Sombre day in UK

First we have the funeral of the first of the two fallen Police Officers in Manchester. Happening as I post at Manchester cathedral, and a fitting tribute.

Police funeral

And we have a missing 5 year old. We are getting close to the 48 hour breakpoint where the search will likely take on a different role. We all fervently hope not.

Missing child

The political arena is also not without it's problems railway wise.

Railways

A sombre day ....

Sorry to hear, Chris:(
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RIP our two fallen police women, and I pray the little kidnapped 5 year old girl is found unharmed.
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Sadly I have to report that today is just as sombre.

We have now had the second funeral of the fallen Police officers, and again a most fitting tribute.

Funeral

The little 5 year old is still not found, and things are beginning to look bleak.

Missing girl

And we now hear that this railway business, isn't going away either.

Franchise fiasco

We'll bounce back we always do, but it is at times like this that you question a lot of things .....

I pray the girl is still alive.

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5 years old with Cerebral Palsy, I doubt it. It's weeks like this that I really wished we lived in a total police state - with me being Pierpoint, i'd adjust that noose just right so that the bugger would take long enough to die.

Adults arguing ,fighting, killing even though unacceptable, it happens, but to do this to children gets my goat!
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Everybody still fervently hopes that there will be the hoped for result to this search, but as we approach 72 hours after the child went missing, and the news that she has cerebral palsy, the chances of that outcome are becoming increasingly slim.

Coupled with the second Manchester policewoman's funeral today, I doubt whether there are any very cheerful police anywhere today. And yet they continue to do their jobs regardless, and for that we should be profoundly grateful.

All we can do is to carry on, hope, and wait.

At 10.30 am this Friday morning, police have revealed that Mark Bridger has been arrested on suspicion of murdering five-year-old April Jones.

She has still not been found despite an intensive police search. An even sadder end to a sombre week.

I pray the girl is still alive.

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But I fear ...
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The dynamics of the search have now changed and due to the passage of time and the developments within the investigation, it is no longer appropriate for us to expect untrained members of the public to continue the search. So now we only require professional searchers to be involved in the ongoing search which continues in and around Machynlleth.

Speaking on Friday afternoon, Dyfed-Powys Police said the focus remained on finding April. But they confirmed that searches would now only take place in daylight hours.

Barring the fact that April may be held by an accomplice, a 5 year old missing in that region at this time of the year without any warm clothing or food.....

I think its time that our courts act on the "symbols" they use.....

When one takes the stand, one has to place their hand on the bible & swear an oath.

That bible states "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth". In other words a life for a life.

I'd like a new job.....

...Albert Pierrepoint's replacement!
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We don't have capital punishment in the UK any more, despite some peoples insistence that it should be brought back. Swearing an oath on the Bible is partly symbolic in UK courts of law. But they must allow people who believe in God to swear in front of him – and atheists to affirm by whatever they believe in.

The essence of a divine oath is an invocation of divine agency to be a guarantor of the oath taker's own honesty and integrity in the matter under question. By implication, this invokes divine displeasure if the oath taker fails in their sworn duties. It therefore implies greater care than usual in the act of the performance of one's duty, such as in testimony to the facts of the matter in a court of law.

16:00 pm

Mark Bridger has now been formally charged with murder, child abduction, and attempting to pervert the course of justice. The search continues.

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Sad it ends this way, potentially!
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A Sad Start to another week


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