Real World News

http://www.gastongaz...ard-hailed.html I hope this man gets the medical attention he needs and can retire without feeling like he has to resort to something like this again. It's sad that things like this can happen in the "civilised" world.

Theres part one, there are 4 parts to it. http://www.youtube.com/QLS2009#p/u/4/e5WasWa0wYE What an utter prat, he doesn't listen to what the officers are saying at all and then does the clever thing and drives off from them!

http://davidhencke.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/private-security-firm-that-banned-bloggers-goes-bust/ The row over Barnet Council’s ludicrous decision to defy Communities Some of the fine lads working for MetPro, the blogger busting co. Pic courtesy: Reasonablenewbarnet.blogpsot.com Secretary Eric Pickles and ban bloggers and film makers from covering their cuts meeting has taken an extraordinary twist. In order to enforce the ban the Tory council used MetPro Rapid Response – the council’s main private security contractors – to stop some residents and bloggers from entering the public gallery to see the council vote through cuts. See footage on Broken Barnet website her…

Notation by Col Tom Leo, Commemorative Air Force: - The worlds only flying B-29 Stratofortress has taken to the air again This is one of the combat airplanes that flew from Iwo Jima, Saipan, and Tinian islands to bomb Japan and help win the war. It was usually escorted by P-51 Mustangs to protect her from enemy fighters but many thousands of planes and aircrews were lost fighting for our country. This happened at a time in history before we had long range missiles and electronics. These planes were flown by men from our farms and cities who left their families at home and risked their lives in high altitude gun fights. It was up close, brutal and extremely dangerous …

He was certainly an interesting character. Peace campaigner Brian Haw has died after "a long hard fight" against lung cancer, his family has announced. Mr Haw, 62, set up a camp in London's Parliament Square in 2001 in protest against UK and US foreign policy. In March 2011, a High Court ruling obtained by London's mayor forced him to move his camp on to the pavement. In a statement posted on Mr Haw's website, his family said he had died on 18 June in Germany, where he had been receiving medical treatment. They said Mr Haw, previously from Redditch, Worcestershire, passed away in his sleep in no pain. An additional statement on his website from his campaign repres…

More here... Speaks for itself - laughed for minutes over this and had to share...

Royal Navy top-gun pilots are being forced to learn French so that they can fly from France’s flagship aircraft carrier.They will use French to communicate with their Gallic counterparts in the air and in the officers’ quarters on board France’s carrier, the Charles de Gaulle.The Navy pilots are training with the French, whose jets they may have to use while they await the delivery of the new Joint Strike Fighters, which are unlikely to be ready until 2020. The pilots will spend 16 weeks learning French at the college. They will then join the air wing of the Charles de Gaulle for three years to gain experience flying French Rafale jets, whose top guns are known as…

Anyone watch this programme? It's really hard hitting and difficult to watch at times, but very moving. I am pro assisted suicide and believe that people should have the absolute right to their life (and death) and body. Anyone else see it?

A plumber used Twitter, blogs and online videos to expose his wife's affair with her boss, a court heard. Mr Haynes, from Billingshurst, West Sussex, said Mr Puddick should have taken up his anger with him alone.Mr Puddick denied the charges at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court. Ian Puddick, 41, from Enfield, north London, is accused of harassment after allegedly detailing online his wife's affair with insurance firm director Timothy Haynes. Mr Haynes told the court that both he and his wife needed counselling after the "embarrassment and shame" they had been caused. "I think most of the country - thanks to the internet - is aware I had an affair," The court heard …

Link What a baaaaaarmy story!

Anyone here know what Geocaching is? Some of you may know as well as enjoy this fun activity however it has its problems with people acting suspiciously and sometimes being reported doing things that look or could be mistaken as being up to no good. Geocashers are encouraged to keep what they are doing secret infact it adds to the fun of the activity. Of course if they are approched by the police they should explain they are geocashing but would you know what it is? This can be a real problem in London were terrorism is more likely. I Geocach and my kids love it. you dont have to like it but its a good idea to at least know what it is. http://www.geocaching.com/ …

Maybe not so obvious this side of the border, but I'd be interested to know what effects specials south of the uk border are feeling as a result of the conservative government so far, either good or bad effects... EDIT: In relation to Police work.

Angela Voelkert thought she could get a little dirt on her husband using a fake Facebook profile. She uncovered something far more sinister, say authorities.mail

Some musings on death by a police officer: Crikey, two miserable threads started by me within minutes!

Award-winning Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinator Pauline Palmer took her role seriously. When she wasn’t on the lookout for criminal goings-on in her neighbourhood, the 71-year-old was keeping an eagle eye on what neighbour Brian Collins, 51, was up to. She watched him from the day he moved in, a court was told. For three years, Mrs Palmer kept a detailed diary on his activities – including sessions in his garden hot tub with women, and when he had sex in his bedroom. In one of her notes, she wrote: ‘I saw Mr Collins in his hot tub with two women. He said “get your t**s out, b****â€.’ In her diary, she also recorded when women stayed overnight with Mr Collin…