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Post by gazz on Nov 23, 2014 15:26:03 GMT
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Post by bigfudge on Nov 23, 2014 18:06:51 GMT
Awful.
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Post by dudleyhatter on Nov 23, 2014 18:23:24 GMT
How awful to be afraid to gather in sporting celebration. Imagine the damage they could cause, if they so wished, at any major sporting fixture. The authorities all over the world are onto a loser. These evil @#$¥€ only have to get lucky once. We have no second chances
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Post by gazz on Jan 13, 2015 15:21:03 GMT
Centcom 'hacked' by Isis supporters: US military Twitter feed publishes personal information of senior officers:A US military Twitter feed appears to have been hacked by people claiming to be sympathisers of the Isis militant group. In a disturbing demonstration of the vulnerability of the American government’s cyber networks, a group claiming association with Isis gate-crashed the Twitter account of Central Command, also known as CentCom, and began posting internal information including personal details of senior officers. Article here
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Post by gazz on Jan 29, 2015 19:38:48 GMT
UK summons Russian ambassador after military aircraft disrupt civil aviation:Britain summoned the Russian ambassador on Thursday and asked him to explain why two Russian "Bear" long-range bombers had flown over the English Channel the previous day, forcing British authorities to reroute civil aircraft.
A British government source told Reuters the incident, which forced Britain to scramble Typhoon interceptor jets, was viewed as "a significant escalation" and marked a change in strategy since Russian aircraft had previously largely confined themselves to flying close to Scotland.
"It was very dangerous. Civil aircraft flying to the UK had to be rerouted," the source said. "The Russians were flying with their transponders turned off so could only be seen on military radar. They haven't flown this far south before."
The Foreign Office said it had summoned Russian Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko to account for the incident, saying the episode was part of an increasing pattern of "out of area operations" by Russian aircraft.
"The Russian planes caused disruption to civil aviation. That is why we summoned the Russian Ambassador today to account for the incident," it said in a statement.
Last year, NATO conducted more than 100 interceptions of Russian aircraft, about three times as many as in 2013, amid increased tensions between the West and Moscow over the Ukraine crisis.
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said in December he was concerned by "the extremely aggressive" probing of Britain's airspace by Russian military aircraft after a spate of interceptions off the Scottish coast.
Hammond, a former defence minister, had previously said the sharp increase in such activity in recent years was because of a Kremlin military overhaul that had been overlooked by many.
The British government is generally unfazed by such flights, viewing them as symbolic shows of force by a resurgent Russia meant to remind the world that it remains a global power.
But the appearance of Russian bombers in the English Channel, a busy corridor for civil aircraft, raised concerns because of the risk of a collision.
In December, Swedish authorities said a Russian military jet nearly collided with a commercial passenger aeroplane in international airspace near southern Sweden. Russia insisted its jet had kept at a safe distance.
"It's scary. Who does this kind of thing?, the British government source said of the English Channel incident. "Only Russia."uk.reuters.com/article/2015/01/29/uk-britain-russia-idUKKBN0L229X20150129
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Post by ceefer on Feb 1, 2015 18:10:55 GMT
UK summons Russian ambassador after military aircraft disrupt civil aviation:Britain summoned the Russian ambassador on Thursday and asked him to explain why two Russian "Bear" long-range bombers had flown over the English Channel the previous day, forcing British authorities to reroute civil aircraft.
A British government source told Reuters the incident, which forced Britain to scramble Typhoon interceptor jets, was viewed as "a significant escalation" and marked a change in strategy since Russian aircraft had previously largely confined themselves to flying close to Scotland.
"It was very dangerous. Civil aircraft flying to the UK had to be rerouted," the source said. "The Russians were flying with their transponders turned off so could only be seen on military radar. They haven't flown this far south before."
The Foreign Office said it had summoned Russian Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko to account for the incident, saying the episode was part of an increasing pattern of "out of area operations" by Russian aircraft.
"The Russian planes caused disruption to civil aviation. That is why we summoned the Russian Ambassador today to account for the incident," it said in a statement.
Last year, NATO conducted more than 100 interceptions of Russian aircraft, about three times as many as in 2013, amid increased tensions between the West and Moscow over the Ukraine crisis.
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said in December he was concerned by "the extremely aggressive" probing of Britain's airspace by Russian military aircraft after a spate of interceptions off the Scottish coast.
Hammond, a former defence minister, had previously said the sharp increase in such activity in recent years was because of a Kremlin military overhaul that had been overlooked by many.
The British government is generally unfazed by such flights, viewing them as symbolic shows of force by a resurgent Russia meant to remind the world that it remains a global power.
But the appearance of Russian bombers in the English Channel, a busy corridor for civil aircraft, raised concerns because of the risk of a collision.
In December, Swedish authorities said a Russian military jet nearly collided with a commercial passenger aeroplane in international airspace near southern Sweden. Russia insisted its jet had kept at a safe distance.
"It's scary. Who does this kind of thing?, the British government source said of the English Channel incident. "Only Russia."uk.reuters.com/article/2015/01/29/uk-britain-russia-idUKKBN0L229X20150129 I think it's been happening for years now over the oil rigs and Scotland. Subs as well in Norwegian fjords. Good to see a response from our government. What appals me is how long it has taken for an enquiry to be set up to look more closely into Litvinenkos death ( may be out on the spelling). His widow had had to fight tooth and nail to get this far. Would it have anything to do with the anti Russian rhetoric especially where Ukraine is on the agenda? Extra ammo against Putin and probably about time too.
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Post by gazz on Feb 1, 2015 18:16:46 GMT
What appals me is how long it has taken for an enquiry to be set up to look more closely into Litvinenkos death ( may be out on the spelling). His widow had had to fight tooth and nail to get this far. Would it have anything to do with the anti Russian rhetoric especially where Ukraine is on the agenda? Extra ammo against Putin and probably about time too. Indeed, enquiries such as these are only held when it suits a particular agenda, 'tis the way of things.
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Post by gazz on Feb 9, 2015 20:04:34 GMT
Briton arrested in Spain for allegedly killing man he caught filming daughter:A Briton has been arrested in Spain for allegedly killing a German man he caught filming his young daughter with an iPad.
Police detained the 40-year-old man on Saturday night after he allegedly attacked the German national in a restaurant in Sotogrande, an exclusive resort on southern Spain’s Costa del Sol.
Authorities said the victim, 43, had been charged with possession of child pornography days before, although it is not known if the British man was aware of the fact. Full story here
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Post by gazz on Feb 11, 2015 19:57:37 GMT
Costa Concordia captain Schettino guilty of manslaughter:The captain of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia has been found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in prison. Captain Francesco Schettino was at the helm when the ship hit rocks and sank in 2012, killing 32 people. He was accused of taking the liner too close to the shore and then abandoning ship with passengers and crew still on board. Schettino denied the charges and said he was being made a scapegoat. His lawyers had argued that it was a collective failure of the ship's crew and others should share the blame for the disaster. Schettino was not present when Judge Giovanni Puliatti read out the verdict at the court in the city of Grosseto. Full article here
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Post by another_ruined_saturday on Feb 11, 2015 20:11:05 GMT
i dread clicking on this thread to read more of gazza the newsreader of doom shuffling his papers:
"...and in the news tonight: more people dead, horribly"
can't you at least do a f***ing panda story occasionally?!?
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Post by ceefer on Feb 13, 2015 19:00:56 GMT
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Post by ceefer on Feb 13, 2015 19:02:29 GMT
i dread clicking on this thread to read more of gazza the newsreader of doom shuffling his papers: "...and in the news tonight: more people dead, horribly" can't you at least do a f**king panda story occasionally?!? Agree there should be at last one good news article everynight - surely they can find one...and not the PL...
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Post by gazz on Feb 13, 2015 20:19:58 GMT
Allow me. shuffles papers and says with a wry smile: "and finally"..... Sheep to be turned into WiFi hotspots in rural areas:The countryside might have beautiful views and fresh air, but the lack of good WiFi makes it nearly impossible to check Facebook and post pictures of #thegreatoutdoors to Instagram. However this one flaw in the rural Britain could soon be a thing of the past as a university team are planning on turning sheep into mobile WiFi hotspots. (Note: This is not an early and elaborate April fools joke) Professor Gordon Blair and his team from Lancaster University are trialling a project in which they hope to pioneer the ‘Internet of Things’ (or IOT) project. They plan to fit sheep with collars to track their movements, and add sensors to river banks to measure erosion. Not only do they hope this will provide invaluable information about the countryside, but they even say one day these electrical devices could be used as WiFi spots. ‘The possibilities are limitless,’ said Prof Blair. Read more
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Post by another_ruined_saturday on Feb 13, 2015 22:36:39 GMT
slightly bizarre. are they sizing chi-chi up for a modem too though?!?
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Post by gazz on Feb 13, 2015 23:43:14 GMT
slightly bizarre. are they sizing chi-chi up for a modem too though?!? He'll be needing this then...
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