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[Rita_Poon]

Early enquiries show a connection to the arsonist and anti Rangers and Patterson postings on social media.

working double time here to work citrus or citric into a pun or joke. But I cant. Maybe involve judge rind-er?

 

[summerisle]

 

[Rita_Poon]

so, erm...

Footballer Jesse Lingard's grandad to face a retrial

The jury in Kenneth Lingard's trial was discharged earlier this month it can now be reported.

www.bbc.co.uk

bit of balance?

Retired Greater Manchester Police officers held on suspicion of rape

The five men are accused of raping a woman when she was a vulnerable teenager, beginning in the 1960s.

www.bbc.co.uk

I wonder what the odds are...

 

[BlueInNZ]

This almost needs a thread in itself. I'm sure @Rita_Poon will be shocked at this. I'll try and be brief. Bear with me as this is good.....
NZ police is all one national police, and so only one top dog, namely the police commissioner. Equivalent is Chief Constable for you UKers. About 6 months ago it was time for a new one. Two horse race, Richard "Felix" Chambers or Jevon McSkimming. Who names these people ffs.

Anyway , Felix gets the job and within a week his challenger is announced to be under investigation for internal issues. Allegedly a bit of fiddling with the staffers. Looks like his official laptop was taken to be examined and omg what have they found? Criminal investigation underway for porn (Allegedly) on his laptop and now the investigation is leaking like a sieve, looks like it's illegal porn. To think this guy was within a whisker of being the NZ top cop. Who'd have thought it.

'Investigation cannot be compromised': Top cop accepts McSkimming resignation 'raises questions'

Allegations Police found pornographic material on McSkimming's work computer.

www.nzherald.co.nz

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

my daughter just sent me this, a letter from her boss congratulating her on saving a life! She joined the ambulance 999 service a couple of weeks ago and took this call. I am bowled over to know that there is someone out there who may not be there if not for the action's of others. Life really is precious.

 

[Rita_Poon]

This almost needs a thread in itself. I'm sure @Rita_Poon will be shocked at this. I'll try and be brief. Bear with me as this is good.....
NZ police is all one national police, and so only one top dog, namely the police commissioner. Equivalent is Chief Constable for you UKers. About 6 months ago it was time for a new one. Two horse race, Richard "Felix" Chambers or Jevon McSkimming. Who names these people ffs.

Anyway , Felix gets the job and within a week his challenger is announced to be under investigation for internal issues. Allegedly a bit of fiddling with the staffers. Looks like his official laptop was taken to be examined and omg what have they found? Criminal investigation underway for porn (Allegedly) on his laptop and now the investigation is leaking like a sieve, looks like it's illegal porn. To think this guy was within a whisker of being the NZ top cop. Who'd have thought it.

'Investigation cannot be compromised': Top cop accepts McSkimming resignation 'raises questions'

Allegations Police found pornographic material on McSkimming's work computer.

www.nzherald.co.nz

Peter Sullivan: Man jailed for 1986 murder has conviction quashed

Peter Sullivan, 68, says he is "not bitter" after one of the UK's biggest miscarriages of justice.

www.bbc.co.uk

Andrew Malkinson, Barry George, Stefan Kiszko... [there's a quite famous film, called 'In the name of the father', you may know it, there's some very powerful criminals on the loose in the uk, the reform brexit-bunch love them].

 

[Rita_Poon]

Newly-elected councillor Andrew Hamilton-Gray was sacked as police officer

Andrew Hamilton-Gray won a seat in Loughborough for Reform, with almost 40% of the vote.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[verreauxi]

Cool thread on a very unusual geological phenomenon:

 

[SerenityNigh]

Question: do flat-earthers believe the moon is also flat, or is it a spherical?

TBF, since we only observe one side of the moon from the earth, it would make sense to believe it is also flat

 

[SerenityNigh]

Cool thread on a very unusual geological phenomenon:

1. that's very cool
2. why has social media warped our brains to accept this kind of writing?
3. TIL this is what Greenland might look like without the glaciers:

 

[Rita_Poon]

Police escort as Buccaneer jet takes to the road

The Blackburn Buccaneer jet was transported with a police escort to an aviation museum in Lincolnshire.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Rita_Poon]

Exclusive: TV personality makes police complaint about “traumatic” investigation into officer

In 2023, Jackie Adedeji raised a historic complaint of sexual misconduct by a serving police officer. The detective who investigated her complaint is now under investigation for making inappropriate comments and then it emerged a third investigating officer had previously stood trial for rape...

www.channel4.com

 

[Taifi gorm]

Question: do flat-earthers believe the moon is also flat, or is it a spherical?

TBF, since we only observe one side of the moon from the earth, it would make sense to believe it is also flat

No, they say it's round it's the excess mass from when the doughnut shaped Earth was formed.

 

[Sinski]

Question: do flat-earthers believe the moon is also flat, or is it a spherical?

TBF, since we only observe one side of the moon from the earth, it would make sense to believe it is also flat

They believe everything is spherical except the earth and that the sun and moon are inside the firmament.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

During the early 1640s, the Dutch built the first border wall in North America, a 12 foot (4 meter) structure to help protect against pirates, Native Americans and other potential enemies. In 1664, the British completely ignored the wall and took New Amsterdam by sea. The British renamed the Dutch settlement New York and tore down the wall and built a street. The street is now called Wall Street. And that very broad street you see on the map is now Broadway.