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Brighton Pride: beach covered with laughing gas canisters + Miscellaneous UK news

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Brighton Pride celebration: Beach covered with laughing gas canisters (UK community)
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-49225631

EXCERPT: . . . Up to 1,000 people have been clearing large amounts of bottles, cans, glass and disposable barbecues. But they said they had never seen so many nitrous oxide canisters in one place. [...] Environmental activist and blogger Clare Osborn, of Clare Talks Rubbish, is one of Ocean's 8 and said: ... "Every one of these canisters comes with a balloon, and they are so incredibly dangerous and deadly to wildlife, which can mistake the bits of balloon for food."

The gas - nitrous oxide - is the second most commonly used recreational drug in England and Wales after cannabis. But the Royal College of Nursing said many people remained ignorant of the risks, which can include breathing difficulties, dangerously-increased heart rate, burns, and death. [...] Legislation introduced in 2016 made it illegal to sell the gas for psychoactive purposes. But enforcing the legislation has proved difficult because nitrous oxide is used in food products like whipped cream, and medicine.

[...] Amy Gibson, another member of Ocean's 8 who organises ... said she has never seen so much rubbish on the beach. "You couldn't even see the beach in places. Normally we find around 20 bags' worth of rubbish after a weekend or an event, but we've collected 10 times that amount in the first two hours of today's clean. It's Pride so we expected the glitter, the feather boas and the parts of people's costumes, but I can't believe how many noz canisters there are."

[...] Brighton Pride does not officially hold any events on the beach, but it said it recognised the impact tourism had, so it had sponsored the clean-up effort. (MORE)

Too late to stop No Deal Brexit, says top Boris aide Dominic Cummings (UK community)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...mings.html

INTRO: Boris Johnson's most senior aide says it is 'too late' to stop a No-Deal Brexit because the Prime Minister could delay a general election forced by a no-confidence vote until after October 31. Dominic Cummings claimed in a series of briefings to civil servants last week that it was too late for Remainer MPs to force Mr Johnson out and stop Brexit from happening. If Mr Johnson lost a no-confidence vote, a general election would be triggered, which could see Jeremy Corbyn win and kill a No-Deal Brexit. However, Mr Cummings said Remainers had waited too long to trigger the election and the Prime Minister could now delay it until after October 31. He even insisted that the Tories would win a majority if a general election was called. The Prime Minister has pledged that Britain will leave the EU on October 31, 'deal or no deal'. (MORE)

Major Frances becomes the first woman who can lead British troops into battle as she is given command of more than 100 male soldiers (UK community)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...attle.html

INTRO: After hundreds of years of being banned from the front line, the British Army has given a woman command of more than 100 male soldiers, whom she will now be expected to lead into battle. In a landmark move, Major Frances Bullock, 37, has been made a company commander in the Yorkshire Regiment and if deployed to a war zone could find herself leading her male colleagues on a bayonet charge. Maj Bullock is the first woman to take up such a role, which requires her not only to kill without mercy but also to guide male troops through the most gruesome aspects of close-quarter warfare. Maj Bullock recently became the first woman to pass the Army’s arduous assessment course for infantry commanders. (MORE - details)

'It's a needle in a haystack': Madagascan authorities accuse British government of doing nothing to help find the body of Cambridge University student Alana Cutland after she jumped from a plane 3,700ft up and landed in a remote area filled with predators (UK community)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...tland.html

SUMMARY POINTS: Alana Cutland, 19, was 'staring into space' in the hours before her death after sleepless nights and paranoia. On the first leg of journey home, she opened the door of the Cessna plane and plunged 3,700ft to her death. Madagascan authorities have now blasted the British government for not helping with the search for her body. Her body landed in a remote area of the country that is filled with predators and it still hasn't been located yet. Staff at the remote Anjajavy nature reserve told MailOnline her mental health declined within days of arrival. (MORE - details)

Secret documents may help prove that the UK is paying terrorists with taxpayer cash as government loses legal battle to keep files under wraps (UK community)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...-cash.html

INTRO: The Government has lost a legal battle to keep back secret documents which may support claims that terrorists have been paid using British taxpayers’ cash. UK foreign aid money is said to have funded ‘salaries’ to Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails for terrorist acts. The payments of between £400 and £2,000 a month came from the Palestinian Authority (PA), which controls the West Bank and has received hundreds of millions in British foreign aid. Recipients reportedly include master bombmaker Abdullah Barghouti, who was jailed after attacks that left 67 dead. It is claimed that he has been given more than £100,000 by PA. (MORE - details)
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