General News Thread

^Ah it's almost Halloween again and the Greens launch their annual attempt to deal with the most important current issues

BBC News: Threat assessment of China led to spy case collapse, says CPS

That was not good news

Tim Westwood charged with multiple sexual offences against Women.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckge5zrl69xo

Ian Watkins killed in Prison Attack. Oh dear, how sad, never mind etc.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2d2me0eljo

would I be right in thinking that whoever killed him will get their sentence extended?
Good riddance - hope Satan has got a nice spit waiting for him.

Of course their sentence will be extended, they killed somebody, they won't get a pat on the head and early release for public service. lol.
That prison is full of the worst of the worst, so it's likely whoever did it is in for the long haul so couldn't care less about more time added.

Lenny Henry wants people who never owned slaves to pay a large amount of cash to people who were never slaves themselves. It's probably the only thing he's ever said that I've actually laughed at.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...ns-slavery

^^ Jim Davidson was less kind on the same subject, it's worth checking out what he had to say.

India set to host 2030 centenary Commonwealth Games - https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c7v8517g9eqo

As a huge fan of sporting festivals like the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games I'm delighted to see a host looks to have been found for the centenary Commonwealth Games in 2030.

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