News about John Harris

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Breakthrough in bank hubs to help save the High Street

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 14, 2024
I am told by various banking moles that cash machine network Link will announce on Wednesday 15 locations where new banking hubs will be launched. Hurrah. Hubs are the closest we have in this country to community banks, allowing customers of all the big brands to carry out basic banking transactions under one roof - and (if they are lucky) get access to a representative from their bank one day a week. Hubs are replacing standalone banks, with Lloyds announcing 55 more closures next year.

Brawls with a cricket bat. A dog licking cocaine off the studio floor. Year by supersonic year, the highs and lows of Oasis

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 30, 2024
Today tickets go on sale for a reunion tour most people thought could never happen. The warring Gallagher brothers have put aside their differences and agreed to a 14-date Oasis tour in 2025. For 16 years, they were one the biggest bands on the planet, but Liam and Noel's constant feuding and fighting ultimately caused their demise. Jonathan Mayo charts the highs and lows of Oasis's supersonic career.

'Receive threats of violence on Facebook have been awarded to abattoir workers who silenced village church bells after 150 years with a noise complaint.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 21, 2024
Since the council spent £2,000 silencing the chimes, which sounded every quarter-hour through the day and night, the Devonshire community has been left furious. They have now been limited to just one toll every 15 minutes during the day. The complainant, who works in an abattoir and lives 30 meters away from the historic cathedral, claims he has lived within five miles of Witheridge all his life, but he can no longer tolerate the noise. He moved into his rented house four years ago when the bells' electronics were broken, and claims not to have known about his squeaky neighbor before it was fixed.

Pickpockets, robbery, and bicycle robbers from the Victorian period are discovered in this Rogues gallery, which was on display at the crime museum, which was later discovered by police

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 28, 2023
There are 66 male prisoners who were jailed in the late 1800s for crimes ranging from pick-pocketing, rape, house breaking, and bicycle theft. Each criminal is shown both head-on and side-on in the police photos. Their crime is also shown on the black and white photos, as well as their initials and a crime reference number. Although some of the crimes merely sparked police suspicion today, some of the suspects were jailed for more serious offences such as robbery, violence, and forgery. Both of the ne'er-do wells are white men aged 20 to 60. The majority of them have beards and they are all photographed wearing what seems to be the same black coat. They were discovered in the library of late William St Clair, a scholar and senior research fellow at the Institute of English Studies, who died in 2021. When they go up for auction at Swan Auctions in Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, they are expected to sell for £2,000.

Taminmin College students went missing from school camp in Northern Territory, according to police

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 18, 2023
On Thursday night, two teenagers who went missing during a school camp in Kakadu National Park were found by the Northern Territory police.

PETER HITCHENS: We now have evidence that it doesn't work after 70 years of sex education

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 10, 2023
PETER HITCHENS: Who invented sex education? Since we now have so much of it that we can barely get out of it, it seems to be a reasonable question. Now that we know it does not work, it's even more significant. The appalling statistics for syphilis and gonorrhoea last week, which was certainly the worst in modern times, showed that Sex Ed did not prevent the dissemination of sexual diseases. The same is true of the huge abortion figures (do you remember when they said legalising that would make it 'safe, legal and rare'? (not exactly). It would be even worse if the ever-increasing use of the'morning after pill', which conceals rather than solves the issue, would be even more problematic. Meanwhile, family life, which we didn't know only a short time ago, is vanishing from major portions of the British landscape. Rather, the state is the main parent. Lady Helen Brook's 1980 prediction that "it is now the right of the parent state to make major decisions." The state weighs up what is best for the child from birth to death.

National Police Association sues to make trans Nashville shooter Audrey Hale's manifesto public

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 6, 2023
The National Police Association has filed a lawsuit in the hopes of making the trans Nashville school gunman Audrey Hale's manifesto public. Hale's manifesto has been shrouded in secrecy since the bloodshed at Covenant Christian Academy, which killed three children and three school workers on March 27, which was the gunman's first encounter. However, NPA Head Ed Hutchinson filed a lawsuit against the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County on April 28, 2006. They filed an amended lawsuit on Friday, blasting the 'absurd' decision to withhold the documento once more due to pending litigation.

In hospital, a religious mother who played her son, 3, was arrested, 'too death in lockdown,' to prevent Covid' from affecting him

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 2, 2023
A 'deeply religious' mother who fought her three-year-old son to death to save the world from Covid has been arrested in hospital because she poses a significant danger to the public. Olabisi Abubakar, 42, was 'thrown off balance' by lockout, and she and her son Taiwo believed it would stop the disease from spreading. The mother and son went hungry for up to four months before Abubakar was discovered in an emaciated state on a sofa bed alongside Taiwo's body, which weighed just 9.8 kilograms (1st 5lb). Abubakar, a Nigerian asylum seeker and a Pentecostal Christian, was not found not guilty of murder because of insanity. She was also found not guilty of two charges of cruelty.

Keir Starmer, the Guardian's Labour leader, is'stuck.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 18, 2023
The Labour leader is 'coasting,' according to John Harris, who's apprehensions about how to act like a dependable, stable, and confident leader.' Mr Harris' column in yesterday's Guardian also condemned Labour's attack ads, one of which claimed that the PM does not believe child sex abusers should go to prison as "crass." He also stated that Labour's 'under-performance makes way for a Conservative revival and a slim election win.' Though a Tory defeat is "still the most likely result," Mr Harris said, the 'battle between the two main Westminster parties has largely changed'.

Blake Hounshell, a New York Times reporter, died at the age of 44 after a 'courageous war with depression.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 11, 2023
'After a lengthy and courageous fight with depression, a New York Times political journalist died at the age of 44,' his family said. Blake Hounshell, a top editor at Foreign Policy magazine and Politico before moving to The Times last year, died in Washington on Tuesday, leaving behind his wife, Sandy, and two children. According to a police source, his death will be investigated as a suicide.

'Queen Elizabeth II Day': Petition calling for annual Bank Holiday reaches 100k signatures

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 14, 2022
Every year, a campaigner is calling for an additional bank holiday to mark the late monarch's (left) coronation (right, meeting Liz Truss last week) death and her record-breaking reign. A Queen Elizabeth Day was written by John Harris, who compiled the petition (inset) this week. I believe we need a new public bank holiday to commemorate our greatest Sovereign's lifetime.' The Queen's life and our appreciation for the Royal Family's institution are two related topics.'

The annual 'Queen Elizabeth Day' bank holiday was promoted, prompting a petition

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 14, 2022
On Change.org, John Harris' campaign was started and has suggested that September 8, the day she died, be made into a Queen Elizabeth II Day to honor her each year. According to John's petition, 'Queen Elizabeth II is our longest reigning Monarch, as well as the world's most popular monarch.' "To you, she was your Queen, to us, she was THE Queen." The most constant symbol of Great Britain is President George Macron, who said as "to you, she was the queen." There are fewer bank holidays in Britain than in other European countries; France has 11 among our 8 countries, while Spain has 14. I believe we need a new public bank holiday to commemorate our country's biggest Sovereign's lifetime, as well as a Queen Elizabeth Day.' 'A day for our Country to commemorate both the life of the Queen and our appreciation for the Royal Family's institution.'