karen cottam

Live in Oswestry, North Shropshire (that might sound familiar).

[Sky News @SkyNews]

The search is continuing for three-year-old Noah, who went missing at a playground on Tuesday.

Sky's @BarnabyPap reports live from Brantham with the latest.

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[Dexys Midnight Runners @DexysOfficial]

I, Kevin Rowland (the son of Irish immigrants) and the main songwriter of ‘Come On Eileen,’ am disgusted to learn that Nigel Farage has used our song to make his entrance for his party conference. Myself, and all of Dexys are passionately against Farage’s politics.

@ByDonkeys .

[karen cottam @Ferguson64Kc]

@John_Dabell Happy birthday John.

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

"McDonald's, Last night, I took my 16-year-old autistic brother, Alex, to your Mold restaurant chain in North Wales. We were greeted by a lovely young lad who's name was Aled, who said hello to my brother and explained he had met him the previous evening when one of Alex's carer's took him in for tea. The carer told us how Aled had encouraged Alex to order his own food and find the right money to hand over without rushing him. Aled remembered that my brother didn't drink out of the bottle for his fruit shoot and offered me an empty cup without me having to ask. He then came over to our table and offered to swap Alex's happy meal toy as he had given him the same one the previous evening - my brother loves collecting these toys so getting an extra, new one, was really exciting for him. Aled said goodbye to us as we left and left Alex feeling really happy and has asked if we can go back again to sit in and I believe that's because Aled was so friendly towards him! I know Alex, myself and all of his family and carer's really appreciate how he was treated and looked after - taking him anywhere can be quite a difficult task, and we usually opt for the drive through option, but Aled made it fun and easy for us both to go in and for Alex to enjoy his meal without any funny looks or comments. Aled is a credit to the Mold McDonald's team (and McDonald's as a whole) and I felt he deserved a mention and massive thank you ☺️ hope this gets back to him! Here is Alex being very excited about his happy meal toys!"

Credit: Katie Deyes

[karen cottam @Ferguson64Kc]

@1970SJH Don’t our brains work in mysterious ways.

[Nicky Clark @MrsNickyClark]

A tricky post to write but bear with me please as I’ve been asked by the lovely WPC I just spoke to at West Mercia police to post in an effort to keep other people safe.

I’m a big fan of walking and one of my favourite places to walk in my home town of Shrewsbury, is the Quarry Park.

It’s beautiful all year round. The River Severn edges the park and the footpaths are wide which leaves lots of room for families, runners, walkers like me & cyclists.

There are lots of bridges crossing the river and you can walk from one end of the town centre to the other which is what I did today.
It’s incredibly misty here today as yesterday (photo I took yesterday below) so as you walk on days like today, you get enveloped by the mist.

I walked past the St Julian’s Friars car park and noticed a guy walking from his parked car towards me headed into the park behind me.

As I turned back to the path ahead I was turning into an empty space by the monument and I noticed a cycle tyre level with my right leg and incredibly close to me. I thought the cyclist was a bit close but also expected it to pass me.

But it didn’t, it stayed level which made me stop and look up.

Very close to my face was the face of a man on the bike.

I stopped because he was looming over me.

He said “Excuse me Lady”.

I felt incredibly unsafe. I felt scared. He had something in his eyes, which frightened me.

I thought about the other guy, the guy walking into the park behind me and so I turned around.

I walked up to the guy who was behind me walking out of the car park and said really loudly “Oh god I thought it was you I haven’t seen you for years how are you?”

Then I dropped my voice and said “I’m so sorry I know you don’t know me but that guy on the bike is really creepy.”
and then I burst into tears.

The nice guy checked I was ok, patted me on the shoulder and as cyclist guy was gone I carried on walking.

I was so angry.

Angry that I was just walking.
Angry that the cyclist had invaded my personal space and angry that he’d made me feel afraid.

He didn’t touch me he didn’t have to, he was just too close and scaring me.

I have no idea what his intention was but his demeanour was one that as a woman in my late fifties still made me feel the fear that all women & girls learn to recognise.

Anyway. My reason for posting is to alert people.
I don’t want pity or sympathy.
This isn’t the point.

The point I suppose is to say if you can be the type of man who scares women walking alone, or the type of man who helps in that moment, be the latter.

Nik xx

[karen cottam @Ferguson64Kc]

@bt_uk Hi there. Our broadband has been down since early Saturday evening. I’ve held off asking for assistance until now as I know things have been hectic. My postcode is SY11 2PE. We are now becoming slightly concerned.

[karen cottam @Ferguson64Kc]

@AGCOcorp Henry aged 10 months 💙💙

[Cat Rubens @catrubens]

1. I don’t often tweet about my personal life, but on 1st November, my mum Jane was hit by a large vehicle as a pedestrian in St. Louis, USA. She suffered a severe brain injury & remains in a coma in hospital.

Here's Jane & me in happier times.

[karen cottam @Ferguson64Kc]

@SalfordMe2023 She is absolutely beautiful.xx

[karen cottam @Ferguson64Kc]

@JoeBangles11 https://t.co/6vUJemBawb Wowsers

[karen cottam @Ferguson64Kc]

@Samira_Artisty That’s truly magnificent.

[karen cottam @Ferguson64Kc]

@SalfordMe2023 Happy birthday.😊😊💕

[Sandford Police Commentary @Sandford_Police]

Officers can confirm that Tommy Robinson (also known as little Tommy) has been arrested, charged and remanded

His recent custody photo taken following his arrest, after handing himself in at the Police Station

[karen cottam @Ferguson64Kc]

@Aneedtopaint @MetMattTaylor I did too, but not as well as you.

[karen cottam @Ferguson64Kc]

@JoeBangles11 Welcome back.😊😊

[Joe Bangles CBE @JoeBangles11]

James Blunt is going to change his name to whichever reply gets the most likes (providing Back to Bedlam get to number 1 in the charts).

Like and retweet the below so we can get James Blunt to become JOE BANGLES!

https://t.co/zKq9NjY4Ag

[karen cottam @Ferguson64Kc]

@JaneyGodley All my love.x

[karen cottam @Ferguson64Kc]

@JaneyGodley All my love darling Janey. Xx

[karen cottam @Ferguson64Kc]

@SalfordMe2023 How absolutely amazing are you!! She is beautiful. Congratulations all.