14 June 2017. A fire in the high-rise tower block called Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, London, led to 72 deaths and hundreds more left homeless. It’s the worst UK residential fire since the Second World War.

$2.8 million for services at Mernda Community Hospital, building on the recent $25 million investment to open it. The residents aren’t too thrilled about the lack of service, many saying when they go they get shunted to the Northern Hosp. Open 9-5pm. Another $$ exercise #VicLabor

14 June 1381. Richard II met leaders of Wat Tyler’s Peasants’ Revolt at Mile End, London to hear their greivances. At this meeting, Richard II appeared to give into all of the peasants demands and asked them to go home in peace. In reality he intended to suppress the revolt.

Silver Gulls - Narooma, New South Wales, #Australia #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

For more than 200 years, this was the most powerful address in France. The Château des Tuileries stood right next to the Louvre, along the Seine. It was built in the 1500s for Queen Catherine de’ Medici. The name “Tuileries” comes from the tile factories (“tuiles” in French) that once occupied the site. Over time, the palace became the main residence of French kings and emperors. Louis XIV lived here before moving to Versailles. During the French Revolution, King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were held here under guard before their execution. Later, Napoleon Bonaparte made it his official home as Emperor. If you imagine Washington, D.C., think of a place that was part White House, part Capitol, and part royal palace. Decisions that shaped Europe were made inside these walls. In 1871, during a violent uprising known as the Paris Commune, the palace was set on fire. It burned for days. The ruins stood there for more than a decade, blackened and empty. In 1883, the French government decided to demolish what was left instead of rebuilding it. That decision changed Paris forever. Today, when you stand between the Louvre and the Tuileries Garden, you’re actually standing where the palace once stretched.

Os invito a ver este vídeo que hice a una gran colonia de aviones comunes situada en un puente del siglo XIV, en Puente del Arzobispo (Toledo). Debe de haber cientos o incluso miles de ejemplares. Se trata de una especie gran comedora de mosquitos. Es un auténtico espectáculo.

Galahs - Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, #Australia #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Swiss voters reject 10 million population cap, early projections say bbc.in/4uySjSy

14 June 1907. Norway’s Parliament granted women the right to vote in national elections. Only women who were at least 25 years old and met certain tax-paying thresholds were eligible to vote.

14 June 1864. Psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer was born in Marktbreit, Germany. In 1901 he identified a case of “presenile dementia” which later became known as Alzheimer’s Disease.

RT @b_judah: A moment in deep England.

A statement from London Fire Commissioner Jonathan Smith on the ninth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire

14 June 1940. German troops entered Paris and met no military resistance. Hitler was now on the verge of his most spectacular military victory since the Second World War began in September 1939.

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Back in September a private audiologist referred me to my GP. With in a week she had referred me to the local hospital. Took them six months to arrange a repeat of the original hearing test with completely identical results. We move forward slowly.

I was a live in carer for my mum, about 12 years ago she'd had a bad turn so I called an ambulance. They asked me if me street was safe, I said yes then asked why, because ambulances get raided for drugs! They said this had been going on for quite while, bonkers!

For years there were such things as convalescence homes, where particularly elderly patients, no longer in need of medical treatment could recover before being discharged home. There were problems but these could, if will is there, be solved. Also step down beds in care homes

Decades ago when the NHS was relatively new & much simpler, there were ‘Convalescent Homes’ where patients could stay to fully recover after a hospital stay.

I went Private with surgery for a hernia that made it difficult even to walk last Year after the NHS GP refused to give me a referral. Private GP immediately referred me & 3 weeks later I had the op. Sadly, rely on the NHS & You'll live in pain or die early.

If an NHS ambulance won't come for hours and you can afford it then you should be able to use one. It's win win because it takes the pressure off the NHS ones People are literally dying because there aren't enough ambulances