Girl, Nine, Is Fighting For Her Life After A London Bus Slams Into Her And Her Five-Year-Old Brother

A London bus collided with a nine-year-old girl and her five-year-old brother, leaving the girl fighting for her life in the hospital. The bus driver has been detained on suspicion of “drug driving,” according to police.

Following the incident in Bexleyheath, southeast London, the driver of the No 99 bus has been held on suspicion of inflicting serious injury through reckless and drug-driven driving, according to The Evening Standard.

The girl was rushed by ambulance to hospital, where she is being treated for ‘life-threatening injuries’. Her brother was also taken to hospital as a precaution.

The incident occurred on Watling Street, close to the intersection with Halcot Avenue, and the siblings were accompanied by a family member at the time.

Officers have established police cordons and are providing support to their family while the incident scene is being investigated.

The crash happened early on Saturday morning, and the police are looking for witnesses.

An Arriva London route 99 bus was involved in the incident.

A statement from the Metropolitan Police said: ‘At 09.05 hrs on Saturday, 3 August, police were called to a bus in collision with two children on Watling Street near the junction with Halcot Avenue, Bexleyheath.

‘A nine-year-old girl was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Her injuries are being treated as life-threatening.

‘A five-year-old boy was taken to hospital as a precaution.

‘The children are siblings who were with a family member at the time of the collision. Officers are providing support to their family.

‘The male driver of the bus was arrested. He has been taken into police custody, where he remains.’

Rosie Trew, TfL’s head of bus service delivery, said: ‘Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the children involved in a bus collision in Bexley. 

‘This will be a distressing time for their family and we have support available for anyone affected. We are supporting the police and the bus operator’s urgent investigation into what happened.’

Anyone with information should call 101, quoting reference 2309/03Aug.

We all know that if you’re driving any vehicle, you should not be under the influence of drugs or alcohol and that it’s an offence to do so.

Drug-using drivers, particularly those who take drugs, can be violent and irresponsible on the road and should not be allowed anywhere near a vehicle, much less the general public.

Bexleyheath has seen a significant increase in police presence.

No Servants At Windsor For Prince William And Princess Kate

As the Prince of Wales, Prince William’s father was dependent on a large staff, which included five house managers, four cooks, a butler, three valets, dressers, and four helpers.

However, there is no way that the modern Prince and Princess of Wales’s household could be more different from the King’s.

After school, William and Kate would rather raise their children by themselves, although they might hire help during the day to help with their hectic schedules.

Getting George, Charlotte, and Louis to help with the housework is part of that. An insider revealed a little insight into the world beyond the royal curtain, saying, “I think it would surprise people to see how ordinary things are at home.”

‘The children help with laying the table, clearing their plates when they’ve finished eating and helping with tidying up. There’s no preferential treatment.’

The royal couple decided two years ago that Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo, the family’s former live-in nanny, would not relocate with them when they moved to Windsor from Kensington Palace.

It has come to light during the princess’s cancer treatment and recovery that Kate is adamant about keeping her children’s home lives intact and trying to keep things as “normal” as possible for them—rather than turning to hiring more help.

Consequently, the kids have not received any preferential treatment and are expected to continue working around the house.

Adelaide Cottage is a four-bedroom country bolthole where they spend their evenings together, sharing the cooking duties among themselves.

The source said: ‘Catherine is very, very natural. She keeps the family down to earth.

‘Home is a safe haven. In a bid to keep things functioning as smoothly as possible, she has been keen for everything to carry on as normal for the children.’ The source added: ‘The children are still expected to do their chores and to muck in at home.’

The way the princess raises her children is a reflection of her own upbringing, which differs greatly from that of her husband William, who spent many mealtimes as a child with nannies.

The couple has a repertoire of dishes they enjoy cooking – from curries to teriyaki salmon – and when some help is required Kate can turn to her mother Carole for assistance.

The source added: ‘She has a lovely supportive family to turn to, which helps. But she wants to show her children the importance of being grounded and in touch with people.’

In the meantime, the King is posting job openings for two more chefs to work for the royal family at Buckingham Palace and other royal residences throughout the year.

It must be difficult to adjust to normal life when raised in a household of servants, but at least they can relax and have more privacy. It is also great that they can provide their kids with some normalcy, and it appears that William enjoys spending time with his kids outside of the stuffy and formal royal ways.

Of course, William didn’t choose to be born into a Royal Family, even though it has huge benefits, but on the other side of the coin, I’m sure he also enjoys the middle-class family benefits as well, and the comparison was no contest to him.

Neither William nor Harry chose to be born into a Royal lifestyle, and both have chosen to live their lives differently, as is their right and choice to do so.

Although I acknowledge that the Monarchy needs some upgrading, I think William and Kate will modernise it after King Charles passes away. Unlike 1824, we live in 2024!

An Attack By A ‘Gang Of Feral Children’ Knocks A Man To The Floor And Stamps On His Head

This is the startling scene as a group of “feral children” drag a man to the ground and stomp on his head after they seem to throw punches at him.

The horrifying viral video, which showed scenes shot at Cowgate, Newcastle Upon Tyne, only a few feet away from Zandi Barbers, debuted on X on Saturday night.

In the 25-second clip, a group of youths can be seen congregating around a man and hurling punches at him.

A man wearing a red top is dragged away from the group by a second man wearing light-coloured trousers and a dark top.

The brutality persists between a youth wearing a blue hoodie and a third man wearing a red top and black trousers.

As the pair fall to the ground, the youths clamber around them and shout to one another.

Several of the youths then appear to kick at their prey repeatedly, at least five times.

A voice off-camera shouts, ‘That’s enough, enough!’ before the clip finishes.

The owner of the Ponteland Road barbershop denied to MailOnline that any of his coworkers were involved in the brawl.

He added that it happened ‘a couple of days ago’.

A string of social media posts on Facebook commenting on the video indicate that the youths had just moments before had an altercation with workers at a nearby pizza shop.

According to a woman who saw the incident, the youngsters boarded a bus at a stop just outside the barber shop.

They were then pursued by two men wearing red tops who ‘stormed’ onto the bus.

It is alleged the men began ‘punching the young boys’ before turning on the partner of the witness, who had asked them to exit the bus.

The witness claimed that while the police were being called to the site, the bus driver stayed at the stop.

The video has drawn thousands of views across social media platforms, with many calling out the behaviour of the young boys.

One described their behaviour as ‘disgusting’, while another said they were ‘wrong, so very, very wrong’. 

Another said, ‘I’d be ashamed if they were my kids; I’d hand them into the police myself; there’s just no need for this kind of behaviour’.

A fourth said, ‘Feral and absolutely shocking behaviour’. 

Northumbria Police has been contacted by MailOnline for additional comments.

Regrettably, the elite (our government) removed discipline from our homes and schools years ago, and now we are witnessing the outcome of yet another failed social experiment.

There was simply nothing wrong with discipline in schools by teachers and also at home. Children respected their elders and their teachers. Discipline has been made obsolete, along with the cane in schools, and now we couldn’t even bring it back, even if we wanted to because the children of today and their parents would not allow it. For discipline to be installed again in school and at home, boot camp would be the best deterrent – if a child does something that is against the law, then it should be off to military boot camp you go because we now have feral children on the streets and it will only get worse!

And now our police on the streets are losing control and our politicians are losing control of their senses.

The trouble is we have had a generation of poorly disciplined children, and now their children and this entire problem began with the end of discipline in schools, and it’s steadily continued to the point of, this is where we are now. Where it has become an offence to chastise your own children even in your own home. The justification was that some people might go too far with the discipline. Well, believe me, those who would go too far would do so whether it be legal or illegal!

You can’t even smack your child without fear that the police and social services might end up at your doorstep, therefore, parents literally have no control over their children, and the children know this and use it against them, ‘saying if you touch me, I’ll get the police and social services onto you and you’ll get arrested.’ When my children were younger, if they threatened me, I would just give them the phone and say ‘Of you go then, phone them.’

Children are becoming feral and attacking people on the streets because parents no longer have the means to discipline them. This is also the reason that many young couples decide against starting a family since they understand that this is not the right environment in which to raise kids. An increasing number of couples that I see do not want to have children because they do not want them to grow up in a violent society. Once upon a time, domestic violence was a common occurrence; today, it is not only in the home but on the streets as well, and it is accepted as a normal aspect of life and society!

Keir Starmer, you must act immediately on this if you are reading this! Before the beautiful scenery surrounding you turns into a jungle.

Manchester Protests Turn To Trouble In Minutes

Protests in Manchester have turned to trouble in only a few minutes with one man arrested for a public order offence, as tinderbox Britain braces for further devastation.

More than 35 ‘Enough is Enough’ demonstrations were scheduled across the UK this weekend, with several counter-protests by groups such as Unite Against Fascism and Stand Up to Racism also set to take place.

Today, 24 rallies were expected –  22 of which were Enough is Enough protests, one an anti-racist protest and one was said to be a peaceful vigil.

Hundreds of protesters on both sides of railings set up to separate them could be seen in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens at 9.30 this morning.

There was a heavy police presence in place, with officers swiftly intervening and detaining one man after a verbal altercation, with chants of ‘Nazi scum off our streets’ heard from the masses.

Across-the-board disorder has ripped through the country this week in the wake of the Southport stabbings, where three little girls were tragically killed.

The riots in cities including London, Hartlepool and Manchester are thought to have been triggered by misinformation circulated online as to the identity of the teenager suspected of killing Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine.

Axel Rudakubana, 17, who was born in Cardiff to Rwandan parents, was finally named as the suspect in a bid to stop the chaos.

Southport locals – including Elsie’s mother – have desperately pleaded for the violence to stop to no avail.

The Enough is Enough demonstrations have seen members of the far right among the protesters including one man with a swastika tattoo.

Pictures show people holding signs reading ‘no to racism, no to fascism’ signs in the counter-protest in Manchester, where an estimated 500 people had turned up.

There are chants of ‘Tommy Robinson’ heard from the protesting group – calculated to have about 150 activists – and ‘whose streets? our streets’ from the counter side, of about 350 people.

Others show people with hoods up and masks covering their faces – except for one man who posed for the camera as he was detained by the police.

There is also a scattering of protesters in front of Portsmouth’s Guildhall after the Enough is Enough protest kicked off at 10 am.

At 11 am, Manchester Police put a Section 34 dispersal order in place for the city centre for today.

Why are these demonstrations considered far right? These protests are mainly ordinary people who have had enough of poor government and poor policing as well as soft justice.

We are now living in a civilisation that is controlled by the internet and TV media, and protestors are now having to take immediate steps to protect their country. This could be dealt with in a second by expelling millions of migrants who now inhabit our British soil.

These are hard-working, ordinary people who are concerned. Concerned about the safety of their children and their elderly.

Keir Starmer, I hope you’re listening now because the silent majority is now gradually waking up. We’ve also had enough of the lies from our government. It’s all lies, lies, lies and people are just sick to the back teeth of it!

Message to our government – stop importing immigrants and the riots will stop, it really isn’t that difficult to comprehend.

Of course, brutality isn’t the solution, but it just illustrates how desperate and let down people feel by our government. Everyone who criticises or doesn’t agree with migrant policy is labelled a bad person, and that makes people extremely frustrated.

A ‘Ghost Disease’ Is Causing Children To Be Born Without Anuses, Toes, Or Hands

North Korean children are being born without anuses, toes, or hands, as a bizarre illness dubbed ‘ghost disease’ spreads near Kim Jong-un’s nuke testing site, according to a North Korean defector.

Youngran Lee, who lived near the Punggye-ri test area before she escaped in 2015 said in a chilling first-hand testimony that a horrifying disease has swept the region, killing and deforming infant children with doctors powerless to diagnose or treat it.

Mrs Lee said: ‘In Kilju County, civilians are suffering from diseases, not knowing why. In hospitals, doctors cannot diagnose it, and the patients are dying slowly with lingering illness.

‘It is not too drastic to say that having a child without an anus, toes, or hands was normalised in Kilju. There are patients with various cancers in every other house.’

The defector shared a rare insight into life inside the ‘Hermit Kingdom’, voicing concerns about living so near to a nuclear testing zone. She described her house shaking, and furniture falling from the walls as the military tested its weapons. 

Mrs Lee counts her only son among the victims of ghost disease.

She said that in North Korea, medication supplied by the UN is hoarded by senior government officials, and despite the promise of free healthcare, ‘the shelves are empty in pharmacies’.

So when her son developed a mild fever in October 2014, aged 27, she turned to black-market medication, smuggled in from China, but it failed to help and she took him to the hospital.

She said: ‘A tuberculosis doctor told us that my son had holes in his lungs, measuring as big as 1.5cm and 2.7cm.

‘She also said he did not know why an increasing number of young adults were coming to the hospital.

‘I could not understand why this had happened to my son and felt so helpless.

‘Furthermore, she had eight close friends, and they were all diagnosed with tuberculosis one by one from 2012, and died within four years.’

Mrs Lee spent her life savings purchasing medications for her son, before fleeing to China in February 2015, hoping to find employment to send more money home.

By August of that year, she’d arrived in South Korea, where she underwent mandatory training to prepare her for life in a free society.

She said: ‘As soon as I was released, I contacted my son to tell him to go to Pyongyang Hospital.

‘But the next day, he called back and said there had been official instructions to stop Kilju County tuberculosis and hepatitis patients from entering Pyongyang.

‘The only reason given was that this was for Kim Jong-un’s safety, and there was no proper explanation.’

She continued: ‘For two years, I transferred money to my son through brokers, believing that he was getting adequate care.

‘However, in May 2018, I lost my boy, my pride and joy.

‘My son died without ever reaching the hospital to receive a proper diagnosis.’

Mrs Lee said she had lived near a nuclear testing site before its demolition in 2018.

She said: ‘On the day the third nuclear test took place, a wall clock fell, and light bulbs shook. I thought it was an earthquake and ran outside.

‘All my neighbours were out as well. Shortly after that, at midday, the main broadcasting system announced that the third nuclear test was successful.

‘Then we realised that the military-controlled area in Punggye-ri was a test site.’

Locals danced in the street in celebration, but they would be among the first victims of North Korea’s nuclear programme.

Experts think that radiation is the real reason for what’s been dubbed ‘ghost disease’.

Nuclear scientist Joohyun Moon of Dankook University, in South Korea, described how radiation from the underground blasts could reach local communities.

He said: ‘As shock waves travel, they break the layers of the earth or create cracks.

‘After a while, a mixture of melted rock and radioactive material will cool down and solidify.

‘Radioactive materials contained in this compound can infiltrate into gaps or cracks caused by the explosion and flow to the surface, soil or groundwater.

‘If it rains near the test site, the rain can carry these radioactive materials into the groundwater.

‘Groundwater is connected to rivers, streams and surface water, releasing these radioactive materials into the outside world.

‘As it is part of natural circulation, it is very difficult to intervene and prevent it.’

Dr Moon said there were a number of ways for radioactive materials to then infiltrate the food chain.

People could drink the irradiated water or eat seafood from it, eat crops grown with the water, or consume milk or meat from cattle fed by contaminated grass.

The nuclear test site sits on the banks of the Changhung River, which itself feeds the Namdae River – the main water source for Kilju County.

‘Every household in Kilju gets their water supply from there,’ said Mrs Lee.

Dr Moon calculated over a million inhabitants within a 40km radius of the test site could be affected.

He said: ‘It is safe to say that the residents near the test site will be under the influence of radiation for about 200 years.

‘The time period will increase if more nuclear tests are conducted in the same location.’

He added: ‘If the situation continues without adequate protection, these people will have a higher chance of having cancer, leukaemia, chromosomal aberration etc. than people in other regions.’

Youngran still lives with the damage in South Korea.

She was one of five North Korean defectors from Kilju County tested for radiation in the South in 2016.

She said: ‘The test showed that the exposure level was very high, and the white blood cells were very low.

‘One of the group had an unbearable headache – they could not even lift their head, but in every test carried out in A&E, no cause was found.’

Her own situation is no better.

She continued: ‘I feel aches everywhere and cannot walk very well due to pain in my legs, and I was hospitalised six times in a year because of headaches.

‘The hospital could not find any reason behind it, but I cannot even open my eyes when I have a headache; I feel restless and suicidal.

‘I know many people from Kilju who are experiencing the same symptoms as me.’

Allegedly, this was near a nuke testing site, so it’s not much of a mystery then, is it? Nevertheless, they will continue to test nuclear weapons and show scant respect for their citizens, and the world is still sending aid and their government is hoarding it for themselves.

There is no mystery here, I’m afraid, just experimentation with nukes, and what a dreadful country North Korea is, and so sad for the citizens living there, but most dictators don’t give a damn about the country, the world or the people, all they care about is amassing money for their own benefit.

The head of this country has no regard for his people, and no one is safe under his leadership.

This is all extremely cruel, but nobody cares about what’s going on, and if this story is correct, it will be forgotten by lunchtime.

Shocking Moment: A Jewish Man Is Denied Service At Officeworks

A shocking video has revealed the moment an Officeworks manager declined to laminate a Jewish man’s newspaper because she is ‘pro-Palestine’.

The customer, who was sporting a yarmulke at the time of the happening, took an article from the Australian Jewish News newspaper to an Officeworks store at Elsternwick, in Melbourne’s east, on March 4.

The article was titled ‘The indomitable spirit of our people’, and featured a picture of a group holding Australian and Israeli flags.

After seeing the newspaper, the Officeworks manager declined to serve the Jewish man, stating: ‘I’m pro-Palestine.’

She argued Officeworks’ policies gave her the right to refuse the man service based on her political views. Officeworks has since clarified that this is inaccurate.

‘I’m not comfortable proceeding with it (the job),’ the manager told the man.

The customer asked: ‘Maybe there’s another staff member that’s comfortable doing it.’

The employee replied: ‘You can wait for another staff member and see if she’s comfortable doing it, but I know I’m not.

‘I’m pro-Palestine and, for political reasons, I’m not comfortable.’

The customer asked whether Officeworks’ policies gave employees the discretion to decline service based on their personal views. 

Embarrassingly, the staff member failed to find the words to explain her position when asked to clarify her actions. 

‘We have the right to deny jobs because I’m not comfortable proceeding with it,’ she said.

‘Israel and Judaism can be completely separate.

The customer asked: ‘From what?’

The employee answered: ‘From religion and … um, I can’t find the word right now but you can separate the two.’

The employee then asked if she was being recorded by the man and threatened to call the police if he did not leave the store.

The customer has since lodged a complaint with the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, claiming Officeworks discriminated against his ethnicity and faith by denying him service.

‘This incident has caused my family and me significant distress and has raised concerns about whether it is safe to visit our local stores and conduct our usual activities,’ he stated.

‘None of the staff intervened during the situation with the manager, and the embarrassment and harassment we experienced have left a lasting impact.’

Officeworks has since apologised but will not sack the manager, instead sending her for ‘education and training’, including a stop at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum.

‘We can confirm that we have taken this matter extremely seriously and, since the matter occurred, have investigated internally and taken the appropriate action to ensure this doesn’t take place again,’ they said.

‘In this particular incident, our policies were incorrectly applied and in accordance with our Officeworks’ policies, the laminating should have taken place.

‘Additionally, we have provided ongoing training and education to our team members so they are aware of the legal requirements in respect of discrimination and of Officeworks’ policies and procedures.’

Dr Dvir Abramovich, Chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission, slammed the worker.

‘Who would have thought that in Melbourne 2024, people would be denied a service because of their faith and for Israel?’ he stated.

‘We should have zero tolerance for this kind of profiling and indefensible prejudice.

‘No one should be singled out or denied service because of their ethnic origin, the country they support, gender, creed, faith, or sexual orientation.

‘Being different should be a cause for celebration, not a liability that makes one subject to bias.’

Under the circumstances, the company should feel ashamed paying the workers wages, and I do not doubt that there will be an abundance of people who will not shop at Officeworks ever again, as there are plenty of other options.

Her racist disgust for the man was fairly evident. For Officeworks to favour this conduct by continuing to employ her is appalling.

If this is their mindset, then I too wouldn’t feel very uncomfortable shopping at one of their stores.

Both Officeworks and this employee need to be sued for discrimination since this employee has not lost their job. This is racist and religious bigotry. She stated in the video she doesn’t like Jewish culture. How is this acceptable?

Tears Shed By Gay Waiter

A Kansas waiter has told how a slur scribbled on a receipt instead of a tip raised thousands of dollars.

Noah Bierig, a 19-year-old waitperson at Bubba’s 33 in Wichita, said the incident happened on a Sunday two weeks ago.

He was serving a group of young men when he felt at least one seemed like he was staring at his painted nails and pride bracelet, giving him glaring looks.

But it was what occurred when they left that left him in tears: not only did they not tip, but one wrote a homophobic insult instead of an amount.

One of Bierig’s friends shared the receipt online, setting off a dramatic chain of events. Emblazoned with the man’s name in print and script, it prompted a full-blown apology.

‘The first time I went up to the table, they were just shooting me a couple dirty looks,’ Bierig told KAKE News of the initial encounter. 

‘And every time I would walk away, they would kind of just start laughing a little bit.’

He said it was one man in particular who seemed put off by his painted nails—a gift from his mum when he came out. 

He said he felt like the customer and his party were not friendly. It did not bother him though, he told the local news station, sitting down with them at the eatery as he worked another shift.

He recalled how he did his best to serve the table like any other, despite being uncomfortable.

After they left, he was astounded to discover one of the group’s receipts had no tip and that the line was instead filled in with the word ‘f*g’.

He said the slur left him beside himself, even as he did the best he could to contain it.

‘That hurt me a lot,’ he said. 

‘I’m not the type to cry at work, but I got to say—that was definitely the first time that had happened to me.’

But after the bill got posted by one of his friends, with the offender’s name in full view, some peace came when a flock of outraged observers attacked the customer with messages that circulated their distaste.

Befuddled, the customer came forward to apologise but also said he did not receive good service.

‘I know it was wrong of me to write what I did,’ James Blick wrote on Facebook before deleting his accounts. ‘[A]nd for that, I am very sorry.

‘The overall dining experience wasn’t that great,’ he added.

‘I shouldn’t have dealt with it by saying what I did.

‘I did try to call the restaurant to apologise to the guy but couldn’t contact him. I am very sorry to anyone who was affected or hurt by my words.

‘I have learned a valuable lesson in all of this and nothing like this will ever happen again.’

The man went on to complain about the ‘hateful comments, messages, and phone calls’ he and his spouse have received since, before scrubbing himself from social media.

But not before something good came from all the attention garnered by the incident.

Bierig’s friends set up an online fundraiser through the town’s LGBTQ+ chamber of commerce that’s raised thousands of dollars.

There, anyone can contribute an amount that’s treated and tabulated as the appropriate tip he should have received.

‘Whatever comes out comes from that; it’s going to be donated,’ Bierig explained as the tips continue to come in.

Of the support he’s seen, he added, ‘It’s absolutely insane. I never thought anything like this would happen based off just a couple Facebook posts from my friends and family.’

He said Bubba’s 33 is matching his donation going to GLSEN, a firm that works to stop discrimination, harassment, and bullying towards those with different sexual orientations.

This guy was not broadcasting his sexuality. He might have had black nail polish on, but he might have been a Goth or into Heavy Metal. He was just assumed to be gay, which was their folly. I wonder if they think about if they had somebody they loved being dissed like that, no they wouldn’t like it either.

Nobody would say anything about a woman having painted nails and jeans, but if a man does it, then it’s shunned. Does this mean that women should no longer where jeans or trousers because they are deemed only suitable for a man? It’s a free society, well evidently it is, and you should feel free or wear or dress however you want. I bet if the server had been female with her knockers out nothing would have been said, and she would have definitely been given a tip!

What is good enough for the goose is good enough for the gander!

Preparing For Life Outside Prison

Prisoners who are close to being released are being allowed to host dinner parties in an experiment that has lasted years but has only just been exposed.

Four ‘lifers’ are living in a ‘hostel’ where they reportedly cook for governors with meal kits from Hello Fresh and Gusto – a claim the Ministry of Justice has denied.

It is supposed to be a ‘stepping stone’ for prisoners serving life or IPP sentences who are considered to pose a considerable threat of serious harm to the public.

The prisoners, who go shopping at the jail store. have 24-hour access to a kitchen and shower and have rooms with a wardrobe and mattress, must behave well or face being returned to the normal wing of the unnamed Category C prison in England.

The experiment was established when the previous government tightened rules stopping most ‘lifers’ from finishing their sentences in open prisons over fears they could escape.

The move was exposed at the annual conference of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Forensic Psychology in Cardiff, Wales.

Prison and probation psychologist Katy Burgess is evaluating the experiment.

One of the inmates told Ms Burgess it was ‘a bit weird because you’re in jail, so you know you should not be walking around the prison, really, at lunchtime,’ prison outlet Inside Time reported.

Another prisoner said: ‘Not having to be escorted or unlocked – it just makes you feel a bit more normal, human, less controlled.’

Ms Burgess added: ‘Some staff thought it was a little bit of a step too far in a closed prison and didn’t quite understand the benefit it may bring.’

A Prison Service spokesperson said: ‘This small pilot aims to cut reoffending by better preparing certain prisoners for their eventual resettlement in the community.

‘It’s completely wrong to suggest offenders in the unit can access external food services.’

Gusto refused to comment. 

MailOnline has reached out to HelloFresh for comment. 

If these prisoners are a grave risk, why are they being readied for release?

It appears we have nut cases running in this country. There’s no money to build more prisons, and prisoners are going to be let out early due to lack of funds, and now prisoners in jail are going shopping to host a dinner party. It’s hilarious, if not absurd. Who’s even going to be invited to these dinner parties?

Life should mean life, but life is now a word used to make our government and judiciary feel better about themselves, but it in no way mirrors the punishment.

Once again we are being lied to by proficient liars known as politicians, and also those who laughingly call themselves and each other ‘right honourable.’

Rehabilitation doesn’t always work, so why continue the farce? Prisons should be prisons, hard work, but now they are like hotels, and they don’t deter the criminals.

We don’t really have rehabilitation for prisoners though, because the previous government couldn’t afford it, or so they say! They just tend to throw the released prisoner into a hostel or B&B who have no life skills and there are no alternative options for them, so of course, they go back to what they know.

Neither Labour nor the Tories represent their citizens, they just represent their pockets!

And what about the victims, where is their support? These victims spend the rest of their lives looking over their shoulders for fear it will happen again.

I do identify that prisoners who are going to be released need some fundamental skills, particularly life skills and education so that when they’re released they have something to look forward to, like employment, and less probability of them reaffending.

Katie Price Must Give Up Five Cars, Including Her Pink Range Rover

A judge issued an arrest warrant for Katie Price when she failed to appear in court, and she was ordered to give up her pink Range Rover along with five other vehicles.

The 46-year-old former glamour model purportedly flew overseas and did not show up for her £760,000 bankruptcy court appearance.

The six cars include a Volkswagen Beetle, a Nissan Elgrand, a Range Rover Vogue (black), a Suzuki Vitara, an Infiniti FX50, and another Range Rover (pink).

Derragh O’Connell, on behalf of the trustees, said he was ‘seeking effectively the delivery of some six vehicles.

‘Trustees specifically seek an order requiring Ms Price to identify the current location of each of those vehicles.

‘The second application deals with again the trustee’s request for a warrant to authorise trustees and agents to seize vehicles and relevant log books and relevant car keys for those vehicles.’

Price is thought to have travelled to Turkey for another round of cosmetic surgery, despite ‘very clear warnings’ that she needed to attend court.

A jet-setting Price appeared to share a snap of herself on a plane munching a sandwich just hours before her looming court hearing. 

Posting on Instagram, the debt-riddled beauty model shared a picture of her snack, adding: ‘Crisp sandwich is the best.’

It’s believed Price – whose £2 million ‘mucky mansion’ was recently repossessed – was joined on the jaunt by pal Lou Anderson.

Mr O’Connell said that the court had received ‘inconsistent and contradictory’ information from Ms Price about her alleged ownership of the vehicles.

‘If she doesn’t comply, I’ll be seeking to have certain orders made as a consequence of that penal notice’, he said.

Ms Price’s ex-husband Alex Reid – former MMA fighter and Celebrity Big Brother star – attended the hearing and was invited to address the court as one of Ms Price’s creditors.

He stood up to read a pre-prepared statement into the microphone in which he announced that he was a ‘creditor and ex-husband of Katie Price’ who was ‘not just owed money, but owed peace of mind.’

Holding a two-litre bottle of Lipton’s Green Iced Tea, Mr Reid said: ‘She has failed to pay small businesses, some of which have been forced to close due to losses.

‘I myself have suffered not only financial loss but the wellbeing of my own family and mental health.

‘(She) showed explicit footage, private footage to a live television audience – forcing me to take her to court in 2019 for revenge porn.

‘When I went to court in 2019 and was clearly going to win, Price herself went bankrupt literally the day before.

‘This isn’t the action of a woman who is remorseful or wants to pay her debts to society.’

This is a woman who claims she can’t pay for her disabled son’s care but has enough money for more and more cosmetic surgeries. She needs to get her priorities right.

If we look at Katie’s eldest son, Harvey, who is 21 years old and can apply for his own benefit package, but because he’s disabled Katie would likely have his money paid into her account because she is classed as his caretaker, so where is all his cash going?

Harvey has Prader-Willi Syndrome and autism, and would not be able to look after himself. He would need carers for the rest of his life. Katie adores her son, but she needs to consider him, not squander away her cash on pointless procedures on her body. Having your hair done by the hairdresser, eyebrows, nails and lashes well nobody is saying she can’t have those done, but she’s living above her lifestyle. It’s okay to grow old gracefully. Nothing wrong with a bit of grey hair. Did anybody tell her, she’s not really a celebrity anymore?

What Taxes Will Rachel Reeves Hike In The Budget?

Fears are mounting about looming tax hikes for Brits after Rachel Reeves raided pensioners and warned of pain to come in the Budget.

The Chancellor has been defending her remarkable political gamble after declaring the Tories had left a £22 billion black hole in the finances.

She used the accusation as cover to virtually tear up Labour’s election platform—stripping winter fuel payments from 10 million pensioners, ditching the long-awaited social care cap and shelving major road projects.

Pundits pointed out that almost half of the alleged funding gap was down to Ms Reeves choosing to ‘cave in’ to union demands for public sector pay increases, with an eye-watering 22 percent over two years for striking junior doctors and 5 percent for many other workers.

Nevertheless, the Treasury review showed that even after the emergency action, Ms Reeves, there is still a £16.4 billion gulf in the books.

Keir Starmer has ruled out modifications to the main income tax rates, national insurance, and VAT. 

The Labour manifesto dedicated itself to scrapping non-dom status, adding VAT to private school costs and raising stamp duty on buyers from abroad. 

However, that was offset by additional spending, with the party calculating they would bring in £2.5 billion by 2028.

Another opportunity to bring in money could be inheritance tax. The Treasury’s ‘ready reckoner’ suggests that improving the headline IHT rate from 40 percent to 45 per cent could bring in an additional £1 billion.

She could come under pressure to clobber more than 30 million drivers to help fill the void, potentially by allowing the 5p fuel duty cut to expire next March.

The reduction was introduced in March 2022 by then-Chancellor Rishi Sunak to reduce the cost-of-living burden on families amid skyrocketing oil costs.

Though costs at the petrol pumps have since dropped greatly. Ms Reeves could look at restoring the link between duty and inflation in the coming years.

The previous Tory government froze the Fuel Duty Escalator for 14 years, meaning the levy stayed at 57.95p a litre between 2011 and 2022 and has been 52.95p since the 5p cut.

Research indicates the subsequent freezes have been worth at least £80 billion to motorists collectively.

Reversing the 5p cut and allowing the Escalator to increase with inflation would add around £100 to the annual fuel bill of the average motorist, of which there are about 33 million in the UK. 

Hopefully, Labour will be able to fill that black hole, and then we should be able to get back on track. We might have to suffer for a while but once Labour fills that void they can hopefully bring back the things they would have axed for the time being. It was the Tories who created this situation, and it’s going to be a rough ride for a while.

It will look like less Robin Hood and more Robbing Reeves, but they have a difficult job, and it’s not going to be easy. However, targeting pensioners is not the way to go about it. Target the rich instead, they can afford it!

Many pensioners suffer during the freezing winter months and have to choose whether to heat or eat and they need both!

It does make one think about spending money, particularly on the fun things in life. Which, of course, you are entitled to do. It’s money that you earn, but later on in life, you’re not going to be looked after. If you’re over 50 years old, can’t work and are not of childbearing years, the state doesn’t give a damn about you because you’re not profitable anymore, and of course, it’s all about making money.

The thing that bugs me, and presumably everyone else is that most politicians don’t do what they say they’re going to do, so why do politicians break their promises?

Not all politicians are bad people or chronic fibbers, but they are good old-fashioned bullshitters.

I don’t think that politicians lie on purpose. I believe that they mostly articulate with the best of intentions. They believe what they say when they say it, but then things go amiss.

They want to deliver what they promise, but they fail to deliver, and not always their fault, and that is what makes the public disillusioned. The absence of delivery and the lack of ability to deliver on their promises.

Sadly, some people vote tribally, but some people do read party manifestos like myself and make informed decisions founded on what the party put out in their manifesto. Have you noticed that politicians also like to use the word ‘pledge’ instead of ‘promise.’

When people hear the word ‘promise’ they really do believe that politicians will fulfil the duties that they promised, but when they say ‘pledge’ it doesn’t sound the same, and let’s face it, if they started saying ‘I promise’ and didn’t deliver, they would look so much worse.

Elections are usually descended into an auction of undeliverable or utopian promises, and it’s extremely tempting for politicians to play the auction of bullshit. Some know they’re talking bullshit and see it as a means to an end, some don’t and suffer the electoral consequences.

Is it the voter’s fault? Maybe it’s the media’s fault. Perhaps voters should be more pragmatic in their expectations and not believe what politicians promise them, I don’t. Either way, it’s all bullshit!

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