NEWS w/e 02/08/26
- Aug 1
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Euroviews. Attack on Berlin Pride: political Islam threatens open society
The attack on Berlin's Christopher Street Day (CSD), allegedly by an Islamist, is an assault on free Western society, writes CDU member Rene Powilleit in a Euronews op-ed. He leads Berlin's 'Lesbians and Gays in the Union'.
What began as a day of joy, freedom and love in the heart of the German capital turned into an unimaginable tragedy in the evening. Hundreds of thousands were celebrating Berlin's Christopher Street Day until a suspected Islamist attack using a delivery vehicle cut a trail of destruction through the Tiergarten park. One woman lost her life, and many others were injured, some of them seriously.
Our thoughts are with Berlin's LGBT+ community & everyone affected by the terrorist attack on Berlin Pride. It is a reminder that Islamism remains a serious threat to LGBT+ people, women, Jews, liberal Muslims, non-believers & those who reject religious authoritarianism.
Islamism is a political-religious ideology that seeks to impose its beliefs through intimidation & violence. It must be confronted wherever it appears, while rejecting prejudice against Muslims - the overwhelming majority of whom oppose terrorism. The answer to this attack is not division or repression. Democracies must defend the right to protest, speak freely & live openly, while ensuring that the tiny minority who seek to destroy these freedoms are held to account. READ MORE The price of LGBT+ freedom is eternal vigilance!
Italian school on Thailand trip forced to apologise for entire country after behaviour was so bad
Story by Joe Harker
A group of Italian students on a school trip to Thailand have apologised via their country's embassy after they insulted a woman who asked them to be quieter on a train.
They'd been travelling on a BTS metro train in Bangkok and being loud when a 25-year-old Thai woman asked them to lower their voices on public transport, telling them 'in Thailand, we don't scream'.
Hotel housekeepers beg guests to stop doing these things before checking out
Small amounts of waste are discovered regularly from housekeepers in back of curtains, under beds or in the back of drawers creating additional work for housekeepers and potentially missing waste while doing room turns. Properly disposing of trash before departure lets cleaning personnel get to work cleaning up and preparing the room for the next customer.
State pensioner, 86, ordered to pay £650k for defrauding £1m from customers
Story by Grace Piercy
A former NASA scientist from Nottinghamshire has been ordered to pay £1 million to 100 victims after defrauding them. John Burford, 86, who lives in Mansfield, was jailed for two years after conning investments out of people under false pretences and using them to buy property and fund his lifestyle.
Amy Winehouse’s father must pay almost £1m to friends who sold her clothes
Amy Winehouse’s father must pay just under £1m to two of his daughter’s friends after claiming that they had profited from selling her clothes.
Mitch Winehouse claimed that Naomi Parry and Christina Gourlay had gained from selling dozens of the singer’s items at auctions in the US in 2021 and 2023, accusing them of having “deliberately concealed” their sale.
JB: It just goes to show that when it comes to money there is no trust between family members.
Were Meghan and Harry kicked out of a restaurant?
In a twist that seems ripped from the pages of a dramatic screenplay, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle found themselves at the center of a dinner debacle at Lucky’s Steakhouse.
The couple’s lavish meal, which reportedly cost around $10,000, transformed an ordinary evening into a spectacle that left diners and the restaurant owner, Brian Robbins, reeling.
Church 'set on fire by bride-to-be using tampon' hours before wedding
A woman from the US has been charged with allegedly torching a church just one day before she was due to marry there.
Lenita "Tessa" Joy Moreno, 25, was taken into custody on Monday, more than a fortnight after the blaze reportedly broke out inside the Latter-Day Saints Church in Kaysville.
The fire inflicted over £80,000 worth of damage on the Mormon church building, where Miss Moreno had been expected to exchange her wedding vows at the altar the following day.
Eye-watering amount spent on Prince Harry's security revealed - more than anyone else
Story by Lauren Welch
It has been revealed that Canada has spent more money to protect Prince Harry than on any other well-known figure during the same period. The 41-year-old has made various visits to Canada, including a trip to attend the Invictus Games in February 2025.
According to a newly-released document, which has been obtained by CBC News, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police spent at least £403,383 [$539,575] to provide security when Prince Harry previously travelled to Canada for the Invictus Games and during the early days of his relationship with Meghan Markle.
Outrage as 86-year-old with Parkinson's convicted over unpaid DVLA car tax after daughter missed renewal
An 86-year-old man with Parkinson's disease has been convicted in a Single Justice Procedure court in Lincoln over a missed DVLA car tax payment that ultimately boiled down to £3.34 in compensation, after his daughter accidentally failed to renew the tax on his Ford Fiesta while moving house from their home near Newcastle.
'Dine-and-dash' over £600 lobster bill as six flee Devon restaurant in Range Rover
Story by Bethia Wyborn & Simon Hamalienko
Police say they are conducting investigations after a group of six diners were allegedly caught not settling their nearly £600 bill at a seafood restaurant and escaping in a Range Rover.
The alleged 'dine-and-dash' took place at The Oyster Shack in Bigbury on Saturday, July 25, when a party, made up of three men and three women, requested four lobsters and a fruits de mer seafood platter before enjoying their meal and departing one-by-one.
John Comments : This is the dumbest thing I have read in a long time. This is also happening all over the place. TAKE A CREDIT CARD BOOKING or if just walk-ins - TAKE A CREDIT CARD STRAIGHT AWAY OR - NO SERVICE . Simple as that. And WHY OH WHY ARE THESE VENUES SO SLOW ON THE UP TAKE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES. NO SYMPATHY AT ALL.
In over 40,000 credit card payments when I was an escort, I had 3 who had no money at the end - otherwise I always took - after learning - credit card on ALL suspicious bookings and I was NEVER DONE. Tens of thousands of cards used, tens of thousands of customers - hundreds of thousands of £ and all I ever lost was 3 clients who didn't pay totalling £120 - so not worth worrying about in the bigger scheme of things - and these restaurants - CLEARLY - DON'T HAVE A CLUE - and need to wise up, grow up, be less trusting and put things in place to protect themselves. It aint hard... It's actually common sense and these restaurants need a serious re evaluation of how they manage their venues.
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