Andy M Morley

Alton Towers U-turns on plan to restrict disability pass for people with ADHD and autism

Merlin appear to have backed down

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The Daily Telegraph currently owned by a private equity vehicle RedBird IMI - based in the UAE and led by Italian American Gerry Cardinale and Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Patriotic news. For patriotic people. Who don't want to pay taxes.

Alton Towers to remove disability pass for people with ADHD and anxiety Operator Merlin Entertainments said the pass was no longer working as intended because of increasing demand.

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A tax on disability from Merlin! Many guests will now be forced to pay for a fast pass or simply not visit

Infantino’s apology over his ‘no Brits arrested’ at Qatar World Cup missed the point - when a senior FIFA official makes comments like that it legitimatises the appalling treatment of fans overseas by heavy handed police forces

I regularly travel on trains operated by Transport for Wales, Avanti West Coast and Northern.

Despite remote nature of some of the TFW they and Avanti manage to maintain decent WiFi - Northern Rail on the other hand appear to operate trains fitted with 1990s dial up modems

Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power

UK business growth jumps to 21-month high The S&P Global flash UK composite purchasing managers’ index reported a reading of 53.9 in January, lifting from 51.4 in December.

Something you may have missed this weekend. UK business growth jumps to 21-month high

Growth in the UK’s private sector has increased this month at its fastest pace since April 2024 on the back of an upturn in the services sector, according to new figures.

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23 games into the league and Arsenal have already conceded 17 goals: so many people said this side was going to beat the Chelsea record of just 15 in a season

They’ve all gone quiet now

Why did none of the journalists listening to Trump asking if NATO would come to the aid of the USA, ask him who are the only nation to invoke article 5? And exactly who supported them at that point? #MissedOpportunity

YouTube video by Johan Lebbing Boxing match with Jerry Lewis from the movie Sailor Beware!

The Jake Paul approach to being in the ring with AJ

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We’ve seen boxers punch themselves out but is Jake Paul the first ‘boxer’ (sic.) to run themselves out by running laps around the ring and not throwing punches? #JakeJoshua

They’re not there bloody autocorrect

We’ve seen boxers punch themselves out but is Jake Paul the first ‘boxer’ (sic.) to run themselves out by running laps around the ring and not throwing punches? #JakeJoshua

A warning for anyone who thinks ReformUK are capable of running anything more complicated than a bath

I would also suspect that as a flagship council there also getting large amounts of support from central Reform sources and still demonstrating incompetence

As a consequence has Musk suggested that California as a state should be disbanded?

That seems to be his MO when he doesn’t like criticism

5. Headliners, GB News, 22 January 2025 – 1,391 complaint Complainants objected to a presenter’s comment they believed linked the LGBTQ+ community to paedophiles. Our investigation found the live programme broke broadcasting rules by including a highly offensive remark which was not justified by the context, falling short of generally accepted standards. In addition to these complaints submitted directly by individuals to Ofcom, the Good Law Project gathered 71,851 complaints and provided them to Ofcom.

Ofcom now spreading fake news? Its most complained about programme of 2025 apparently had 3,547 complaints - but look what it says about Number 5. (www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and...)

FIFA … we’re going to expand the competition to make FIFA26 the biggest World Cup ever

Also FIFA… We’re going to have a ticket pricing policy that prices out the majority of football fans; we do t want the working classes at our new tournament

Stewards saw it the same way as Colin: FWIW I think they got it right

The reaction from Lando Norris’ parents is heartwarming

#LandoChampion
#F1
#McLaren

It still is and particularly given who it’s from and what that represents

Partly safety, partly logistics, partly security

They blocked the cars to hold people whilst they dealt with the emerging incident… you probably don’t want to walk into that and exposure yourself to the potential dangers

In the last twenty years, mega-donations to political parties from the super-rich haven’t just doubled.

They haven’t just trebled.

They’ve gone up sevenfold.

And that money isn’t generosity.

It’s to buy influence so politicians serve their interests, not our constituents.

The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service

The Arsenal coaching staff can call for the introduction of VAR after being upset over their disallowed goals as much as they like, however, had there been VAR they’d have been reduced to ten players following Victoria Pelova foul on Kiera Walsh in the 64”

Buonanotte - what are others seeing that I’m clearly overlooking ?!? #CFC #Carefree #Chelsea

Wow took a beautiful bathroom and turned it into a cheap Vegas hotel bathroom

Has Farage commented on Reform MP Sarah Pochin’s latest racist outburst?

No, thought not.

Deafening silence again

Any impact yet on innovation in US industries? If you don’t need to make products better than the alternative(s) because their price is effectively fixed to be competitive then product quality can easily decline

Am I alone in thinking that the Hiscox Business Insurance radio advert that uses children’s voices is utter genius?

And then Estêvão takes that record less than half an hour later