Showing posts with label ITV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ITV. Show all posts

Thursday, February 21, 2013

British welfare system run amok: Heather Frost, unemployed Gloustershire mother with 11 children, is slated to get new £400,000, eco-friendly, six-bedroom council house built in Tewkesbury at taxpayers expense. Naturally, taxpayers are irate; #HeatherFrost


liarpoliticians YouTube Channel video: BBC News Points West video re Mother with 11 children gets new council house built. Uploaded February 20, 2013.
http://youtu.be/ZLyRhDcz3I4

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children, she didn't know what to do... 
But in Gloustershire, Heather Frost, an unemployed mother with 11 children (and a horse) is getting a new £400,000, eco-friendly, six-bedroom council house built in Tewkesbury at taxpayers expense.
And are people ever upset about this!

BBC News/Gloustershire
Heather Frost may turn down offer of purpose built home

Mum-of-11 Heather Frost says her current pad was only ever 'temporary' before she moves into council 'mansion' http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Mum-11-Heather-Frost-says-current-pad-temporary/story-18200202-detail/story.html#axzz2LVnNrfbM


#HeatherFrost  https://twitter.com/search?q=%23HeatherFrost


Monday, November 26, 2012

Growing anger in Great Britain as foster-care scandal widens by the hour as party leaders & pols of all stripes condemn Labour-led Rotherham Council Social Services removal of three children from experienced foster-parents -with spotless record- because of their political beliefs


ITV News YouTube Channel: UKip leader Nigel Farage on Rotherham fostering case. Uploaded November 26, 2012. http://youtu.be/Gc_lw7V6iTM
This is from today and was uploaded this afternoon, U.S. Eastern time


Growing anger in Great Britain as foster-care scandal widens by the hour as party leaders & pols of all stripes condemn Labour-led Rotherham Council Social Services removal of three children from experienced foster-parents -with spotless record- because of their political beliefs. 
The three children involved are a baby girl, a boy and an older girl, and the couple who have been foster parents many times before consist of a retired Royal Navy reservist who works with disabled children and his wife who is a is a licensed nursery nurse. Political correctness run amok!


ITV News YouTube Channel: Conservative Party co-chair Michael Fabricant on possible pact with UKip that would allow a straight-up Yes or No referendum on EU membership if UKip doesn't oppose them. But today UKip has pulled their willingness to participate in such a pact because of Prime Minister David Cameron's comments. 

On Saturday, though, Channel 4 News' "Snowmail" news email, which I subscribe to had a subject header that read, "Cameron's U-turn on Ukip: they're 'not closet racists.'" But then Downing Street retracted the retraction! Uploaded November 26, 2012. http://youtu.be/6hbadVRcKdo 

BBC News, Daily Politics show: Rotherham Council faces fostering legal threat from UKip. Party leader Nigel Farage has suggested taking legal action against them after it removed foster children from a family who are members of his party. November 26, 2012. Video at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20496707



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Rotherham is located in South Yorkshire

Now here's more on the story in chronological order...


Saturday...



Channel 4 News video: The Rotherham Borough Council's Social Services' decision to remove three happy and well-adjusted foster children from emergency placement from their experienced foster-parents is 'indefensible' says Minister of Education Michael Gove. This report gives a timeline on the situation. Posted November 24, 2012.


Channel 4 News video: UKip leader Nigel Farage responds to questions from Channel 4 news presenter on 'racist' tag. Posted November 24, 2012.
Video at http://bcove.me/2fjaiir8

BBC News video: Labour leader Ed Miliband: 'Urgent investigation' into fostering row. Posted November 24, 2012. 
Video at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20475812


UKIP Webmaster YouTube Channel video: Foster-parent scandal in Rotherham. Various news bites from SkyNews and BBC. A solid case of Political Correctness run amok that's taking children from parents with a spotless record? Uploaded November 24, 2012. http://youtu.be/WwpNYUvaLfk

On Sunday morning, as more and more people have learned the facts, people woke-up to this shocking news in The Daily Mail...

We were RIGHT to take foster children away from Ukip couple insists social workers as they blame party's 'extreme' views for decision

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2238155/We-RIGHT-foster-children-away-Ukip-couple-insists-social-workers.html


UKIP Webmaster YouTube Channel video: On the BBC's Sunday Politics show, host Andrew Neil spoke to Tim Loughton, a conservative Party MP and the former Labour Minister for Children and Families and Liam Byrne, a Labour MP, and current Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, on the story that has everyone up-in-arms and wondering if there's something rotten in Rotherham? Uploaded November 25, 2012. http://youtu.be/P86iRpSc9tc
The complete interview between Neil and Byrne is at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20495841

Liarspoliticians YouTube Channel is at: http://www.youtube.com/user/liarpoliticians


Updated news and videos on this story at http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/news/rotherham

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Despicable! Shocking video of unprovoked daytime attack by complete stranger on 16-year old girl in Plaistow, East London, is caught on Police CCTV and shocks Great Britain; ITV report tonight says assault shocked even veteran police detectives by its sheer brazenness



Metropolitan Police Service YouTube Channel video: Assault in Plaistow, November 13, 2012. Uploaded November 20, 2012. http://youtu.be/uMYatywmGZk
Be sure to read the description below the video on YouTube for more details.


The following ITV video about the above incident was uploaded within the past three hours.

ITV News, London Tonight: Reporter Paul Brand talks to the 16-year-old girl in Plaistow in East London who was the victim of an unprovoked attack by a complete stranger and punched to the ground and left unconscious. Police detectives who have seen the video have described themselves as shocked by its utter brazenness, taking place in broad daylight in a commercial area. http://vimeo.com/53958859

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

The King and I: Google honors British archaeologist Howard Carter, co-discoverer with Lord Carnavon of Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt, on his 138th birthday with a doodle; Highclere Castle Eyptian exhibition




tagSeoBlog video: Howard Carter Google Doodle. May 8, 2012.
http://youtu.be/_iNJ3OyjRxM


A Highclere connection? Yes.
 Lord Carnavon, Howard Carter's employer, lived at Highclere Castle, where the ITV period drama Downton Abbey has been filmed in part the past three years, and is the home of the two hosts of this next video, the Eighth Earl and Countess of Carnarvonwho, to honor the Fifth Earl's efforts, have developed an Egyptian exhibition in their home's basement  that the public can visit.
Which, regardless of which side of the Atlantic you're on, surely beats having a man cave!



HeritageKey video: Discovering King Tut - Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter
http://youtu.be/HaVeMWQzKuE



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Basingstoke Gazette
Highclere Castle - the real Downton Abbey - opens up for exclusive charitable day
2:34pm Tuesday 8th May 2012

http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/leisure/general/9693674.Highclere_Castle___the_real_Downton_Abbey___opens_up_for_exclusive_charitable_day/

http://www.highclerecastle.co.uk/egyptian-exhibition.html


http://www.highclerecastle.co.uk/downton-abbey.html


http://www.youtube.com/user/heritagekeymedia


http://www.highclerecastle.co.uk/index.html

Monday, October 31, 2011

Promo for Downton Abbey, Season 2, premiering on PBS on January 8th, 2012


PBS video: Promo for Downton Abbey, Season 2, premiering on PBS on January 8th


Digital Spy video: 'Downton Abbey': The stars chat about Season Two http://youtu.be/XVnZRfrEfpM

ITV's promo for Season Two looked like this

ITV promo for Downton Abbey, Season Two

My last two blog posts filled with interesting videos and links about the wonderful Downton Abbey were both on September 19th, 2011, titled Quality writing & acting wins again!
Brilliant! Mary-Jess - Did I Make The Most of Loving You? ("Downton Abbey" theme); Mary-Jess Leaverland

Reminder: In the U.S., the first year of Downton Abbey re-airs on PBS beginning Sunday, December 18th at 9:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific.

Season 2 of Downton Abbey premieres on PBS on Sunday January 8th, the second day of the NFL Wild Card Weekend, but the second game will be over by the time 9 p.m. rolls around.

PBS Masterpiece video: Downton Abbey: Surviving the Wait for Season Two. Masterpiece's Rebecca Eaton on how to survive until Downton Abbey season two premieres. http://video.pbs.org/video/2156589433

The new CD containing the soundtrack of Season 2 of Downton Abbey produced by John Lunn is at Amazon.co.uk., and this website has a selection of the 19 songs.

If you're in the U.S., I urge you to buy it via Amazoncom UK as an Import, even at $28.68 plus shipping, since according to Amazon's U.S. website, it won't officially be available in the U.S. until December 31st, which is pretty weird given how many people might wish to get it for the holidays. Not so smart marketing there!

And use the Amazon Currency Converter to prevent your bank from screwing you with additional fees.

Decca Music video: Theme to "Downton Abbey" (Mary-Jess). September 2011. http://youtu.be/uCa-Bxl1s1c

When I first mentioned this video on September 19th, it had received 1,727 views, and now it's up to 13,367.


Mary-Jess - Did I Make The Most of Loving You? ("Downton Abbey" theme) 2011.

Yes, English singer Mary-Jess Leaverland is one very talented 21-year old!