Here we go again. Ferrari and their blatant cheating.
First there was Schumacher & Barrichello and now we have a repeat performance with Massa having to give way to Alonso. It appears that Schumacher says he understands the Ferrari team positionbut then he would say that wouldn’t he……See Here
Ferrari should be banned from any more races this season let alone a paltry $100,000 fine.
Hero of my childhood, Dan Dare, is coming to the silver screen.
It is purported that actor Sam Worthington, will lift our dashing hero from the pages of the Eagle and transform him into the living being that resided in my head all those years ago.
No word yet on who will play Dan’s sidekick Digby or even Dan’s arch-enemy “The Mekon”. Suggestions on the back of a postcard please.
Here we go again. Judges once again showing the law is an ass. Well actually not the law but the folks that administer it.
Lee Amos a Moss Side gang member, 34, was convicted, along with four other members of Moss Side’s Gooch Gang, of killing Tyrone Gilbert in July 2007. A judge at Liverpool Crown Court ruled he should serve at least 35 years for murder and attempted murder.
At the Appeal Court in London, Amos failed to get his conviction overturned but judges cut his minimum tariff from 35 years to 32. Lord Justice Pitchford, sitting with Mr Justice Owen and Judge Andrew Gilbart QC, said his tariff was “excessive”.
Who knows how much this fiasco cost the public but lopping 3 years of his sentence is obviously seen as being good value for money. How does a reduction of 3 years make his sentence any less excessive in real terms. After 30 years in jail will he notice the difference.
Don’t get me wrong I’m not suggesting that he should do less time. Scum like Amos deserve everything they get.
I was only saying to my wife on Saturday, while on a very rare visit to Commercial road, that it would be nice to see the fountain in full flood. It seems someone was eavesdropping or at the very least a fabulous coincidence.
The city council are apparently committed to renovating the fountain which has been turned off for several years. It was always a target for the mindless minority which plague our society. The idiots always found the addition of soap suds hilarious, oblivious to the dangers of losing a toddler in the froth and the potential for drowning. The fountain was also used, again by the minority, as a convenient rubbish bin. I know the council say they closed the fountain due to technical problems, leaks, whatever. I am sure that there was also an element of frustration at the social problems.
Portsmouth is an ancient city with an illustrious history but I have always thought that the commercial heart of the city was, to say the least, a bit bland. When Commercial Road was pedestrianized the whole feel of the city centre changed, became dull. To be quite honest you could be almost anywhere.
So I welcome the city councils efforts to reinstate the fountain. I just hope that the residents and visitors alike will appreciate it and treat it with respect when it is once more back in action.
This story just grinds on and on. Isn’t it time to accept that it is too late to do anything about it.
The Scots should not have released Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi but they did. Now they are squirming and pointing the finger at the British government.
The British Government stood by and did nothing under Gordon Browns leadership which was typical of his style. Now they are gone so nothing we can do there. So too late again.
Now the Americans are beating up on Cameron but he was not in power so again its too late.
All anyone can do is learn from this huge mistake. I know the Americans want answers regarding the “prisoners for oil” question. But how will this witch hunt help ?
Let it lie, it is too late.
Bloodhound is the name of the ubiquitous Surface to Air Missile (SAM) that entered service around the end of the 50’s and was still doing service up to the 90’s. I even had an Airfix kit when I was a lad.
However, there is now another Bloodhound to get your heart beating. This Bloodhound does bear a striking resemblance to the SAM. It is long, streamlined and beautiful. But that’s as far as the similarities go. The new Bloodhound is a car but at 42 ft long it is half as long again as the SAM and weighs in at 6 tonnes which is well over twice the weight.
The new Bloodhound is being developed to take on the world land speed record. In fact the target is to take this “car” beyond the 1000 mile per hour mark.
Apparently Bloodhound has been trying to emulate the SAM. One of the major challenges has been trying to keep the car on the ground. The aerodynamic modelling has shown dangerous amounts of lift. Having resolved these particular challenges putting manufacturing contracts in place the team are now looking forward to building Bloodhound for real. The expectation is to carry out shakedown runs at the end of 2011 or early 2012
If you want more information the Bloodhound SSC website is … HERE
The Raoul Moat saga continues with more idiots signing up to fresh support pages on Farcebook.
What is the matter with these people. I have voiced my thoughts in several of my previous posts and I wholeheartedly agree with Richard Evans editoriall
A small glimmer of goodness to shine out of the gloom of the enormous housing estate, being built at Waterlooville, is the 150 year old farm which is going to be renovated.
In the middle of the 2500 home Newlands Estate lies Plant Farm which includes Grade II Listed buildings. The developers are planning to turn the farm into a pub and restaurant.
It’s a shame that it has taken the building of this humongous estate to bring the farm under the spotlight but at least now the vandalism and thieving of building materials will cease.
Lets hope that the renovation will be tastefully done.
At last a judge who upholds the law and reflects the views of the public. Mr Justice Mitting has announced that Peter Sutcliffe will serve a “whole life” tariff.
This is the maximum sentence that can be handed down. I still believe this country needs the death penalty for which Sutcliffe would be a prime candidate. It is wrong that the friends and relatives of his victims know that he still lives when their love ones were taken away. It is also wrong that the nation should support him for the rest of his natural days.
Read story …. Here
Siobhan O’Dowd says that she just published her Moat Farcebook site just for her friends. Well how naive is that. Anyone who creates a group on Farcebook knows that they are inviting other folks to join.
Over 30,000 signed up to agree that Moat was a legend, a hero. So O’Dowd thinks hiding from the police makes Moat a legend even though he had killed and maimed people. She claims that they, the police, were stupid because he managed to avoid capture and , she even thought this was funny. Never mind the fear that the residents of Rothbury had to suffer while the police searched. And what about the other folks that have subsequently been arrested for aiding Moat.
Surely murderers are not legends.
Also in her naivety this silly young woman also says that she does not like the police because she is harassed by them.
In my experience the people who complain of police harassment do so because they are up to no good themselves and have been found out.
Moat is not a legend nor is he a hero.
The true legends, the true heroes in this country are our lads who are members of the armed forces, who are risking their lives in Afghanistan. Closer to home, the guys that should be respected are the various emergency services. The Fire-fighters, Paramedics and Policemen who have to deal with the thugs, hooligans, drunks dangerous drivers across the country.
WrAnTz 