Can you imagine what good old cantankerous George Bernard Shaw would say to our local politicians for letting his cinema of choice, The Electric, AND local pre-theatre watering hole, The Crown fall into disrepair?
Feathers would fly. Shame on Toyoko Inns & Glenbrook Property.
Nomads make it two wins in two as we secured a 5-wicket win over B'ham Unicorns CC today
Many thanks to @bhamunicorns & all the best for the remainder of the season
BREAKING: Trump's $10 billion BBC lawsuit is BACKFIRING BIGLY and may force Special Prosecutor Jack Smith's January 6 evidence back into the courtroom
After making $16 million from Paramount/CBS to settle one of his frivolous lawsuits, Donald Trump figured he could keep suing media companies and rake in the dough from corporate CEOs who would rather give in than face a protracted and expensive legal fight.
But Trump got greedy and wanted a $10 billion payday from his next target, Britain’s venerable public broadcaster, the BBC.
What he's getting instead is a legal nightmare of his own making.
Trump sued the BBC last December, claiming a documentary on their news program Panorama, "put words in his mouth" by editing together portions of his January 6th speech delivered nearly 50 minutes apart.
He even bizarrely claimed the network used AI to fabricate his words — it didn't. The BBC did splice the footage, which sparked an internal investigation, the firing of some senior officials at the broadcaster, and the issuing of a written apology.
An apology simply wasn't enough for Trump, however. He still wanted that $10 billion.
Now his lawsuit against the British broadcaster is unraveling spectacularly.
A federal judge ruled this week that Trump must hand over detailed financial records from more than 400 companies tied to his family trust — because HIS OWN lawsuit claims the BBC's editing damaged his businesses.
You can't claim massive financial injury and then refuse to show your books. Judge Enjoliqué Lett wasn't buying the attempted dodge: "All of President Trump's brand, properties and businesses are impugned... Reputational, economic damages, all of that is now at issue in this case."
It gets worse. The same judge greenlit subpoenas targeting Trump's inner circle — Donald Trump Jr., Steve Bannon, and Stephen Miller — to determine what Trump actually intended on January 6th.
And now, in a third gut-punch within 24 hours, the BBC is demanding records showing exactly how Trump LOST his executive privilege claims during Special Prosecutor Jack Smith's January 6th investigation.
Smith's team had already gathered evidence establishing that the Capitol violence was "foreseeable" to Trump, that he "caused it," and that he made "a conscious choice not to stop it" once it began. If the BBC gets that evidence, Trump's entire defamation case collapses.
Trump built a career suing media outlets into silence. This time, he sued an organization willing to actually fight — and in doing so, handed prosecutors a roadmap straight into his finances, his inner circle, and his own conduct on January 6th.
Plus, the public may get another chance to review the evidence that Jack Smith amassed against Trump, evidence that judges appointed by the litigious president have made sure that he’ll never be held accountable for.
Sometimes a lawsuit is simply a trap you built for yourself.
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@UKHospKate This is what Station Street in Birmingham should be. Sigh. Instead crappy landlords have closed what was the UKs oldest working cinema and birthplace of Heavy Metal. Absolutely zero interest from @lisanandy and zero action from authorities in Brum.
A 94 year old man from Clacton has called Farage Nigel Mirage “because he’s never here” 😂 Brilliant! Let’s get it trending, wind him up even more. #NigelMirage
Nomads won by 10 wickets this evening, as we comprehensively chased down our hosts total of 82-8
Many thanks to @CcLongdon & we wish them well for the rest of the summer
With an annual turnover of around £750 MILLION pounds @ToyokoINN_JP could pay for the refurb of The Crown tomorrow with just the interest they accrued today. It’s an absolute disgrace that they’ve done nothing for 12 years to a building best means so much to Brummies.
We play our final T20 of this summer, against Longdon CC, on Wednesday evening
📍 Longdon Cricket Club, Rugeley, WS15 4NB
📅 22/07/2026 @ 6:00pm
Team Selection
J Loxley *
A Gibson
R Bastable
S Tudor
C Parsonage
J Cogzell
C Tudor †
K Mangukiya
I Hughes
R Hughes
P Woolley
Just 5 years after being fined £90 million for illegally dumping sewage of the Kent coast Southern Water have; just been fined £7m after illegally dumping sewage off Kent coast.
That's the 106 offence in the last 15 years. Time to put an end to the corruption.
https://t.co/WgKYaBPQX6
This Sunday, we face The Elf for the first of two fixtures this summer
📍 Haden Hill Ground, Cradley Heath, B64 7HF
📅 19/07/2026 @ 1:00pm
Team Selection
P Gardner
D Rolfe †
J Loxley *
S Tudor
S O'Brien
J Cogzell
P Fearon
K Mangukiya
A Mountford
D Pickering
T Jordan
Nomads lost by 8 wickets today, as WMP Vets CC comprehensively chased down our total of 184-4 in the 22nd over
Congratulations to WMP Vets CC and we wish them well for the rest of the season