Six months!
It's very rare that we watch broadcast TV or record anything to a PVR. It's all streaming on Netflix/Amazon to TV or on my phone. Haven't watched TV in the conventional sense for some years now.
The man is accused of leaving the baby with severe burns requiring multiple surgeries.
Australian police are working with their international counterparts to locate a man they believe fled the country after pouring boiling coffee on a baby in Brisbane.
Transport Secretary Louise Haigh promises to deliver a "bus revolution" that will save vital routes.
An anti-corruption charity finds significant concerns in £15.3bn worth of contracts awarded during the pandemic.
An anti-corruption charity says it has identified significant concerns in contracts worth over £15.3bn awarded by the Conservative government during the Covid pandemic, equivalent to one in every £3 spent.
It's been happening before Brexit. The Tories hate the NHS and want to replace it, as you say, with a private healthcare system. However, saying so publicly would be political suicide so the NHS has been gradually privatised within by outsourcing backroom services to the private sector. Having said that Brexit has not helped the NHS.
Such privatisation has failed in a lot of cases.
Here's a list of such services privatised.
The common phrase "The NHS will remain free at point of use" is used to side step accusations of privatising the NHS.
So that Zombie apocalypse could still happen.
The boss of Water UK says the UK's system is old and that bill rises proposed should be higher.
I think this story will be around for a while.
If this is true then it's only a matter of time for the collapse in Tesla sales and any commercial venture linked to Musk.
Liz Truss makes for a better parody version of herself than the best comedian. She's is so inept in public.
Pretty much sums up the UK since 2010.
Extract from Basic Principles of the Russian Federation’s State Policy in the Domain of Nuclear Deterrence
“The Russian Federation retains the right to use nuclear weapons in response to the use of nuclear weapons and other types of weapons of mass destruction against it and/or its allies…” But that sentence ends with an unusual statement: “… and also in the case of aggression against the Russian Federation with the use of conventional weapons, when the very existence of the state is put under threat”
"In a local war with a non-nuclear adversary, however, the small-scale tactical use of nuclear weapons might be a serious temptation, especially if the war were not going according to plan. In short, the impulse to escalate in a tight corner could be strong."
Could this be a precursor to Putin using tactical nuclear weapons against the Ukraine military on Russian soil?
It will have a huge psychological effect on Russian's morale. Take the fight to Russia.
One of the best drama series I've seen.
Hollow threats. Go.
Mmm Gerhard Schroeder and Russia rings a bell ...
Why Gerhard Schröder won’t unfriend Vladimir Putin.
Putin’s pal Gerhard Schröder won’t be kicked out of Germany’s Social Democrats
You couldn't make this stuff up.
40 lines here. Using Boost For Lemmy on Android phone. Nicely intentioned but it is somewhat intrusive in its layout.
Not a surprise. The quality has dropped, they've priced themselves out of the market so that ordinary cafes (diners) are cheaper.
A £190m contract awarded to Quickline is set to improve coverage in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.
Water bills are set to rise by between X and X over the next five years, water regulator Ofwat says.
The boys caused £10,000 worth of damage during a break-in at a west London environmental college.
The husband of Nicola Sturgeon had been re-arrested in connection with the SNP finances investigation.
Mark Menzies, who represents the seat of Fylde, told the Times he strongly disputed the allegations.
Dozens of bodies are found and al-Shifa hospital is "completely out of service", the Hamas-run health ministry says.
Survey of 15,000 people suggests even party leader Rishi Sunak’s North Yorkshire seat is at risk
Breakdown of which 250 would lose seats in election scenario will only add to mutinous mood but there is little consensus on what to do
The robot - named Aurora - can climb rocks, go up stairs and make dance-like movements while flashing green lights. These tactics will be used to scare away wildlife.
Seasonal dusty winds from the Sahara have been severe in recent months, blocking out the sunlight needed for cocoa bean pods to grow in west Africa. Heavy rainfall in the previous season has also spread a rotting disease among cacao trees.
Counter-terrorism police are investigating the stabbing in south London on Friday afternoon.
The national guard is capable of appearing within minutes at the slightest sign of protest on the streets of Moscow, but took an hour-and-a-half to mobilise to the attack - something does not add up, writes Dominic Waghorn.
The flow of Western military aid to Ukraine is waning. President Putin will feel emboldened. But Sean Bell explains that there are options to swing the balance in Ukraine's favour for the West - if its leaders are willing to call Russia's bluff.
The chairman of the inquiry into necrophiliac killer David Fuller’s crimes said his investigation was following developments in the case closely.
This started a few weeks ago and it went quiet. This new insight is truly disturbing as it has attracted the attention of the chairman of the David Fuller inquiry. There is no confirmation of a link but there are a lot of questions as to why bodies have been withheld for months on end after alledged funerals taken place.