#HeadlineTherapy Plan to scrap most short jail terms comes into effect.

Thanks to Dominic Casciani and BBC Online News for the Headline

Not too sure what it’s like in other Countries, but there definitely is a problem with managing crime and rehabilitation in this Country. For whatever reason the Prison Service both in the Private Sector and in the Public Sector is suffering from overcrowding and the Courts seem incapable of coping with the amount of cases that are being dealt with.

This legislation which is ” The Sentencing Act 2026″ , will keep offenders who may have got a short confinement jail sentence in the community , and will free up both space and rehabilitation in prison’s for more serious offenders.

It’s effects should be immediate, with the option now of not going to prison many less serious offenders may choose not to go to trial and may plead guilty. Statistics say that if they go to prison they are more likely to become repeat offenders , but hopefully their opportunity to remain within the community will encourage them to not repeat their misdemeanours.

Thankfully Parliament have been doing something useful.

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Purple and Pink Clouds

Daily writing prompt
What is your favorite type of weather?

I know Prince used to worry about Chem Trails and also sang about “Purple Rain”. Weather is miraculous and tempestuous.

It’s when the clouds are are grey,purple and pink against a fine blue sky and the sun is warm but not overpowering that I like it best.

The weather could change any minute or it might just stay still all afternoon. There’s a possibility of light drizzle, one of the clouds might just get darker and darker and turn black and drop a heavy downpour, and the prepared people who brought an umbrella will put it up over their heads and look smuggly at the sky , while the rest of us will run for cover.

All weather is amazing

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#HeadlineTherapy Secret tunnel to reopen after being hidden for 50 years

Thanks to Nathan Bevan of BBC News Online for the Headline.

Some good Corporate News and well done to the De Vere Hotel Group for opening up a secret tunnel on their De Vere Horsley Estate property (formerly Horsley Towers). The Corporate World working hand in hand with historians to ensure a significant architectural feature is resurrected and back in use ,as it once was in the renowned mathematician Ada Lovelace and her husband’s day.

What a gem to be able to visit the Estate in the Surrey Hills and walk or drive to the hotel through the tunnel which was formerly used by servants and traders delivering goods to Horsley Towers.

I absolutely love tunnels and the history attached to this one makes it even more special.

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Everyone and Everything

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Who was your most influential teacher? Why?

No one really sets out to be a teacher. It is difficult to know what to teach, to know right from wrong and to be able to explain the grey areas of inbetweeness of correct or not correct.

So we really only have the World, our World and Everyone Else’s to show us the best or better way. Perhaps it is not always the one who stands at the front who know best.

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Peace

Daily writing prompt
What do you wish you could do more every day?

I’m not fond of wishing my life away,

As there is so much to do each day,

We can hope and if you are religious pray,

That we manage not to go astray,

Wether it is eating too much fudge,

Or perhaps being too harsh a judge,

A wish in a fairy story is fine,

We all smile when the Prince and Princess’s hearts entwine,

Reality is what we have,

And it’s too late to have that bubble bath,

And at this juncture it seems insane,

That with with grizzly missiles we must take aim,

Surely now is the time to stop,

And save all that blood every drop,

We want Peace and No More War,

The Warmongers need to be shown the door.

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#HeadlineTherapy Almost 5 years after CEO Mark Zuckerberg called it ‘the next frontier’ for the Company, Meta is shutting down Horizon Worlds: We are separating…

Thanks to the TOI Tech Desk of the Times of India Online for the rather too lengthy Headline.

The virtual reality social network for Quest headsets is shutting down, it has gone without many people knowing it existed, which is why Meta ( or as most of us know it Facebook) have dropped it like a hot stone.

It was the CEO’s bright idea, in his megalomaniac world of being right and being on trend. It was going to be the next best thing to vegan noodle soup with tumeric dumplings. Well maybe it was a successful niche thing. We’ll never know, it’s gone.The numbers weren’t there.

Another one of our Great Social Media Moguls couldn’t get people who like to gossip; like to shop; like to be the first to film the remnants of a car crash; show off their new hair do or send happy birthday wishes cheaply to their relatives. Mark couldn’t get them to buy into totally leaving their planet and living in “virtual reality”. Seems that was a step too far for them.

Thankfully, I missed Mark , making a play with Star Trek’s ” Final Frontier” as “The Next Frontier” or I would have been very annoyed. Sacrilege.

As it was , it turned out a totally damp squib, so I needn’t have worried. There are a lot more important things to be worried about, though I’ve got to admit the Headline made me smile.

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A Bee

Daily writing prompt
What tattoo do you want and where would you put it?

The answer would have to be ,

The same as last year exactly,

A little bee ,

Would be the one for me,

In black and yellow looking furry,

Dive bombing a flower in a hurry,

It’s location a secret just for me,

And Ron the tattooist at Inky Knee

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#HeadlineTherapy Judge throws prosecutor out of court and orders leaders of NJ’s US Attorney Office to testify.

Thanks to the Independent via AP News Wire for the Headline.

When the Courts have to fight against big Government to establish proper procedure in a Court of Law , as is happening in New York, chaos ensues.

The case the judge is dealing with relates to sex crimes against children, and the defendant has been offered a plea bargain to reduce the sentence. Not just that but” top people” from central government attended court to advise the prosecutors, which they did by interrupting and talking to the Court directly which is not allowed. Hence the main protagonist Mark Coyne was told to leave the Court Room.

This stinks to high heaven, who is trying to protect who and in such a sensitive case. The Judge involved has asked that the three New York Attorney’s testify in Court under Oath that they are not being told what to do by Central Government Attorney’s or indeed by a recent Trump appointed lady from the Justice Department ( who needs to be ratifed by the Senate before taking up her designated post.)

It’s worrying and why all this activity about a trial for “explicit sexual images of children”, who or what are they trying to protect?

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Describe?

Daily writing prompt
What is one word that describes you?

What is in a word, at title or a name,

Isn’t it just another way to make you go insane?

Stunning Miss Magarita,

I will have to meet her,

Manly Lord Mc Pherson,

He’s just my sort of person,

These sort of monikers,

Are labelling that’s gone bonkers ,

So don’t worry how they describe you,

Or if they use one word or two.

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#HeadlineTherapy Cocaine worth £600,000 found in car stopped near Fort William

Thanks to BBC online for the Headline

Drugs are a scourge in all societies , a quick fix to solve life problems, which end up being exacerbated by addiction.

It’s always nice to hear when the ill gotten goods are taken off the street and particularly in remote locations like Fort William.

The thing I love about this is that the car involved probably thought it was off the radar, but it wasn’t stopped accidently, this would have taken planning by the Police to get such a large haul.

Congratulations to all involved and now it’s up to the Courts. I’d just like to give a finger up to the crooks who were running this trade. It’s hopefully dented their ill gotten coffers.

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