My name is Tom and like countless others in the UK, I've been harmed by gambling. My addiction took me to a dark place, one full of self-loathing, shame, and guilt. I thought I was the only person in the world to feel like I did. Thankfully I was able to stop, but many aren’t as fortunate. I was really pleased to see Crystal Palace drop their gambling sponsorship this year, and now I would love to see my club pledge to reject future gambling partnerships and back The Big Step campaign to end all gambling advertising in football. The government is reviewing the 2005 Gambling Act, but I would like to see football to do the right thing before it is forced to. Football was undoubtedly the catalyst for my addiction. One study recently found that 700 gambling adverts can appear during a single televised Premier League game. The game I love told me that gambling was safe and fun – my heroes wore shirts plastered in gambling adverts, and ex-players and managers shouted at me from the television screen at half-time, urging me to place another bet. I trusted them, so I believed them. But not one of them told me about the risks. Public Health England estimates there are 409 suicides linked to gambling each year in England alone, with a study finding that people suffering from gambling disorder are 15 times more likely to take their lives. When you consider there are up to 1.4 million people addicted to gambling in the UK, this paints a very disturbing picture. Added to this, there are millions more at risk of addiction and harmed indirectly by someone else’s gambling. Gambling is a huge public health issue and it’s not something that football should be promoting – how many other entertainment industries drive hundreds of their participants a year to suicide?

People do not seem to be aware until they know of someone that has it, and has a reaction whilst they are present. With 1 in 20 people suffering from some degree of gluten intolerance. Firstly, the persons can become very sick from being glutened, sometimes for weeks. As the immune system attacks itself, other elements can become involved and worsen things. This can include Osteoporosis or Bowel cancer. Recently, a lady was in the hospital, possibly too ill to respond to the food choices that the nurses had made for her. They gave her Weetabix for her breakfast and a few days later sadly she died.

Banning disposable barbeques would help tackle accidental wildfires and reduce littering and waste. Every year, thousands of disposable barbecues are abandoned in the countryside, damaging the environment and starting wildfires that potentially destroy huge areas of moorland, heaths and woodland. Disposable barbecues are totally unnecessary, and are used by a small proportion of people; but cause a disproportionate amount of damage and cost to the public purse. Retailers should ban all disposable barbeques from it's stores across the UK as soon as possible to help avoid any further damage caused by these products. That's why we are calling on the "big 4" supermarkets, Tesco, Sainsburys, Asda and Morrisons to follow Marks and Spencer, Aldi and Waitrose lead and issue a complete ban and do the right thing.

My name is James and I'm in recovery from a twelve-year gambling addiction. This devastating period of my life took everything from me and started at 16 years old with a £5 bet on football. In my teens, I was on the end of an extreme amount of gambling advertising and sponsorship through my love of football. Even the club I supported, Tottenham, had an online casino on the front of their shirt. I trusted football and because it kept telling me to gamble, I did. Once on the sites, the bookies cross-sold me their more profitable and addictive casino and slots products, which is where the addiction and harm really happened for me. Football's constant reminder to gamble made cutting down or stopping nearly impossible. I love Spurs and they are a club that does so much good work in their community and bring a lot of joy (despite on-field performances...) to a lot of people, but promoting gambling to young fans in this country and around the world is jeapoardising this. There are 409 deaths related to gambling every year in England alone and so many recovering addicts like me attempted or contemplated suicide. A YouGov study from this year shows that 2.9 million people are either already addicted or at risk of being so, with a further 3.3 million classified as “affected others”. These stark figures show what we already know: gambling harm is not an issue affecting just a small minority, it is severely harming – sometimes killing – many. To prevent any young fan from experiencing what I and so many others did, I'm urging Spurs to cancel all gambling partnerships, say no to any new offers, and back The Big Step campaign.

Boris Johnson resigned in disgrace. But despite his actions around the Partygate scandal he's still had an honours list approved that gives the likes of Jacob Rees Mogg and Priti Patel knighthood and damehood. People who tried to defend and prop up Johnson's dodgy behaviour should not be rewarded with a lifetime position in the House of Lords. Right now the list has been approved, but the honours have not yet been awarded. A huge public outcry could get Rishi Sunak to rethink this list - and block it before it goes any further!

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Tickets for Oasis much anticipated reunion tour went on sale on Saturday morning with unprecedented demand. But once fans had got to the front of the virtual queue they saw  tickets had risen unexpectedly as a result of Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing policy. Dynamic pricing are standard tickets which increase in price due to supply and demand, similar to those you could expect to see on airline websites. This unfair system meant thousands of Oasis fans missed out with tickets priced at £350, up from £135 when the sale began. The Government have announced they will look into the use of "dynamic pricing" with a consultation starting in the autumn.  This is not a one off and is being used for the sale of multiple artists’ shows. This new system may be run by official websites but effectively acts like a glorified ticket tout.

In the five years since the takeover, the infrastructure is continuing to decline, with even the most basic of repairs and maintenance not being carried out. None of the Clarets4Change six aims (Clarets4Change Statement - https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/chelmsfordcitysoapbox84887/clarets4change-statement-t19263.html) have been met. For instance, there are no new directors and the board is not functioning. When was the last time it met? The Supporters’ Club has unanimously agreed a vote of no confidence in your ownership at an Extraordinary General Meeting (its biggest General Meeting in many years), and along with a potential buyer has expressed its concern at a lack of transparency during the recent takeover talks (Fans' concerns continue to rise as Clarets takeover hits the buffers https://www.yellowad.co.uk/fans-concerns-continue-to-rise-as-clarets-takeover-hits-the-buffers/). Many supporters feel you do not have an interest in or understanding of football. Racecourse goers and football supporters are very different, nobody chooses a football club as they would choose a brand of soap powder. We are supporters, not customers. Clarets4Change – please follow us on Twitter @Clarets4Change

Lidl’s planning application for the old Staples site trashes hopes for opening up and greening the hidden river corridor from Sheffield’s Midland Station to Endcliffe Park. The Sheaf and Porter Rivers Trust are objecting to their application 22/01163/FUL to develop another food supermarket opposite Aldi on St Mary’s Gate. Lidl are using their retail power to ignore their sadly neglected reach of the historic Brook where the Vulcan Forge once hammered away day and night. Click on the link below to see our detailed objection... https://www.sheafportertrust.org/lidlobjection

This week, the UK’s first red heat warning has been introduced, with temperatures expected to reach 41C, breaking the country’s heat records. But right now, the UK does not have a maximum temperature for working conditions - meaning employers don't have to take any steps to help support workers in this heat. This kind of extreme weather is going to become more common over the next decade and we need to make sure UK workers and workplaces are prepared for it.

The Biodiversity and mental health benefits and Cooling of the area in the extreme heat we will have to endure in the future cannot be overstated. Also the Woodland has been officially recognised as a flood plane and if the trees are felled there will be excessive flooding in the Winter and the Carbon released into the atmosphere will only exasperate Global Warming.With the two Schools so close by surely this can't be a good idea for the Children future.

This could have an impact on Day Centres all over the UK and it’s not public knowledge.