VinceTracy Podcasts

Knowing where a crime is going to be committed before it happens is the dream of police departments all over the world, and data scientists and artificial intelligence experts want to make it a reality. Many law enforcement agencies, especially in the US where gun violence is rampant, have been using pattern- detecting information systems to predict crime hotspots. Firefighters in France and Spain have struggled to contain wildfires raging out of control across Europe, as it continues to wilt under record temperatures that have reportedly killed more than a thousand people. Spain is to hit energy firms and banks with temporary windfall taxes that should rake in 7 billion euros during 2023-2024, in order to cover the cost of measures put in place to help Spaniards grapple with soaring inflation, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Tuesday during a ‘state of the nation’ speech in Congress. THE UK press reports labour shortages across nearly every industry yet graduates can’t find jobs. Something doesn’t add up. Are graduates setting their expectations too high or not trying hard enough? Or basically getting degrees in ‘useless’ subjects? A degree in sports/media studies is no preparation for the world of work. Today’s world needs people with ‘useful’ skills; lucrative jobs abound in the engineering sector. Spain should compensate a woman who was forced to undergo a caesarean (C- section) without her consent and with her arms strapped down, a United Nations committee ruled on Thursday. The committee also said that the procedure was carried out without the woman’s husband present and that she was not allowed to immediately hold her newborn boy since she was still strapped down. The woman was ‘a victim of obstetric violence, a particular type of violence against women … which has been shown to be widespread, systematic in nature and ingrained in health system’, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) said.

When I was a child, the TV weather forecasts were based around a map to which magnetic symbols, usually denoting fog or slanting rain, would be attached.When the weather did improve, it was always cheering to see childish little yellow sun images suddenly slapped on to our bit of the UK.At such times the weather forecaster might suggest it was time to ask Dad to pump up the paddling pool or get out his Panama hat. In a keynote address Monday before the United Nations General Assembly to mark the observance of 'Nelson Mandela International Day', Prince Harry chose to condemn the United States for 'contributing to a global assault on democracy and freedom.' A top British dance school has dropped ballet from its auditions after branding it an 'elitist art form', built around 'white European ideas and body shapes'. The Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD) reviewed the dance as part of a wider plan to 'decolonise the curriculum', and consider the impact of race and gender on dance. Officials spent more than £38,000 in taxpayers' cash at a Domino's branch buying pizza for migrants last year, according to new figures. Border Force staff at Dover's now-closed Tug Haven holding centre used government credit cards to pay for the food over just five months last year. Dr Lalitaa Suglani reveals 7 things that can kill relationships 1. Being indirect about your wants and needs.2. Forcing the other person to change the way you want them to be.3. Not making an effort to understand your partner's perspective.4. Disengaging during disagreement instead of having 'difficult' conversations and/or using disrespectful language.5. Not apologising or taking accountability.6. Not having a life away from the relationship, such as hobbies, meeting with friends.7. Ignoring your partner's trauma, triggers, or past experiences.

Thousands of festivalgoers lined Pamplona's narrow streets for the centuries-old festival as the bulls charged through the city. Seven men needed hospital treatment on the third day - Saturday July 9. Expert runners that take part in the historic festival run directly in front of the bulls before trying to jump out of the way at the last minute without being injured - with varying success. Any amount of alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk for certain cancers. Alcohol is toxic, as well as addictive. This is why many medical professionals are adamantly opposed to recommending anything other than – try to drink as little as possible. When she was eight, Sandra Bravo wrote a letter addressed to the Virgin Mary in her diary. In it she asked her to make a boy from school her future husband and father of her children, promising in exchange to be chaste and pure until marriage. She did not keep that promise and, in time, she forgot about it. Thirty years later, she found the diary and was shocked by what she had written. “How, at the age of eight, could I be asking the Virgin Mary for all that stuff when I had no idea what love, sexuality, or even virginity was?” she wonders. The Church of England has admitted it does not have a definition of the word woman.A bishop said yesterday that the meaning of the word used to be ‘self-evident’.But he added that there are now ‘complexities associated with gender identity’ which a church project about sexuality and relationships is exploring. The Community of Madrid has declared war on okupas, attempting to reverse present trends and persuade the government to amend unfavourable rules for property owners.The Madrid Community is prepared to wage a war on okupas, after this type of crime increased by 25% in the region in 2022. Britain's greatest long distance runner has said he was trafficked into the UK when he was around eight or nine and spent his early years as a domestic slave for a woman he had never met before. In a BBC documentary , The Real Mo Farah, which will be broadcast tomorrow night, the father-of-four apologises for lying about his identity and the deception in his 2013 autobiography

A Question of Values with Barbara Anne 12th July 2022 Britons complained that it was 'too hot to work' today on what could be the hottest day of the year so far - with temperatures hitting 33C (91F) amid a heat-health alert, as sunbathers hit beaches and parks early this morning......... Radio 4's specially extended edition of the Today Programme on Thursday morning was interrupted for the BBC's political editor Chris Mason to boast that he had just received a call from Downing Street informing him that 'the Prime Minister has agreed to stand down'......... Wimbledon organisers have come under pressure to abandon their strict all-white dress code for women players who are menstruating. School children were told prostitution is a 'rewarding job' by sex education providers who promoted wild kinks to pupils.Organisations brought in to teach kids about sex have introduced children to hardcore kinks including being flogged, caned, locking people up in a cage and being slapped in the face, The Times reported The Church of England has admitted it does not have a definition of the word woman.A bishop said yesterday that the meaning of the word used to be ‘self-evident A holidaymaker whose EasyJet break was ruined by cancellation, delay and miserable conditions has blasted the airline for holding a five-star trip in the sun for its bosses.Chloe Smith, 31, was among 19 members of her extended family who were left stranded in Turkey after their flight home was axed as they waited to board the plane......... A five-year-old boy died 'from helium poisoning' after he tried to climb inside a dinosaur balloon the same size as him. Karlton Noah Donaghey, from Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, wanted to wear the balloon as a costume to surprise his family.

The Australian Kyrgios, who has proved to be his usual controversial self during the first week of Wimbledon after a number of high profile incidents including rows with umpires and crowd members, grew frustrated with the match official during his third round tie with the fourth seed. ........... The Scout Association faced a backlash last night after it introduced a ‘trans fun badge’for members as young as four. Youngsters were also offered a ‘bisexual fun badge’, a ‘lesbian fun badge’ and a ‘Pride fun badge’............ BBC DJ Steve Wright quit his Radio 2 show live on air today, after more than 40 years with the broadcaster because bosses want to 'try something different' in the slot - sparking listener fury as Radio 1's Scott Mills is brought in to replace him. Two men from the campaign group Just Stop Oil glued themselves to a painting hung in Manchester Art Gallery today, making them the third set of eco activists to target a gallery this week. A Howard Brown was the wonderfully cheery, bespectacled, sharp-suited customer-services rep who was plucked from obscurity more than 20 years ago to put some bang into banking as the all-singing, all-dancing new face of the Halifax. Hordes of furious visitors to beaches in Cornwall have blasted a parking firm after a machine glitch meant that they were wrongly hit with £100 fines. The wife of a man who was savagely battered by teenagers as he defended an 11-year-old boy in a park has described how her husband has been left unable to talk or look after himself a year later due to his horrific head injuries..

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning west coast rapper, 35, was one of a number of artists at the Glastonbury music festival His plea for female rights was in protest against the US Supreme Court's recent decision to end the country's constitutional right to abortion. Rising diesel prices could soon stop Britain’s fishing crews from setting sail as it becomes too costly to fish, boat captains warned this weekend. Trawlers and commercial fishers are now struggling under the weight of price rises that mean in many cases tens of thousands of pounds extra in diesel for a fishing trip leading to take-home pay that is below the minimum wage. A mother who is pulling her daughter out of a London school is battling to see lesson plans, after being shocked about how their child spoke about white privilege and gender.

Waking up before everyone else to reserve a sun lounger with a towel is often a contentious subject, with many arguing the early bird catches the worm. But in Spain, the early bird in this case will receive a £25 fine - and unruly tourists could face even more substantial penalties if they are not careful. Holidaymakers braving airport chaos in Britain to head to Spain this summer will need to pay attention if they don't want to fall foul of a range of newly imposed 'offences'. Even showering at the beach could put you at risk of needing an early flight home.If you are caught washing the sea water out of your hair using soap or shampoo at any Spanish beach shower you could be fined up to £620. This is because the chemicals in these products are harmful to marine life and has been made illegal. Though it may be tempting to try and sleep a long night of drinking off on the beach, you may be woken by someone handing you a fine for £1,300. Areas like Valencia sleeping or camping on the beach to be dangerous and have completely forbidden people from oing so. Lawmakers in Vigo, a city in the Galicia region, said anyone found relieving themselves 'in the sea or on the beach' will be forced to shell out £645. The city council has branded public urination a 'minor infraction' and 'an infringement of hygiene and sanitary regulations.' Beachgoers caught playing bat and ball or attempting to reserve a spot on the beach with a towel will also be fined under the by-laws that came into force on July 18th. Walking around the street with only swimwear on to soak up the sun could catch you a £250 fine in some parts of Spain.Men walking around with their shirts off, or women wearing only bikinis risk a huge fine, which reportedly already been dished out in Barcelona and Mallorca.

Over nearly 50 years, Leslie Sinclair has given a formidable 125 pints of blood. But on his last trip he was turned away after refusing to answer a question on whether or not he was pregnant. All parents who take their children on holiday during term time will be handed a fixed penalty notice (FPN), the Government announced today. The new truancy crackdown will also see FPNs issued to parents whose children are late five times in one term, take five unauthoris days of an exclusion. Education Secrtary Nadim Zahawi vowed to end the 'postcode lottery' over how local councils deal with school absences. He said: 'I know from the Children's Commissioner's work on school attendance that children themselves hugely value being in school with their teachers and their friends.

A mother and her seven-year-old daughter were rushed to hospital after being attacked by a dog while out shopping.Vicky Rafferty, 35, and her daughter Evie-Louise Mannion, seven, were at Gallagher Retail Park, Coventry, when the dog mauled them on June 6. EasyJet pilots have accused the 'chaotic' airline of cancelling viable flights over the half-term holidays after 'foolish' bosses thought they could operate despite making hundreds of staff redundant during the pandemic. Pilots from France working for the Luton-based company warned of the 'frightening prospect' of even worse disruption this summer as fears build that customers will stop using the airline after being put off by the chaos. Workers from the French SNPL pilot union also accused easyJet officials of failing to act on warnings that the firm could not cope with demand after Covid-19 restrictions were lifted amid 'operational meltdowns'. They also said there 'seems to be a curse on easyJet top management, bound to become penny wise and pound foolish'.