THE Yorkshire Ripper is dead. He was 74 and had apparently refused treatment for coronavirus. His lungs had collapsed. Peter Sutcliffe spent almost 40 years in Broadmoor and prison for murdering 13 women and attempting to kill seven others between 1975 and 1980. John Apter, chairman of the Police Federation, said people should remember Sutcliffe’s… Continue reading The Yorkshire Ripper: The night I took the call saying ‘we’ve got him!’
Author: Leigh Banks
I am a journalist, writer and broadcaster ... lately I've been concentrating on music, I spent many years as a music critic and a travel writer ... I gave up my last editorship a while ago and started concentrating on my blog. I was also asked to join AirTV International as a co host of a new show called Postcard ...
Time to fight for the world’s Letterbox Families this Christmas
The Daily Mail has called on the British government to allow people in care homes to spend time with their families over Christmas. Good on them! Let’s face it, people have been barred from being with their loved ones for more than eight months now because of coronavirus. Families have been literally ripped apart by… Continue reading Time to fight for the world’s Letterbox Families this Christmas
Slovakia cuts infections ‘by half’ as UK hopes for new vaccines by turn of year
As the world appears to be about to end its dithering about Coronavirus, Britain claims it will ‘almost certainly’ have three coronavirus vaccines ready for the fight by the end of the year. And Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic said the country’s coronavirus testing and quarantine programme, has cut infections by more than half. Sir… Continue reading Slovakia cuts infections ‘by half’ as UK hopes for new vaccines by turn of year
Here lies the truth behind the great Trumpian disaster
Trump is loved by millions. It was his promise to Make America Great Again that started it all. But now, for many, the great conglomerate affair is over. His scatter-gun accusations about everything and everybody have left an acrid ‘cordite’ smell in the White House which staff have tried to hide with scented candles. His… Continue reading Here lies the truth behind the great Trumpian disaster
Remember our heroes…
Last year, to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armistice, people from Penkridge, Stafford, covered their Methodist Church in poppies. Almost 9,00 poppies cascaded from the church roof. The project tipped its hat to the Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red in 2014 that featured which had 888,246 handmade red ceramic poppies at the Tower… Continue reading Remember our heroes…
Has UK’s beleaguered Boris jumped on Slovakia’s Covid-19 battle-bus?
Boris Johnson appears to have grabbed Slovakia’s apron strings in his never-ending battle wagon to control Covid-19. As he addressed the British nation ahead of mass testing in Liverpool – modelled on Slovakia’s test-the-nation programme – he intimated that there is only the UK and Slovakia doing this. However, it is fair to say that… Continue reading Has UK’s beleaguered Boris jumped on Slovakia’s Covid-19 battle-bus?
Warning after UK’s bum powder clot!
A Bonfire Night clot was filmed trying to launch a firework from his bum… And it backfired! The clip, shared on Twitter, showed the firework being placed between the man’s cheeks as friends watched. But, the stunt took a potentially dangerous turn as the rocket went off without shooting in the air. Luckily, the man… Continue reading Warning after UK’s bum powder clot!
UPDATE: BIDEN TOTTERS TOWARDS WHITE HOUSE AS TRUMP TRIES TO TRIP HIM UP!
U.S. Election Special – with Leigh and Rodney It’s been months of bitter bitching bad-tempered barracking but never boring dirty-tricks campaigning but now the US election is drawing to an acrimonious close. The BBC has been fact-checking the candidates all along the trail .. They say that Donald Trump has been far more active and… Continue reading UPDATE: BIDEN TOTTERS TOWARDS WHITE HOUSE AS TRUMP TRIES TO TRIP HIM UP!
Depps of despair … the truth behind the exposing of a brutal Hollywood wife beater
It is something that all the Fake News addicts and those celebs who have laid siege to the Fourth Estate for decades cannot deny… the British Press has done its job again. It has exposed THE TRUTH about a fabulously rich THUG who battered and threatened his partner behind the doors of his Hollywood home.… Continue reading Depps of despair … the truth behind the exposing of a brutal Hollywood wife beater
Is Slovakia showing the way to freedom as UK uses Covid powers to kill off what’s left of democracy?
UPDATE: Slovakia tested most of the country in two days … From dawn ’til dusk, troops and the medical profession joined forces across Slovakia to go to war on Covid-19. It began on Halloween and spread across Central and Eastern Europe’s weekend of the dead as the rest of world watched. There is no doubt… Continue reading Is Slovakia showing the way to freedom as UK uses Covid powers to kill off what’s left of democracy?