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Thanks to Sarah Turnidge and BBC Online News for the Headline.

The beauty spot is near Stroud and is a common where free roaming Cattle can be grazed by ancient right and is managed by the National Trust.

A suggestion has been made to have volunteer “dog ambassadors” to encourage people to do what they should be doing ie. dispose of dog waste safely and also to be aware of the danger to livestock of dogs that are out of control and that are a danger to themselves and others.

I do think it could be a voluntary role that would be helpful Nationally. There is such a strong ethic among dog owners that they know what is best , that I think it would be a difficult but a worthwhile task.

We all need sometimes to be reminded what is appropriate and I do like the idea that a ” Dog Ambassador” is making sure that the dog is being looked after by the owner, the dogs need to be protected from us , just as much as we need to be protected from bad behaviour from owners.

It’s the first time I’ve heard of this and it does seem a good idea.

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Thanks to Steve Jones, Bradford Crown Court and BBC News Online for the Headline

In a Crown Court in Bradford a Court Case is in progress where an ex Government Justice Minister appointed by Gordon Brown is on trial along with several others for basically saying they were running a Covid Testing facility and in actual fact they were giving out false results or no results at all to an unsuspecting population and getting a Government handout for doing so . It’s estimated that they made £6 million in 31 days.

Thankfully we are seeing some of these cases come to fruition, the five people involved who are on trial are charged with fraudulent trading, causing a public nuisance and money laundering.

Remembering back to those times and the fear that overcame us all with the situations that arose where normal social interactions ground to a halt and suddenly we were separated from loved ones at key times in their and our lives. We couldn’t see them in hospital or attend funerals for the sake of protecting everyone from infection. The charge of causing “a public nuisance” seems to me an understatement.

However it is a relief to see justice in action, it is horrific that all this money has been wasted and that no one in Government was qualified to say that these people were charlatan’s and should never have been put in the position they were. Justice Minister indeed!

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Thanks to Simon Browning and BBC Online News for the Headline

Easter is coming and Chocolate is going to be in demand. Shelves full of the stuff, some better quality than others. Believe it or not in one London shop they are having to lock up ” Cadbury Dairy Milk” as it’s been targeted by thieves who obviously have no taste, haven’t they heard of Green and Black’s 70% Organic Cocoa?

Hidden pockets in coats to stash away Cadbury Cream Eggs. Sad to say these thefts have a knock on effect on retailers, both on their bottom line and on staff morale. It’s no big deal a few bars of chocolate is it?

Thankfully the Police are taking it a bit more seriously as they realise these are repeat offenders who get away with it once and keep on coming back with their rucksacks to fill with illicit contraband.

I don’t know what will be the most expensive Chocolate Egg in the shops this year, but if someone walks up to you in the pub and offers you one for a tenner, you can bet your life that they are not doing it out of the kindness of their hearts but leaving a trail of frustration and angst in their path. All for the sake of Chocolate.

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Thanks to Eric Ralls and earth.com for the Headline.

The crux of this is that some human generated chemical bonds are resistant to being broken down by microbes and harsh saltwater conditions. Thus Nature cannot do what it is very good at doing and recycle and reuse everything on the planet (and the universe for that matter) down to the last molecule while we continue to thrust our man made products into landfill that then seeps into all areas of the environment.

Japanese scientists have been working on plant cellulose to make plastic packaging that can be broken down and I suppose to the layperson seems more natural.

So where does this leave us, basically we have too much packaging , and no matter how much we want to play around with the chemistry of packaging, what we really need is much less of it and we need to change our approach to having products on demand and one off use. Why not have a centre or a shop for bulk products that we can weigh and measure what we need.

We don’t want to spend the time doing this , convenience is king, when indeed will we have the time?

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Thanks to Vishnavi Pandev and Secret London for the Headline.

On March the 17th this year a new visionary electric steam train is being launched in Essex’s Audley’s End Enchanted Garden. The ride mimics an actual steam train , sounds and steam and all without the environmental impact of burning coal and boiling vapour.

Visitors will be able to enjoy a ride around the Spring Gardens in full bloom with bluebells and tulips while gazing from the authentic but brand new train called the “Steamless Revolution.” Sounds a nice day out.

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Thanks to Tabitha Wilson and the Warrington Guardian for the Headline.

Congratulations to all for celebrating the staple of many family dinner take- aways in the UK. If you have a good “Chippy” near you , you are very lucky.

Tasty , Crispy, light batter is very important and I can tell if the oil in the oil fryers is not changed regularly. Not sure I really want beef gravy with fish (sounds a bit overkill). In my youth it would have been curry sauce with chips , but now I love a home made tartar sauce which I can get down in Cornwall when the mobile fish and chip shop visits our Camping site. There’s something very special about a fish and chip shop coming to you.

Whatever way you look at it with the costs of running any food business any take-away is costly and so naturally price does come into the equation , particularly when you have a few mouths to feed. So it is still a modern day treat, not a staple.

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Thanks to Ayodeji Adegboyega and Business Insider Africa for the Headline

Being surrounded in our town in the UK by what seems like continuous housing developments being put in with inadequate infrastructure and what seems to be a “build them quick” mentality, it’s interesting to read that the same process is happening in the Ivory Coast at the behest of a Moroccan billionaire.

Abidjan sounds a fascinating city, having being built on various islands and peninsulas in the Έbriέ Peninsula.

The investment is being used to build a luxury mixed-use development in Abidigan’s Zone 4 district. The project will feature four 20 -storey residential towers, office space and a major shopping centre. It marks a strategic shift by Addoha Group ( owned by Morrocan the billionaire investor) toward higher-margin, premium developments across Africa.

It seems the same business model throughout the World, the scheme is expected to start generating revenue shortly, Addoha Group are moving away from supplying much needed low cost housing in the markets it operates in throughout Africa to more profitable high end developments that generate increased profits.

This model has been used in our town of Swindon and frankly has lead to a town centre that is deserted and has looked like a building site for thirty years, will we ever learn?

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Thanks to BBC Online News for the Headline.

Large suitcases with “SMS Blasters” in them. In my day we used to get annoyed with “Ghetto Blasters”. Thankfully because the large suitcases being pulled along on the tube platform looked very suspicious, this scam was spotted. Within the suitcase was some sort of homemade electronic technology, probably based on a Raspberry Pi, which impersonates an actual phone tower.

Loads of people on the tube received texts saying that a parcel had been delivered to their house and to click on a link where they could retrieve it in exchange for a fee.A massive scam targeting a large amount of people. Some were bound to be fooled.

Apparently this scam is called “smishing” , well fraudsters , you were caught so you can “smish off!”

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