BBC TV News - Thursday 15/11

Barry George was first up on the news at 10 last night, his conviction for the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando has been quashed by the High Cout and as such, Mr George will face a retrial. We heard some brief details and a reminder of the celebrity friends of Jill, including sixties crooner, everyoung Cliff Richard.

Next up was Peter Tobin, as reported yesterday, he appeared at Linlithgow court in connection with the death of the schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton. Images of outside the courtroom were shown as emotions boiled over, we cut to the garden where her body was buried to hear of ongoing searches. The BBC graphic department had been busy, we saw a pointless 3D virtual reconstruction of the garden in which a shed was dismantled and taken away. To close we heard of other unsolved murders, reference was made to the Bible John cases whilst black and white images of the victims were shown.

Lord Phillips has advised that our prisons are overcrowded and in chaos. He blamed our Government for this and accused them of interfering in matters they knew little about, namely the sentencing of prisoners although, quite frankly, they appear to know little about anything that matters.

Foreign secretary David Milliband was next up, speaking in Bruges about an expansion to the European Union. We saw Milliband at work, what baffles me is this new talking with their hands concept that most politicians appear to have adopted and know so much about. It is so obviously contrived that it is an insult to one's intelligence. Anyway, he talked and gesticulated about a "model of international co-operation", you can read more about this interesting concept here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_world_order

Next, a harrowing feature about state run mental hospitals in Serbia. We saw the prerequisite infants rocking backwards and forwards, older children tied to their beds and a group of deranged adults, some pacing backwards and forwards. This is not the first time we have seen these type of images, nor I fear will it be the last. We are living in a cuckoo's nest anyway, you dont have to travel far to see insane people wherever you live.

Coming up - special feature roadside bombs Afghansitan.

First though, we saw radical cleric Abu Hamza, the story being that permission was granted for his extradition to America to face terrorist charges, namely "helping al-Quaeda". We saw the radical rascal ranting, he spoke of Islam and its greatness. Images were shown of the detention centre in the US that he will be sent to, a "modern day Alcatraz" we were assured. One wonders if their would be much chance of Abu escaping as he only has one arm and uses a hook, in the manner of the famous Captain. We closed with talk of supergrasses and a hundred stretch.

Our government have abandoned plans to transfer sections of the NHS to the private sector. No information was supplied as to what the actual plans were.

The solider killed in Afghanistan yesterday was named as Capt John McDermid which allowed us to move into the promised roadside bomb feature. We heard more of this "change of tactics" and got to see a bomb being safely detonated. It seems that "this is a different insurgency to Iraq", or so a high ranking soldier told us and we closed by hearing of the "battle to win people over" and "an unseen enemy".

Barclays Bank, we heard of their less than expected write off provision after the credit crunch.

Lebanon, a long feature, worries of civil war, mention was made of Syria, images were shown of destruction including blown up bridges, obiously there are worries over more conflict.

Good news, a Russian lady has had quintiplets in Oxford. Images were shown of a baby in an incubator.

Last up, it seems that diposable plastic bags are to be banned in London. Various members of the public were asked what they would do, most seemed bemused at the question. A group of dogooders were highlighted. These characters spent time making home made bags then swapped them with passers by for plastic ones, thus somehow helping to save the planet.

cheers

Collective therapy required ?

BBC TV News - Wednesday 14th November

The new "anti-terror laws" were the first topic covered on the News at 10 last night. Presenter Huw Edwards told how Gordon Brown had unveiled his proposals to the Commons. It seems that Gordon fears future terrorist attacks will be targeted on cinemas, sports arenas , train stations and similar public facilities. Measures will include preventative objects such as barriers to negate the threat of a drive-in bombing; Glasgow Airport being given as an example of the threat we constantly face. Reference was also made to the 7th July (7/7) London bombings as a reminder of what can happen and that the aim here is to "make life more difficult for the terrorists" by means of the legislation.

We cut to Nick Robinson to hear of another Government wish, that suspected terrorists could be detained for 58 days without charge, rather than the current 28. Attention was drawn to our Minister for Security, Admiral, now Lord, West , who yesterday appeared to have almost instantaneously changed his views on the subject after firstly stating on a BBC morning radio show in which he stated that he was "not convinced" of the need for the new measures, then,shortly after meeting the Prime Minister, seemingly endorsing the need wholeheartedly. When questioned on this apparent reversal in thinking, Lord West advised that had had not chosen his words carefully enough when speaking on the radio programme. Furthermore, he claimed to be only a "simple sailor", perhaps out of his depth was the insinuation. I would treat that last statement with a slice of salty beef, you can read his impressive crudentials here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_West

The body of a missing Scottish girl, Vicky Hamilton, has been found buried at a house in Margate, once owned by a creature going by the name of Peter Tobin. The police were searching for another missing girl at the time, although Tobin was charged with the muder of Vicky a number of months ago. We saw helicopter images of the police digging up the garden and the makeshift grave in an old sandpit.

The fire which killed 7, as reported yesterday, has been confirmed as having been started deliberately, petrol having been poured through the letterbox. Again we saw images of the charred remains of the house.

The Bank of England have forecast a "bumpy year" ahead, we heard from Economics guru Evan Davies, who enthusiastically warned that things could get tight in the months to come. Evan utilised aviation based metaphors throughout this feature, telling how the BoE were "steering a course", through "clouds of uncertainty" until somehow "heading back to the cockpit". The feature was illustrated with the illustrations from an aircraft evacuation instruction leaflet - heading for the exits, life jackets, evacuation etc. Perhaps apt symbolism in these terrorist infested times ?

22,000 turkeys will be culled now in the wake of the recent H5N1 bird flu outbreak. It seems that there are fears of cross contamination between two farms due to shared staff. We saw images of a gaggle of free range geese in a field along with a murder of crows who perched amonsgt them, in search of easy pickings. The inference was that the crows are wild and yet freely intermingling with captive, table destined birds.

Convicted sex offender and celebrity, Chris Langham, yesterday had his sentence reduced on appeal and was released on parole.

Cricketer Imran Khan has been arrested in Pakistan after attempting to speak to a rally of students. It seems that the Pakistani ruling authority have detained him under anti-terror laws and view him as a terrorist. We heard an update of the situation, we seem to be waiting.

Coming up - 1000's of French workers hit the streets.

First though, more fantastic news on the animal creation front. Scientists have managed to clone a monkey in America, we saw a long feature on how this was done and the hopes that it can one day somehow help to treat humans in some manner. But we cant even treat the ones here properly. It's like deciding to build a shed, then always thinking bigger, eventually you have plans for a skyscraper, yet you havent even got the tools out the bag for the intital project. It is quite disturbing, the way the concept is sold to us and they way that the poor animal is seen as a tool, you can see the feature here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7090000/newsid_7095500/7095554.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm&asb=1&news=1#

A feature on the Euro Star train, or so it seemed, again we heard of St Pancreas, a favourite destination for the BBC. There has apparently been a "surge" in demand for European train travel. However, we were told that there was no point getting it today because the French were on strike. We then cut to Paris to see a man parking his bicycle, yet without onions. He told of his outrage and of the dated working practices employed by the rail service, retiring at 50 was the given example. I understood these type of more relaxed working conditions to be knows as Spanish, rather than French practices, however the implication is the same as with our posties strike -- that they are outdated and are not cost effective in todays new world. Why does the cycling Frenchman wish to be a slave and to live in slave conditions ? Surely he has a mental disease or disorder ? I feel the French are worth watching, it will be interesting to see how the authorities react to the unrest which is surely inevitable, given the events of last year.

Breaking news just in- another soldier killed in Afghanistan

To close, we heard of the Hugh Grant owned Warhol painting of Liz Taylor which was sold at auction by Christie's yesterday. Quite a long feature, art prices semingly escalating rapidly at present - "a global passion".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7090000/newsid_7095600/7095680.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm&nol_storyid=7095680&news=1#

cheers

Albert Gladstone Trotter - a simple sailor

BBC News - Tuesday 13th November

We headlined with migrants on the news at 10 last night. Presenter Fiona Bruce told us two different stories concerning this subject, the first being that our government have in fact been covering up that 5000 illegal immigrants were somehow cleared to work within security roles, ,the second being that complaints from immigrants and asylum seekers are not often followed up correctly. "An immigrants story" is linked for those interested in the latter, another "damning report". http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7090000/newsid_7093700/7093753.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm&asb=1&news=1#

More migrants followed, this time the feathered variety, it appears that "migrating wildfowl" could be to blame for the latest outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on a turkey farm in Suffolk. The aptly named reporter, Jeremey Cook, was on location to tell us of the "end of a grim day", a vast culling, or reaping perhaps, had been ongoing throughout the day. We heard of slaughtermen, vets and a potential Christmas turkey crisis, whilst viewing images of dead birds being bulldozed into lorries. It seems this is the "most deadly strain" of bird flu, one assumes to birds; we closed be hearing of further culls.

Inflation, we are told that this is on the increase, therefore no interest rate cuts are expected, again before Christmas. It seems that fuel and food price increases are to blame. The rate is currently 2.1% we are told, yet milk has increased by about 10% in one go, here anyway.

A family of seven have died in a house fire. The victims included a baby. We were treated to images of the remains of the burnt house, a long suffering fireman told us how it was the worst loss of life he had experienced in his career. One of the neighbours, an elderly lady, was inteviewed at her front door, she spoke briefly of her shock but was to upset to continue.

Pakistan, we had our nightly update on the ongoing situation. Images of a burning vehicle were displayed as we were advised of "volatile times"

Coming up - how a soldier is "battling" for compensation & fantasy football.

First though, a report on the drink culture of our youth and the health consequences. We heard of serious liver damage at a young age, whilst viewing images of drunken antisocial behaviour.

A short update from the Diana death inquest - not much to say.

"Our" soldiers followed, in this "week of the war dead"; we heard how it seems that wounded heroes are not being compensated adequately for their battlefield injuries. This was illustrated by means of reference to a young man, Jamie Cooper aged 19, who had been badly injured in Basra last year whilst on active duty. He is wheelchair bound at present with a catalogue of injuries and has been offered £57,000 compensation. It tells its own story really.

Quite a long feature next on political tension between Scotland and England. We were told that Scotland receives a bigger state spend per person than England, this seems to be leading to a "full" independence for Scotland.

To close, the fantasy football as promised. It seems a team, Ebbsfleet United, has been purchased by means of an internet based syndicate and as a result, their team selection will be made by means of e mail vote, based on a blog written by the manager. The Cybermen they were calling them.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/sol/newsid_7090000/newsid_7093200/7093225.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm&news=1#

cheers

"And the human virus ?"

More on Milk

Driving a car seems relatively simple to a non practiced observer. One simply moves the wheel in the direction one wishes to go, and press a pedal. Perhaps driving is actually simple and we over complicate it. They same could said for breastfeeding; are there maybe reasons behind this?

I am not an expert on the latter subject. I have however recently fathered a boy, and would like to share the experience with readers and allow them to draw their own conclusions as to whether our society and health service actually do support mothers who choose this natural method of feeding one's infant.

It is obvious to me that breast feeding is promoted. It was indeed the recommendation of the midwife pre birth, and all literature supplied was of the same opinion. Therefore, at the time of the birth, the slippery and bloody mucas covered infant was thrust at my partners breast where he indulged without encouragment at his first nuzzle of the nipple.

Now aged 7 weeks, it apppears to your writer that he has remained there or thereabouts, for most of his awakened life. Sometimes, his appetite seems insatiable and this became a constant worry to his mother, the ubiquitous fear of running dry. At certain stages of his life, namely two and six weeks, the little monster developed an almost frantic madness for the breast. He would tug furiously on the nipple when not sucking from it;once he regained consciousness from an almost drunken display of milk consumption. This could last up to eight hours in ther evening, the only respite for the mother being a burp removal excercise on the boy by yours truly.

It is at these points where a critical error in the childs development can, to my mind, be made. The mother, in the depths of despair at the furious advances, will tell friends, family and others of the problem - the solution often being "just top him up with a bottle". The bottle being infant formula milk.

Now this advice will be given in the best of intentions. The problem is though, that once the first bottle has been given, the infant then requires less milk from the mother - so she produces less. The reason for all the aforementioned nipple toying is again natural. It signals to the mother to produce more milk, so she does. This is not like a light switch change, more like a set of scales. As the baby gets enough milk, he then stops the tugging and a natural equilibrium is again reached between the supply of mother and demand of baby. He has jusrt gone through a growth spurt.

Here's the rub. The baby is getting bigger and so needs more to eat. If the mother has taken the topping up advice and is giving a part breast/part formula diet then this has at least two drawbacks. It adversly affects some of the natural benefits that breast feeding provides, and additionally sets a precedent for the mother. The use of the bottle to top up. It simple to see where this road ends, an entirely formula fed infant.

Now, the World Health Organisation advise that mothers should soley breastfeed for six months. Our Government and NHS appear to back this advice. Yet mothers don not get full pay for six months so this is economically impossible for the majority in today's world. Infant formula milk is available in our supermarkets and states on the tin in large letters - suitable for topping up. Why is this allowed on shelves if it is not the best interests of a child development, which would seem to be the case given recent and historical findings into the matter. Given that 2% of mothers cannot naturally breastfeed, would it not be more beneficial for our children's (collective) future, that these products are removed from shelves and classed as prescription only. These 2% of children could then be given closer medical attention, surely they are more at risk of disease than a breast fed infant. We might even find that demands on our overworked doctors reduce significantly in the long run. Surely, it would be prudent to do this until the product can be proved safe, rather than the other way round.

It seems that perhaps we have been fed a long term myth regarding the safety and effects of formula milk. These could be long term. What is clear though, is that the same companies who produce the chemical milk also produce the chemical remedies to cure the future infant illnesses. Could it be that they in fact cause the majority of them through their products. Could it be that depriving an infant of the bonding aspect of breastfeeding has a subsequent adverse effect on their future mental health as an adult thus perhaps sending a proportion into a requirement for further prescription drugs ? Could their be a similar additive in Nestle's infant products as in in their adult produts, thus creating an unknown desire. Why are pharmaceutical representatives allowed to court our medical advisors ?

Who knows really ? What is clear though is that a sick society breeds sick humans. It is not about time we had a realistic and logical look at what is and is not in the best interests of our children, rather then subscribing to ingrained myths which somehow allow us, collectively, to believe that we already are.

Back with the news tomorrow.

cheers.

Roping them in; young.

More Chemical Coshing - Creating a Dwarf Race

I just saw a very short clip of breakfast television in which a young lady sufferer of ADHD, narrated how she had to be held down by three adults after going berzerk in her living room. Another family member had captured the incident on mobile phone and we were treated to a recording of these events. The girl then explained how she had felt, her mind seemingly full of rage and violence, yet she could not explain it - "all I was doing was watching television".

The actual story being covered is that children who have been treated for Attention Deficit Hyperactivty Disorder with prescribed medication have not in fact benefitted over a longer period of time, if at all. It seems that in fact their growth may be stunted.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7090011.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7090000/newsid_7090000/7090066.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm&asb=1&news=1#


cheers

Infant Formula Milk - Reducing Human Intelligence

Last week a report was produced by the Proceedings of the National Academy for Sciences which showed that "children with one version of the FADS2 gene scored 7 points higher in IQ tests if they were breastfed", as opposed to those raised on infant formula milk, and that "Some 90% of people carry the gene which was associated with better IQ tests in breastfed children".

So lets just rewrite that statement, logically. 90% of children who are raised on infant formula milk, score 7 points less in IQ tests, than if they had been breastfed. Basically, if you opt for the pharmaceutical substitute, it is very likely that your child will be less intelligent. And as such, a large proportion of us adults may have in fact had our intelligence level potentially reduced. And the formula fed child of a formula fed adult ?

I shall write more about this issue and more Orwellian doublethink in respect of our own National Health Service next week, from personal recent experience. Also, the living insult to humanity, Katie Price AKA Jordan.

Remember as well, it is the same companies who manufacture infant pharmaceutical remedies as produce this nefarious brain shrinking concoction.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7075511.stm - note doublethink

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_formula

Only the breast

BBC TV News Friday 9/11

Fiona Bruce was hostess on the news at 10 last night and we began with details of fears over the safety of the Nimrod reconnaissance aeroplane used by our Royal Air Force. One of these type of aitrcraft exploded in mid air last September killing all 14 crew, another incident has now occured after fuel was spotted leaking into the bomb bay during a flight on Monday. We saw images of the planes in operation along with a computer simulation graphic, it seems thei time could be up, "fourty years old - why still in service" seems to be the question being asked. In the interim, air to air refueling of these vehicles has been suspended.

Pakistan - "another day of turmoil" we heard of the house arrest of Bhutto and saw images of "protestors" being beated with sticks and similar by the police and government supporters.

It seems that "it is not going to be the great flood of 2007" in reference to the storm and surge warnings of the previous 36 hours or so. We viewed images of waves crashing against a sea wall and heard of a "hair's breadth." It looked more like a hare's length to me. Some surfers were shown being airlifted, sonehow caught unaware by the rising "surge" or perhaps intending to ride it. We closed by seeing evacuated families in converted school gymnasiums. Boy who called wolf ?

It seems that a court hearing will be held over potentially fraudulent dealings between BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia in respect of military hardware supplies; in particular Tornado and Hawk fighter jets.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7086997.stm

Manfo Asiedo has admitted conspiracy to cause explosions in the 21/7 London bombings and will be sentenced on the 19th of November. We saw images of him purchasing nitrogen peroxide in bulk but heard that he backed out of the actual bombing and left his device in a bush in a public park. It seems that he also planned to blow up a tower block although these plans never got off the ground.

Coming up - a change in speeding penalties/bans for driving

First though, Glasgow has won the bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games. We saw jubilant weedgies celebrating in their own inimitable style, drinking buckfast tonic wine and slashing each other with razors. Liz McColgan, the famous Scottish athlete, told how the three hundred million pounds was money well spent, especially if it meant that Scotland won a couple of medals. And the social deprivation, the drug abuse, the spiritual malaise which abounds and infest our society - what of these afflictions. Methadone ?

A 13 year old boy has been arrested in connection with the death of the man who's corpse was found charred in the ashes of a bonfire.

A judge in Italy has remanded the three individuals accused of the murder of Merideth Kercher in custody after hearing the evidence. We saw images of them and heard of "bloody evidence" and "raped, beaten, and left to die".

The fertility doctor, who was named and shamed over shady practices by the BBC Panorama programme and the news, has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the overseeing medical body.

As promised, the proposals to changes in the speeding laws, it sems that penalties may be increased in the more serious cases given that a high ratio of drivers are "refusing to slow down." We saw an advert where a child told of the damage caused on impact at a speed of 40mph should a car hit him. It seems that half of us regularly break the speed limit.

Horse racing, "neck and neck" in the jockeys championship. We heard of the two contenders and of their personal efforts to ensure that they win the title this year. A map of the UK was displayed to show us of their travels.

To close, Henry Allingham, aged 111, the last of the veterans' stories - wheeled to France by the BBC.

For anyone interested, http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7080000/newsid_7088200/7088265.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm&asb=1&news=1#

cheers

Methadone - Scotland's common wealth