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Sunak hails Rosebank oil field approval amid climate outcry
  • £10.6 billion to the UK government in North Sea revenue for 22/23 v. £2.6 billion for 21/22.

    • Equinor (Rosebank majority owner) revenues for 22: $75 billion

    • Ithaca (Rosebank minority owner) revenues for 22: $1.9 billion

    • BP (formerly state-owned; majority privatisation under Thatcher, from 1979) revenues for 22: $241 billion, for record profit of $28 billion (£23 billion)

  • "Absolutely disgraceful:" Braverman accused of trying to ‘derail’ Chris Kaba case
  • Not just any attorney. She was the Attorney General for England and Wales from 2021-2022, the chief legal advisor to the Sovereign and the Government.

    And got roundly criticised by the Bar Council for her actions undertaken in the role.

  • UK's First Consumption Room Given Go Ahead.
  • The perfect is the enemy of the good. If people are going to use -- and some are -- harm reduction seems like a no-brainer.

    Yes, it would be great if people weren't shooting up at all... but you can't quit if you're dead.

  • London apartment block that deviates from plans must be torn down, says council
  • Well

    only one in 10 council planning departments are fully staffed, with 13% operating with fewer than three-quarters of posts filled

    with

    80% [of local authorities] reporting they did not have enough officers to carry out their workload

    because

    long-term cuts to funding have had a visible impact on planning departments’ ability to retain staff... there has been a 43% fall in resources to the planning system from local authorities since 2009-10.

    https://www.lgcplus.com/services/regeneration-and-planning/planning-people-go-from-council-to-council-chasing-the-money-17-05-2023/

  • London apartment block that deviates from plans must be torn down, says council
  • A fun game of spot the difference, but apparently there's more going on that you can't see -- eg the planned underground carpark just not being built at all, and them building a carpark over the garden instead.

  • ‘Feminist approach’ to cancer could save lives of 800,000 women a year
    www.theguardian.com ‘Feminist approach’ to cancer could save lives of 800,000 women a year

    Gender inequality and discrimination impede timely diagnoses and quality care for women around the world, says report

    ‘Feminist approach’ to cancer could save lives of 800,000 women a year

    > "Globally, women’s health is often focused on reproductive and maternal health, aligned with narrow anti-feminist definitions of women’s value and roles in society, while cancer remains wholly underrepresented."

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    David Walliams sues company behind Britain's Got Talent
    www.bbc.co.uk David Walliams sues company behind Britain's Got Talent

    Walliams files a High Court case against the show's production company following his exit as a judge.

    David Walliams sues company behind Britain's Got Talent
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    Reddit is letting a public figure harass me with impunity because I outed his company for fraud
  • Then stop disseminating this information online. For now.

    You say you're taking legal action. Hand all of this to your lawyer, and follow your lawyer's advice. I am very confident they will advise you to stop posting this in a public forum.

    In the meantime, I strongly urge you to talk to a trusted family member, friend, or medical professional. It sounds like you are highly stressed. In the short term, forget any perceived public health emergency. Take care of your own health first.

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    Reddit is letting a public figure harass me with impunity because I outed his company for fraud
  • These accounts somehow were able to fully understand an incredibly complex story in less than 10 minutes

    What is easily understandable, in far less than 10 minutes, is that a) this is incredibly hard to follow, and b) your mass-posting this everywhere does not comes across well.

    If, as you allude to, you have retained legal counsel, I urge you to ask them if posting this all over the place and getting into internet bunfights is likely to impact your case... and I also urge you to follow their advice when they advise you to stop.

  • Russell Brand: Woman says star exposed himself to her then laughed about it on Radio 2 show
  • Following the investigation by The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4's Dispatches programme into Brand's alleged behaviour, published earlier this month, Olivia says she tracked down a recording of the programme.

    The episode, which aired on 21 June, 2008, features this exchange between Brand and Matt Morgan.

    This exchange on The Russell Brand Show was recorded minutes after the incident

    Morgan: It's been 25 minutes since he showed his willy to a lady.

    Brand: (Laughing) Very easy to judge! Very easy to judge!

    Morgan: The receptionist…

    Brand: (Laughing) Look…

    Morgan: Receive this!

    Morgan adds: "He got told off for ringing a bell, minutes later he's showing his willy." Brand can be heard laughing in the background.

    Olivia, who has never worked as a receptionist, says she felt disgusted when she heard it.

  • Man who spent all his money on NFTs fails to pay his gas bill with JPEG of an ape
    newsthump.com Man who spent all his money on NFTs fails to pay his gas bill with JPEG of an ape

    As news emerged that the NFT market has all but collapsed, leaving millions of NFTs effectively worthless, a man who spent all of his life savings on NFTs, convinced they would make him rich, has s…

    Man who spent all his money on NFTs fails to pay his gas bill with JPEG of an ape
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    Five to be charged in UK with spying for Russia
    www.bbc.co.uk Five to be charged in UK with spying for Russia

    Three men and two women are to be charged with conspiracy to conduct espionage, UK prosecutors say.

    Five to be charged in UK with spying for Russia
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    Witchcraft accusations an 'occupational hazard' for female workers in early modern England
    phys.org Witchcraft accusations an 'occupational hazard' for female workers in early modern England

    While both men and women have historically been accused of the malicious use of magic, only around 10–30% of suspected witches were men by the 16th and 17th centuries.

    Witchcraft accusations an 'occupational hazard' for female workers in early modern England
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    RIP summer

    Look, I know the forecast was for Saturday to be the last hot day of the year, but I thought we might have a few days of grey before the start of all-out autumn rainstorms.

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