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"I’ve lived this long because I know when to fight, when to run, and when to keep my mouth shut. Though, admittedly, I’ve never been very good at that last one." moonglum... https://gwyneddsfailingcouncil.blogspot.com/

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Discovery Documents in NEH Lawsuit Exhibits related to the motion for summary judgment filed by the MLA, ACLS, and AHA in our lawsuit to restore the NEH are linked below.Download All FilesExhibitsExhibit 1: Transcript of video-recorded...

Discovery Documents in NEH Lawsuit...
www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...

14.03.2026 07:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Over the weekend, Trump bypassed Congress to give the Israeli military 12,000-1,000 pound bombs manufactured in the US by General Dynamics.

12.03.2026 19:30 👍 73 🔁 40 💬 4 📌 1
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EXCLUSIVE: Tayside sexual offences officer suspended on full pay for five years after being accused of raping colleague The officer remains on the Police Scotland payroll.

Tayside sexual offences officer suspended on full pay for five years after being accused of raping colleague...
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/pert...

14.03.2026 06:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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BBC Radio 4 - Rare Earth, Lakes, Lochs and Loughs Plunge into the chilly, much-disputed waters of the lakes of the British Isles.

Listen to the whole episode of BBC Rare Earth, with @helenczerski.bsky.social @tomheap.bsky.social @pennyjohnes.bsky.social & @amyjanebeer.bsky.social here 👇

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

13.03.2026 17:38 👍 16 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
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Mother who fled abusive husband met tragic end after judge freed him Ashley Kittelson, 35, begged authorities to keep her abusive husband Nicholas Kittelson, 44, away from her just days before he killed her in a murder-suicide on March 6.

Ashley Kittelson, 35, was shot dead in her home in International Falls, Minnesota, on March 6 by her estranged husband, Nicholas Kittelson, 44, in a horror murder-suicide...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

13.03.2026 17:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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MSP 'witnessed' sexually assaulting young female members of staff A survey of workers at Holyrood revealed 84 previously unreported cases of bullying, harassment and sexual harassment

The Dignity at Work survey of staff working for MSPs and for the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body – which is responsible for the running of Holyrood – was completed in January this year...
news.stv.tv/politics/msp...

13.03.2026 17:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The company's CEO Leon Steyn and its deputy money laundering reporting officer, James Alexander Watchorn, were also fined as part of the sanctions from the GFSC.

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The Guernsey Financial Services Commission's (GFSC) said it was the biggest fine it had ever issued and said Utmost's use of unregulated brokers in high‑risk regions, notably South and Central America, combined with ineffective screening systems had led them taking action.

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Utmost International fined £1.96m by Guernsey finance regulator Two of the company's senior staff have also been fined by the GFSC.

A Guernsey-based finance firm has been handed a £1.96m fine by the island's regulator for significantly underestimating its financial crime risk...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

13.03.2026 13:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Betsi Cadwaladr: Executive resigns after damning report Sue Hill will not receive a settlement after

they have had more funding, jen and scrutiny has always been ... lacking.
also -
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

12.03.2026 21:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Connecticut officer having "mild anxiety attack" took ambulance sent for man dying from police shooting, investigation finds The report raised questions about what took place after the shooting, which left Dyshan Best bleeding with fatal injuries.

The first ambulance called to take Best to the hospital arrived at the scene at 6:02 p.m.,about 14 minutes after the shooting. However, at the urging of other officers, that ambulance was used to take away a white police officer, Erin Perrotta, who had been involved..
www.cbsnews.com/news/officer...

12.03.2026 21:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A Home Visit From The Ombudsman For Wales...
gwyneddsfailingcouncil.blogspot.com/2022/11/a-home

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The Ombudsman also introduced the word 'variance' into the dialogue and it appears that recommendations for improvement can be downgraded once an investigation has been completed in a deal done between the Ombudsman and the CEO behind closed doors...

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It was pointed out to the Ombudsman that Gwynedd council had not complied with other recommendations from past investigations and that if they had been called to account previously then further investigations would not have been needed. The Ombudsman did not respond to this point...

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There was the council's Information manager's data breach report - written in spite of the evidence, the creation of documents that should not exist and legal documents written not to inform but mislead...

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Evidence of wrongdoing by senior officers - from an officer leaving the council during one investigation then rejoining once interviews were completed through behaviour by officers that many have thought abusive...

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Because of the unreasonable demands imposed by the council officer, the complaint did not proceed and was timed out by the council. After reading the emails, the Ombudsman returned with an offer of a complaint without enduring further officer bad behaviour...

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They included input from the Monitoring Officer and also showed this 'investigator' sending correspondence to someone not involved in the complaints process...

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The aborted Stage 2 complaint emails between the 'independent investigator' and Cyngor Gwynedd's safeguarding and quality officer were passed to the Ombudsman for his information...

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North Wales health board still under special measures after three years, ministers warn - Herald.Wales THE WELSH GOVERNMENT has confirmed that Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board will remain under the highest level of intervention, with

THE WELSH GOVERNMENT has confirmed that Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board will remain under the highest level of intervention, with ministers warning that patients in North Wales are still waiting too long for vital treatment...
herald.wales/north-wales/...

12.03.2026 20:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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PFAS pollution in a drinking water source near the old Denham Film Studio, so high the source had to be taken out of use.

That's a water source that was providing 20 million litres a day to London, a city where water is already becoming scarce.

From my report on BBC Inside Science, today👇🏾

12.03.2026 19:40 👍 105 🔁 66 💬 3 📌 1
MI5 worker sent emails to foreign power – Court News UK

Juan Joseph, 43, also travelled to Latvia to go to the embassy of the same foreign state there and share confidential information He worked as an IT contractor for MI5 from 2009 to 2020 with access to highly classified information...
courtnewsuk.co.uk/mi5-worker-s...

12.03.2026 13:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
UCPI Evidence Hearings | Tranche 3 (Phase 2) | Day 17 - (12 March 2026) - AM
UCPI Evidence Hearings | Tranche 3 (Phase 2) | Day 17 - (12 March 2026) - AM YouTube video by Undercover Policing Inquiry

UCPI Evidence Hearings | Tranche 3 (Phase 2) | Day 17 - (12 March 2026) spycops...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKul...

12.03.2026 11:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump Explores Deep Sea Mining in American Samoa - Inside Climate News Even as opposition grows and the U.S. territory maintains a moratorium on seabed mining, NOAA began a $20 million survey of surrounding federal waters to help locate deep sea mineral deposits.

Trump Explores Deep Sea Mining in American Samoa off Hawaii
This would not only obliterate deep sea life but also
generate sediment plumes that travel long distances, smothering coral reef and fish life on ocean top

insideclimatenews.org/news/1103202...

11.03.2026 12:09 👍 20 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 1
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Woman who was kept as slave for 25 years will 'live with trauma' for life, court hears - live updates Mother-of-10 Mandy Wixon, 56, made the vulnerable woman clean her squalid and overcrowded home in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, and forced her to live off scraps.

Mandy Wixon is due to be sentenced at Gloucester Crown Court after she was found guilty of keeping a vulnerable woman captive for 25 years...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...

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Canada-Japan nuclear cooperation deepens - Nuclear Engineering International Canada and Japan have deepened their strategic partnership, expanding cooperation on clean energy technologies including SMRs.

Canada-Japan nuclear cooperation deepens
A new strategic roadmap will include stronger cooperation on clean energy technologies such as small modular reactors...
www.neimagazine.com/news/canada-...

12.03.2026 10:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them Utilities are convincing lawmakers around the U.S. to delay bills that would allow people to buy solar panels, plug them into an outlet and begin generating electricity.

Utilities are convincing lawmakers around the U.S. to delay bills that would allow people to buy solar panels, plug them into an outlet and begin generating electricity. n.pr/4ul3y2p

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Thursday 12 March, member speaking in the Lords chamber

Thursday 12 March, member speaking in the Lords chamber

🕚 #HouseOfLords from 11am includes:    

🟥 illegal accommodation for children in care
🟥 flood resilience
🟥 #NationalInsuranceBill
🟥 greenhouse gas emissions
🟥 seclusion and restraint in schools

➡️ See full schedule
https://orlo.uk/siw00

12.03.2026 09:52 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Man admits encouraging the suicide of vulnerable 21-year-old in USA | The Crown Prosecution Service

Dylan Phelan, 21, encouraged Travis Dyer to take his own life on 30 October 2024 after the pair had been communicating for several months via-Discord
..that time, Mr Dyer, from Theriot, Louisiana, USA, was known to be vulnerable and struggling with his mental health..
www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/man...

12.03.2026 09:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Charity founder's 'fetish porn' scheme exposed in sordid text chain The founder of a mental health charity has pleaded guilty to assaulting five vulnerable teens in a sick scheme that involved whipping them for cash.

Cody Haywood Schaeffer, 32, admitted to the assault of four male youths - aged between 14 and 18 - at Brisbane Magistrates Court on Wednesday...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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