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Cod, Chips And Broccoli Anyone?

//Plans for a new chippy have come up against a health board's demands for fruit and veg on the menu. Betsi Cadwaladr health board wants the proposed takeaway in Morfa Bychan, Gwynedd, to sell a... ...

sandyRoe

Are Bakers Dozens Now A Measure From History?

Have they joined the flagon and the firkin in obsolescence?

Khandro

Lord Alli

'He is a member of the House of Lords in the United Kingdom, sitting as a life peer for the Labour Party, and is described as one of only a few openly gay Muslim politicians in the... ...

douglas9401

Yvette Cooper Wilfully Dodges The Point

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89lqg90q38o She does know what her job entails I suppose, I mean SOMEBODY must have pointed out the basics to her. "UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the... ...

dem.chisnall

Whitebait

What is question, whitebait

gramps85

Sue Gray Resigns

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sue-gray-resigns-labour-starmer-b2624620.html I wonder if she was persuaded to resign because of all the bad press Starmer has received over her... ...

ToraToraTora

T W A U ... The Chase....

Q: What planet does a Joviacentric moon orbit? A: Mars! 🤣

ToraToraTora

I Assume Plod Will Be Arresting Those Supporting Hezbollah.....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3wzpjj770o It is illegal to carry placards supporting proscribed terror organisations. ...

naomi24

Starmer Refuses To Rule Out Signing Away British Overseas Territories

Former Defence Secretary, Sir Alec Shelbrooke said 'There will certainly be concerns under an unpatriotic Labour who are embarrassed about our country' and ex-PM Boris Johnson, who called the... ...

bluefortress

What Exactly Does It Mean To Be Touch And Hard?

Is hardness and toughness a biological makeup or does it mean not giving in to fear? For example say you have 2 people: Person A - rarely feels afraid and is very outgoing doing daring things - they... ...

naomi24

Charismatic People

I caught a little of Graham Norton's show tonight with guest Hugh Grant. That man really is Bridget Jones's Daniel Cleaver - handsome, suave, debonair - all of that. Charisma. Something that... ...

ToraToraTora

Right Who Wants To Be Leader Then?

https://news.sky.com/story/israel-iran-war-hezbollah-lebanon-latest-sky-news-live-12978800 I imagine hezbollah will be struggling to get a willing volunteer to be their next leader! ...

upsetter

Listener 4836 Our Evenings By Kea

An interesting gimmick that was not quite as terrifying as it first appeared to be although we got hung up on 34a which with hindsight is a perfectly fair clue.

Thanks, Kea.

sandyRoe

One In Fifty Of The Albanians In The Uk Are In Prison...

... according to a report in today's Telegraph. If this is true it's a shocking indictment of our society. What are we doing wrong that has led to this, and what could we do to facilitate their... ...

douglas9401

Pit Stops In The English Channel

Can a floating cafe and toilets be far away now? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj041vl4j4lo "An injured migrant on the boat was airlifted to a hospital in Boulogne, France, and the remaining... ...

renegadefm

Music Stars On Tv

Would it be fair to say music artists are a lot more absent on television these days compared to yesteryear, like the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's? It seems growing up as a child of the 70's there was... ...

johnT

Scottish Field (November)

Help with last two please? Clues annotated with (Sc) will be a Scottish or Scottish dialect word, term or slang. If not annotated (Sc) then it's a normal British/English word or term. I can't... ...

JinnyJoan

Funerals

I went to a wake of a sister of a friend of mine on Tuesday Many years ago I had met her and she told me she had great difficulty of giving up 60 cigarettes a day - she found it so hard. Anyway... ...

naomi24

Cardigans - Love Them Or Loathe Them?

Someone on television was ridiculed for wearing a cardigan and that got me thinking. I like cardigans - on they provide a speedy warm up - off they provide a speedy cool down - so what's wrong... ...

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The Met Again

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/04/met-officers-allegedly-took-hampers-and-cash-bribes-to-help-fayed-persecute-staff what do you do when all the apples are bad? ...

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Cod, Chips And Broccoli Anyone?

Are Bakers Dozens Now A Measure From History?

Lord Alli

Yvette Cooper Wilfully Dodges The Point

Whitebait

Sue Gray Resigns

T W A U ... The Chase....

I Assume Plod Will Be Arresting Those Supporting Hezbollah.....

Starmer Refuses To Rule Out Signing Away British Overseas Territories

What Exactly Does It Mean To Be Touch And Hard?

Charismatic People

Right Who Wants To Be Leader Then?

Listener 4836 Our Evenings By Kea

One In Fifty Of The Albanians In The Uk Are In Prison...

Pit Stops In The English Channel

Music Stars On Tv

Scottish Field (November)

Funerals

Cardigans - Love Them Or Loathe Them?

The Met Again

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