Rt Hon Sir Greg Knight
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Rt Hon Sir Greg Knight
@GregKnight
Historic vehicle enthusiast. President of FBHVC. Former Member of Parliament and government minister. Occasional musician and writer.
Yorkshire انضم Temmuz 2008
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⚠️ Scammers are impersonating major companies with fake online adverts, tricking you into handing over your personal information.
These ads are bypassing Google's security measures to place you right into the hands of fraudsters 👇
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@mattforde @absoluteradio @TENAMen_ Hope all goes well, although next time we meet up for a meal I will probably skip the Mozzarella
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I won’t be on @absoluteradio for a few weeks as I’m having an operation on Thursday that will blow your mind.
As a result of the life-saving spinal surgery I had two years ago, the nerves to my bladder and bowel were cut. This has left me with a stoma for solids and the need to self catheterise to pee.
It also left me with something called stress incontinence. Lots of women experience it after childbirth. Whenever I laugh, cough or sneeze, piss comes out. And I’m a ticklish asthmatic with hay fever. I’m sodden. It’s costing me a fortune in Tena pants.
So I’m having an artificial urinary sphincter implanted.
This thing is GENIUS.
It’s like a lassoo, which will wrap around my pee pipe and tighten it so that I don’t leak anymore.
However, I’ll still need to catheterise in order to empty my bladder.
So in order to loosen the lassoo, I press a button which deflates it and allows me to get a catheter down there.
But where is this button going to go?
In between my balls.
Here are some pictures of it.
On the left is the entire device.
The middle photo shows the reservoir on the left. That will sit behind my abdominal wall. On the right is the lassoo (known as the cuff). That will wrap around the pipe and inflate with fluid to tighten it.
The final photo shows the button. That will sit in between my balls. Inside the bag. When it’s time to pee, I press that.
(Once I can pin it down. It’s going to be like finding a penny in a bag of mozzarella).
The button then deflates the cuffs by moving the liquid to the reservoir.
Afterwards, the cuff will reinflate with water and tighten up again.
So I’ll be off for a bit while I heal. The nurse told me ‘for 8 weeks it’ll feel like someone has smashed you in the balls with a hammer’.
And she hadn’t seen Forest this season.



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Today at 1:45pm, subject to weather, serviceability, and operational requirements, RAF aircraft will take to the skies above London and over Buckingham Palace to celebrate 80 years since Victory in Europe.
#VEDay80
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And in a big gear change - Asda under Allan Leighton is trying to wrestle back its reputation as the price leader at the pumps. Cutting 4p this morning as oil prices fall. RAC reckons it should be 6p
thesun.co.uk/motors/3384551…
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This is sad news indeed. Tim was passionate about radio and was a very talented presenter
BBC Humberside@RadioHumberside
We're sad to announce our friend and colleague Tim Jibson has passed away at the age of 76. Tim presented shows in the 70s and 80s before moving to Viking Radio and then founding KCFM. Here’s Tim talking about his early days at BBC Radio Humberside: bbc.in/3D5I0AY
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‘This Is Music’ Report Reveals Sector Contributes Record £7.6 Billion To UK Economy and total UK music industry employment in 2023 hit a record 216,000 (full-time equivalent posts) – up 3% from 210,000 in 2022: ukmusic.org/news/this-is-m… via @UK_Music
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🚨 Did you know that 1 in 7 UK adults have been targeted by pension scams in the past year?
Fraudsters are preying on people's hard-earned savings. Don't let them steal your future.
Learn how to spot a scam and stay safe. 👇
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@garry_clarkson My Private Members Bill, now an Act, empowers the government to introduce a Code of Practice for private parking companies to ensure that motorists are treated fairly when parking. So far, the UK government has failed to implement this even though they now have the power to do so
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@GregKnight would be interested to hear how the private members' bill - understand you're not an MP anymore but do you still have any input or monitoring of it?
Garry Clarkson@garry_clarkson
uk.trustpilot.com/reviews/669e2b… a common breach of Data Protection and failure to follow due diligence. Basic Solicitirs stuff. It’s a wonder @TheLawSociety allow this to continue.
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⚠️ A livery yard with approx 40 horses found numerous lanterns across its fields on Saturday (17 August)
They frightened the horses, with some going through fencing, and others stressed causing colic...
They've also had no rain, so ground could've set alight!
Don't set off sky lanterns! ❌
📷 Sarah Sayer




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Today the Chancellor @Jeremy_Hunt set out his Autumn Statement to the @HouseofCommons.
Here’s what you need to know 👇

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Consultation launched to ban wet wipes containing plastic gov.uk/government/new…
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This is to be welcomed: Free access to cash protected gov.uk/government/new…
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At last. Some progress on the implementation of my Act of Parliament to make parking fairer:
Private parking code of practice: call for evidence gov.uk/government/con…
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