Michigan waitress is FIRED after receiving astonishing $10,000 tip on $32.43 bill and splitting it with her co-workers 

The restaurant maintained that the termination of the Michigan server was a “business decision” unconnected to the substantial $10,000 tip that she received on a $32.43 transaction. 

Although she gave the money to eight other coworkers, Linsey Boyd, a mother from Michigan who got the astounding tip, was fired from the Mason Jar Cafe in Benton Harbour.

In a since-deleted Facebook post, Boyd claimed that the controversy resulted from an unknown client leaving a $10,000 tip to remember a buddy who had recently passed away.

The middle-aged man in a dark suit wished not to be identified but said he was in town for the funeral and intended to spread some cheer through the generous gratuity, according to the Detroit Free Press.

‘I just gave him a hug. I didn’t even know his name at that point, but I hugged him. He then told me he left her a memorial of someone very dear to him, and he wanted to do something kind and generous in her name,’ Boyd told WSBT. 

What started as a positive tale took a turn for the worse when Boyd disclosed in her widely shared article that she was fired due to “all of the drama, animosity, and hurt” that resulted from the large tip.

The restaurant owners, Able Martinez and Jayme Cousins, said that Boyd’s firing had nothing to do with the $10,000 tip, but they were constrained by “labour laws” in what they could disclose. 

‘We cannot comment on the nature of her losing her job due to labour laws and to protect the staff involved,’ the couple wrote in a Facebook post.

‘However, I will say it had nothing to do with the tip. She did receive the entire tip, but she did not pay taxes on it (the business did). Yes, she shared the tip at the request of the man who left it,’ they continued. 

However, Boyd provided her own account, claiming that she was requested to take a mental health day when “drama” erupted in the restaurant due to the tip. 

‘Drama ensued, and in an attempt to diffuse the situation and resolve any rumours, things became even worse,’ she wrote.

She did not specify what happened and has since deleted the post and taken her entire Facebook page down. But rumours have circulated, suggesting the staff who was not working that day may have expected to share the tip.

She was fired because the avaricious workers who weren’t there that day demanded a piece of her wealth. Why would they receive anything at all when they weren’t even there?

Taking into account the size of an average restaurant staff and dividing it among them all, this tip wasn’t revolutionary. If the restaurant received that much in tips on a good week, it wouldn’t surprise me.

This is terrible since she was gracious enough to give her gratuity to the other employees. She could use the money now that she is jobless. I believe that every person she split her money with should give it back to her, and shame on the business, but no good deed goes unpunished.

Some people out there are just so greedy and envious that they can’t be happy for another person getting a leg up in life, and I hope that this nice waitress gets more luck coming her way in the future because she didn’t deserve to lose her job.

It seems that one man’s good deed has caused so many problems, What a sad, greedy world we live in.

Six-Car Pile-Up On M6 Caused By Smart Motorway Computer Glitch

Insiders report that a “computer glitch” caused the safety system to shut down in a “catastrophic failure,” which resulted in a horrifying six-car pile-up on the M6.

A car was left like a ‘sitting duck’ after breaking down on a lane on the southbound M6 on Jan 19, leaving the vehicle stranded on an inside lane, which used to be a hard shoulder.

In the bombshell revelation, a whistleblower claimed that the National Highways’ systems ‘crashed’, disabling radar technology that could pick up the broken-down vehicle in the life-threatening incident, which lasted for three hours.

The car was unable to move to the emergency refuge area and was hit by vehicles between junctions 3A and 3 near Coventry, The Daily Telegraph reported.

Minor injuries were sustained by those involved in the incident; the whistleblower described the fact that no one was killed as “pure luck.”

Only the South East and East of England’s control centres were still operational when the others went offline. 

The malfunction prevented control room employees from using CCTV cameras, setting speed restrictions, putting up electronic signs, or closing lanes to oncoming traffic. 

The anonymous insider told The Daily Telegraph: ‘We had no stopped vehicle detection systems, no CCTV, and no control of signals and signs.

‘The fact no one was killed is pure luck.

‘Thankfully, God was watching over them, because we certainly weren’t.’

Campaigner Claire Mercer, 47, who has urged the government to scrap all smart motorways after her husband, Jason, died on the M1 in 2019, said that it was only a matter of time before lives would be lost on the perilous motorways in a ‘preventable tragedy’.

She told the paper, ‘How many more terrifying system failures and live lane breakdowns are taking place that we do not hear about?

Ms Mercer added that in this case, the driver on the M6 had moved as far left as possible but was ‘left like a sitting duck’ because there was no hard shoulder.

She added, ‘That technology failure meant a breakdown became a mass pile-up. When Dynac and its safety systems fail, smart motorways become dumb motorways.’

The safety systems, which detect malfunctions on roads without a hard shoulder and manage the network’s CCTV to identify individuals in danger, shut down 41 times throughout the course of the previous summer. 

However, there were 52 distinct days between April and August 2023 when there were 541 hours of uninterrupted power supply, with eight sites experiencing outages longer than 24 hours.

Frequent malfunctions in a safety system pose a greater risk than the absence of one. 

Sensible people developed the hard shoulder for a purpose. It didn’t rely on control rooms or computers to keep drivers safe, and sometimes thinking outside the box isn’t the best course of action.

This kind of system is a danger because it means one is too busy looking at the next speed limit, signage, speedometers, and cameras, slamming on the breaks when it changes abs, and looking out for the car behind you instead of keeping your eyes on the road.

The whole purpose of these ‘smart motorways’ is that eventually, they will charge people for every mile they drive; that’s why they don’t want to get rid of them.

The money spent on creating these complex motorways would have been better spent on educating drivers on how to use the lanes that already exist.

It angers me that these motorways were foisted upon us, telling us they were safe when common sense tells us that a dedicated hard shoulder is safer, and our elite could never achieve a decent transport system because they lack even the basic intelligence required to design one.

Michael Gove Leads Furious Criticism After Peer Who Is A ‘Champion For Affordable Housing’ Is Axed For His Attack On Terrorist Group Hamas

Last night, Michael Gove took the lead in criticising a housing association that banned Ian Austin, a former Labour MP, the chairman for making an offensive social media remark about Hamas terrorists.

The Midland Heart housing association, located in Birmingham, said that Lord Austin had been banned due to a comment he posted on X labelling Hamas as “Islamist murderers and rapists.”

The peer has since removed the post, expressed regret, and made it clear that it was a reference to the activities of the terrorist organisation Hamas in Gaza.

However, Midland Heart officials have announced that they will reconvene in two weeks to talk about Lord Austin’s dismissal from the board.

Levelling Up Secretary Mr Gove said he would be demanding an ‘urgent meeting’ and an explanation over the decision, adding that Lord Austin was a ‘champion for affordable housing’ who had ‘spent his career fighting racism’.

In his post, Lord Austin said, ‘Everyone, better safe than sorry: before you go to bed, nip down and check you haven’t inadvertently got a death cult of Islamist murderers and rapists running their operations downstairs. It’s easily done.’

He wrote this after the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees claimed it had been unaware that an operations centre used by Hamas terrorists was built directly under its office in war-torn Gaza.

Midland Heart chief executive Glenn Harris said Lord Austin had damaged the association’s reputation and angered its staff.

Lord Austin said: ‘I am shocked this has happened as a result of politically motivated bullies orchestrating a malicious campaign to smear me by misinterpreting comments and trying to undermine a lifetime’s work fighting racism.’

Heart CEO Glen Harris said Lord Austin had damaged the association’s reputation and angered its staff. Easy solution: sack Harris and the angered staff; they’re not employed to whine. Lord Austin made one classic mistake: he told the truth in a public statement.

In the UK, everyone has been deprived of their right to free speech; it does not exist. The thing is, if we do have free speech, does this mean that we can say anything we like without consequences? Sadly, no country in the world operates like that anymore.

Don’t tell the truth in this country, because the woke brigade will get you.

In this dystopia, it is all about making people afraid to speak their opinions, and then you are interrogated about everything you think about, so you can never tell the truth.

These days, it’s best to be quiet, not ask any questions at all, and avoid challenging anything.

Supposedly, we’re supposed to be living in a free country, but it seems that this freedom is not well received, resulting in numerous consequences. Unfortunately, this situation leads to a complete absence of freedom, and it’s always funny to see when the lefties are frothing at the mouth when someone introduces them to a little reality.

Surprise, surprise—a politician who’s speaking the truth, and then what happens? He gets cancelled.

We need someone who states the truth and is not intimidated by woke, left-wing agitators or religious nuts.

It seems the truth has been banned in favour of lies.

Speaking the truth gets you fired in this dark and twisted society we live in, and one should never apologise, especially if you’re going to get the sack anyway.

Social media has a lot to answer for in this world, and I would close it all down in a heartbeat if I could.

Nerve Agents, Tea Poisoning And Plane Crashes

Alexei Navalny, the leader of the Russian opposition, was discovered dead on Friday; it is believed that he fell ill after taking a stroll around the harsh Arctic prison camp where he had been detained since December.

The specifics of what transpired are still unknown; Russian officials claim they are still investigating the cause of Navalny’s death, while his sympathisers claim they have not received formal confirmation of his passing.

However, supporters—including wife Yulia Navalnaya—were quick to point the finger at Russian President Vladimir Putin, claiming he was behind Navalny’s 2020 fatal nerve agent poisoning.

Putin’s opponents have frequently been the target of assassination attempts throughout his almost 25 years in office. Russian officials have been accused by those close to the victims and the few survivors, although the Kremlin has always denied any participation.

A number of dubious incidents, including tea tainted with polonium, mysterious plane accidents, and sharp drops from windows, have befallen Putin’s opponents over the years.

After returning after recording an investigative piece on corruption in Siberia, Navalny became unwell in August 2020 while travelling from Tomsk to Moscow. He had posted a number of videos on his well-liked YouTube channel recently endorsing the pro-democracy protests taking place in Belarus, an ally.

The plane’s video captured Navalny’s abrupt and severe deterioration, with him sobbing in agony. After the aircraft was forced to land in Omsk, Navalny was taken to a hospital and placed in a coma. He was evacuated to Berlin two days later, where he miraculously recovered.

At first, it was believed he had been poisoned by the Russian state adding toxins to his tea, and his team said he had only stopped in an airport café for a drink in the morning. Later, CNN reported a Russian agent sent to tail Navalny had planted Novichok in his underwear.

From 1971 to 1993, a governmental research laboratory in the Soviet Union produced Novichok chemical agents, which were allegedly the most lethal substances ever created. Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess, two British nationals, were also subjected to them in Salisbury in 2018.

The agent was designed to be undetectable by NATO equipment, potentially causing seizures, loss of consciousness, wheezing, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, high followed by low blood pressure and profuse sweating.

Although Russia denied poisoning Navalny, authorities and a governmental agency in charge of removing Soviet-era technology would later face sanctions from the US, the EU, and the UK.

Why does Russia allow this murderous thug to rule them? He’s one deranged man, and he should be stopped before he kills everyone.

This man kills at will, and it doesn’t seem that anyone can stop him, but why can’t Vladimir Putin face the same fate as Sadam Hussain? Well, that’s because nobody dares to do it.

The prolonged and agonising traumas that this guy has inflicted upon others are exactly what he deserves.

Of course, the US and UK governments would never kill their political enemies or those who cause them problems. I don’t condone any country or leader doing that, but let’s not pretend we’re lily-white, and this guy makes Henry VIII look like a shy man.

Vladimir Putin ordered the FSB to bomb apartments in 1999, killing over 300 innocent Russians, as part of his ascent to power.

All British politicians, like Blair and Cameron, knew about it. Litvinenko was murdered in London because he wrote a book about it, and our politicians, financiers, and Russian servants have been complicit with Putin for over two decades, Blair and Cameron feting Putin at the G7/G8 meetings was disgusting, and they should all be punished.

‘Threatening’ Police With Meat Cleaver In Paris, Sudanese Man Is Tasered And Killed

A guy who was reportedly menacing French police in Paris with a meat cleaver was shot and killed by them after they first shocked him with a Taser stun gun.

At a tram stop in the capital on Saturday, the man—who has not been named—was reportedly seen waving the weapon and holding a notepad with writing in Arabic.

The man refused to give up the cleaver and approached the police when they got on the scene at approximately three in the morning, according to the prosecution.

According to first reports, four police officers fired their pistols a total of about 20 times, they said, adding that none of the police on the scene were injured.

Prosecutors stated that two investigations had been started into the man’s actions and the police response. The suspect was born in Sudan in 1984 and has no prior criminal history.

When police got on the scene, the suspect had the weapon and was dressed in an Arab-style robe.

The prosecutors allege that he walked over to the officers and refused to put down the cleaver.

According to the prosecution, the four police officers who opened fire were sent to the hospital in a “shocked” state.

Journalist Laurent Obertone reported this morning on X that the incidents happened at the Butte Duhat Rouge station on Saturday at approximately three in the morning.

After being told to halt, the man reportedly ‘brandished a Koranic book’ and threatened the authorities.

CCTV showed a small number of people standing at the station this morning, and a later shot appeared to show investigators marking off the crime scene.

Nowhere is safe from these supposed peace-loving, religious people, but well done to the French police. The British police should be following them in dispatching these nuts, but if the British police did that, there would be protest marches, claims of police brutality, and calls for officers to be sacked, charged, and imprisoned.

It’s simple, the French police don’t muck about; they get the job done. In Great Britain, there would have been utter carnage before the police politely asked them to come with them for counselling and then tuck them up in a comfy hotel.

Why do they all travel to our nation when they detest us so much? Isn’t it time our inept politicians took charge of this situation and removed them all?

We’re lucky they don’t arrive all at once; otherwise, we’d be in danger, but eventually that will happen. You wouldn’t believe how much the NHS spends on interpreters if you went into any maternity ward, given their birth rate.

At least this man won’t ever threaten anyone with a meat cleaver again. One down, millions more to go.

That’s the way to do it—at least they didn’t have to take any prisoners.

What these illegal immigrants seem to forget is that they’re guests in our country, biting the hand that feeds them.

The French police seem to have got it right, and they make the British police look pretty ineffectual and useless.

At least this guy won’t re-offend, but there are plenty of others out there that will.

‘Don’t Get Into Trouble; It Will Bring You A Life Of Misery’

Gangster Ronnie Kray says he regrets his life of crime in never-before-heard audio recorded while the ‘reformed’ hardman was locked up in HMP Broadmoor.

The East End crime boss warns children not to follow in his and his brother Reggie’s footsteps because it will only bring them a ‘life of misery’ in audio recorded in the 1980s.

The interview with Ronnie was recorded by seasoned broadcaster Fred Dinenage for his official Kray Twins book, Our Story.

The recordings were unearthed in the TV journalist’s attic, where they had been since Fred’s visit to Broadmoor four decades ago.

His tapes were almost lost forever as Dinenage’s two daughters, one of whom is MP Caroline Dinenage, nearly taped over them.

Fearsome Ronnie and Reggie ran organised crime in London’s East End during the 1950s and 1960s before they were jailed separately in 1969 and then both moved to Parkhurst maximum security prison in the early 1970s.

Ronnie’s deteriorating mental health meant he was later transferred to Broadmoor Prison, where Dinenage frequently met him throughout the 1980s as the notorious pair’s official biographer.

Ronnie’s instantly recognisable voice can be heard telling youngsters not to turn to a life of crime, pointing at how it turned out for him and his brother.

In it, Ronnie said, ‘Many people who have read our books may think we’ve had a glamorous life, but I advise any young people today not to get into any trouble because it will only bring them a life of misery.

‘I hope people will look again at Broadmoor and the people who are here.

‘I have also made the governor look again at my brother Reg, who has been like this for more than 25 years; it’s time he had justice.

‘Good luck to you, and thank you for your support. I wish I could be with you.

‘One day, with any luck I will be, all the best, Ron Kray.’

Dinenage, an ITV presenter who retired after 60 years in the business, claims to be the only person the twins trusted to recount their story since he was their official biographer.

He released Our Story in 1988 after gaining unparalleled access to the twins, and five years later, he wrote My Story, which is about Ronnie.

Dinenage is now going on tour at theatres in the UK with his show ‘Ronnie, Reggie, and Me with Fred Dinenage’, talking about his time with the nefarious duo.

There was honour among thieves in those days. Women, children, and the elderly were sacrosanct. Today, ignorant yobs will machete you for a couple of quid. Not that I’m glamourising it. Crime is crime, period! But let’s face it, you were safe if you were a pensioner or a vulnerable person with the twins around. Mind you, I’m not sure if I would have let them babysit my grandchildren.

We could use them right now to clean up London, and in a bizarrely unorthodox way, I agree with this because I would rather have the Krays than some Albanian gangsters.

However, they’d mellowed with age; we all do because we just want some peace. Fred Dineage got to meet them a lot later on in their lives, not during their heyday.

Looking at Great Britain now, I dread to wonder what it will be like in another 50 years. However, I won’t be around to see it, but my children and grandchildren will, and I do worry about what will become of them.

Fury as Sadiq Khan splurges £6million of taxpayers’ money, changing Overground to ‘virtue signalling’ names like ‘Suffragette’ and ‘Lioness’

During the unveiling of the £6.3 million project to rename and colour all six London Overground train lines, Sadiq Khan was criticised today for his ‘virtue signalling rubbish’.

The Lioness, Mildmay, Windrush, Weaver, Suffragette, and Liberty lines were revealed by the Mayor, with his Conservative mayoral rival Susan Hall saying, ‘The only surprise from today’s announcement is that he hasn’t named one of them the Sadiq line’.

Other Conservatives denounced Mr Khan as a “new lick of paint over a creaking transport system,” saying that naming rights would have brought TfL millions that might have been used to repair the troubled Central Line.

Critics also called attention to the enormous expense of the branding, given that TfL was close to bankruptcy before obtaining impromptu government assistance and the fact that Tube crime had increased by over 50 per cent due to an increase in thefts and robberies.

The news is also made in light of the existing Underground turmoil on the Central Line, which is caused by more trains than normal needing maintenance at the same time, and four days before a significant Overground strike that will disrupt services starting on Monday.

With his August Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) extension, Mr. Khan, who is running for reelection on May 2, incited outrage. Now, he’s fighting for votes with his recent measures to freeze Tube tickets and declare Fridays off-peak starting next month.

In addition, graffiti prevented service on the overground between Barking and Barking Riverside today. There were also cancellations and delays on the Hammersmith and City lines and the Piccadilly line, as well as a signal failure at King’s Cross St Pancras.

Since the creation of the network in 2007, when Transport for London (TfL) assumed responsibility for services on four suburban rail lines, all overground lines have been orange.

Since then, the network has grown greatly, resulting in what some have referred to as a “mass of orange spaghetti” on maps, making it challenging for certain passengers to determine which train they require. TfL anticipates that this redesign will make it simpler to use.

The renowned diagram will undergo significant modifications since each route will be shown as parallel lines in distinct colours on Tube maps.

In the mayoral election scheduled for May, Ms Hall, Mr Khan’s Conservative opponent, told MailOnline today: “Under his mayoralty, 1,000 people have died, but Sadiq Khan is only concerned with this virtue signalling nonsense.” The fact that he hasn’t given one of them the Sadiq line is the lone unexpected aspect of today’s announcement.

Who the hell granted Sadiq Khan the authority to rewrite history?

To paraphrase an old saying, “Sadiq Khan’s fiddling while London burns”.

This man needs to go. He’s past his sell-by date.

It is now necessary for them to provide a worthy candidate. Although I don’t particularly like Sadiq Khan, anyone they put forward would also be terrible, to be honest.

Why change something so iconic? As they say, “If it’s not broken, don’t fix it”.

The problem is that an ever-growing number of people who live in this country of ours just don’t care. They have no connection to it, its history or its heritage.

Sadiq Khan is going to spend £6 million in taxpayers’ money, which ultimately could pay for 169 nurses and could treat poorly patients on the NHS. What a waste of money on some vanity project.

All that cash for some progressive project—however, the expense won’t concern this fool, who will only exploit it to get more tax money from London-based people.

There Are 200 Body Shop Stores In The UK, And Administrators Are To Be Appointed

Another blow to the British high street, The Body Shop has started the process of filing for administration, putting employment in danger throughout the 200+ UK locations of the business.

The well-known brand presently employs 10,000 workers in its 3,000 locations across more than 70 countries, with an additional 12,000 employees working through franchisees.

The late Dame Anita Roddick founded the business in 1976, and it quickly gained notoriety for its no-nonsense approach to ethical trade and stance against animal testing.

Popular items, including bath bombs, White Musk perfume, and hemp hand cream, contributed to the brand’s success.

However, as competitors Lush and Holland and Barret have grown in prominence, it has lost some of its appeal to UK consumers in recent years.

The business was acquired by private equity firm Aurelius for £207 million a few weeks ago, having previously gone through several owners since being sold to L’Oreal for £675 million by Dame Anita in 2006.

“Despite the challenging retail market, there is an opportunity to re-energise the business to enable it to take advantage of positive trends in the high-growth beauty market,” said Aurelius after acquiring the brand.

It has recently come to light that the company had a bad Christmas trading season and insufficient operating cash.

According to reports, the brand will undergo a major reorganisation with the appointment of restructuring specialist FRP Advisory in the near future.

The Body Shop stated in January that continental Europe and Asia accounted for the majority of their sales.

It told Retail Week: ‘This further prioritises the Body Shop’s strategically important markets and global head franchise partner relationships, which it will look for opportunities to build.

‘The Body Shop will also focus on more effectively reaching customers by strengthening digital platforms, developing new sales channels, and via differentiated retail experiences.’

MailOnline has contacted Aurelius and The Body Shop regarding comments.

A spokesman for The Body Shop said: ‘Today, the Directors of The Body Shop International Limited have appointed Tony Wright, Geoff Rowley, and Alastair Massey of business advisory firm FRP as Joint Administrators of the company, which operates The Body Shop’s UK business.

‘Taking this approach provides the stability, flexibility, and security to find the best means of securing the future of The Body Shop and revitalising this iconic British brand. The Joint Administrators will now consider all options to find a way forward for the business and will update creditors and employees in due course.

‘The Body Shop remains guided by its ambition to be a modern, dynamic beauty brand relevant to customers and able to compete for the long term. Creating a more nimble and financially stable UK business is an important step in achieving this.

‘The Joint Administrators will continue to trade the business in administration, ensuring customers will be able to continue to shop in-store and online for their favourite products.

‘The Body Shop has faced an extended period of financial challenges under past owners, coinciding with a difficult trading environment for the wider retail sector. Having taken swift action in the last month, including closing down The Body Shop At Home and selling its business across most of Europe and in parts of Asia, focusing on the UK business is the next important step in The Body Shop’s restructuring.’

How could the new proprietors have been unaware that there wasn’t enough working capital?

Perhaps this was always the goal because they had only recently acquired the firm and would have expected thorough diligence.

Having said that, landlords and the government must realise that high streets cannot thrive without lower rent and rates. They seem to want us all to use our virtual money to make internet purchases.

It appears that The Body Shop went woke, and now it’s broke.

Every time I pass The Body Shop, it’s deserted, and although their items are decent, they’re not great—plus, they cost way too much.

When they originally launched, they could charge whatever they wanted because no one else was selling anything similar. However, now that everyone has jumped on the bandwagon, their counterpart is being sold for less than half as much.

A 33-Year-Old Thug Harassed His Ex-Girlfriend While Drunk On ‘Prison Hooch’

After being arrested for threatening to hurl acid in his former girlfriend’s face, a thug got wasted on prison brew and harassed her from behind bars.

Ross Pippin, 33, had also threatened to stab the father of her children after he began abusing her a week into their relationship.

However, the criminal—who has a history of domestic offences—kept harassing his victim by leaving menacing calls and voicemails even after he was locked up.

Newcastle Crown Court heard Pippin and his former partner met in early 2022, but the relationship soured within as he turned jealous and controlling.

In April 2022, he was jailed for 16 months for assaulting his stepfather. While in prison, he continued to contact her.

He was released at the end of May that year and continued attempting to control and threaten the woman, calling her up to 200 times a day and leaving hundreds of voicemails. By August, she’d had enough and had told him the relationship was over.

But one night, while she and her children were in bed, Pippin attended, put something through her letterbox, and ran off. Before calling her to scream down the phone, he would slit her throat.

She hid her children in a neighbour’s garden and called the police. Pippin called back the next day, begging her to drop the charges and offering to leave her alone.

Finally, it was decided that he posed too great a risk to be left in the community, and he was returned to custody.

From behind bars, he made increasingly violent threats, telling her he would ‘smash her face in’ and ‘rip her head off’, before threatening to stab someone in front of her children. He also said he would dance on her grave.

The lady stated in a victim impact statement that Pippin’s actions had “destroyed her,” leaving her with anxiety and PTSD as a result of her concerns for her children’s safety.

She told the court she was having to move house and didn’t think she would be able to get over Pippin’s abuse. She stated her belief that if she hadn’t pressed charges, she would be dead.

Pippin, 33, of no fixed address, entered a guilty plea to two charges of transmitting harmful messages and harassing someone with the intent to cause fear of violence.

The criminal, who has served three years and four months in prison, has fifty prior convictions, including ones for assault and domestic abuse. Additionally, he was granted an indefinite restraining order.

It’s time more prison guards were employed and more stringent measures were put in place.

Making menacing phone calls and producing booze from behind bars—why are all these jail guards standing by and doing nothing?

How pitiful this jail was, and that it was all happening inside their premises. Maybe it’s time to fire the jail governor and install a new leader who can handle things better.

This man should have spent far longer in prison because public safety is far more vital than his freedom. He has over fifty convictions, and it is obvious that he poses a risk to the public, particularly women.

Drugs, mobiles, and alcohol seem to get into prisons, and just out of interest, what part of this is punishment?

As HMS Prince Of Wales Departs For NATO’s Largest Maritime Exercise In 40 Years, Crowds Cheer

Crowds were cheering off the HMS Prince of Wales as it finally departed for the largest NATO maritime exercise in 40 years after delays.

Just before it was scheduled to depart on Sunday to replace her sister ship, which was forced to cancel its own deployment a week earlier, the Royal Navy aircraft carrier had to postpone its departure at the last minute.

The fleet flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth was scheduled to lead the biggest NATO exercise involving more than 40 warships since the Cold War, leaving Portsmouth Naval Base on January 4.

However, a ‘problem’ with the starboard propeller connection was discovered during final tests, forcing the cancellation of the £3 billion warship’s sailing.

Since the cancellation was announced, the crew and base workers have been preparing HMS Prince of Wales to take over HMS Queen Elizabeth’s role in Exercise Steadfast Defender off Norway.

Parents Julie and Mark Benton were waving off their son Ethan on his first deployment as they saw the HMS Prince of Wales depart Portsmouth.

Mr Benton said: ‘That’s a really proud moment for us. This is his first deployment, he joined when he was 17, and this is what he wanted to do from school. And here he is 19 years old and he’s living his dream, and couldn’t be better.

‘It’s a really big deal for him. A big deal for us as a family, and he’s following in his grandfather’s footsteps as well. We’re really, really proud of him.’

The family had travelled from Wrexham, north Wales, to see off their son,S who was ‘disappointed’ when the departure was delayed from Sunday.

But Mr Benton added: ‘All the crew have worked ever so hard to get the ship ready in such a short space of time; that’s fantastic.’

Also in Portsmouth on Monday was mum-of-two Monika Holton, who, with her eight-week-old baby and toddler, was waving off her husband, who is the second navigator of the warship.

The 31-year-old said: ‘I’m pretty excited, pretty anxious. Life is a little bit stressed and hectic, he’s my lifeline, and he’s going away for some time.

‘I’m also very excited. It’s a big exercise for the ship, for the crew. I’m just excited for him.’

She said the one week’s notice before his deployment was ‘quite a shock to the system’ but added that the delay to the ship’s departure meant the couple could enjoy an early Valentine’s Day dinner.

The sailing has been postponed, a Ministry of Defence spokeswoman announced on Sunday. The spokesperson did not provide an explanation for the last-minute cancellation.

In a genuine battle, this ship would be a sitting duck. Engineering at its finest, with a bit of luck, it might reach Dover to pick up a few thousand illegals, but then they might feel safer in their dingy.

But hey, it’s only an exercise, so perhaps it won’t fall apart midway.

Our once-proud country is, in my opinion, collapsing at an accelerated pace, although even that assessment is problematic given the circumstances.

Before returning to port for tea and scones, it will most likely sail around for a few hours.

In the words of the great Arnie Schwarzenegger, “I’ll be back.”. Probably without 24 hours. Sailing towards the scrap yard.

It will return by the time you finish your cup of tea. Go grab one now. A floating failure that highlights the UK’s lack of defence. Positively, though, everyone on board has most likely received the most recent version of their diversity and inclusivity training—no money was spared.

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