In todays news...

[DefTrap]

London Bridge is looking wobbly

“Following further evaluation this morning, the Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision.”

My mate works for the Beeb and the archive packages they update regularly for all of the Royals 'just in case' must be pretty dogeared by now.

[Mr. Dazzle]

My mate works for the Beeb and the archive packages they update regularly for all of the Royals 'just in case' must be pretty dogeared by now.

I read that three or four times wondering WTF "do geared" means.

[Greenman]

Has anyone seen the episode of Red Dwarf where criticism is banned so all the ships positions are incorrectly filled by people with the wrong skills, that is where we are now in the UK. We aren't allowed to criticise anyone/anything so jobs are being filled by people with the wrong skills!

As Jackyjoll says, soon we shall be employing people who 'identify' as something to fill the jobs.

"Hi my names James and i am a 18 year old with no qualifications in medicine who identifies as a Brain Surgeon"!

It seems to be the case with modern musicians, there's never a tune you can whistle to and they can't sing.

I'm working on that one for you already...

Got the urge to produce again now after about a year hiatus and am going to upgrade my setup now i have a few quid to spend. Been scrimping and scraping for ages to finally have about £800 spare to sort out my setup. Need new PC internals build and the mixer as mentioned. Bet you can't wait to hear the outcomes...

[Pirahna]

I've been trying to find a reliable news article and failing. Apparently, the fracking ban has been lifted and a load of me licenses issued.

Might not be true though.

[Horse]

I've been trying to find a reliable news article and failing. Apparently, the fracking ban has been lifted and a load of me licenses issued.

Might not be true though.

Googled Franking news

https://www.ft.com/content/a085f0f8-7e2 ... 69a016cc06

The new UK prime minister on Thursday ended a ban on fracking in England that has been in place since 2019, as part of wide-ranging reforms to bolster Britain’s domestic energy supplies and address soaring bills for households and businesses.

[Lutin]

I've been trying to find a reliable news article and failing. Apparently, the fracking ban has been lifted and a load of me licenses issued.

Might not be true though.

Googled Franking news

https://www.ft.com/content/a085f0f8-7e2 ... 69a016cc06

The new UK prime minister on Thursday ended a ban on fracking in England that has been in place since 2019, as part of wide-ranging reforms to bolster Britain’s domestic energy supplies and address soaring bills for households and businesses.

And how does this stack up with the UK's commitment to the Paris Climate Change Accord, one wonders?

And while I'm here, here's Martyn Turner's (Irish Times 9th Septemner 2022) take on it -

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[Mussels]

An Irish paper saying UK corporation tax is to low, I've seen it all now.

[Lutin]

An Irish paper saying UK corporation tax is to low, I've seen it all now.

And Ireland has recently put its corporation tax rate up.

[Pirahna]

An Irish paper saying UK corporation tax is to low, I've seen it all now.

And Ireland has recently put its corporation tax rate up.

A quick Google says UK 19%, Ireland 12.5%.

[Mussels]

An Irish paper saying UK corporation tax is to low, I've seen it all now.

And Ireland has recently put its corporation tax rate up.

A quick Google says UK 19%, Ireland 12.5%.

Except for multi-nationals which can bring their worldwide profit over and pay about 4.5%.

[Pirahna]

And Ireland has recently put its corporation tax rate up.

A quick Google says UK 19%, Ireland 12.5%.

Except for multi-nationals which can bring their worldwide profit over and pay about 4.5%.

Sounds like a win for Ireland, as long as they can keep it like that.

[Yorick]

OK it's not your news but I remember it happening.
Whopping big fine.

https://gazettelife.com/news/39-month-s ... -accident/

[Mussels]

A quick Google says UK 19%, Ireland 12.5%.

Except for multi-nationals which can bring their worldwide profit over and pay about 4.5%.

Sounds like a win for Ireland, as long as they can keep it like that.

They want to but the rest of the EU isn't happy about it.

[Yorick]

Everyone's panicking

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[Mussels]

Queen's funeral: 'Extraordinary' to invite China, senior Tories say

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62913220

With Russians calling for WW3 and many western leaders gathering in London at the same time I'd want the Chinese to be there as a human shield.

[MrLongbeard]

[Mussels]

A budget has been announced next week to remove the NI rise Boris introduced, I expect to see Starmer fully supporting the Tories removing this tax he opposed.

[Horse]

Eek

[KungFooBob]

ooops

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-c ... to1BTHYstE

Other news outlets have some aerial shots that show how close to the road it is.

[irie]

Huge typhoon (equivalent to cat 4 hurricane I think) threatening Japan.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/1 ... ek-shelter

Nearly two million people in Japan have been asked to seek shelter before Typhoon Nanmadol, national broadcaster NHK said, as the weather agency issued a rare “special warning” about the powerful storm, which is expected to make landfall on Sunday.