Thursday, 18 January 2007

Thursday notes - continued

The row surrounding Big Brother, which is going to give Channel 4 Big Bother, could now see Hertfordshire Police getting involved. The Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty has now expressed concern that she is being subjected to racial abuse. Channel 4 has seen the ratings jump in the wake of this row, but police involvement could well put a spanner in their works.

And a deal has reportedly been reached in the case of the schoolgirl Molly Campbell, who ran away from Stornoway to be with her dad in Pakistan. He has now declared that her mother has agreed to come and visit Misbah, as she is known, in Pakistan at the father's expense.

As I posted earlier this afternoon, high winds are battering England and Wales, with gusts up to 99 mph reported on the Isle of Wight. One person lost his life when his car was struck by a falling branch. Power is off for about 25,000 customers in southern England. The gales should slowly abate through the afternoon, as should the snow that has affected central and southern Scotland. Up here in the north, it's been a nice, quiet day so far.


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3 comments:

  1. The gales have certainly caused havoc in our garden alone. We`ve lost quite a few fence panels and others look really unstable despite my tying them down. I wish the wind would die down but there`s no sign of it happening just yet.:o(

    Sandra xx

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  2. Hey...yeah, the winds here have been AWFUL!!
    When's it gonna stop, do you know?

    Cheers,

    Ste

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  3. Wow that's some wind Guido!!  I can't imagine wind that powerful here.
    Sunny, cool, and calm here.  Stay safe.
    Pam

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