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My Prime Minister didn’t insult her with some tasteless Pearl Harbor joke. Instead he impressed her with his ability to speak Japanese.

@ScotlandNT Well done all

#SCO17s | FULL TIME: Northern Ireland 1-2 Scotland. A big result for our side earns second place in the group💪 An impressive display from our Men’s Under-17s, with an opener from Caelan Cadamarteri and a late winner from Luke Douglas sealing the win. #YoungTeam

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No words .....he has a grt fantasy life

A railway company in Japan once ran out of money to pay a stationmaster. So they gave the job to the cat who lived outside the station. She wore a custom made hat, worked for cat food, and saved the entire line. Her name was Tama. She was a calico cat who had spent her days sitting near the entrance of Kishi Station in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, greeting passengers anyway. When the company destaffed the station in 2006 to cut costs, the president visited to discuss what to do about the stray cats living nearby. He looked into Tama's eyes and later said they conveyed a sense of purpose as strong as any of his employees. He made her stationmaster. Within a month passenger numbers rose by seventeen percent. People began travelling from across Japan just to see her. Tourists arrived from other countries. A French documentary crew came to film her. The station was eventually rebuilt in the shape of a cat's face. In her eight years as stationmaster Tama contributed an estimated one billion yen to the local economy. She was promoted four times. She eventually held the title of Honorary President of the railway. The only female in a senior position in the entire company. When she passed away in 2015 over three thousand people attended her funeral. She was given the posthumous title Honorary Eternal Stationmaster and enshrined at a nearby Shinto shrine as a goddess. The position of stationmaster at Kishi Station is still held by a cat today.

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That’s nonsense because many of the people who get what he calls welfare do in fact Work. And much of this total is paid to pensioners in return for their national insurance and they would certainly not consider it welfare. But it’s fake statistics like these that can influence peoples beliefs.

Scotland from the International Space Station. Pic: Tim Peake

Cruising ✈️ Dina Asher-Smith sped into the 60m Semi-Finals at the World Indoors with a time of 7.07 🙌

If (as Andrew Neil says) GB News has become Reform TV then maybe there’s a case for the @ElectoralCommUK to start taking an interest independent.co.uk/voices/reform-…

8 billion people on planet earth could really do with this tape being released right now.

It will be 25 years since we lost the late great Stuart Adamson, one of Scotland's finest musicians and songwriters. @ScottRowley4 has written this fantastic book that captures every facet of his life. Will never forget my time as part of Big Country. heraldscotland.com/life_style/259…

Today is the 33rd anniversary of the day the IRA bombed Warrington town centre and killed my son Tim and 3 yr old Johnathan Ball. Words can never describe how losing a child leaves a huge hole in your heart and your family. Eternal love Tim ❤️❤️

I had a job to do in South Queensferry and I left home in brilliant sunshine. However, when I arrived in South Queensferry, it was shrouded in haar. Not to be deterred, I went back to North Queensferry, found a nice vantage point, and waited for this to unfold in front of me.

Impossible to overstate the importance of Jenni Murray to the movement of women that changed our politics, economy & our society; that changed our lives. She was the broadcasting wing of the women’s movement. We all owe her. RIP. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Devastatingly sad that the brilliant broadcaster and journalist Jenni Murray has died aged 75. I have met her several times recently and was so impressed with her staunch feminism, great writing, wit, and empathy. RIP Jenni. You were a treasure and will be much missed.

Dame Jenni Murray, who presented the BBC's Woman's Hour for more than 30 years, has died bbc.in/4bkxpjW

£41,677 of the loan was not shown to benefit the company. 👇

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