Emergency Closure Of Westminster Bridge

Just meters from the Houses of Parliament, a man was assaulted in front of appalled visitors, prompting police to surround Westminster Bridge.

According to early accounts, he had been stabbed. However, the Metropolitan Police later said that during a struggle, he experienced a cardiac arrest.

Officers were called to Westminster Bridge at about 10.45 am today and discovered the man who was said to be ‘fighting for his life’ after being taken to hospital in a critical condition, according to Scotland Yard.

A user of X, formerly Twitter, posted online: ‘Westminster Bridge closed in both directions. Hundreds of Police at the scene with the Bridge cordoned off. What’s going on?’

The bustling bridge was stopped in both directions, and terrified onlookers watched as scores of police officers and emergency services personnel were sent to the area.

One person has been detained for affray, while three others have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

According to the Met, two of the people who were detained had medical treatment for minor facial injuries.

Scotland Yard stated that they did not consider the event to be connected to terrorism.

The 11, 12, 148, 159, and 453 bus routes were all being rerouted, and a road closure was implemented.

It’s another typical day in the capital, but this is horrific and is becoming far too common – not just in London but everywhere, and it will get worse while Keir Starmer is in power. He’s letting undesirables into our country and releasing prisoners early, all while punishing pensioners, farmers and small businesses. Their excuses are wearing very thin. Of course, the Tories had to go, but this lot of champagne socialists are clueless.

Courageous Police Tackle Gun-Carrying E-Biker

A man has been imprisoned for five years after police caught him carrying a gun in his backpack.

Antonio Balu, 25, sped down Soho Road in Birmingham on the black bike before quick-thinking officers knocked him off balance as he rode past.

When West Midlands Police officers noticed Balu wearing a sweatshirt in the sweltering 25°C heat on August 13, they grew suspicious.

The dramatic moment PC Matthew More grabbed Balu’s bag as he rode by on an e-bike and caused the yob to collide with the curb is captured on bodycam footage.

Officers checked Balu’s bag pack and discovered a handgun with three rounds of ammo in it.

In the video, a panicking Balu tells officers: ‘I just found this bike and this bag, I just put it on now.’

An officer replies: ‘No you haven’t, we’ve been watching you for ages.’

When asked by police for his name, Balu says: ‘You don’t need to know my name mate.’

When asked what was inside the bag he replies, ‘Nothing’ before saying: ‘I haven’t done nothing wrong.’ 

Last Wednesday, Balu was sentenced to five years in prison at Birmingham Crown Court after acknowledging that he had a gun and ammunition.

The arrest was conducted by the force’s Guardian Taskforce – which is committed to tackling serious youth violence.

Detective Inspector Jon Green, from West Midlands Police Major Crime Unit, said: ‘This is excellent work by the Guardian Taskforce whose actions have taken a deadly weapon off the streets.

‘Balu claimed he’d just found the bike and the bag, but we pieced together his movements using CCTV to show that he’d left his house on the bike and carrying the bag earlier in the day.

‘What started as a routine stop of someone acting suspiciously has resulted in a loaded firearm being taken off the street and the carrier being jailed for five years.’

These kinds of individuals have taken over our cities and more and more of our towns over the past 30 years, thanks to our government and politicians on both sides. They have successfully taken over and occupied a large portion of metropolitan Britain; regrettably, the British people are not permitted to fight back or oppose them in any manner.

However, the goal right now is survival, not retaliation.

The UK government is so caught up in other countries’ wars and problems, that it can’t see the war that’s being waged within its own country, and it will get far worse.

Now that it’s growing that way every day and nothing is being done about it, we will eventually be swamped, but I believe that’s the plan—to cause havoc while the army waits in hotels, but our government doesn’t care because it’s all part of the agenda to obliterate British culture.

Our government seem to believe that climate change is the biggest threat that we presently face, more so than terror. Someone needs to get out of their ivory tower and see what is really happening, and it has nothing to do with climate change.

Our political elite are like Mrs Jellyby in Charles Dickens Bleak House. She was a philanthropist and obsessed with the needy of Africa and was so distracted by this that she failed her family – sounds familiar.

This man is a shocking criminal, of which there are many more.

I wonder what his legal status is here in the UK? People need to realise that it’s a privilege to live in this country, not a right.

Anybody surprised. No, me neither because we aren’t learning, are we?

Benefits Will Be Lost If People Refuse To Work

When asked twice today if young people’s benefits would be reduced if they declined to accept employment or training, a cabinet minister squirmed.

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall eventually committed to the move after a toe-curling discussion on Sky News over Labour’s new welfare crackdown.

Keir Starmer has promised “sweeping changes,” including a crackdown on cheaters and those who “game the system,” and has pledged to curb the “bulging” benefits bill that is “blighting our society.”

Ms Kendall is unveiling a package of legislation on Tuesday to ‘get Britain working’, after officials predict that more than four million people will be claiming long-term sickness benefits by 2030. That would be 60 percent higher than before the pandemic.

But she evaded as she was continually questioned by presenter Trevor Phillips on whether young people will be docked benefits if they do not accept opportunities.

She was accused by an increasingly irate Phillips of “dancing around” the question of whether sanctions would be imposed, which would exacerbate tensions with the Labour Left.

Eventually, Ms Kendall said that ‘if people repeatedly refuse to take up the training or work responsibilities there will be sanctions on their benefits’.

Pressed if that meant they would ‘lose benefits’, the minister replied: ‘Yes.’

Sir Keir used an article in the Mail on Sunday today to signal a new focus on domestic politics, after the extraordinary Budget tax raid and a backlash over his globetrotting fueled a slump in Labour’s poll ratings.

He said that the reforms announced this week will pave the way for ‘the biggest overhaul of employment support in memory’.

He wrote: ‘Make no mistake, we will get to grips with the bulging benefits bill blighting our society.’

‘Don’t get me wrong – we will crack down hard on anyone who tries to game the system, to tackle fraud so we can take cash straight from the banks of fraudsters.

‘There will be a zero-tolerance approach to these criminals. My pledge to Mail on Sunday readers is this: I will grip this problem once and for all.’

Tens of thousands of individuals who are economically inactive due to health issues will be hired for non-clinical positions as part of Labour’s intentions to give the NHS a role in helping people return to work.

The employment of job coaches in mental health clinics is also anticipated to be covered in Ms Kendall’s White Paper.

Whoops: “assigning a non-clinical role to the NHS to help people return to work, such as hiring tens of thousands of people who are economically inactive due to health issues.”

The NHS already employs far too many individuals in non-clinical positions. This runs counter to efforts to simplify the NHS by cutting out non-clinical positions that aren’t required and using the savings to hire more physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.

It appears that our government is unable to understand that sending jobless people to interviews does not guarantee that they will be hired, and many will do all in their power to ensure that they are not hired. Despite their persistent efforts, they will never succeed.

Please don’t expect our infantile government to make any rational suggestions; even if they do, the execution will be so poorly planned that it will be yet another utter disaster on the part of Labour.

The trouble is, with increasing prices and the price of rent in this country, which is excessive. Low-paid workers’ wages go straight to the landlord, the rest is utilities and council tax. There is no incentive to work, and if you do work, it’s about survival, with no life at all.

They say that working gives you self-respect, perhaps those on a good wage, but for those who are on a very poor wage, working long hours for peanuts, that can be extremely demeaning – more demeaning than being on benefits.

The Third World War Has Begun

Due to the blatant military assistance of Vladimir Putin’s despotic allies, China, Iran, and North Korea, Ukraine’s former military leader has warned that World War Three is already underway.

Valery Zaluzhny, who is now Ukraine’s envoy to the United Kingdom, told the UP100 award ceremony in Kyiv: ‘I believe that in 2024 we can absolutely believe that the Third World War has begun.’

The General said that as of this year, ‘Ukraine is no longer facing Russia. Soldiers from North Korea are standing in front of Ukraine.’

He made the remarks in response to allegations that Pyongyang has dispatched some 10,000 soldiers to fight with Russian forces in the Kursk area. Moscow wants to resupply its forces and retake the land that was stolen from it three months ago.

Zaluzhny continued by highlighting the assistance Tehran has reportedly provided to Putin’s army, including the technology to manufacture the drones themselves and the thousands of Shahed attack drones it has given to Moscow.

More than 8,000 Iran-developed drones have been launched since the war began two and a half years ago, Kyiv said in September, with many targeting civilian homes as well as military targets.

‘Let’s be honest. Already in Ukraine, the Iranian ‘Shahedis’ are killing civilians absolutely openly, without any shame,’ Zaluzhny said, adding that Chinese and North Korean weapons were also being used against his country.

Following Kyiv’s Storm Shadow strike on Russian territory, Moscow’s envoy to the UK stated that Britain is now “directly involved” in the conflict.

Asked if the UK is ‘at war’, the PM told BBC local radio: ‘We’re not at war, but Ukraine certainly is.’ Sir Keir slammed Putin’s ‘irresponsible rhetoric’. 

‘Russia is the aggressor,’ he said. ‘This war could end today if Putin stopped being the aggressor.’

In the meanwhile, a senior military officer stated that if Russia invaded another European country in addition to Ukraine, the British Army would be prepared to engage Vladimir Putin’s soldiers “tonight.”

Lt. Gen Sir Rob Magowan, the deputy chief of the British defence staff, told the House of Commons defence committee yesterday afternoon: ‘If the British Army was asked to fight tonight, it would fight tonight.

‘I don’t think anybody in this room should be under any illusion that if the Russians invaded Eastern Europe tonight, then we would meet them in that fight.’

However, Magowan’s declaration misrepresents the state of the UK’s military abilities.

Our political elite has once again failed us by failing to understand historical and contemporary geopolitical challenges. Our involvement in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Afghanistan has taught them nothing, and now they will experience the same old results once more.

Our leaders in Westminster appear to have the erroneous belief that we are still a formidable military power. This belief was abandoned a long time ago, and all that has been witnessed since is the extremely quick decline of our military capabilities.

A killer Tsunami is coming our way, yet the US/UK and EU leaders are debating what colour swimming trunks we should be sporting, and where will these swimming trunks be made. China probably!

We left WWI and WWII behind us, and even though some still have the recollections, politicians have learnt nothing, only how to better themselves and line their own pockets at our expense. Now, they’re good at that, but useless at anything else.

We are possibly on the verge of war, and I wonder what’s running through the minds of the government, and who’s now attempting to move money about so that they can go and live somewhere else, and while they’re doing that, Labour will blame it anything they can – Brexit, COVID-19 and the £22 billion black hole, and for the diabolical mess we’re in.

David Lammy Pledged To Support Israeli PM Netanyahu After ICC Issued A Warrant For Gaza Crimes Against Humanity

After the Israeli Prime Minister was issued an international arrest warrant for “war crimes” in Gaza, Downing Street refused to rule out that Benjamin Netanyahu would be detained if he travelled to Britain.

The International Criminal Court, which Foreign Secretary David Lammy last month said the UK ‘supports’, today issued warrants for Netanyahu and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant, as well as the leader of Hamas.

Israelis were outraged when a lawsuit accusing them of crimes against humanity was announced. Netanyahu denounced what he claimed was a misleading comparison between himself and the leader of the terror group.

Today’s No 10 also stated that Israel has the right to self-defence and that there is no “moral equivalence” between the democratically elected Israeli leader and terrorist commanders.

However, when asked if Mr Netanyahu was at risk of arrest if he made a state visit to Britain, the PM’s spokesman refused to discuss ‘hypothetical’ situations, adding that the government ‘respects the independence’ of the court.

It is acknowledged that the ICC warrant would not be enforceable unless it were approved by a UK court.

Last month Mr Lammy told MPs Labour ‘continues to support the ICC’, adding: ‘Both the ICC and the ICJ should be able to go about their work unfettered by political intervention.’

Attorney General Lord Hermer used a newspaper interview to say the government would not do ‘anything that undermines the work of the ICC’ and would ‘comply with our lawful obligations.’

Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel said the warrant was ‘deeply concerning and provocative’, adding: ‘The Labour Government must condemn and challenge the ICC’s decision.’

Israeli authorities dispute the warrants, which target Netanyahu and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant and centre on claims that Israel has used food as a weapon in its assault against Hamas in Gaza.

According to experts, famine may have struck in the northern part of the enclave, which is under blockade by Israeli soldiers, and hunger has spread across Gaza.

The move by the International Criminal Court came as the death toll from Israel’s campaign in Gaza passed 44,000 people, according to local health authorities, who say more than half of those slain were women and children.

They do not distinguish between fighters and civilians in their count.

Netanyahu condemned the arrest warrant against him, saying Israel ‘rejects with disgust the absurd and false actions’ by the court. In a statement released by his office, he said: ‘There is nothing more just than the war that Israel has been waging in Gaza.’

In addition to making Netanyahu and the others globally sought suspects, the ruling may further isolate them and make cease-fire negotiations more difficult.

It seems that the UK government are so caught up in other countries’ wars that they have completely forgotten about the country they’re supposed to represent.

The UK people are of so little importance that they see us as either a problem or just a cash cow. We are so overdue for change because things have reached a tipping point.

It seems that Starmer is not satisfied with destroying ties with the US and Russia, the two nuclear-armed countries; he now wants to destroy ties with Israel, the third and additional ally.

It’s not because our administration has forgotten us, in my opinion; rather, they just don’t give a damn and consider anything to be a nice diversion.

Whoever said that money talks was right, but it just doesn’t talk, it swears at the common man.

Our Labour UK government and the Tory one before it are complicit in Israeli war crimes. We’ve been sending them components to keep their war machine going, together with the political support internationally, but then we always do what the US tells us to do – extremely sad that our government can’t think for themselves.

In Ukraine War, Britain Is ‘Directly Involved’

Russia’s ambassador to the UK has declared that Ukraine’s use of Storm Shadow missiles on Russian territory means Britain ‘is now directly involved in this war’.

‘This firing cannot happen without NATO staff, British staff as well,’ Andrei Kelin told Sky News – a day after British-made rockets battered a military base in Russia’s Kursk region. 

His remarks were made after Russian forces seemed to launch a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) attack on the city of Dnipro, prompting European and British officials to denounce a “clear and deeply concerning escalation” in the crisis in Ukraine by Vladimir Putin.

Sir Keir Starmer’s office said: ‘If (the suspected ICBM strike) is true, clearly this would be another example of grave, reckless and escalatory behaviour from Russia and only serves to strengthen our resolve.’

France’s foreign ministry echoed that sentiment, declaring that an ICBM launch ‘would be an extremely serious event’ as EU foreign affairs spokesman Peter Stano told reporters such an attack would be ‘yet another clear escalation from Putin’.

Following the release of a shocking video showing what Kyiv officials believe to be warheads from a Russian ICBM or sophisticated rocket pouring down over Ukraine around 5:17 a.m. local time today, European politicians issued their harsh remarks.

‘Today, our crazy neighbour once again showed what he really is – and how afraid he is,’ Volodymyr Zelensky said.

The Ukrainian President said the missile’s speed and altitude match the profile of an ICBM after Kyiv’s air force reported the explosions were caused by such a weapon, though evidence has not yet been provided.

If an ICBM strike is verified, it would be the first time such a weapon has ever been used in war, however, Russian officials have so far declined to comment.

However, other observers questioned whether Russian troops had employed a full-fledged ICBM, claiming the strike’s estimated range was insufficient for an intercontinental missile.

They noted that to prevent early warning systems and a potential reaction, Moscow would have needed to alert Washington.

Security cameras captured the moment several missiles streaked through the night sky and triggered a string of fierce explosions in the city of Dnipro where the plants of state-owned aerospace and defence manufacturer Yuzmash are located.

Zelensky said experts were investigating the strike to try and identify the exact weapon used.

‘Expert examinations are underway. It is obvious that Putin is using Ukraine as a testing ground,’ Zelensky said in a video posted on social media.

The salvos’ intensity, velocity, and coordination indicated that MIRVs (multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles) were responsible for the explosions.

It’s not our conflict and clearly, no one other than politicians seems to want us to be involved in any way.

Neither of those nations is an angelic nation. Russia and Ukraine, which were formerly one nation, were well-known for their extreme corruption. It’s their fight and we should leave it to them to get on with.

Why does Starmer want to yank us into it? Did the people vote for a warmonger? And if he does want to start a war, I expect to see him on the frontline, not secure and comfortable in an underground bunker someplace.

This is about two Slavic countries with a shared border, basically having a disagreement over said border. Nothing whatsoever to do with anyone else, but the West just can’t help itself.

Keir Starmer has now turned this into our battle, which is a careless betrayal that jeopardises British security. He has now taken this to a completely new level instead of protecting the UK.

Putin Threatens WWIII; Labour Cuts Military

Despite Britain’s increasing involvement in direct combat with Russia, Labour has promised drastic cutbacks to the country’s defence capability.

In a surprising move which transmitted ominous signals to the Kremlin, 31 frontline helicopters and a couple of Commando assault ships were axed.

The UK is set to lose an astounding 46 Watchkeeper Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), despite drones dominating the Ukrainian battlefield.

As part of the astounding plans, two ‘fast fleet tankers’ that supply gasoline for aircraft carriers and a Royal Navy frigate are also being cut down.

Shock and rage greeted Defence Secretary John Healey’s decision.

According to sources, the cuts sent the incorrect message to both Britain’s allies and foes, including the United States.

Its timing was further complicated by the fact that other NATO countries are strengthening their military capabilities and the US is stepping up its assistance for Ukraine.

One senior naval figure remarked: ‘Try telling Donald Trump these helicopters and ships were getting old and were costing more to repair, he’ll only hear that Britain is making cuts’.

Announcing the cuts in Parliament, Mr Healey told MPs: ‘I recognise that these will mean a lot to men who have sailed and flown in them during their deployment around the world, but their work is done we must look now to the future.

‘We’re in a new era of rising global tensions, we need a new era for UK defence. To achieve this, the Government is investing £3 billion extra next year and setting a clear path to 2.5 per cent, driving far-reaching reform, fixing the foundations for our armed forces to make Britain better defended, strong at home, secure abroad.’

Mr Healey maintained that the Treasury would not take the savings, which would instead be used to finance the creation of more sophisticated machinery.

Incentives for soldiers to continue their service in fields like aviation engineering are among the measures he announced to address the problems of recruiting and retention.

The ‘dire inheritance’ of the Labour administration after the General Election, Healey told the House, was the reason for the cuts.

He said: ‘Today, with the full backing of our service chiefs I can confirm that six outdated capabilities will be taken out of service.

‘These decisions are set to save the Ministry of Defence £150 million in pounds over two years and up to £500 million over five years. Savings that will be retained, in full, in defence.

‘HMS Northumberland’s structural damage made her uneconomical to repair. The 46 Watchkeeper Mk 1s, a 14-year-old Army drone which technology had overtaken.

‘HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, landing ships both effectively retired by previous ministers but superficially kept on the books at a cost of £9 million a year.

‘Fourteen Chinooks, some over 35 years old, accelerated out of service, two ‘Wave Class’ tankers nobody had seen for years and 17 Puma helicopters, some with over 50 years’ flying, will not be extended.

‘Sadly, these will not be the last difficult decisions I am required to take.’

Early on in Labour’s Strategic Defence Review (SDR), which will serve as the foundation for its comprehensive approach to defence policy, Britain has notified its allies of the changes.

With the possibility of war looming, how in the world can Labour decrease defence assets now? Cutting the 11 billion pounds in foreign climate aid, the 20 billion pounds in carbon capture, the number of new arrivals, the accompanying 4/5 lodging expenses and perks, and many other useless items would be the wisest course of action since, in the event of war, there would be nothing left to collect, such as carbon.

On the other hand, the government dislikes Britain and the British and sees little use in paying money to protect what they despise.

The people in control of this country don’t want to do anything about it because that would harm their agenda, and when I say the ‘people in control’, I’m not talking about our politicians. I’m talking about the people further up the pecking order, globally. Politicians, prime ministers and presidents come and go, the real power has been there for a very long time.

Regarding Our Money, What Exactly Is Happening to It?

The productivity of public services has declined once more and is at 8.5% below pre-Covid levels as Labour gets ready to increase funding.

According to the official data, the state sector’s production as a percentage of inputs decreased by 1.2 percent in the three months ending in June as compared to the prior quarter.

Additionally, productivity data for 2022 has been revised down by the ONS, indicating that the recovery from the pandemic nosedive was not as rapid as initially believed.

The findings presented questions after Keir Starmer signed off a string of bumper pay deals immediately after taking office.

Then, last month, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a huge tax, borrowing, and spending package in the Budget, claiming it was the only way to stabilise public services.

The difference between output and inputs—the quantity of resources like personnel and operating expenses—is how the ONS calculates productivity in public services.

According to estimates, the level was 2.6% lower this year between April and June than it was in 2023.

In the last three months, productivity decreased by 1.2 percent as compared to January to March, which was unchanged from the previous quarter.

According to estimates, the measure is 8.5 percent lower than the three months of October through December 2019.

In 2022, as services were starting to recover from COVID-19, the yearly rate of productivity growth was reduced from 2.6% to merely 1 percent.

According to annualised quarterly estimates, productivity decreased by 0.3 percent from 2022 to 2023.

Separate estimates of the UK’s overall productivity, measured in output per hour worked, however, indicate a 2 percent rise over pre-Covid levels. That could imply that public sector performance is holding the private sector behind.

While stressing that the statistics were ‘volatile’, the ONS said the ‘recovery of public service productivity from the pandemic is taking longer than previously estimated’.

‘The coronavirus pandemic had a large impact on public services,’ the stats body said.

‘In 2020, inputs rose, reflecting the extra resources provided to public services to deal with the pandemic. 

‘Conversely, output fell in 2020, as many services were delivered in a different way than in 2019, with additional costs and mandatory restrictions present for certain services.

‘Our quarterly estimates show a decline in productivity of 25.4 per cent from Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2019 to Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2020, and a recovery of 22.7 per cent from Quarter 2 2020 to Quarter 2 2024.

‘Productivity was 8.5 per cent lower in Quarter 2 2024 than in Quarter 4 2019. 

‘This reflects changes in the severity of the cases being addressed by public services, as well as the delivery of these services.’

For labour to transfer the money to those who do nothing to the economy, those who create, cultivate, manufacture, produce, design, sell, transport, and so on are subject to increasing taxes.

Voting Labour is a right of passage. Once in a while, people believe it’s the right thing to vote for Labour, then they live to regret their decision and never vote for them again.

It seems that following a process or procedure is far more important than whether it works – complain and you then get your HR card marked for being ‘awkward.’

The NHS and other public services are the primary source of our issues. The issue is the management’s lack of responsibility and jobs-for-life attitude. There won’t be any improvement till it is resolved.

Sending in management “hit squads” to interview everyone in management positions, find out what they actually do, and ask them to defend their positions by providing proof of productivity is one strategy to address this.

It is recommended that individuals deemed unnecessary be let go, and those who remain be placed on fixed-term contracts that will only be extended in response to periodic independent performance evaluations.

Nothing will be resolved if public funds are transferred to management who lack competence.

Bear And Cheryl Attend Liam Payne’s Funeral

All four of his former One Direction bandmates are anticipated to attend Liam Payne’s burial, which will be attended by his ex-girlfriend Cheryl and their seven-year-old son Bear.

Payne passed away on October 16 at the age of 31 following a fall from a hotel balcony on the third story in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires.

The first well-known mourners to be spotted at his burial, which is being conducted in a church in the Home Counties, were Damian Hurley, 22, Kimberley Walsh, 43, and Nicola Roberts, 39.

Louis Tomlinson, 32; Zayn Malik, 31; Niall Horan, 31; and Harry Styles, 30 are all anticipated to attend what is said to be their first public gathering together since their most recent performance in 2015. It’s also said that Payne’s girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, will be attending.

A church source said a choir and musicians will perform at the service, which is set to start at 1 pm. One of the floral presentations shows bowling pins and a ball – a nod to his fondness of bowling, with Ms Cassidy saying he did four times a week. 

The site of the funeral has been kept a secret, and locals were only made aware of it when ‘no parking’ signs were placed around the church.

As they patrolled the area, two traffic enforcement officials issued citations to any motorist who disregarded the signage.

Payne travelled to Argentina in September where he watched ex-bandmate Niall Horan perform and also saw his close friend Rogelio ‘Roger’ Nores. He had extended his visit to renew his visa to live in the US when the tragedy happened. 

The entry of the church which is hosting the service has been adorned with candle lanterns and white roses that have been positioned in surrounding shrubbery. 

His family have gone to great lengths to put together the perfect service and give him the send-off he deserves.

Even though Liam was a worldwide celebrity, Geoff and Karen would always think of him as their little boy. The day is going to be quite challenging.

Following Payne’s passing, Tomlinson, Malik, Horan, and Styles issued a joint statement in which they expressed their “complete devastation.”

‘In time, and when everyone is able to, there will be more to say,’ they said.

‘But for now, we will take some time to grieve and process the loss of our brother, who we loved dearly.

‘The memories we shared with him will be treasured forever. For now, our thoughts are with his family, his friends, and the fans who loved him alongside us.

‘We will miss him terribly. We love you Liam – Louis, Zayn, Niall and Harry.’

A little boy is saying goodbye to his dad today. A mum and dad are saying goodbye to their little boy. That’s all that matters and I sincerely hope the media circus leaves them alone to do so in peace, but sadly the paparazzi were already there outside the church.

This will be the most trying day of tiny Bears’ life, therefore the photographers should avoid getting in his face. This little child deserves his privacy and doesn’t need others to see his face.

It’s just traumatising thinking about it, and it will be traumatising with the photographers there, especially when this little boy will be coming to terms with never seeing his father again. It’s such a hard concept for an adult to accept, even harder for a seven-year-old boy, and it would be basic decency by the paps to have just stayed away, and Cheryl must be beside herself endeavouring to protect her son.

Getaway Driver Is Jailed For The Murder Of Two Best Friends

A 45-year-old man has been jailed for a minimum of 38 years for the murders of two best friends during a machete attack sparked by a case of mistaken identity.

Last Monday, Antony Snook, 18-year-old Riley Tolliver, and three minors, ages 15 and 17, were found guilty of killing 15-year-old Mason Rist and 16-year-old Max Dixon.

Snook, the getaway driver, was part of the senseless gang that helped chase down and murder Max and Mason seconds after they had popped out to buy pizza in the Bristol suburb of Knowle West on January 27.

After leaving Mason’s home on Ilminster Avenue at 11:13 p.m., the young boys, who had been friends since nursery school, were brutally pursued and slain a short while later.

Best friends Max Dixon, 16, and Mason Rist, 15, were murdered in a case of mistaken identity

Before the killers burned their clothes to hide their identities, Snook drove away in his Audi Q2, while Max and Mason perished in the hospital after suffering fatal stab wounds.

Passing sentence at Bristol Crown Court today, Mrs Justice May told Snook his actions were ‘weak and cowardly’ as she jailed him to life behind bars with a minimum of 38 years.

As part of a revenge mission, Snook had driven Tolliver and the three boys—who cannot be identified for legal reasons—to and from Knowle West.

Max and Mason had been mistakenly identified as being responsible for bricks being tossed at a house in the rival Hartcliffe district earlier that night.

About an hour after that aggression, Snook departed the property with two of the lads and picked up the other two in a nearby street before heading to Knowle West.

Before the attack, he spent at least twelve minutes driving his Audi Q2 around Knowle West.

Snook drove down Ilminster Avenue when they noticed Mason and Max in the street as they went for a pizza – mistakenly thinking they had spotted those responsible for the aggression.

The three youths with machetes and Tolliver, who were carrying a baseball bat, sprang from the car and began chasing the two youngsters.

Max and Mason are seen going to different sides of the street, each pursued by two people from the car.

Tolliver and the 15-year-old boy attacked Mason while the 16-year-old boy and 17-year-old boy pursued Max.

The 17-year-old boy also struck Mason, who was lying injured on the ground, as he headed back to the Audi after attacking Max.

A CCTV camera on Mason’s nearby house captured how the attack lasted just 33 seconds from the car pulling up to the teenagers getting back in and fleeing.

Both Mason and Max passed away in the hospital early on January 28 after suffering deadly stab wounds.

Snook, a one-legged landscape gardener, drove the teenagers from the scene and dropped them off in Knowle West.

In a backyard, a fire was started, and objects connected to the assault were disposed of.

After a six-week trial, Snook, of Bristol’s Dowling Road, was found guilty on two charges of murder by the jury.

The fact that the driver will serve a lengthy jail sentence is a positive thing, but it doesn’t make the dread these kind lads must have had in their last moments any less real.

None of the perpetrators should experience freedom again.

Five small men thought they could make themselves big by committing a criminal act, and I’ve never understood why the identity of young people convicted of crimes like these is not disclosed. Whatever their age if they perpetrate crimes and carry knives and baseball bats around, they should be named and shamed.

Sadly, violent crimes are out of control in the UK and the powers that be don’t appear to be able to do much about it.

Max and Mason were just strolling along to get a pizza, minding their own business – just two besties chitchatting on their way there. This is heartbreaking and I feel deeply for their family and friends. I am especially pleased there was a long sentence for the people who perpetrated the crime because knife crime of any type must be given the most brutal punishment, even if you choose to carry one.

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