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Thank You to Matt Weigold at BBC News Online for the Headline

Apologies to those among you who are vegetarians or vegans, apparently a group of fans of a particular Pork Pie, made by a local bakery are upset because they think the business owners are cutting corners and making their pie with “pinker ” meat and with none of the jelly they used to have.

The owners deny any such thing and say that the way the pies are being made has not changed.

I have to admit , they are not my favourite thing in the world, though I do like the pastry, but I haven’t bought one for years and in truth am not tempted to do so.

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Thanks to Max Matza from BBC News Online for the Headline

Enough said, the Nobel Peace Prize is non-transferable and sad to say it shows Political one- upmanship of the worse kind to give it away , just because the President of the United States said he should have got it.

So whatever happens in Venezuela , it looks like the status quo of Power is being held onto by the old regime and no matter what Machado sees as her right by winning the election in 2024 , nothing has changed. All she got from President Trump was “superlatives”.

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Thanks to the Newsroom from ekathimerini.com for the Headline

Greek air space had a partial shutdown in flights across Greece for hours soon after Ney Year’s Day. The cause was not a Cybersecurity attack but rather outdated systems.

Although not specific, the reason given for the failure of the systems was that the voice communication system and crucial telecom systems they use are no longer supported by the manufacturer and they will have to buy a new system.

So basically it’s just like us using Windows 10 and being no longer able to get the updates as as far as the manufacturer of hardware and software are concerned they aren’t going to support it.

I don’t suppose any of the Greek Philosophers came up with the idea that prevention is better than cure, but it strikes me that they have been aware of the problem for some time.

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Thanks to Frederica Bedendo of BBC Online News for the Headline

The Hillsborough Law will have far reaching effects on those in Political Life who wish to cover up or basically just not tell the truth about events that affect their constituents or the public in general.

The proposal would make the Law not Parliament responsible for these falsehoods. What a Politician says in Parliament if found to be false would result in a legal address not a slap on the hand in a Commons Committee with no other redress.

I think the extension to the Secret Services ie. MI5 and MI6 is important as well, fair enough respect State Security , but don’t use it as an excuse to cover up “lies” or ignore your duty of care to the people.

It sounded quite a naïve statement , but yes we don’t want to be lied to.

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Thanks to Dan Hunt of BBC Online News for the Headline

Apparently incident reporting was incomplete, and complaints by visitors and occasions when unlawful restraint were not fully investigated. The report added that although the staff acted with “kindness and compassion” care was “not always fully person-centered” . Whatever that means.

Pretty scary hey? How many people do you know who wouldn’t want to be in a care home themselves or put their elderly parents or one of their relatives , a son or a daughter into one.

Basically it’s not just the whiff of damp, but the whiff of the money making profits that these Private Care Companies who are on the whole now large Corporations make. Where did it all go wrong.

Probably with Tony Blair’s “Respect”.

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Thanks to Reuters News for this Headline

So the Chinese are looking like they are determined to phase out Western made equipment and software citing that they see foreign tools as potentially being used to spy on China.

It remains to be seen how this pans out but it reflects the distrust internationally that is the Global territory at the moment.

The West has the same old problem of it needs to buy raw materials and also it has to have good education systems to be at the front of technology. All of this is very expensive.

Thanks to Sky News Online for the Headline

Glad to say that the four astronauts who have been in space since August have returned safely and we have no idea what the ‘serious medical condition’ was or which astronaut was affected but even to spend 5 months in Space is a great achievement and I wish them all well.

However, we need to ensure that news channels don’t take advantage of the situation and use the fact that all the stops were pulled out to make sure the Astronaut’s were safe, but that we don’t currently have a Health system that ensures patients are not left in corridors in hospitals and are not treated in a timely manner with respect. The two stories should not be juxta positioned , at the end of the day , Space Travel is not Health Travel and they are two separate budgets.

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