Some are subscription free, like Tapo.

It's a bit stinkin' out there tonight.

Clown show.

Had to buy another big bag of chewy sweets for kids calling at the door later (because I ate the first bag) and I've just realised I'm going to be out tonight anyway.

Do it.

Euuggh!
I always check the seating before booking and go to nearly empty screenings and it still bugs me. Maybe I'm.not designed for cinema.

Exactly. How come nearly everything is noisy - nachos, popcorn, bags of sweets?

Absolutely effing not. Last time I was at the cinema a row of people talked through the film as if they were in their living room.

People with some cancers live longer after a COVID vaccine mRNA vaccines seem to boost the effectiveness of an immune therapy for skin and lung cancer ― in an unexpected way.

Amazing.

Nobody could listen to that much bullshit.

Chart showing total Income Tax and National Insurance as a share of labour cost: UK excluding Scotland

Taxes on the typical salary are now 55% higher than on self-employment income.

The effective tax rate for a self-employed worker equivalent to the median employee in 2025-26 was the second lowest in 50 years, behind only 2024-25.

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NI ‘brand builder’ tells court he no longer has any income in UK as civil case moves forward A controversial Northern Ireland ‘brand builder’ has said he no longer has any income or assets in the UK and does not intend to live there.

So yer man is now saying he doesn't live in the UK and has no assets in the UK. Clearly he's deliberately salted money away elsewhere, he's not living on thin air.

A majority of voters, and a plurality of white voters, think that Reform is a racist party with racist policies.

Depressing.

By John Manley, Politics Correspondent October 25, 2025 at 6:00am BST The Stormont executive is "subsidising" transatlantic holidaymakers' flights to the tune of almost £115-a-head, The Irish News can reveal. Thousands of air passengers travelling to the likes of Orlando in Florida, Cancun in Mexico and St John's in Canada are enjoying discounted flights thanks to the cash-strapped administration's decision to meet the cost of Air Passenger Duty (APD) on long haul routes. The executive decided to take the financial hit on APD 13 years ago with the aim of supporting regular direct air connections with North America, which is seen as important for economic links. But there's been no schedule transatlantic flights from Belfast since Norwegian Air cut its routes to the US in 2018, only flights to North American holiday destinations.

This is farcical. Our Assembly uses public money to subsidise those who can afford North American holidays (21,000 from Belfast last year) while the same amount is knocked off NI's Block Grant every year. Surely the Assembly could be spending this money better.

I'm not a journalist but I'm pretty sure most people would expect this story to be framed more accurately with a headline something like "Reagan did not love tariffs as Trump erroneously claims".

If it's reading all your posts, and knowing what you know about its owner, do you trust that it's not being used to read your DMs or compile lists of your personal and political views?

"Legitimate concerns" has become the magic laundering process for overtly racist beliefs or actions.

Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC

Well...

Interesting choice of test instead of break.

Had the compulsory stop on the way to the airport to check I did in fact have important things I'd already checked at least a couple of times. 🤷‍♂️

Blue Lights has once again skewered an age-old story that Belfast told the world… and ourselves For years Belfast, home of the hard man, has projected a very masculine image, but the formidable women in TV’s Blue Lights are shattering that perception, with their brilliant storylines making this ...

"Blue Lights is a tour de force and never more so than when it’s skewering old certainties"

Big Up to everyone in the US attending a No Kings rally today. Hopefully this can be a turning point in the slide into dictatorship.

Galleri test: Exciting results from blood test for 50 cancers The Galleri test looks for fragments of DNA that have broken off a tumour and are circulating in the blood.

Amazing.

Can we please get some perspective. If Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters were banned because of a risk to them it would absolutely be anti-semitism. When they are banned because they have a track record of causing violence it is just common sense. Preventing football hooliganism is normally a good idea.

Prince Andrew has reportedly given up his royal titles after a discussion with the King - we found in August that 67% of Britons supported stripping the Duke of York of his remaining royal titles

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That must have been a wrench for you.

Belfast late night bus hours to be extended in one-year pilot Translink welcomed the scheme

Belfast night buses are definitely needed. The NI nighttime economy is estimated to be £3.7Bn and £802 million for Belfast alone. The 1 yr trial will cost £650k. How much has the hospitality sector contributed to the cost?
A) 100% - £650k
B) 50% - £325k
C) 10% - £65k
D) 0% - zero

Things that are simultaneously true:

Antisemitism exists in U.K. & must end

Maccabi fanbase incl a hardcore racist hooligan faction

U.K. policing has been substantially under-resourced for years

PMs & Home Secs should stay out of operational decisions made by police forces