For once a feel good INTERNATIONAL
piece of news. Tim Peake, the UK
astronaut is coming home. Of course you
might think as he’s British that this should be local news but given that he’s
been up in space and orbiting the Earth for some time now I think it counts as
International news. He’s been busy while
on the International Space Station and it’s certainly sparked interest in the
space station. Let’s hope he has a safe
flight home.
The LOCAL
news has been dominated by the murder of the Labour MP Jo Cox outside her
constituency surgery. The suspect
stabbed her and also shot her with a home-made gun. It’s been reported that he had mental health
issues. I’m sure personal threats are
something MPs are warned about, one of our local MPs was also attacked in his
office some years ago, but I doubt if any explanation of why this happened will
bring comfort to Jo Cox’s husband and family.
SPORTs news as I
suggested last week continues to be dominated by the European Football
Championships but again for the wrong reasons.
Behaviour of fans is still the subject of headlines. Thankfully none of my family have travelled
to France for any of the games but my hubby did send me this joke today:
Found out last
night I have won 2 tickets for the Euro 2016 final. However the final is on the
day I get married. If anyone would like to go in my place please contact me.
The wedding is at St Pauls church Oldham and the bride is called Sarah......
The ENTERTAINMENT headline
that caught my eye was “Meatloaf stable after stage collapse.” My immediate thought was that’s going to run
into a big lawsuit if he’s been injured because the stage collapsed.
On reading the article I of course
discovered that he had collapsed on stage – quite a different event. I hope he makes a quick recovery.
The misunderstanding shows how important it
is to use the right words to convey the correct message. And my kids wonder why I don’t use text speak
when composing messages on my phone!
Having read this MISCELLANEOUS article
I’m glad I only drink tea! It’s about
Starbucks overcharging customers. Some
customers were charged twice while others had a delay in payments being
submitted so that they were then debited large amounts all in one go. Starbucks have apologised and stated that
customers mischarged would be refunded.
I would say that ordering tea is also easier than coffee with all the
current combinations. I like mine with
milk and two sugars please.
All links are courtesy of the BBC
website. Opinions are my own.
Have a great weekend.
I much enjoyed this little bit of BBC News. So sad about the shooting!! Crazy world we live in, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteSince our cable has been downgraded---(grr) we can't watch BBC---we can read some articles on the internet and its not the same as watching it. The killing of Labour Secretary Cox was frightening and very sad....I know people don't want to believe this, but one has to be vigilant in ones safety and be aware of its surrounding now a days....
ReplyDeleteTim Peake, yes, we keep up with the NASA news...its wonderful he is coming home, smiles.