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Guy Smiley wrote: Thu Jun 12, 2025 7:14 am

While we're on the Instagram theme...

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What gets me is that he wont even seen how poor taste this is and how much it makes him look like a cunt who puts money above everything.

Blackmac wrote: Sat Jun 14, 2025 11:15 am I see Luke Littler has been awarded an MBE. What a joke.

sockwithaticket wrote: Sat Jun 14, 2025 12:01 pm

Blackmac wrote: Sat Jun 14, 2025 11:15 am I see Luke Littler has been awarded an MBE. What a joke.

Had to look him up. 18? He looks double that.

Also far too young to be getting an honour unless doing something completely extradorinary. Being very good at darts shouldn't be enough.

dpedin wrote: Sun Jun 15, 2025 9:16 am

sockwithaticket wrote: Sat Jun 14, 2025 12:01 pm

Blackmac wrote: Sat Jun 14, 2025 11:15 am I see Luke Littler has been awarded an MBE. What a joke.

Had to look him up. 18? He looks double that.

Also far too young to be getting an honour unless doing something completely extradorinary. Being very good at darts shouldn't be enough.

MBE for being good at a pub pastime! I know any number of folk who work 24/7 for months courageously in NHS during the pandemic who deserve it more than him. Honors system should be scrapped to be honest.

UK's oldest wild White-tailed Eagle dies aged 32

The UK's oldest wild White-tailed Eagle has died aged 32, RSPB Scotland has announced. The eagle, a female named Frisa, hatched in Mull in 1992, where she spent almost three decades raising chicks, becoming a regular on TV nature programmes.

She was the daughter of Blondie, who successfully raised the first White-tailed Eagle chick to fledge in Scotland following the reintroduction of the species in 1975.

Frisa paired up with her long-time mate Skye in 1997, with the pair raising their first chick in Mull the following year. They went on to raise 25 chicks during 28 years of partnership.

In May 2005, Frisa and Skye made their television debut on the first ever episode of BBC's Springwatch alongside their chicks Itchy and Scratchy – named by the pupils of Dervaig Primary School in Mull.

Over the next two decades they made many more appearances on the programme, as well as featuring on Autumnwatch, Winterwatch, Blue Peter, Eagle Island with Gordon Buchanan, Countryfile and The One Show.

Frisa's death was announced on the latest episode of Springwatch on Monday.

RSPB Ambassador Dave Sexton, who spent 21 years working with White-tailed Eagles in Mull, said Frisa had been "a very special bird who had touched the hearts of millions who saw her both on TV and in the wild".

He added: "As Frisa got on in years, I dreaded the day I would visit her territory and find her gone.

"Sadly, that day has come and I feel like I've lost a friend.

"She was a true icon for White-tailed Eagles and she'll always hold a special place in my heart."

Lawyers for Combs had opposed the decision, saying that Combs would be "substantially prejudiced by the dismissal" of a black male from the jury.

The juror has been replaced by an alternative juror, a 57-year-old white father from Westchester.

The judge noted that there were six alternative jurors to preserve the "integrity" of the court. "Removal of the juror is required, in this court's view," the judge said.

One of Combs' lawyers, Xavier Donaldson, objected to the judge's inclination, saying it is "very, very common" for New Yorkers to move between the city and New Jersey.

He said he believed the court is "equating inconsistencies with lying."

"I do believe he will be able to follow instructions," Donaldson said, adding that Juror No. 6 has been "awake - I can't say they all have been awake".