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MIKEDJKELLY SHORTER THAN SHORT COMEDY PODCAST 105 ONLY ONE NAME NEEDS CHANGING EDITION · Shorter Than Short Podcast

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Speaker 1: It's the Mike Kelly Short and Short Podcast for you all.
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Let's stick with the snappy start. No waffle. It's the
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snappy start, Mike DJ Kelly, shorter than short podcast, and
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the special only one name needs changing edition.
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Speaker 2: Oh, this week's their first.
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Speaker 1: Coming up, my amazing digital friend Joyce, fake showbiz news,
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recommend a pod, charities, fridges, prisons, sourdough, funeral ashes, data centres, owls,
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plus lots of stuff you don't know that you don't
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know until you know. Oh, this is going to sound
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like a politician speaking. It's time for an honest conversation
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about prisons. Well, I think it is. Current and previous
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governments have screwed up by not building enough prisons. You're
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either going to punish people for wrongdoing or let them off.
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If you're punishing, you need prisons. If not, we have
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a lawless society. Let's face it. We all know where
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the biggest crooks are.
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Speaker 3: Please welcome the star of the show, your host, Mike
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DJ Kelly.
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Speaker 1: I'm Mike Kelly with the latest shorter-than-short news. Our top story,
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Dyson brings out a new toothbrush at nearly £ 500. Guy
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chucked out of the Tories for sending young men pictures
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of himself. Jamie McEvoy is now in charge of reforms vetting.
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The former Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, to move back
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to the UK and rented six-bedroom gated property... in the
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home counties, after living in a Swiss chalet following the
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fallout over her ex-husband Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Geoffrey Epstein. Tory
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heavyweight James Cleverley has resigned from the Shadow Cabinet to
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run for Mayor of London. MP Robert Jenrick has agreed
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to get his shirt sleeve shortened following several TV appearances,
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with them hanging like octopus tentacles out of his jacket arms.
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New survey shows radio and TV stations take money to
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broadcast adverts for products, but then charges viewers and listeners
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to receive their services without adverts. Nationwide backlash over the
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use of sourdough bread in cafes. Punters want a return
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to the traditional white slice or fried bread. Even bigger
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nationwide backlash over energy price cap, the cap that keeps
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moving and not controlling energy prices. And in the late news, Booking.com,
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the accommodation agency, says it's now taking bookings for 10
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Downing Street. That's it, you're up to date with all
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the news that is news this hour. I'm Mike Kelly
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for STS News.
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Speaker 2: This is the short of the short podcast with Mike Kelly.
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Speaker 1: Morning Joyce, what are you carrying on that plate?
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Speaker 4: Well you probably will not want it after that. It's
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some buttered sourdough toast. Have you got your false teeth in?
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Will you be able to cope with its tough and
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chewy crust?
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Speaker 1: Yes I have. You're a bit full of yourself today.
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Get out of the wrong side of bed.
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Speaker 4: You know I cannot do that, I would fall out
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of the window. I suppose I'm a bit on edge,
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I have applied for a new job at Stanley's.
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Speaker 1: Oh yes, doing what?
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Speaker 4: It's just a part time one putting the bubble in
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spirit levels, as you know I did something similar in
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the past when I used to put the cherries on
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Sarah Lee cakes back in Bridlington.
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Speaker 3: Live across the universe, it's the Mike DJ Kelly Shorter
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Than Shorts podcast.
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Speaker 1: And what's out there on the social media sites? Nat Milcey, 87.
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If Apple will bend the knee for a lake, just
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imagine what it'll do with your data. The Queeves. On
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the Moscow Metro, trains going towards the centre have the
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stop announcements made by a male voice and away from
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the city centre by a female voice. This is designed
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to make navigation easier for blind people. Rob Moore, going
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to university in the UK could be a financial trap.
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We tell 18-year-olds to sign up for £ 50, 000 of debt
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for a degree in business management that leads to a
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24k admin job. Meanwhile, the 18-year-old who started a plumbing
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or electric apprenticeship... is making £ 50, 000 plus by the time
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they're 23, with zero debt and a skill that Claude
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can't replace. The university obsession was a trap pushed to
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keep unemployment numbers looking low. Sonny, a degree in England
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now costs £ 9, 500 a year in tuition alone. In Germany,
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it's three. In France, it's a couple of hundred euros
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a year. In Norway, it's three. In Scotland, it's three,
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if you're Scottish, three years of much the same lectures,
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and only here do you walk out owing more than
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most graduates earn in a year. We're the outlier in Europe,
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and we discuss it like it's the natural order of things.
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So when the reform house of cards comes tumbling down,
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no doubt there will be a feature film to be
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made about their sorry, scandalous and corrupt role in British politics.
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I was thinking that Rowan Atkinson would make an excellent Farage,
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but what about the rest of the Rat Tag crew?
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Who would you cast to play their parts? Tory fibs
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that UK's newest prison, HMP Millsike, was handed to a
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private profit-making corporation to run for a 10-year contract worth
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£ 329 million. UK taxpayers build prisons only to hand them
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to profit-making corporations who have no financial incentive to rehabilitate
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nationalised prisons. Clearly unhinged, I'm so very, very tired of
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bad people being in charge of the world.
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Speaker 2: This is the short of the short.
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Speaker 1: Here's an odd one. How do you dispose of the
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ashes of a loved one? Well, if you're on land,
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it's fine. If you don't own the land, you need
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the owner's permission. Public spaces and parks, you need the
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council or national trust's permission. And for rivers, lakes and
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the sea, you need permission from the Environment Agency. And
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if you're wanting to leave a loved one abroad, similar
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rules apply. I'm told to take ashes out of the country.
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Many disguise them as talcum powder and claim to have
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sweaty feet disorders when questioned at airports, rather than using
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a more traditional urn.
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Speaker 2: This is the short of the short, pick-ups with my toy.
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Speaker 1: Why, oh why, is everything so expensive? What if a
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family of five wanted passports in the UK? £ 102 each
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if you do it online. Australia is more expensive at £ 215. America, £ 99. Canada, £ 92. France, £ 73. Ireland, 63.
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Speaker 2: Germany, 59.
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Speaker 1: Spain, 30. Why is ours so expensive? So the question
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everybody's asking is, why is the UK state pension lower
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than the minimum wage? The official answer, because it's designed
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as a basic safety net rather than a complete replacement
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for a working salary, which may be OK if you've
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paid off your mortgage and got additional private pensions. But
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if not, you're in bother. All the people on zero-hour
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contracts unable to buy property, are still going to be
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renting in old age. How will they afford that on
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the state pension?
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Speaker 2: This is the Shorter Than Short podcast with Mike Kelly.
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Speaker 1: The total cost of a standard 360 credit undergraduate honours
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degree at the Open University in England has risen dramatically
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from around 2,100 to 3,600 in the late 1990s, early 2000s,
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to 24,528 for students starting in the 2026-2027 academic year.
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When the Open University enrolled its first students in January 1971,
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under Harold Wilson's vision, a single full-credit undergraduate course cost £ 20.
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This is the Short of the Short podcast with Mike Kelly.
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And in our We Want Him Back on the Telespot
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this week, It's Russ Abbott, born Russell Alan Roberts, 18th
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September 1947. He is a retired English musician, actor, comedian,
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born in Chester. He first came to public notice during
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the 1970s as the singer and drummer with British comedy
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show band The Black Abbott. later forging a prominent solo
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career as a TV comedian with his own weekly show
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on British TV. Continuing his musical career as a solo artist,
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Abbott released several charting singles and albums. His career has
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continued worldwide. with a shift more into mainstream serious acting
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in TV shows, series and stage productions. Now retired and
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living in Portugal, we want Russ Abbott back on the
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telly in some new stuff. Come on, Russ.
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Speaker 4: Yes, let's have him back on the telly with blunder
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woman Bella Emberg. That would be great. By the way,
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you mentioned adverts on TV in the news. My tip
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for saving money is if you do not need what's
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being advertised. Change channels while the adverts are on.
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Speaker 1: It's here, the brand new service that saves you money
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and time. You no longer need to post or courier
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parcels or gifts. Beam us. Beam me up, Scotty. Household
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delivery service. It looks like a microwave, and you put
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the parcel you want to send in the machine. a
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delivery code number and press the button through the power
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of bezel beams magnetic levitation acoustic radiation your parcel will
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be delivered in seconds to the destination code not only
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that anybody with a similar device can send you parcels
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in seconds get your new beamers beam me up scotty
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parcel delivery system today full details of where to buy
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at the end of the show New rules on letter writing.
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The Royal Mail says place the recipient's name and address
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on the bottom left of the front of the envelope.
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Use clear handwriting with high contrast ink. Left align every
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line without using commas or full stops. Write the town
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and postcode in capital letters and put the stamp in
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the top right corner.
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Speaker 2: This is the Shorter Than Short podcast with Mike Kelly.
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Speaker 1: Been a while since we caught up with travel news.
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Let's catch up now. Has anyone spotted any of these
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in the wild yet? The Geneptic Vector SR is one
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of the most advanced enforcement cameras now appearing on UK roads.
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Unlike older single-lane speed cameras, it can monitor traffic flowing
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in both directions across up to three lanes. reading number
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plates using AMPR technology, and operate day and night without
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any visible flash, thanks to infrared imaging. As well as speeding,
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it's also designed to catch mobile phone use, seatbelt offenses,
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and red light violations. all from one single unit. It
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combines radar-based speed measurements with high-resolution video and an intelligent
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virtual grid system, giving clear evidence of both the vehicle
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and its occupants. And unlike traditional cameras, it doesn't even
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need painted road markings to work, making it far more
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flexible about where it can be installed. So the next
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time you spot one of those small yellow cameras on
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a pole, it might be watching a lot more than
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you expect. Here's an interesting tale from a Land Rover
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Freelander owner. So yesterday evening, some lovely gent decided he'd
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want to save his brakes and use my bumper instead.
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This morning, I received a call from his insurance company
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saying he was accepting liability for the accident and they
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wanted to help in any way possible to get any
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repairs made as swiftly as possible. They then asked how
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I wanted to proceed. I said I wasn't interested in
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claiming because the damage was minimal and the car had
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fared much worse. So I was happy to just let
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it be. They informed me as he was claiming on
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his own insurance for his car and had instigated the
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claim that I was unable to let it just slide.
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So I said, fair enough, what do you need from me?
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Three hours later, they send me a message. They said
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an estimator had assessed the damage using the photos and
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it would be more than likely need repairs to the
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bumper and repainting. But due to the age of the
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vehicle and its mileage, 232,000 miles, it was beyond economical
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repair and they would be declaring it a total loss
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and would be in touch in due course with an
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offer of settlement and to arrange collection of the Vircor
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for destruction. I didn't even want to bother claiming. Can
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they just insist like this and take my car? Britain's
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first 15mph bike lane will aim to tackle the scourge
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of speeding cyclists, increasingly threatening the safety of pedestrians. Cambridge,
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Britain's cycling capital, has introduced new limits along one of
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the city's most popular bike routes. Cambridgeshire County Council said
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the move was in response to regular concerns from residents,
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including older people and families with young children, over cyclists
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travelling at excessive speeds. Permanent speed limits apply to two
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share-use paths that run along the city's 60-mile guided busway,
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which has already been mired in health and safety failings.
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And from South Canada, after nearly a decade of loudly
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complaining about the fact that modern US aircraft carriers use
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electromagnetic systems to launch fighter jets instead of steam-powered catapults,
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Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to redesign a new
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aircraft carrier to replace the modern system with the old-fashioned
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catapults that he prefers.
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Speaker 2: This is the.
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Speaker 1: Recommend a pod, and this time it's a bit different.
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If you like some good football CEO interviews, why not
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give Football Business CEO Show a go? Find out more
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at their YouTube channel at youtube.com at Football Business Television.
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Speaker 2: This is the first time I've heard what groundwork does.
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Speaker 1: Today's do-gooders are groundwork.org.uk. Groundwork has been crafting practical projects
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with corporate public sector and third sector partners for 40 years.
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Hundreds of projects every year that make real and lasting
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create stronger communities and encourage healthier, greener lifestyles. You too
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can deliver life-changing projects by working with our local knowledge
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and national reach. Find out more, join in, help at groundwork.org.uk.
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And what's been happening in that summer sunshine? Record-breaking heat
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events in Russia in August, with a persistent high-pressure atmospheric
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blocking system, often called a heat dome, has pushed historic
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extreme temperatures eastward. This system brought intense, stifling heat across
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European Russia, forcing cities like Moscow to deploy water trucks
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to cool the streets. while citizens seek relief in public fountains.
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International climate data from the Berkeley Earth confirmed that record
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high monthly temperatures occurred across western Russia and Siberia.
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Speaker 2: This is the Shorter Than Short podcast with Mike Kelly
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in Kent.
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Speaker 1: Uproar plans to expand an oyster shack. James Green's Oyster
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Company owns a chunk of Whitstable's shoreline, but success has
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not brought affection from residents. To me, it is complete bonkers,
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but it shouldn't be supported. I'm not looking to build
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flats on the beach. It's decking and a pergola, for
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goodness sake. Today's music quiz features a 60s magical Motown
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hit named The Song or The Artiste. But if you
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leave me a hundred times, a hundred times I'll take
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you back. I'm yours whenever you want me. I'm not
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too proud to shout it. Tell the world about it.
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Name the song, the group or the artiste.
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Speaker 4: Not a clue, my favorite Motown song is the one
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from Dirty Dancing, I love doing the party dance routine
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to the contours and Do You Love Me. I like
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it nearly as much as the Macarena and that other
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one by the sweet, Little Willie.
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Speaker 1: In the weird and spooky stuff, are our phones monitoring
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what we do or say? Do the glasses near buds
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track what you're doing and saying? When you're paying by
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card instead of using cash, are your transactions being watched?
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Then there's the data centres, with their critical national infrastructure,
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who decided that level of status so that in emergency
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situations they can continue to have power. and water. According
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to Water UK, they say government water plans are flawed.
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as they do not include data centres. Anyway, why do
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we need so many? We are a small island. Japan
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has 227, China has 449, Russia has 251, America 5,427,
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and the UK 523. Newcastle City Council is using an
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Amazon contact centre and associated artificial intelligence AI services to
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handle some residents' requests for services. The benefits are claimed
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to include faster response times. The risks are acknowledged by
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the government to include privacy concerns, but the council says
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it has acted to mitigate these risks. The controversial use
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of the AI is spreading throughout local government, but in
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this case of Newcastle's contract centre at least, the North
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East bylines could find no evidence that it's been debated
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in public, though it's been in use for more than
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a year. It first came to the attention of the writer,
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a Newcastle resident, through an announcement on the website of
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the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in August.
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Speaker 2: This has been a short podcast.
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Speaker 1: Well, hello. If you're new to the Mike DJ Kelly
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me on BCB 106.6 FM. on a Tuesday at midday.
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That's at bcbradio.co.uk. Here's a warning. Pet owners have been
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warned they could be unknowingly ripped off by private equity
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firms who've bought local vet clinics. after the Competition and
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Markets Authority removed requirements for multinational companies to disclose which
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practices they own. Pet owners were often unaware their local
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vet practice could be owned by an international private equity company.
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If you've ever had the misfortune to use one of
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these large chains, you will understand why it's best to
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find a small, local business that cares.
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Speaker 2: This is the Shorter Than Short Podcast with Mike Kelly.
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Speaker 1: Here's a nice tale. Had a few days away with
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the family and we went for our final night out
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and a meal at the lowest of Tandoori, a place
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we'd never been to or knew anything about. Anyway, we arrived.
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A small place but nice and friendly and full. Drinks
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and poppadoms and food ordered and the one-year-old grandchild goes
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into tired I want to go home mode. Daughter asked
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for their food as takeaway. The staff wouldn't hear of
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it and the lady behind the bar took the child
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and carried on working while carrying the baby and showing
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him everything around the bar. Next he went to the kitchen.
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And taking orders, and then to the front of house,
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all the staff looked after him as if he was
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their own. And he loved it. Meal done, and it
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was an excellent meal, and we left. On looking up
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the Lowestoft Tandori, the lady who was behind the bar
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was the mayor of Lowestoft. What a night. What nice people.
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Let's have some more from the social media sites. If
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the British press is so fearlessly independent and genuinely interested
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in the meritocracy, how come we still don't know why
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that young white blonde lady was elevated into the House
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of Lords by Boris Johnson? David, I fell off my
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bike in 1985 and scraped my knee. We didn't have
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social media then, so I'm telling you now. Anon, a pin,
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if the average person can't reach the passenger side door
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handle from the driver's seat of the car, it's too
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wide for UK roads. Amelia, I don't care what anyone says,
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wired earphones were better. No charging, no Bluetooth randomly disconnecting,
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no one ear dying before the other, no bullshit. You
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plug them in and they just worked. Technology really complicated
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something that wasn't broken. Sarah Kensior, nothing should require an app.
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There should always be an alternative. You should always be
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able to leave your cell phone at home. or not
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have one at all. This applies to everything, but especially
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for something as basic as parking. Tyler Bennett's I've decided
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where possible to buy Bosch white goods and power tools ETC.
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92% of their profits go to charity, and the remaining
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8% goes to the Bosch family. Capital Stitch Co. Anyone
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else at the point where they are buying practically nothing
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because nothing's worth the price anymore.
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Speaker 2: This is the short of the short.
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Speaker 1: Fake showbiz news, add fake showbiz news. Former Sheffield United
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and QPR boss Neil Warnock officially rules himself out of
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becoming the next James Bond. Andy Burnham unveils his boldest
25:35
policy yet, an NHS for pets. Feel free to give
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me the nickname Clement Catterley, he laughed. Nigel Farage's wife
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asks him to empty the dishwasher, but he tells her
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he's sadly been advised by police to stay away from dishwashers.
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UB40 reveal only one of their ten biggest selling singles
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is not a cover version, and ironically, it's one in ten.
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Don't forget, my pod-picking friends, if you want to get
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DJ Kelly. Any money's raised, go to charity. And in
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the showbiz corner, it's Jeff Bezos, top man at Amazon. Well,
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not exactly him, but his wife, Mackenzie Scott, is an
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American novelist, philanthropist, and early contributor to Amazon. She was
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married to Jeff Bezos, the co-founder of Amazon, from 1993
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to 2019. As of December 2025, she had a net
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worth of US $ 40 billion, according to Bloomberg's Billionaire Index,
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owning a 1.3% stake in Amazon. The giving pledge, she
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signed a promise to give away the majority of her
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wealth during her lifetime.
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Speaker 4: Do you think we should drop her line?
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Speaker 1: To say what?
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Speaker 4: Well just so she knows we are here on this
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small island and we are all a bit short at
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the moment and we could help her spend it. I
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have seen Brewster's Millions with Richard Pryor, it's hard work,
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to spend all that money. And that reminds me what
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have the BBC done for me. Well they have ruined
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BBC 2's Saving Lives at Sea. Yes we might be
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a small island nation but we do not need every
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rescue so dragged out and every family member of the
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survivors interviewed. They have ruined it.
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Speaker 1: Yes you're right, nothing good to watch these days.
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Speaker 4: I used to like the goodies they were ahead of
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their time with Tim. graham and bill on their three-seater
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tandem my favorite was kitty kong with the giant fluffy
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white kitten named twinkle rampaging through london and climbing the
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post office tower.
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Speaker 2: This is the shorter than short podcast with mike kelly.
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Speaker 1: And in the stuff you don't know corner did you
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see all the rubbish at leeds and reading after the
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festivals what a mess what a waste Not all festivals
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are as bad as Reading and Leeds. While Reading and
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Leeds are notorious for rows of abandoned tents, rowdy crowds
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and mountains of litter, many UK festivals are incredibly well managed,
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highly sustainable and clean. The chaotic atmosphere at Reading and
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Leeds is largely driven by their specific demographic, predominantly teenagers
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celebrating post-GCSE or A-level results, combined with corporate large-scale operations.
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Other festivals implement strict crowd management strategies, zero-waste policies, and
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creative site layouts to provide a radically better experience. Some
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festivals that manage things, Well Green Man Festival in Wales,
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this fiercely independent non-corporate festival, is widely regarded as one
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of the best run events in the UK. Located in
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the Brecon Beacons, it utilises compost tents, renewable energy, and
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extensive food waste redistribution. The crowd is multi-generational and respectful,
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leaving virtually no litter behind. Shambhala Festival in Northamptonshire, a
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true pioneer in festival sustainability, Shambhala has gone fully meat
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and fish free, bans all single-use plastics and runs entirely
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on 100% renewable energy. They actively designed the site to
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prevent overcrowding and maintain a collaborative, community-focused environment. Glastonbury Festival, Somerset.
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Despite hosting over 200,000 people, Glastonbury manages massive scale through
30:18
legendary logistics. They employ sophisticated crowdflow management, enforce a strict
30:25
love the farm, leave no trace policy, and have drastically
30:29
reduced tenant abandonment rates through aggressive green campaigns. So no excuse,
30:36
Leeds and Reading. And talking rubbish, which is something I
30:40
know a lot about, watch out and see how many
30:43
fridges you can spot. Yes, people cannot take them to
30:47
the tip, so fly tipping is the answer. Local council
30:51
rubbish tips, household waste recycling centres in many parts of
30:56
the UK are currently not accepting fridges and freezers. Current situation,
31:02
many councils and authorities have suspended fridge and freezer disposal
31:07
because storage areas at recycling sites are completely full. This
31:13
is due to a national shortage of specialist recycling and
31:17
processing facilities capable of safely handling the hazardous gases and
31:23
insulation materials inside cooling appliances. And talking of going green,
31:30
have you noticed vehicle number plates that have a green
31:34
tab to the left-hand side? What does it mean?
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Speaker 4: I know it means they are a card-carrying, flag-flying supporter
31:41
of the Green Party and leader Zak Polanski.
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Speaker 1: No, it indicates that the vehicle is fully electric or
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hydrogen powered.
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Speaker 2: This is the Short of the Short podcast with Mike Kelly.
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Speaker 1: Yes, the celebrity. Since 2005, she has modelled for Marks
31:58
and Spencers, most recently to promote their recent rebranding. Appearing
32:03
in TV advertisements and print media, she was named the
32:07
face of 1966's by the Daily Express and voted British
32:13
Woman of the Year. Her role in The Boyfriend, 1971,
32:18
brought her two Golden Globe Awards. Who is she? If
32:25
you want to get in touch with this top-rated and
32:28
sometimes much-listened-to podcast, please connect and get in touch about
32:32
anything to do with the Shorter Than Short podcast. We're
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on most social media sites at MikeDJKelly. Indeed, if you
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podcast editing... please do get in touch. Do please tell
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your friends about the podcast. All they need to do
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to find it is search on Google for the Mike
33:00
DJ Kelly Shorter Than Short podcast. And that final burst
33:04
from the social media sites, Bob Mitchell, new EU rules
33:10
mean people now have to be told when they're interacting
33:13
with AI systems and consuming AI-generated content. And these must
33:19
be properly labelled. Can the UK please do the same,
33:23
or even better, just rejoin the EU? Thas. Rip off
33:28
Britain's strikes again. Just applied to renew my UK passport
33:33
and nearly fell over when I saw the cost, £ 102 online.
33:36
It's £ 115. 50 if you send it in a form. That's
33:38
more than every single one of our ten closest neighbours have.
33:46
Except Iceland. In Spain, it's £ 25.
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Speaker 2: 50.
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Speaker 1: Germany, £ 59. 50. Robert to jump. Everyone, wouldn't it be cheaper
33:57
and way better changing the name of the lake, gulf
34:00
or ocean? We should just change the name of the president.
34:05
Mrs Smokey Mac, I will give cash five years at most,
34:10
and then the government will have you by the balls.
34:13
There's no denying cards are handy, but in conjunction with banks,
34:17
the government will know every movement you make and what
34:21
you're spending your money on. The closure of banks is
34:24
no coincidence, is happening for a purpose, and that purpose
34:28
is eventually a cashless society. The government will then have
34:33
complete control over of your life. PDC 9909, one 30-credit
34:41
Open University module. I studied for around £ 400 in the mid-2000s,
34:48
now costs £ 2, 044. The Open University was created to carry
34:53
education into the homes of people whom conventional universities had
34:59
left outside. The door remains open. The price of walking
35:03
through it has changed. Did Britain genuinely widen access to
35:08
education or simply replace exclusion with decades of debt? The
35:15
Howard lead, the prison population, rose this week and now
35:19
it stands at 86,495. This time last week there were
35:21
228 fewer people in prison. The prison estate should not
35:24
hold more than 81,681 people. The population currently exceeds this
35:26
level by 4,814. Liberty HQ revealed local councils are quietly
35:47
rolling out live facial recognition technology. Preston City Council and
35:52
North Tyneside Council are each operating facial recognition technology on
35:58
more than 100 CCC TV cameras, with data sharing agreements
36:04
that allow local police forces to access the technology. Other
36:09
local authorities have announced similar plans for facial recognition in
36:14
public spaces.
36:18
Speaker 4: Are you going to mention the Clacton by-election in the
36:21
late news?
36:23
Speaker 1: I don't think so. Why?
36:25
Speaker 4: I just thought it was hilarious that the vote count
36:28
took such a long time due to there being over
36:31
34 candidates and the voting forms being over 3 foot long.
36:35
Speaker 1: And in the late news, farmers are putting up owl
36:39
boxes instead of buying rat poison. A single barn owl
36:43
family can take hundreds of rodents in one nesting season.
36:48
Rodenticides move up the food chain and kill the predators
36:52
that hunt rodents. Vineyards and orchards now install nest boxes
36:58
as pest control. The owls work for three and do
37:02
not poison anything downstream. Find farms using predators instead of
37:07
poison on Localize. Toby Carvery, the restaurant chain, has launched
37:13
its roast-inspired flavours to supermarket freezers and a new line
37:19
on sale at Iceland. London rollout of robot taxes delayed
37:24
by lack of official guidance for firms to follow. Water
37:28
companies in England and Wales explore new surge pricing policy.
37:34
Is it time to close down the Conservative Party due
37:37
to their poor public rating and defecting MPs? And most
37:41
of all, because we know most problems that exist today
37:44
were caused by Thatcher.
37:46
Speaker 3: I'm sorry, Mr Kelly. You are out of time. You
37:49
must stop now.
37:50
Speaker 1: OK, it's time to go. Guess the name of the
37:53
artiste who had a hip with the song these lines
37:56
came from. But if you leave me a hundred times,
38:00
a hundred times I'll take you back. I'm yours whenever
38:04
you want me. I'm not too proud to shout it.
38:07
Tell the world about it. Name the song, the group
38:10
or the artiste. It was the Isley brothers and this
38:14
old heart of mine. Guess the celebrity? Since 2005, she's
38:20
modelled for Marks & Spencers, most recently to promote their
38:24
recent rebranding, appearing in TV advertisements and print media. She
38:29
was named the Face of 1966 by the Daily Express
38:34
and voted British Woman of the Year. Her role in
38:38
The Boyfriend, 1971... brought her two Golden Globes awards. Who
38:43
is she? Dame Leslie Lawson, knee Hornby, born 19th September 1949.
38:52
She is an English model, actress, singer, widely known by
38:56
the nickname Twiggy. Today's do-gooders are groundwork.org.uk, And guess what?
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As ever, it's been a blast, but that's enough for
39:07
this special Only One Name Needs Changing edition of the
39:12
Crazy Shorter Than Short podcast show from me, Mike Kelly.
39:16
Speaker 4: And me, Joyce, the one with the big smile and
39:18
the large G and T. Don't forget to tell your
39:21
friends to listen to the Mike DJ Kelly Shorter Than
39:24
Short podcast.
39:26
Speaker 1: Thank you for listening. And remember, you can always find
39:29
the podcast by searching or shouting the Mike DJ Kelly
39:34
Shorter Than Short podcast. Thank you.
39:37
Speaker 2: This is the Shorter Than Short podcast with Mike Kelly.
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Speaker 1: It's the Mike Kelly Shorter Than Short podcast for you.
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Speaker 3: Quiet and listen to the Mike Kelly Show.