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@VueHelp I made this booking around a week ago, but it's no longer appearing in my account, and doesn't appear to be showing on that date now. I've not had any cancellation emails. Any ideas? Thank you!

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@eurovisionfn For someone from a country where democratic choice was once so constrained, “I’ve never voted in my life” is quite a revealing attitude, especially when they are involved in safeguarding the credibility of a public vote.

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@ClwydEnComu They have them in some parts of Liverpool. They would be a godsend here in Cardiff; especially places like Roath and Cathays.

[The Cynical Crusader @Cyn1calCrusader]

So, jokes aside, to understand why the heat is worse in the UK than say Arizona for example, the answer is quite long...

First it's the Humidity, it's far higher here.
The UK's island location and prevailing south-westerly winds bring moist sea air, so heatwaves are often humid rather than dry.

In contrast, many of the hottest US states (e.g., Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico) have dry desert heat where sweat evaporates quickly, so you actually feel cooler despite higher temperatures.
Even humid US regions (like the Southeast) usually have widespread air conditioning to offset it.

Second, the buildings and Infrastructure that we have all are designed to Trap Heat, not Release It.

UK homes are built for cold, damp winters: thick brick/stone walls, heavy insulation, small windows, and designs that retain warmth.
During a heatwave, they turn into ovens, solar gain through windows builds up, and there is poor ventilation or passive cooling features like overhangs, shutters, or light-coloured roofs.

Plus, poor air conditioning: Only about 5% of UK homes have AC (vs. ~90% in the US).
It's not standard because it's rarely needed most of the year, but during spikes it's a nightmare.
Also, retrofitting is expensive and tricky in old terraced houses or listed buildings.

This extended to public transport, schools, offices, and even hospitals as they often lack cooling.

Finally, most importantly, we have zero acclimatisation.
Meaning it's just as hot at night as it is during the day.

Britons aren't physiologically or culturally used to sustained heat.

We're properly white!

So, a sudden jump from typical UK summer temps feels extreme, and the body struggles more without gradual adaptation.
Heatwaves often bring "tropical nights" (temps staying above 20 °C), so homes don't cool down overnight.

You can't sleep, recover, or anything which just compounds fatigue, dehydration, etc.
Drier US heat often cools significantly at night.
That is all topped up with the fact that we have longer summer daylight at the UK's higher latitude meaning more hours of solar heating.

Hope this long explanation that no one wanted clears this right up...

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@RiseLikeAPenis Tesco also has this flavour

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WHAT IS THE POINT OF #EUROVISION JURIES IF THEY JUST GIVE THE SAME NEIGHBOUR POINTS AS ALWAYS #eurovision2026

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@tebrabrat @KeithMillsD7 I’m not arguing for disqualification. My point is that the EBU needs to apply its rules consistently, rather than rebuking one broadcaster while similar campaigning from others appears to pass without issue.

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@TracyAnnO Good riddance

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@mel_giedroyc Great guests, top chat, and funky music too.

[Alex Macdonald @alexfmac]

I hope this photo is a watershed moment.

Forced to carry on to the end of the race with a broken back.

Collapsed & died after the finish line.

RIP Gold Dancer.

If you’re making money off this kind of suffering - how do you look at yourself in the mirror?

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If you ever want to lose interest in a subject you enjoy, just engage with the community on Reddit. Your passion and enthusiasm will be sapped quicker than free biscuits in an office kitchen

[head watermelon ender 🇪🇺🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼 @noakilla_]

hearing “israel has no place in eurovision” is insane because they hosted one of the best contests in 2019, sent the first and only transgender winner and have been competing for longer than greece, cyprus, poland, romania, bulgaria, iceland, ukraine, russia and many others lol

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@MattStaniek @Feargal_Sharkey @WindrushWasp @GreenJennyJones @alextomo @adamvaughan_uk @ChrisGPackham @susannareid100 Such an incredible natural resource, generating millions in revenue, known around the world, and it’s treated like it’s disposable, expendable and not worth protecting. It has to stop.

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If we set aside the environmental harm of sewage dumping, UK waterways are major economic assets generating significant revenue. Why did the @Conservatives, the party of business, back a policy that risks undermining them? #dirtybusiness

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Did you see the shocking finale to Dirty Business?

Govt must act, NOW!

And can I just say, a huge round of applause to all of the decent people working within the water industry and regulators, trying to do their job, to make things better, to put things right and all the while being hampered by politics, corporate greed and incompetence. 👏👏👏

https://t.co/mRtQzVDrxH

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Dirty Business lays it bare. @UKLabour and @Keir_Starmer must start re-nationalisation now to undo the inherited mess of water privatisation and overhaul the useless, waste-of-space @EnvAgency.

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Dirty Business: mother of girl killed by E. coli infection demands water reform

https://t.co/gU5p41XjWj

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Northern Cyprus?

[Daily Turkic @DailyTurkic]

🇹🇷 Turkish President Erdogan:

"Turks have never been colonizers."

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@russ_w_photo @BobFromAccounts Meanwhile across the North Sea

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Fackin ell this shit has been doing the rounds for about 20 years

[staxxx🦅 @papiwontmiss]

My uncle just sent a message in the family group asking for money. I privately messaged him asking for banking details so I can deposit it. He responded saying “I don’t actually need money. I asked for money so that nobody in the family would ask me for money.” Lmfao