Things in the news

No time to post properly but here are three striking articles in the news that made me sit up, which takes a lot as I'm a habitual sloucher.

Fire arms police officer suspended. What for though?

Brighton bin strike called off. Chances of a proper settlement look good, shows what one article in the Morning Star can do.

After the horrific murders in Fort Hood by a US Army Major it is revealed that "Ft. Hood has had 76 soldier suicides since 2003". That's around one a month.