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My son was fined £500 just for dropping a cigarette butt | Consumer affairs

My son was fined £500 just for dropping a cigarette butt | Consumer affairs

Published by Sam Flores

My son was fined £500 after dropping a cigarette butt in Southwark, London. He says the enforcement officer physically prevented him from picking it up, and told him he would escape a fine if he provided ID, and the police would be called if he didn’t. He complied and was promptly issued with a fixed-penalty notice (FPN). However, £500 is more than a typical fine for a dangerous offence such as speeding. I’ve since found fines and enforcement vary dramatically between London boroughs. Barnet charges £100, but drop your cigarette on the Enfield side of Cockfosters Road and your fine will be £500. Same “crime” a few yards apart and a 400% increase. These fines are not proportional and not fair. TH, London I should start by saying that littering is a national scourge and flung fag ends an environmental hazard. However, the government guidance to councils on enforcement, which last month was made legally binding, is unambiguous: the goal is to “educate” and “change behaviour”, and enforcement should be “transparent, accountable, proportionate and consistent”. …

New crustacean named after its unique butt

New crustacean named after its unique butt

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Only 80 to 90 percent of Earth’s vast oceans have been explored, leaving countless species just waiting to be discovered. That’s where the Sustainable Seabed Knowledge Initiative: One Thousand Reasons campaign comes in. The project is designed to describe 1,000 previously unknown deep-sea species by 2030 in order to assess ocean biodiversity to protect species as the prospect of deep-sea mining expands. Twenty-four new species of deep-sea crustaceans are now on the project’s growing list. The new species are detailed in a special edition of the journal Zookeys and were discovered in the remote Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). This vast area of 1.7 million square-miles of deep ocean between the west coast of Mexico and Hawaii is home to numerous unknown species as well as minerals needed for many high-tech uses. The type specimens of some of the new species, including Elimedon breviclunis, are now cared for by curators at the Natural History Museun in London. Image: © Horton et …

Teen convicted of manslaughter after asthma inhaler DNA matched to crime scene cigarette butt | UK News

Teen convicted of manslaughter after asthma inhaler DNA matched to crime scene cigarette butt | UK News

Published by Sam Flores

A 19-year-old has been convicted over a fatal stabbing after police matched DNA on a cigarette found at the scene to that on his asthma inhaler. Ali Abdul Basit was convicted at the Old Bailey on Friday for his role in killing Michael Patrick Afonso Peixoto, 27, Metropolitan Police said. Basit’s conviction followed a two-year investigation, after he fled to Pakistan. Mr Peixoto was attacked in Thornton Heath in south London on 19 December 2023, police said. A group of men in a white BMW were seen waiting in the road when Mr Peixoto arrived with a friend in a Vauxhall Grandland on the night of the killing. The 27-year-old father was stabbed multiple times with a knife after he stepped out of the car, including once in the chest as he attempted to climb back in. Image: Michael Patrick Afonso Peixoto. Pic: Metropolitan Police The victim’s friend was threatened with a knife and forced out of the car. The vehicle was later found abandoned nearby. Mr Peixoto was found by police officers on the …

The 5 Best Glute Exercises for a Strong Butt

The 5 Best Glute Exercises for a Strong Butt

Published by Jenni Sidey

Trainers often joke about the difference between “show” muscles and “go” muscles—in other words, muscles that look pretty versus muscles that can actually pull their weight when it counts. Whenever you walk into the weight room, you’re usually choosing one over the other: pump up your pecs or bolster your lower back. However, there is a middle ground in this Venn diagram, and that’s where you’ll find the glutes—your body’s most powerful drivers of athletic performance, and the muscles responsible for getting your rear to resemble, incidentally, a Venn diagram. Why Should You Work Out Your Glutes? Glutes play an important role in supporting our day-to-day activities. “Glute training isn’t just for athletes or bodybuilders; it’s essential for everyone,” says Jenny Liebl, CPT, senior content developer for the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA) and author of ISSA’s Glute Specialist course. “The glute muscles are among the largest and most powerful muscles in the human body, and they play a central role in nearly every fundamental movement pattern. Strong, well-functioning glutes contribute to better posture, reduce …

Tell us: what is your experience with the non-surgical Brazilian butt lift? | Beauty

Tell us: what is your experience with the non-surgical Brazilian butt lift? | Beauty

Published by Sam Flores

At the end of February, a report by the Women and Equalities Committee recommend that “high harm” procedures such as the liquid Brazilian butt lift (BBL) should be banned. The government is “not moving quickly enough”, MPs said, stressing the need for a licensing system for non-surgical cosmetic procedures, noting that a “lack of timely action is fostering complacency in self-regulation” within the industry. The report warned of a wild west in which procedures have reportedly taken place in Airbnbs, hotel rooms, garden sheds and public toilets. Individuals without any formal training can carry out potentially harmful interventions, placing the public at risk, MPs concluded. Share your experiences as a practitioner or someone who has tried this procedure. Share your experience You can share your experience using this form. Your responses, which can be anonymous, are secure as the form is encrypted and only the Guardian has access to your contributions. We will only use the data you provide us for the purpose of the feature and we will delete any personal data when we …

Brazilian butt lifts ‘should be banned immediately’ by government, MPs say | Politics News

Brazilian butt lifts ‘should be banned immediately’ by government, MPs say | Politics News

Published by Sam Flores

MPs have called on the government to immediately ban Brazilian butt lifts (BBLs). The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) of MPs accused ministers of “not moving fast enough” in introducing a licensing system for non-surgical cosmetic procedures. They warned that a lack of regulation in the cosmetics industry had led to a “wild west” where patients are having procedures in garden sheds, hotel rooms and public toilets. The committee welcomed government proposals to make sure BBLs and other high-risk procedures are only performed by specified health workers. It said this would act as a “de facto ban” on these procedures, which “pose a serious threat to patient safety”. But in a report the WEC called on the government to go further, saying: “High-harm procedures such as the liquid Brazilian butt lift (BBL), which has resulted in fatalities, should be banned immediately without further consultation. “A licensing system for lower-risk procedures, in which only those suitably qualified can perform them, should be introduced within this Parliament.” The MPs added: “The government is not moving quickly enough …

What is ‘dead butt syndrome’? And how to alleviate uncomfortable symptoms in minutes

What is ‘dead butt syndrome’? And how to alleviate uncomfortable symptoms in minutes

Published by Daniella Wilson

Spending too much time sitting down and not moving around enough can increase your risk of developing a number of conditions, from high blood pressure to type 2 diabetes, and it could even cause you to develop another condition you may be less familiar with. Gluteal amnesia, also known as ‘dead butt syndrome’, is when your glute muscles stop activating in the way they should during activity, leading to uncomfortable symptoms like a sore back and legs, as other muscles have to overcompensate. Sound familiar? If you’ve noticed that everyday movements have been leading to aches and pains you’ve never experienced before, it may be that Dead Butt Syndrome is to blame. Find out exactly what it is and the potential causes with expert insight from Rebecca Bossick, a Chartered Physiotherapist with over a decade of clinical experience and co-founder and director at One Body LDN. © Getty ImagesSpending lots of time sitting down can contribute to the development of dead butt syndrome What is ‘Dead Butt Syndrome’? “Gluteal amnesia happens when the glute muscles …

Butt breathing might help people struggling to get enough oxygen

Butt breathing might help people struggling to get enough oxygen

Published by skeptic

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Faiza Butt to Represent Pakistan at Venice Biennale—and More Art News

Faiza Butt to Represent Pakistan at Venice Biennale—and More Art News

Published by José Betancourt

The Headlines RECKONING WITH RESTITUTION. French senators adopted a long-awaited bill to facilitate the restitution of art looted during the colonial era, reports the Agence France-Presse. If passed by the National Assembly, the lower house of French Parliament, the legislation will move closer to fulfilling a promise made in Burkina Faso by Emmanuel Macron  in 2017 to return African cultural heritage to the continent. “The idea is not to empty French museums, but to achieve authenticity in France’s response, without denial or repentance, but in recognition of our history,” said French senator Catherine Morin-Desailly. Meanwhile, the Swiss government has appointed its former president, Simonetta Sommaruga, to head a new, independent panel dedicated to examining claims related to artworks looted during the Nazi era and the colonial period, reports the  Art Newspaper. “After more than 25 years of debate and delay, we have moved beyond words and into action,” said Andrea Raschèr, a consultant who was formerly in the department of legal and international affairs at the Swiss culture ministry. Related Articles LIVING WITH FRIDA. A set of luxury condos branded with Frida Kahlo’s name have hit the market in …

Pentagon Begs Shop to Stop Sending Butt Plugs to Military Personnel

Pentagon Begs Shop to Stop Sending Butt Plugs to Military Personnel

Published by José Betancourt

The owners of a Toronto-based sex toy shop made a bizarre discovery after opening two returned items that were sent back from a US naval base in Bahrain. As CTV News reports, cofounder Grace Bennett recalled discovering two letters from the Pentagon, which effectively told her business to — in her words — “stop sending butt plugs to Bahrain.” And while it may sound like the Pentagon was acting out of sexual shame, the issue instead stemmed from “pornographic materials or devices” not being “allowed into the Kingdom of Bahrain.” Most puzzlingly of all, Bennett’s business, a sex toy store called Bonjibon, doesn’t even send its products to Bahrain due to local laws and regulations. She suspects somebody had forwarded the packages to Navy personnel stationed in Bahrain from abroad roughly a month apart. “We didn’t even know it (the product) was going to Bahrain until it came back to us months later, and it just kind of unraveled this whole… hilarious moment,” she told CTV News. “We got a huge kick out of it,” …