Police taking up to 28 hours to attend burglaries Sharp decline in STEM teacher numbers Scottish Liberal Democrats respond to Loch Lomond Highland Games cancellation Police taking up to 28 hours to attend burglaries Average burglary response times have increased by a shocking 25% in just one year, with some forces taking an average of 28 hours for an officer to arrive at the scene, damning figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats have revealed. The figures were obtained through a series of Freedom of Information requests to all police forces in England. 26 forces provided responses. Burglaries are often considered ...
They don't just have the Hallaton Helmet in Harborough Museum. Among many other things, there's a nice little exhibition about Ladybird Books and the world of work. And in the library I found a copy of Turning Over the Pebbles, Mike Brearley's latest book, which I need to read for a thing. A Mike Brearley book, of course, means another post here about its index. Because Brearley's habit of discussing his careers as a philosophy lecturer and psychoanalyst alongside his cricket career leads to some striking juxtapositions in the index. There's less cricket in Turning Over the Pebbles than in ...
Embed from Getty ImagesIt didn't take the judges long to decide this one. The Northampton Chronicle & Echo walks away with our Headline of the Day Award. And the photo above is of that very toilet.
Tim Robbins, from Pant, near Oswestry has launched a website to create a public record of which councillors who are calling for an immediate ceasefire to "end the genocide" in Gaza (Shropshire Star). I don't disagree with the ambitions of the petition but Mr Robbins is intending name and shame those that do not sign up. He accuses people who won't sign of having "extreme views." He does not recognise, and neither does the Shropshire Star, that he is putting councillors in danger. I can appreciate that Mr Robbins is not aware of the level of abuse, even of threat, ...
Ademola Adeyeba, Rob Blackie & Chris French Rob Blackie, our candidate for London Mayor, has highlighted an aspect of policing and the Black community that is sometimes forgotten. For far too long the right wing media have drawn attention to Black criminals but ignored Black victims of crime. Rob cites the statistics that show that Black people are six times more likely to be murdered in London, twice as likely to be raped, 66% more likely to suffer domestic abuse, and over 2.5 times more likely to be a victim of a hate crime. That disparity is really shocking. He ...
"He is the large container ship threatening to ram into the foundation of European security established after the Second World War - the NATO alliance. Trump was reportedly only narrowly dissuaded from pulling out of NATO during his first term in office." Alexandra Hall Hall says Baltimore's Francis Scott Bridge is a perfect metaphor for the crisis Europe may face if Trump is re-elected. Daniel Goyal exposes the agenda behind the rise of physician associates in the NHS. Annina van Neel on her fight to honour the Africans buried on St Helena: "Between 1840 and 1872, more than 25,000 enslaved ...
As if things were not hard enough for families struggling to make ends meet, the Guardian reports that consumers could see a rise in food prices after the UK government announced the introduction of post-Brexit charges on imports of EU food and plant products later this month. The paper says that the government has published details of fees - known as the common user charge - which will apply to small imports of animal products and plants, such as sausages, cheese and yoghurt, entering the UK from the EU through the port of Dover and through Eurotunnel at Folkestone: The ...
Just a reminder that Michael's ward surgeries today do not take place as it is during the school Easter holidays. However, we can be contacted at any time on 459378 or by email at westend@dundeelibdems.org.uk - many thanks!
