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Post Office spent over £132m of taxpayer money defending itself

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The Post Office has spent over £132m of taxpayer money ( £82m in the 12 mon ths to 31st March 2024, £38m the previous 12 months, and £12m in the year prior to that, defending itself at the inquiry into the wrongful conviction of 900 sub-postmasters who were prosecuted wrongly for shortfalls in their accounts caused by bugs in Fujitsu’s Horizon IT system in what has been described as one of the most widespread miscarriages in British legal history. Most sub-postmasters wrongly convicted lost their livelihoods or were forced to make up shortfalls from their own money, while some former sub-postmasters … Continue reading Post Office spent over £132m of taxpayer money defending itself

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Royal Mail £3.6bn takeover approved by the UK Government

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Daniel Kretinsky (49), Czech low-key billionaire entrepreneur, whose net worth is £6bn, is the new owner of Royal Mail, the historic British company, after the £3.6bn takeover sale of its parent firm was approved by the UK Government. His EO Group is ready to make Royal Mail successful. His investments are in Eustream, Central and Eastern European energy via a labyrinthine structure of companies, which transports Russian Gas via pipelines that run through Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.  He build up well-known brands through Vesa Equity Investment, a private firm which is Luxembourg, also holds big stakes in Sainsbury’s … Continue reading Royal Mail £3.6bn takeover approved by the UK Government

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“Tabla King in whose hands, rhythm became magic,” dies aged 73

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Zakir Hussain, one of the world’s greatest tabala players has died aged 73, of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease, at a hospital in San Francisco. Hussain, the Indian classical music icon, was a four-time Grammy award winner  ( seven Grammy nominations, and has received the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian award. Using the table – a pair of drums used in Indian classical music an accompaniment to the main performance, he transformed the tabla into a globally loved solo instrument. Tributes have began pouring in, as the news of Hussain’s death broke. Nayan Gosh, a sitar and table player said. … Continue reading “Tabla King in whose hands, rhythm became magic,” dies aged 73

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Our fathers never taught us to be fathers…

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Chilean poet Alejandro Zambra, in Childish Literature, writes a collection of poems, essays and tales exploring the ups and downs of fatherhood especially orbiting around the theme of fathers and sons. Written in a state of attachment or under the influence of fatherhood, Childish Literature is an eclectic guide to rookie parents, revealing how the birth and growth of a child changes not only the present and the future, but also reshapes our perceptions of the past.   He ponders his unpreparedness: “Our fathers tried, in their own ways, to teach us to be men, but they never taught us to … Continue reading Our fathers never taught us to be fathers…

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A new crime series by super-sleuth Angela Merkel

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Forget Miss Marple, as Angela Merkel, ex-German chancellor, who after a stint dealing with transnational financial meltdowns or erratic US presidents, once the most powerful woman in the world, now a super-sleuth after retiring to the idyllic village of Kleinfreudenstadt-on-Dumpfsee on a dull lake with her quantum-chemist husband Achim, her bodyguard Mike  and her pug Putin, named after the Russian President who once surprised her with a massive Labrador to play on her canine phobia, solving crime. In Murder at the Castle, a local aristocrat, Baron von Baugenwitz, has been murdered with vintage suit of armour in a castle dungeon locked … Continue reading A new crime series by super-sleuth Angela Merkel

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How can be broaden our minds

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Academic philosopher, Simon Critchley explores why Mysticism is about existential ecstasy – an experience of heightening one’s senses and self into a sheer feeling of aliveness and provides a fascinating overview of Christianity’s great outliers. Mystical experiences offers us a practical way to open out thoughts and deepen the sense of our lives, whether through a mainstream connection to God or by taking part in mind-altering experiences. Whether so-called “mystical” experiences are felt to be religious, spiritual aesthetic or something else, people have been trying to report, describe, and make sense of this strange kind of ecstasy for a thousand … Continue reading How can be broaden our minds

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Turkey: foul factory fowl

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Most of know almost nothing about today’ special bred, commercially produced Turkeys. Renowned ethicist and eminent philosopher Peter Stringer gives a striking indictment of humanity’s treatment of other animals. Poultry industry marketing would have us believe that we purchase happy and humanely raised and slaughtered turkeys for Thanksgiving and also the default British Christmas centrepiece and takes you through the birth, life and death of the Turkey by warming our hearts towards what we often assume to be among the dumbest of beasts. He explains us that they are smart, self-aware and sociable creatures  that like to cuddle up with their … Continue reading Turkey: foul factory fowl

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18-year-old Gukesh is the youngest ever World Chess. Champion

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Gukesh Dommaraju, Chennai  (India) born prodigy, defeated defending champion China’s Ding Liren to become the youngest ever world champion in Singapore at the age of 18. The 14-game match was tied with two wins each after 13 games and looked as through the 14th game was heading towards a draw. Gukesh born in May 2006, playing black, won from a dead-drawn position in the final contest of their best of 14 games when Ding unexpectedly made a blunder on move 55 by trapping his own bishop with his rook. Gukesh entered the FIDE World Chess Championship as a challenger which carries a … Continue reading 18-year-old Gukesh is the youngest ever World Chess. Champion

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Murder suspect charged

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Luigi Mangione the suspect arrested in connection with the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan last week as he walked to a shareholder’s meeting, appeared to be a potentially untraceable 3D gun- a firearm without serial numbers, that can be assembled at home, copied from Hollywood movie The Day of the Jackal. He was arrested on Monday at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and was allegedly in possession of a gun, bullets, multiple fake IDs and cash. Law enforcement sources say ”Deny, Defend, Depose, the three D’s of insurance” tactics used by companies to reject payment claims … Continue reading Murder suspect charged

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Complex emotional poems

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Professor Carol Ann Duffy DBE, captures the truth of each experience whether writing of longing or seduction, of passion, adultery, or simple everyday acts of love.  Carol Ann Duffy wrote one of the most popular love poet, which is imaginative, heartfelt and direct about love and relationships exploring the notion of romantic love in the context of relationship, with complex emotion. The speaker of the poem offers her lover an onion as a Valentine’s gift not a conventional gift like stain hearts or roses. Her poems diaplays all the eloquence and skill that have made her one of the foremost … Continue reading Complex emotional poems