It caught my eye… 2-2024

Wow!! What a lot of rain over the past few weeks and it seems that we have another example of climate change. That of course is no help to the people are having to bail out their homes from the latest inundation of flood water. Help from Citizens Advice is available.

As the chart on the left shows (click to get a bigger version), the planets’ climate is continuing to change, is it approaching the point of no return? One hope not for all our sakes.

With the sad news that Derek Draper has died today at the young age of 56, Long-Covid continues to cast its shadow over many people.

A recent report indicated that, even in people that have recovered to some degree, they are still affected by it when trying to exercise to get back to full health. If you’re suffering from Long-Covid, here’s a Long Covid recovery guide from the British Heart Foundation.

With Solar flare activity increasing and intensifying—see the recent Northern Lights magnificent shows, another effect of solar flares you may have personally experienced is interference in terrestrial broadcast TV and Radio signals. I have here in the last few weeks.

Italy could soon have a solution to this as a side-benefit to its requirement to provide a reliable TV/Radio signal across all of its regions, in particular the most mountainous areas, by having an internet fall-back. It makes interesting reading and compares how a few other countries are progressing.

It caught my eye… 1-2023

Fed up with having to keep retuning your terrestrial Freeview TV’s and Humax (yes, I still use one) box every so often?

Well, here some news announced about big changes to the way that we receive terrestrial TV (Freeview itself may even under threat) that will affect us all over the next few years.

RXTV Info has a really detailed report of all the upcoming changes.

The cost of living and funding cuts are hitting all walks of life. Here are three stories impacted by its effects I came across this week.

Teaching – UK headteachers quit as cuts push them to the edge

Nursing – Doing 12-hour shifts on an understaffed NHS ward

Everyone – JRF’s cost of living tracker, winter 2022/23

For even more statistical information about how the Cost of Living Crisis is impacting other areas of society, simply click on the logo above.

    … and for those into books.

    Time Magazine – The 100 Must-Read Books of 2022

    The Guardian – The best books of 2022