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"I’ve lived this long because I know when to fight, when to run, and when to keep my mouth shut. Though, admittedly, I’ve never been very good at that last one." moonglum... https://gwyneddsfailingcouncil.blogspot.com/

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Betsi Cadwaladr: Executive resigns after damning report Sue Hill will not receive a settlement after

they have had more funding, jen and scrutiny has always been ... lacking.
also -
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Connecticut officer having "mild anxiety attack" took ambulance sent for man dying from police shooting, investigation finds The report raised questions about what took place after the shooting, which left Dyshan Best bleeding with fatal injuries.

The first ambulance called to take Best to the hospital arrived at the scene at 6:02 p.m.,about 14 minutes after the shooting. However, at the urging of other officers, that ambulance was used to take away a white police officer, Erin Perrotta, who had been involved..
www.cbsnews.com/news/officer...

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A Home Visit From The Ombudsman For Wales...
gwyneddsfailingcouncil.blogspot.com/2022/11/a-home

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The Ombudsman also introduced the word 'variance' into the dialogue and it appears that recommendations for improvement can be downgraded once an investigation has been completed in a deal done between the Ombudsman and the CEO behind closed doors...

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It was pointed out to the Ombudsman that Gwynedd council had not complied with other recommendations from past investigations and that if they had been called to account previously then further investigations would not have been needed. The Ombudsman did not respond to this point...

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There was the council's Information manager's data breach report - written in spite of the evidence, the creation of documents that should not exist and legal documents written not to inform but mislead...

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Evidence of wrongdoing by senior officers - from an officer leaving the council during one investigation then rejoining once interviews were completed through behaviour by officers that many have thought abusive...

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Because of the unreasonable demands imposed by the council officer, the complaint did not proceed and was timed out by the council. After reading the emails, the Ombudsman returned with an offer of a complaint without enduring further officer bad behaviour...

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They included input from the Monitoring Officer and also showed this 'investigator' sending correspondence to someone not involved in the complaints process...

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The aborted Stage 2 complaint emails between the 'independent investigator' and Cyngor Gwynedd's safeguarding and quality officer were passed to the Ombudsman for his information...

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North Wales health board still under special measures after three years, ministers warn - Herald.Wales THE WELSH GOVERNMENT has confirmed that Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board will remain under the highest level of intervention, with

THE WELSH GOVERNMENT has confirmed that Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board will remain under the highest level of intervention, with ministers warning that patients in North Wales are still waiting too long for vital treatment...
herald.wales/north-wales/...

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PFAS pollution in a drinking water source near the old Denham Film Studio, so high the source had to be taken out of use.

That's a water source that was providing 20 million litres a day to London, a city where water is already becoming scarce.

From my report on BBC Inside Science, today👇🏾

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MI5 worker sent emails to foreign power – Court News UK

Juan Joseph, 43, also travelled to Latvia to go to the embassy of the same foreign state there and share confidential information He worked as an IT contractor for MI5 from 2009 to 2020 with access to highly classified information...
courtnewsuk.co.uk/mi5-worker-s...

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UCPI Evidence Hearings | Tranche 3 (Phase 2) | Day 17 - (12 March 2026) - AM YouTube video by Undercover Policing Inquiry

UCPI Evidence Hearings | Tranche 3 (Phase 2) | Day 17 - (12 March 2026) spycops...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKul...

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Trump Explores Deep Sea Mining in American Samoa - Inside Climate News Even as opposition grows and the U.S. territory maintains a moratorium on seabed mining, NOAA began a $20 million survey of surrounding federal waters to help locate deep sea mineral deposits.

Trump Explores Deep Sea Mining in American Samoa off Hawaii
This would not only obliterate deep sea life but also
generate sediment plumes that travel long distances, smothering coral reef and fish life on ocean top

insideclimatenews.org/news/1103202...

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Woman who was kept as slave for 25 years will 'live with trauma' for life, court hears - live updates Mother-of-10 Mandy Wixon, 56, made the vulnerable woman clean her squalid and overcrowded home in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, and forced her to live off scraps.

Mandy Wixon is due to be sentenced at Gloucester Crown Court after she was found guilty of keeping a vulnerable woman captive for 25 years...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...

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Canada-Japan nuclear cooperation deepens - Nuclear Engineering International Canada and Japan have deepened their strategic partnership, expanding cooperation on clean energy technologies including SMRs.

Canada-Japan nuclear cooperation deepens
A new strategic roadmap will include stronger cooperation on clean energy technologies such as small modular reactors...
www.neimagazine.com/news/canada-...

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Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them Utilities are convincing lawmakers around the U.S. to delay bills that would allow people to buy solar panels, plug them into an outlet and begin generating electricity.

Utilities are convincing lawmakers around the U.S. to delay bills that would allow people to buy solar panels, plug them into an outlet and begin generating electricity. n.pr/4ul3y2p

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Thursday 12 March, member speaking in the Lords chamber

🕚 #HouseOfLords from 11am includes:    

🟥 illegal accommodation for children in care
🟥 flood resilience
🟥 #NationalInsuranceBill
🟥 greenhouse gas emissions
🟥 seclusion and restraint in schools

➡️ See full schedule
https://orlo.uk/siw00

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Man admits encouraging the suicide of vulnerable 21-year-old in USA | The Crown Prosecution Service

Dylan Phelan, 21, encouraged Travis Dyer to take his own life on 30 October 2024 after the pair had been communicating for several months via-Discord
..that time, Mr Dyer, from Theriot, Louisiana, USA, was known to be vulnerable and struggling with his mental health..
www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/man...

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Charity founder's 'fetish porn' scheme exposed in sordid text chain The founder of a mental health charity has pleaded guilty to assaulting five vulnerable teens in a sick scheme that involved whipping them for cash.

Cody Haywood Schaeffer, 32, admitted to the assault of four male youths - aged between 14 and 18 - at Brisbane Magistrates Court on Wednesday...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Her phone had been submitted voluntarily as part of an investigation into criminal allegations against a serving police officer...

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Police fined £66,000 after sharing contents of victim's phone with alleged rapist The information watchdog said it was a 'stark example of the devastating consequences of poor data protection practices'

Police Scotland has been fined £66,000 by the UK data watchdog after sharing the entire contents of a rape survivor’s phone with her alleged attacker...
news.stv.tv/scotland/pol...

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Kneecap: Government loses appeal over quashed terror charge Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, known as Mo Chara, had been accused of showing support for proscribed organisation Hezbollah following a gig in London in 2024.

The UK government has lost its appeal over a judge's decision to throw out a terror charge against a member of the Irish language rap trio Kneecap...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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'Wolf pack' who gang-raped unconscious Brit teen in Magaluf are named The eight men accepted prison sentences totalling just over 73 years after striking plea bargain deals with prosecutors as their four-day trial was about to begin.

The French men involved ... Khalil Abderrahmen Mejbri, Romain Charles Michel Galatioto, Anthony Guy Gerard Wengler, Thomas Eric Coretin Wisniewski, Anthony Auque, Satilmis Sahan and Mouhamadou Wade.
The Swiss national ...Lucas Haiaiel Ngandjeu Djamen Tchatchou
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Bribery, fraud and anti-money laundering | UK Regulatory Outlook February 2026 SFO director announces retirement | SFO succeeds in High Court challenge on DPA enforcement | FCA launches newsletter to spotlight enforcement work

Nick Ephgrave, the director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), has announced that he will be stepping down from his role at the end of March.
Mr Ephgrave joined the agency in 2023 and is currently halfway through his five-year tenure...
www.osborneclarke.com/insights/reg...

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Opening Scene | V FOR VENDETTA (2005) Sci-Fi, Movie CLIP HD YouTube video by JoBlo Movie Clips

Opening Scene | V FOR VENDETTA
strength through unity...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJlg...

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thehill.com Erika Kirk appointed to Air Force Academy board

Erika Kirk appointed to Air Force Academy board #TheHill

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Mr Ansari, an Irish citizen, was returning from a family holiday with his wife and children – his case is against North Wales Police’s chief constable, Amanda Blakeman; and the home secretary, Shaban Mahmood...

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Police don’t have to explain why they seized Hamas lawyer’s phone in Holyhead Police do not have to explain to a lawyer acting for Hamas why his work mobile phone was seized at Holyhead Port and analysed.

Fahad Ansari, who is representing Hamas in in its application to have its proscribed status in the UK overturned, was stopped and questioned by and analysed by counter-terrorism officers in Holyhead on August 6, 2025...
www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/news/2591737...

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