Barry James

Commited to assisting individual development and aiding the achievement of individual and team potential.
Think positive as all things are possible.

[The Block @_The_Block_]

Who remembers this guy? He would pull up on our street to sell bottles of fizzy drinks. We called him the "pop man." Did you have one come to your street?

[Lisa Sam 🪶 @lisasamxxm1]

I have heart surgery tomorrow, and I’m feeling scared. Wish me luck 🍀 PLEASE🥺

[Grace @Gracezirn]

Anyone?

[Puppies & Positivity @Puppieslover]

Man in Nebraska ordered a pizza for his grandma in Florida to make sure she was alright after he couldn't reach her following a hurricane. "Police and fire couldn't do it, but Papa John's got there in 30 minutes and put the cellphone to her ear."

[Freyja. Missing Children Advocate🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @FreyjaBakke]

Following the earlier appeal, 14 year old Macie from the Epworth area, has now been located safe and well.
Thank you 😊

[Jassica Mary 🇬🇧 @Sara_25e]

My mother is 84 years old, and She wears makeup as a personal choice, she also dyes her hair and she inteds to keep dyeing it until the point where she no longer wishes to do so , she believe she should make herself happy in her old age.
Do you agree with her?

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

I see I am being ritually insulted for my support of this man

The uneducated call me a racist

I am not a racist

I am a culturalist

I believe that some cultures are better than others

I prefer cultures to do not advocate stoning, pederasty,
wife beating, female genital mutilation, and beheading opponents

Call me old-fashioned...

[HJB News @HJB_News__]

Greece is loading bus after bus with young military-aged migrant men and sending them home.

Not one single woman. Not one single child. Just the fighting-age males who make up the vast majority of the illegal crossings.

No hotels. No endless appeals. No "human rights" circus. Just deportation.

This is how a country that still wants to exist protects its borders and its people.
Meanwhile Britain keeps housing them in hotels, giving them phones, and pretending every single one is a child.

[Screen Mix @ScreenMix]

ضابط شرطة لاحظ سيدةً تحمل أكياس بقالة ثقيلة، فقرر مساعدتها في حملها وتوصيلها، بعدما أخبرته أنها متجهة إلى المقبرة لزيارة قبر زوجها.

وبينما كان يغادر المكان، استوقفه أحد العاملين وأخبره أن السيدة لا تأتي لزيارة زوجها، بل تنام فوق قبره منذ أشهر، لأنها بلا مأوى.

صُدم الضابط بما سمع، فقرر مساعدتها، وأطلق حملة تبرعات جمعت أكثر من 27 ألف دولار، كما ساعدها في الحصول على منزل، لتبدأ حياة جديدة.

[N Ecc 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @Neccccy]

Do you agree?

[Althea🟣 @GWEIIR2619]

This is Rhys, he spent three days sleeping between bins and surviving on a stolen tin of soup after getting lost on a family holiday with just £2 and no mobile phone. 😢

The sixteen-year-old, who has autism and ADHD, went for a short walk to clear his head while staying with his family at a caravan park in Rhyl.

When the teenager became disorientated in unfamiliar surroundings, he believed he had to walk all the way back home to St Helens. 😯

He boarded buses and trains without a ticket because he was too frightened and confused to ask anyone for help.

🚨 His mum raised the alarm after getting a gut feeling that something was wrong when she returned to their caravan with food.

Hundreds of people joined North Wales Police to search for him and by the third morning of his disappearance, his mum was preparing herself for the worst outcome.

Instead, the teenager had travelled more than 100 miles across the country to Birmingham, sleeping between bins and in a park along the way.

Having gone three days without water, Rhys eventually followed signs to a local police station where he finally asked for help. 🙏

His mum immediately drove down to Birmingham to bring her son home safely.

Such a scary situation but we’re glad Rhys was found safe! ❤️

[Sandra jane 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @Sandrajane1966]

Always 🇬🇧🇬🇧

[👑 @Cairnlodge1]

Source: UK PULSE

“Only 4 days separated #ThomasKeys from his 21st birthday. Instead of celebrating it with his family, #Britain was preparing to bring him home beneath the Union Flag.” 🕯🇬🇧

Aged 20, Lance Corporal Thomas Richard Keys was the youngest of six Royal #MilitaryPolicemen who lost their lives at Majar al-Kabir in Iraq on 24th June, 2003. Yet his age told only part of his story. By then, he was already a trained paratrooper 🦅 a physical training instructor and an experienced soldier who had served in #SierraLeone and #NorthernIreland.

Tom came from Llanuwchllyn in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Wales. He had joined the Army in 1998, while still only sixteen, and began his career with the 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment. Earning the right to wear the maroon beret demanded physical strength, determination and the ability to keep going when exhaustion told others to stop.

After serving with the Parachute Regiment, he chose a different military path. In January 2002, he joined 156 Provost Company of the Royal Military Police. The change of cap badge did not take away the qualities that had made him a paratrooper. He remained fit, disciplined and operationally experienced, while taking on the demanding responsibilities of a military policeman.

Those who served with him knew a young man who was much more than a uniform. The Ministry of Defence described Tom as a popular soldier who played football for his company. He was fully parachute trained and had qualified as a physical training instructor—an achievement that placed him in a position where others looked to him for energy, example and encouragement. He had also deployed to Jamaica on exercise.

In early 2003, 156 Provost Company deployed to Iraq with 16 Air Assault Brigade during Operation Telic. Military police personnel were performing difficult work among communities still living through the instability that followed the invasion. Their responsibilities included supporting local policing, maintaining order and helping rebuild the fragile structures of civilian security.

On 24 June, Tom was inside an Iraqi police station at Majar al-Kabir with Sergeant Simon Hamilton-Jewell, Corporals Russell Aston, Paul Long and Simon Miller, and Lance Corporal Benjamin Hyde. A hostile crowd surrounded and attacked the building. All six Red Caps were killed. A later inquest ruled that the men had been unlawfully killed.

The loss devastated 156 Provost Company. Its commanding officer, Major Bryn Parry-Jones, described the six men as highly professional soldiers and policemen who were extremely popular and well liked. For such a small and closely bonded unit, their deaths left an absence that could never truly be filled.

For Tom’s family, there was no military language capable of softening what had happened. A son who had joined the #Army as a teenager, earned his parachute wings and already served on several operations would never walk through their door again. His #funeral, conducted with full military honours, took place at St John’s Church in Barmouth on 14th July, 2003. He was later laid to rest in the Barmouth and Llanaber Joint Burial Ground.

Tom’s death would continue to resonate far beyond his unit and his Welsh community. His father, Reg, became a prominent voice for bereaved military families and later stood against Prime Minister Tony Blair in the 2005 elections. But behind the public debate remained a deeply personal truth: a family had lost its 20-year-old son, and five other families had suffered beside them.

Thomas Keys never reached his 21st birthday. Yet in his short life, he had already worn the maroon beret, served his country across several operations & earned the respect of those beside him 🎖️

His years were few. His service was not.

🇬🇧 Young in years, steadfast in service - Lance Corporal Thomas Richard Keys, 156 #ProvostCompany, #RoyalMilitaryPolice. Killed in action at Majar al-Kabir, Iraq, 24 June 2003, aged 20

#ukmilitary #LestWeForget #BritishArmy #Hero #Warrior

[Casey Krol @CaseyKrol]

Bangladeshi women says: “I’m ashamed to be called a Canadian and be in Canada.”

Reporter: "if you're ashamed, feel free to leave"

Do you support the reporter? 🇨🇦