A series of catastrophic failures Media Watch - Autism in the news This post discusses verbal abuse. If this may upset you, please don't read further. Gregg Wallace, the former MasterChef presenter, has been let go from the show after 50 new allegations were reported on the BBC website on July 8. Out of 83 …
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MEDIA WATCH Autism is in the news again and it isn't good. It rarely is. Yesterday, 18th February 2022, a couple were jailed for 6 years each for keeping their son locked in a filthy attic. Matthew Langley, 22, who has learning difficulties and suffers from irritable bowel syndrome, double-incontinence and arthritis, was found severely …
BBC local radio serviceSunday 27th December 2020 There was no online service at Holy Trinity, Huddersfield this morning, neither was there a streamed service I could find from my father's church, Christ the King, Battyeford, where I used to worship over 40 years ago. At least there was the BBC radio service broadcast at 8am. …
The BBC, Songs of Praise, autism and why I was upset I have autism, I am a Christian, so I watched the Songs of Praise program last Sunday 9th September. This programme was made for me, right? Wrong. I had a meltdown, and like the priest with Asperger's Syndrome interviewed I get loud when I …
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I'm watching The Ark on BBC for two reasons, firstly I'm always interested in how modern storytellers adapt stories from the Bible. And secondly to get an idea of what Morocco, where the programme was filmed and where we will be on holiday this year, is like. The blog title is a quote from Noah's …
In last night's count of the European Elections the vote for UKIP soared, or so it seems. The news that the British National Party last both their MEPs is not insignificant, because it seems that UKIP has absorbed the far right and anti immigration vote. There is always a complication, this time it was a …
Sex abuse and particularly the sexual abuse of children has been in the news this week. Tuesday, the news was that Michael Le Vell has been found not guilty on charges of child abuse. More on this later. Wednesday, news from India that a gang of 4 were convicted, and faced being sentenced to death, …
Making an ass of myself 