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Here we go again... `Trump seeks $1bn in damages from Harvard' LINK Donald Trump announced he will be seeking $1bn (£730m) in damages from Harvard University in his administration's ongoing feud with the institution. The news comes after the New York Times reported that the US president's administra...

The problem is happening in America too, as mentioned later in the article... `China bans hidden car door handles over safety concerns' LINK China has banned hidden door handles on electric vehicles (EVs), making it the first country to stop the use of the controversial designs that were made popula...

Thanks, Stanley and Ian, for those photos and comments about Mary. My mum was always smart and would have been like Mary in the mill. Of course it was all a bit off a shock for my mum coming to Blackburn after growing up in South Africa and having worked in the equivalent of a John Lewis shop in the...

A new word for me: bombogenesis...
`A bomb cyclone will hit parts of the US - what is it?' BBC video

Labubu dolls might rescue the UK economy, judging by how popular they are!

I can still see our Grandma Tillotson (Tillum) behind one of the weaving machines.. And hear that awful noise. When I was a young child and my parents were both on shift work to pay the rent I can remember my dad taking me with him to Haston Lee Mill in Blackburn to give my mum some lunch. As you s...

Great - `proper job'!

Stanley, a suggestion. In these bumped articles I know you have the original date at the end, 22 August 2000 in this case, but someone arriving at the top of this article for the first time will see the date of your post, Fri Jan 30, 2026 at the top and therefore start reading thinking it was writte...

`Family wants action after runner electrocuted' LINK Note this lower down in the article... ...Following Harry's inquest in December, the prevention of future deaths report said a fault had allowed the line to remain live when the cable fell from its usual height, but this had not been reported to t...

When Facebook launched about 20 years ago I thought about trying it out but they wanted too much personal information so I never joined.

Gloria, I'll leave this for others to offer help. I don't use Facebook and I'm on an Android phone so I'm not qualified to help. I also have a conract with Plusnet until June for abput £27 pcm, from which I could not escape without large cost. I have however switched to full fibre with Gigaclear, wh...

Irony! I guess NRA members and all US gun lovers are worried they might be next for getting shot!... `NRA and other US gun activists push back at Trump officials over Minneapolis shooting' LINK The National Rifle Association (NRA) has joined other US gun lobby groups in calling for a "full inve...

I thought this deserved a place in the jokes thread...

An update... `What we know about fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis' LINK Federal agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Saturday, the second person to be fatally shot in the city during the Trump administration's immigration enforcement crackdown this month. Loca...

The man is a weathercock. This inconsistency and unpredictability is damaging the cause of the US as long as Trump is allowed free reign. How long before the country realises and does something about it? Another example, from `As the world inches back to a pre-WW2 order, the 'middle powers' face a ...

Tripps wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026, 13:05 I see laser pointers even 'high power' ones, are readily available on eBay. Surely if there was such danger they would be banned?

It would probably take our government years to get around to banning them.

Of course I'm obsessed with Trump, he provides much better entertainment than Traitors etc. For example, having complimented Mark Carney on Canada recently making a trade deal with China he's now said "If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all ...

Laser attack I do wish I was like everyone else and believed what I read on the BBC. It would be a lot easier. :smile: My BS detector is off the scale here. I don't believe any of it. Why don't you believe it, Tripps? Lasers dangerous to the eye are being sold in the UK because the foreign manufact...

Mrs Tiz and her geology pals are planning a visit to Grimes Graves to see the bell pits and that conjured up a thought that Trump is digging himself into a deep bell pit and could end up with the whole thing collapsing on top of him! :smile: Meanwhile... `Part of historic pier washes away in 'wild' ...

`US officially leaves World Health Organization' LINK The US has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization (WHO), leaving the UN agency without one of its biggest donors. US President Donald Trump signed an executive order signalling the withdrawal a year ago, having criticised the org...

A Typhoon fighter taking off from Warton - that's spooky, I'm reading a book about the history of seaplanes and it mentions Blackpool as being one of the bases for the early flying boats protecting our shipping from U-boats and airships in WW1.

We still don't have full fibre to our house but we have a Plusnet contract until June. Our plan is to change ISP then if we've got FTTH and probably to Jurassic Fibre who have been responsible for much of the fibre work here in the SouthWest. However in the meantime Jurassic has become part of the I...

New to you, yes, but it's been in use since the 1800s.

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