For LOCAL news I bring you this report
on protests held today under the banner of Black Lives Matter.
I totally understand that black people feel
they are not always treated fairly, particularly with regard to the way the
police treat them. Recent high profile
cases in America and here show that. And
I also get that the slogan might not have been intended to suggest that black
lives matter more than any others, rather that they needed to be considered as
important as others rather than less.
But that is not the message that comes
across, particularly when you have an organiser of such events Joshua Virasami
saying black people should come together "to achieve justice and equality
in Britain".
By only involving black people we will
never solve the problem. We need to work
together on this. And I’m not sure that
protests which cause problems for ordinary people, such as those trying to get
to Heathrow today, or go about their lives in Nottingham, will garner support
for the movement. All lives matter.
The INTERNATIONAL story
that caught my eye today is this one about Sasha Obama’s summer job. I understand that her parents want her to
have as normal a life as possible but I’m sure turning up for your job at a
restaurant with 6 bodyguards in tow is not normal!
In SPORT the Olympics are the hot topic of the day with
the much anticipated opening ceremony taking place in Rio later today. (Coverage starts after 11pm here so I might
just be catching the highlights tomorrow morning.
Inevitably there will be comparisons between
these games and the London 2012 games, particularly as the budget for Brazil’s
opening ceremony is much smaller than they had for London. Fortunately, the London ceremony was so
different from anything I’d ever seen before that we won’t be comparing like to
like. It’s sure to have a carnival feel
to it though, that’s a given.
Just for a laugh I was going to link to the video
clip of Andy Murray posing with the team, Princess Anne and the flag, getting
into all sorts of problems with it. It
seems that the BBC have removed the video to spare his embarrassment but if you
search for it on Youtube it’s easy to find.
Hopefully he’ll do better at the opening ceremony and thankfully he’s
better at tennis.
Harry Potter features in the ENTERTAINMENT news
again this week but not for a good reason.
Apparently tickets for the Cursed Child, the stage production which
opened here in London in June, sell out as soon as they are released for
sale. Prices range from £15 to £70. However if you’re desperate you can buy them
online for anything up to £1000. You
would need to be more than just desperate as if the theatre suspects your
tickets have been obtained from a re-sale site they will be declared void.
Under MISCELLANEOUS
I decided to browse the BBC’s magazine
article “10 Things we didn’t know last week” for inspiration. There were of course unusual and interesting
facts. The one that I actually checked
out was the claim that “You can turn urine into beer using solar power” Yep
sounds disgusting but apparently scientists have come up with a purifying
machine, powered by solar energy, that will take urine and separate it into
water and fertiliser components. They
recently collected lots of water by this method at a music festival and are
planning to use the water to make beer.
I’m so glad I drink wine!
All links are courtesy of the BBC website. Opinions are my own.
Have a great weekend.
I don't want to be drinking any of that beer!! We watched the opening ceremony of the games last night. I really wasn't that overly impressed. Hopefully the games will all go well. I agree with you about Black Lives Matter. That is how we feel here in the United States as well. They are going about the entire thing in a way that will not win them any favor. All lives matter!
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