The Chuffington Post

We are following two crime serials on TV at present , Trapped from Iceland, and Shetland , based on characters created by Anne Cleeves. Both have similar storylines involving gory murders and abductions. Both have taciturn heroes, called Andri and Jimmy. Most people would agree that Trapped is much better in terms of plot, acting, dialogue, atmosphere etc but that's beside the point. They are both entertaining enough and worth watching. Recently, Andri arrested a right wing zealot. When the Town mayor was kidnapped and held hostage the fascist in the cell knew where she had been taken, but refused to tell. This week Jimmy arrested a woman, a human trafficker, who knows where 2 innocent girls are being kept prisoner, but I bet she'll not be telling, either. My question is this: Why don't Andri & Jimmy just save time by twisting the prisoners' arms up their backs till they divulge the places where the victims are being held? I'm not saying it's O...

Last Tuesday. It was a lovely day to visit the beach and it really should not have been, because it was still February. Some places in Scotland, and one or two in England and Wales, recorded their highest February temperatures since they began to keep such records. Whether this is simply freak weather or an example of global warming is not 100% certain (as we know, the same period last year was very snowy thanks to the Beast from the East) but the seemingly ever-earlier Springs, plus the recent insane heat recorded in Australia and the storms and tornadoes which affect oceanic regions so frequently tell everyone, other than those who wilfully refuse to accept the evidence, that climate change is real. Now the photos have uploaded you don't just have to take my word that Ayr, Troon and Kilmarnock (above) were warm and sunny on Tuesday 26 February. Ayr & Troon are in South Ayrshire, where, it seems, you can easily park your car all day for nothing but are expected to pa...