grooming gang'".

 

From another news source. 

Conservative estimates state that there are at least 500 000 cse cases per year. 

[Mesterh]

It's not looking good for Jamaicans!

 

Hurricane Melissa live: 200 Britons locked down in hotel as 'catastrophic' storm barrels towards Jamaica

NEWS.SKY.COM

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Officials are pleading with Jamaican residents to prepare as a deadly...

 

[Mesterh]

I read somewhere else it was 30,000 jobs to disappear fairly soon. 

The rise of AI

 

Uncertainty for UK workers as Amazon to cut 14,000 jobs globally

NEWS.SKY.COM

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The growth of AI has been blamed for the losses as Amazon said "this generation...

 

[tree-fancier123]

1 hour ago, Mesterh said:

rise of AI

driverless taxis will be a big cull

 

at 1 April 2024:

• there were 56,400 licensed taxis, a 1.4% decrease from 2023

Driverless taxis to operate on London's roads from next year

NEWS.SKY.COM

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London, often associated with the famous black cab, will be the first European city to get the driverless taxis.

 

[Oldfeller]

Border Force officer charged after 25kg of heroin found at Birmingham Airport

NEWS.SKY.COM

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The latest charges come after two other Border Force officers were jailed last year...

 

[Mark J]

Israel launches heavy bombardment on Gaza City as US says ceasefire holds

WWW.ALJAZEERA.COM

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Netanyahu's decision to attack Gaza comes despite US-brokered ceasefire that came into effect on October 10.

 

[Mesterh]

42 minutes ago, tree-fancier123 said:

driverless taxis will be a big cull

 

at 1 April 2024:

• there were 56,400 licensed taxis, a 1.4% decrease from 2023

Driverless taxis to operate on London's roads from next year

NEWS.SKY.COM

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London, often associated with the famous black cab, will be the first European city to get the driverless taxis.

 

Taxis, buses, HGV, train, tram surely their cards are marked. Although after 9/11 auto planes where supposed to be the big thing but that never arose. Who knows what the next 10 years will bring. IIRC I read something that the MRNA stuff will soon make leylandii hedges only grow to 8 feet high and 4 feet wide! Bye bye bread and butter jobs.*

 

*  I might be making that bit up