General News Thread

[EastAnglianFox]

11 hours ago, RowlattsFox said:

Praying the 3-year-old lad that's gone missing turns up safe. As a parent, I can't even begin to imagine the feeling. 

I do find it amazing that there has been no sort of sighting at all when someone goes missing in the middle of the afternoon. 

Body matching the description found in lake this evening 

 

Truly just awful 😞 

[st albans fox]

4 hours ago, lcfcell said:

 

Also regarding Andrew Tate, what’s the latest with him? Feel like I’ve haven’t seen him in the news. 

Still in a Florida jail awaiting extradition hearing v soon

 

Lawyers tried to get them out on bail last week but turned down as considered a flight risk 

 

Romanian police have raised more charges aswell. 

 

I would be surprised if they are actually extradited from Florida to uk 

[leicsmac]

13 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Still in a Florida jail awaiting extradition hearing v soon

 

Lawyers tried to get them out on bail last week but turned down as considered a flight risk 

 

Romanian police have raised more charges aswell. 

 

I would be surprised if they are actually extradited from Florida to uk 

What is the most likely path forward here, then? 

[Super_horns]

52 minutes ago, EastAnglianFox said:

Body matching the description found in lake this evening 

 

Truly just awful 😞 

Very sad.

 

RIP Noah.

[st albans fox]

1 hour ago, leicsmac said:

What is the most likely path forward here, then? 

  My guess is that the case is not resolved at the extradition hearing and the two are released on bail ( on the basis that it’s not reasonable to continue to hold them as the case hasn’t been sorted at the first opportunity)
 

I then think that they will abscond somewhere that has no treaty with Europe or the USA 

 

and if they manage to do that then the Florida authorities will not have been doing a great job! (Maybe deliberately- trump is unhappy with Europe) 

 

 

[Jon the Hat]

3 hours ago, Super_horns said:

Very sad.

 

RIP Noah.

Poor lad.  Very similar thing happened near us with a slightly older non-verbal autistic boy.  He was fascinated with water and got into a pool in a house a few doors down despite a 6 foot fence and secure glass fencing around the pool meeting the legal requirements here.  A determined kid can sneak off, hide and not be found to do what they are fixated on.  Awful for the family.  

[leicsmac]

8 hours ago, st albans fox said:

  My guess is that the case is not resolved at the extradition hearing and the two are released on bail ( on the basis that it’s not reasonable to continue to hold them as the case hasn’t been sorted at the first opportunity)
 

I then think that they will abscond somewhere that has no treaty with Europe or the USA 

 

and if they manage to do that then the Florida authorities will not have been doing a great job! (Maybe deliberately- trump is unhappy with Europe) 

 

 

That's plausible. 

 

In that case, I very much hope that you're wrong and the Florida authorities are both competent and not that corrupt. It is after all obvious how much of a flight risk they are so there really shouldn't be a problem with holding them for longer. 

 

If they do somehow slip the net, well...that's the point where some wannabe vigilante might need to step up, isn't it? And they'd better get it right. 

[leicsmac]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx3051ye5j0nt

 

Felon#47 taking this news about a possible new alliance in about the way one would expect, then.

[Trav Le Bleu]

2 hours ago, leicsmac said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx3051ye5j0nt

 

Felon#47 taking this news about a possible new alliance in about the way one would expect, then.

He's turning the US into a parish state, if they aren't already.

[leicsmac]

5 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

He's turning the US into a parish state, if they aren't already.

Well, yes, I know they take the religious stuff over there pretty seriously but...

[slymunn]

8 hours ago, Jon the Hat said:

Poor lad.  Very similar thing happened near us with a slightly older non-verbal autistic boy.  He was fascinated with water and got into a pool in a house a few doors down despite a 6 foot fence and secure glass fencing around the pool meeting the legal requirements here.  A determined kid can sneak off, hide and not be found to do what they are fixated on.  Awful for the family.  

In America they specifically urge responders and the public to “search water first” for a missing child with autism/sen for this reason.

 

There isn't as much of a rule here in the UK like this, to my knowledge.

 

[Izzy]

Canada joining the EU as an 'Associate member' is like Australia taking part in Eurovision and I'm all for it.

[Izzy]

Carney addressing the EU in immaculate French. Impressive as always.

[leicsmac]

4 minutes ago, Izzy said:

Canada joining the EU as an 'Associate member' is like Australia taking part in Eurovision and I'm all for it.

The Aussies, NZ, Scandics and (dare I say it) the UK should be looking for similarly closer ties, too. 

 

Edit: might have to come up with a different name for the bloc at that point, though. 

Edited yesterday at 10:10 by leicsmac

[Izzy]

Another standing ovation for Carney, I could listen to him speak all day.

 

The real leader of the free world.

[leicsmac]

14 minutes ago, Izzy said:

Another standing ovation for Carney, I could listen to him speak all day.

 

The real leader of the free world.

He's a proper heavyweight statesman, and the world sorely needs that right now. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, leicsmac said:

Well, yes, I know they take the religious stuff over there pretty seriously but...

Stupid autocorrect.

 

Pariah state.

[Jattdogg]

🇨🇦  baby

[leicsmac]

4 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Stupid autocorrect.

 

Pariah state.

Been there more times than I can recall, mate. 

 

Anyway, yes, you're absolutely right, now it's just required to convince a part of both the UK media and political class that the US under the current administration is indeed a pariah state run by self interested psychopaths and to not encourage behaviour otherwise. 

[LCFCJohn]

Carney might actually end Trump given what this will be doing to the latters health 

[Zear0]

Khan speaking Urdu to Polanski is some trolling I can get behind

[leicsmac]

1 hour ago, LCFCJohn said:

Carney might actually end Trump given what this will be doing to the latters health 

We should be so lucky. 

[kenny]

24 minutes ago, Zear0 said:

Khan speaking Urdu to Polanski is some trolling I can get behind

It's a bit pathetic. Look at me speaking a language you don't, it's very playground.

 

The bigger amusement from the story is that there are hardly any Urdu speakers there and the green party leaflet should have been in Bengali.

[Zear0]

18 minutes ago, kenny said:

It's a bit pathetic. Look at me speaking a language you don't, it's very playground.

 

The bigger amusement from the story is that there are hardly any Urdu speakers there and the green party leaflet should have been in Bengali.

Absolutely pathetic, but somehow I can get behind it at the expense of the boob whisperer

[Trav Le Bleu]

Once again, big business trying to steamroller the small guy 

 

B-side's Portland B&B resists calls from Airbnb to change logo - BBC News

 

https://share.google/hvqp6cO0opsPd303V

 

I would argue that bnb-side actually is a BnB.

When's the last time an owner made anyone breakfast in their Airbnb?

 

Sue Airbnb for misrepresentation. They should be forced to change their name to Airb.