No way Torvill & Dean performed live tonight, despite efforts to make it look like that. As for Gemma, did she really fall by accident or deliberately dive?...
We have been out for a meal with six other friends. We went to a lovely rustic pub with lots of little interconnecting rooms. I had:- Whitebait and salad. Belly pork, with crushed potatoes, broccoli...
https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/thirsty-koala-drinks-entire-water-bottle-generous-cyclist/story?id=52604365
I'm told that Koalas regularly accept water from humans. Ahhhh....
I hope this is dealt with more successfully than FGM has been. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jan/26/revealed-dozens-of-girls-subjected-to-breast-ironing-in-uk How can people...
Did anyone else watch this fascinating TV documentary last night. I had read that huge areas of jungle were being cleared for the palm oil that we apparently need so much and which turns up in...
My wife is looking at trench coats on eBay and some Aquascutum coats are listed as 'new with tags'. Closer inspection shows the sewn in label has the Queen Mother's Royal Warrant so the coat was...
When he wasPrime Minister of Luxembourg he set it up as a tax haven for the likes of EBay and PayPal. When he got his present job he was determined to stamp out tax avoidance by EU countries!!...
My daughter of 24 years is expecting her first child and will raise it as a single parent. We have always had a difficult relationship and she is very angry and bitter for some things that happened in...
I got home from work yesterday to find a jackdaw in my conservatory. That's the 4th one in about 3 months that's come down the chimney. Who do you call to fit one of those things - a sweep or a...
Despite its small size AB is geographically diverse. Its many small micro-climates provide niche ecologies which sustain rare and sometimes unique species. Which ones are your favourites? Here are two...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6633543/Parents-toddler-three-trapped-250ft-deep-Spain-lost-firstborn-heart-attack.html
Heart breaking, but not unexpected. The parents must be devastated....
Why do they wait until some one does something before sacking them from the telly . sack about 35 now before they have to .Does anyone agree there are far to many on the telly and too many do too many...
I am very sorry to have to let you know that Bathsheba has lost her battle with cancer. Many of us will miss her wit and her empathy with children and animals. She was a very caring and generous...
His daughter claims he was kept in an unheated sell and hosed with a cold water 'shower' every day - possibly contributing to his fatal heart attack. I never particularly liked the man, but did his...
We own a house up north and the tenant and his family have lived in it for 2 years. He was in it when we bought it at an auction. He’s a very strange guy, won’t answer his phone, won’t let...
Jack Shepherd skipped the country and, in his absence, was sentenced to six years in prison for the manslaughter of Charlotte Brown who died when the speedboat the couple were in overturned. He claims...
Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Diane Abbot to Labour’s National Executive Committee but two senior members of the Shadow Cabinet told PoliticsHome they were not told of the decision. //The...