4.3 million anti-social behaviour reports go unattended by police in past five years Lib Dems demand food summit in Downing Street to tackle "tsunami" of rising food prices Welsh Health Statistics - Emergency Social Care Plan Needed Raab Report: More dither and delay 4.3 million anti-social behaviour reports go unattended by police in past five years Over 2,000 incidents of anti-social behaviour went unattended by police each day last year Some police forces attending fewer than one in five (19%) incidents Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey calls for "return to proper community policing" with more bobbies on the beat A ...
It's almost 14 years since I first came across Brixworth Workhouse. When I came back from that encounter, I wrote a blog post that quoted the website of the village's history society: The first Master of the Brixworth Union Workhouse in 1837 was a Mr Baillie with his wife appointed as the Matron, and the first meeting of the Board of Guardians took place in the Workhouse on May 4th of the same year. Within five years of the Workhouse opening the cost of "out relief" in Brixworth had been reduced to £0-9s-0d a week for those entitled to it. ...
The Premonitions Bureau: A True Story Sam Knight Faber, 2023, £9.99 pbk After the Aberfan disaster of 1966, it was reported that two of the 116 child victims had experienced some form of premonition of it. The day before, ten-year-old Eryl Mai Jones had told her mother: "I dreamt I went to school and there was no school there. Something black had come down all over it." Two weeks before, the girl had said, out of the blue, that she was not afraid of dying. And weeks after the disaster, the parents of another child victim, eight-year-old Paul Davies, found ...
This month you received "Your Parliamentary Briefing: standing up to the Iranian regime" in your inbox. After a British-Iranian woman at Conference Q&As was left "looking for inspiration" as to what she could do "from here in Britain" to fight totalitarianism, Lib Dem MPs have "called on the UK government to take a stronger stance against the Iranian regime". Let's instead start here in Britain. The Online Safety Bill's 'spy clause' would follow Iran in banning Encryption and by extension Signal, WhatsApp and Proton. Will you oppose? That was my 25-word question to Ed Davey. Alas it wasn't asked, so ...
The Deputy Prime Minister's problems could come to head later today – or maybe not. The report into the allegations that he bullied civil servants is due to be handed to the Prime Minister this morning. Sunak will then decide on his response which will be published at the same time as the report itself. That could happen later today, or it could be delayed a few days. I don't think it can be kicked into the long grass. According to The Guardian "Senior MoJ officials 'could quit if Dominic Raab cleared of bullying'" – or, no doubt, if there ...
Tomorrow night - Friday 21st of April - from 7pm to 9pm at Roseangle Gallery, Dundee Art Society invites residents to enjoy a master class by world renowned watercolourist and artist. Angus McEwan will showcase his work and discuss his techniques in watercolour revealing his secrets and mastery of the landscape in all its forms covering themes like colour choice, textures, materials and how to use them, and composition. All welcome!
