Is That Supposed To Be Reassuring?

A 46-year-old man is believed to have picked up a knife from the shelves in the supermarket and then started randomly stabbing people. He has been arrested and taken into police custody. The motive for the attacks was unknown.

Italian authorities said there were no elements to suggest terrorism, LaPresse reported.

"It's ok, folks, it's probably just mental illness. Everyone go about your business...except the dead and hospitalised, of course." 

Would it have even made headlines over here, if a footballer hadn't been one of the victims?

One To Watch...

Asked if he felt it was a good outcome from the court case, he said: “To be honest, I would have liked the dog to be put down, it’s a dangerous dog and it’s going to kill someone at some point, so that’s my feeling on it.

“But that’s not what happened and there’s nothing I can do about it.”

It seems there's nothing the justice system can do about it, either. Despite the fact it's already had its 'one bite':  

It wasn’t the first time the dog had attacked Mr Thompson's pet as Jabba had allegedly attacked his pet a month before.

What more can he do?  

Sam Scully was charged with being in the care of a dog that was dangerously out of control and was fined £200. The pet has been issued a delayed destruction order.

That delay could cost a pet - or a person - its life.  

Suddenly, Labour Know What A Woman Is After All...

Well done, Anneliese! Now there's no excuse when one of your MPs is asked to define one, eh?

Another Case Of 'No Humans Involved'...

Police confirmed one man, a musician of Somali heritage known by his street name 'Giddy' and who boasted of killing members of a rival gang, was found dead inside a property in Henley Road, Ilford at midnight on Tuesday.

Music videos shared by the rapper on his social media pages and across YouTube detail ferocious attacks on members of Manor Park - a separate Newham-based gang that has been embroiled in turf wars for many years.

Also another case of 'live by the sword...'. 

Shouldn't His First Priority Be...

...the country for which he's now Prime Minister..?

Both of Sunak's predecessors Boris Johnson and Liz Truss had vocally promised full support to war-torn Ukraine and on Tuesday evening the new Prime Minister said the UK's support would be as 'strong as ever' under his leadership.

Calling it a 'privilege' to speak to Mr Zelensky, who had earlier sent him congratulations, Mr Sunak tweeted: 'Both he and the Ukrainian people can count on the UK's continued solidarity and support.

'We will always stand with Ukraine.'

How nice... 

Sounds Like A Great Idea...

Nicole Pisani, co-founder of Chefs in Schools, says that of the 58 schools working with the school food transformation charity, half joined in the last two years.

“Education around food is one of the most important things we can invest in and it’s quite incredible what schools are doing now,” she said.

“We have a broken food system but we can’t change what kids eat unless you educate them, and the dining hall is a classroom where children can be educated through being intrigued and excited.”

...and then, the bugs? 

It’s the squid and the vegetables that have most amazed and delighted pupils at Mandeville primary in east London. The squid because, well, it’s squid – and the vegetables because, as the headteacher, Louise Nichols, said: “Many of our families live on housing estates without any outside space, so they don’t see food being grown and have no idea how it happens or what healthy, natural food even is.

“But how can they grow to be healthy adults unless they’ve learned what vegetables look like in a natural state and how to turn them into soup?” she asked. “They need to handle fresh, raw fish then learn how to love eating it. They need to know how to bake their own bread.”

Oh, there'll be no squid for you, kiddiewinks! 

I Thought The 'SO' Bit Stood For 'Support Officer'...

...not 'Sex Offender':

A community police support officer asked a woman when she last had sex after she called up to complain about a noisy neighbour.

Kent PCSO Thomas Daley, 49, told the woman he was married but did not have sex with his wife after she made the routine call in 2020.

*sighs* 

‘You chose to do what you did because I was vulnerable. You don’t deserve to be in a position that is there to protect people.’

Daley has since resigned as a PCSO and now works as a security guard.

Who'd hire him?!? 

Daley was sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment suspended for two years, during which time he must carry out 150 hours unpaid work in the community. He must also attend 20 days of rehabilitation activity.

What a waste of money that will be... 

Oh, If Only That Were True..!

Just imagine if it really was like that - you'd get through straight away, no failed SS guards on the front desk to block you or try to tell you what vehicle you really needed. 

You'd be kept in touch up to the minute on when you'd be seen, and by whom. 

Your appointments would all be logged, every interaction would be available at the touch of a button, every GP would have full details, nothing would be lost.  

You'd pay only for what you use, not for all those others who don't pay into the health system, but take out in increasing amounts.

Seeing a GP should not be like booking an Uber with a driver you are unlikely to see again, the MPs said.

Who cares about that? The current issue is being able to see them at all...

 

Why On Earth Not..?

An XL Bully which mauled a professional dog walker after he was believed to have collapsed and died in a park has been destroyed by police, it was revealed today.

Ian 'Wiggy' Symes, 34, who is understood to have been walking the controversial breed himself at a recreation ground in Fareham, Hampshire, died at the scene following the horrific attack.

And the owner of this hellbeast could face 14 years in jail, right? 

Hampshire Police had previously arrested a 20 year-old man from Fareham on suspicion of being the owner of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury resulting in death. But the police, who put down the XL Bully today, revealed the 20-year-old had been released without charge. The force said that they had completed their investigation into his death and would not be pursuing a criminal case.

What, why not? A man's dead! FFS! Is it too much trouble? 

What's to stop him getting another one? And you having to send armed officers to another scene of horror? And what's the betting this latest hellbeast, which at the time of writing the police would not comment on breed, is yet another XL bully?

Ouch!

Matt does it again...