Summary: The floods in Yorkshire have had a lot of TV coverage...especially the dam in Whaley Bridge which has been damaged with the pressure of water in the reservoir caused by the recent torrential rain .........and as always the media have to get the odd negative comment in with the fact that the dam was checked over towards the end of last year....which really helps the situation. Also the terrible mass shootings in the U.S.A. have been featured on the news..........and banning the possession of guns wouldn't make any difference in the long run.....again the media don't help with all the violence in TV films and dramas which possibly puts ideas into the heads of these sick people....... There has been an item on the news regarding someone being awarded £10,000 pounds compensation because they were deeply offended by the Queen's picture which was hanging up in Storemont.... There was a feature on the radio regarding an electrician who had suffered a number of break ins into his van and had thousands of pounds worth of equipment stolen....his answer was to electrify the door handle on the vehicle which would issue a shock to anyone trying to break in.... I watched a fascinating programme on TV about how the Victorians built Britain....it covered the building of the Manchester Ship Canal which gave Manchester access to the sea for their imports and exports.... The song this week is one I wrote for David Alexander which became the title track on the album he made when he married Penny Page....it was played a lot on the radio and was record of the week on Radio City.....
