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and those where i get the story of sir cheng locke teng. i was able to get his private papers that have not been featured in a international history, not been thought of in a foreign policy dimension. instead he was always pictured and written about in a domestic story of race relations animals yan independence. what i was able to find when i put it in the larger context of anti-chinese anti-communist nationalism was the things he did to drive a bargain with the uniteds malaysia organization. these had wider ramifications and able to get that out of the the private this was available at the southeast asian studies on the internet. another of the operative papers was the foreign minister of singapore s. roger ratnun crucial here. as the u.s. is pulling out -- i didn't mention this -- pulling out of vietnam and many of the policy makers are despairing feelings sad. other countries are tried trying to persuade the u.s. to remain in the region that's what you get from the private paper. roger ratnan goes for the asia is society, american organi

china says simon cheng was detained for visiting a prostitute.m and suggested his case was linked to the political crisis in hong kong which erupted again today, with the worst violence in more than a week. 0ur china correspondent john sudworth is there. hong kong's protesters have become battle hardened. with the crisis well into a third month. what began as opposition to a proposed extradition law is now a full—scale pro—democracy movement, fuelled by fears that the city's freedoms are being eroded under chinese rule. just before the barricades went up, news came that a staff member at the uk consulate in hong kong had been released from custody in mainland china. but the claim that simon cheng was detained for paying a prostitute has been met with disbelief. they faked the picture. they photoshopped the picture which he was with a so—called prostitute just to detain him for 15 days. some suspect a political motive. protests are the biggest challenge to chat minutes party rule in decades and china has been accusing the uk of meddling. hong kong

simon cheng went missing on the 8th of august while on his way back to hong kong from mainland china.egal activity but did not say what he had been accused of. two people have died after a car crashed into a tree in loughton in essex. a 16 —year—old girl and a 21—year—old man, died at the scene, and two girls aged 16 and 17 were taken to hospital in a life—threatening condition. a 21—year—old man from loughton was arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, causing serious injury by dangerous driving and perverting the course of justice. police are appealing for witnesses. medical leaders have called for an urgent meeting with the government to discuss continued shortages of hormone replacement therapy. hundreds of thousands of women going through the menopause in the uk, are struggling to access hrt tablets, patches or gels. many have suffered side effects because they can't obtain hrt products at pharmacies. our health editor hugh pym reports. thanks to h rt, karen, who lives in somerset felt able to cope to the symptoms of the menopause. but when she c

local news outlet hkfp reports that mr cheng is a trade international section of the consulate.g developments. simon cheng is a trade and investment officer at the british consulate here and he was returning to hong kong from the chinese mainland. we sent a message to his girlfriend as he was on board the high—speed train. there seems to be some concern in that, they said something along the lines of prey for me or something like that when he messaged her. however, that was nearly two weeks ago, and he has disappeared. according to a statement from the foreign office, the british government is very concerned about reports that he has in fact been detained and they say they have been asking officials here in hong kong and on the chinese mainland what's happened to him. he hasn't turned up for work, so again, we have to see what happens here, but it does just show that escalating tensions, even though we may not have had a violent clashes on the streets at that diplomatic level a lot of tensions still remain. you know, britain and china have been having some tough words with one a

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simon cheng, who is thought to be from hong kong, is believed to have gone missing on his return fromall walks of life, so this is something that we want to do in a very sincere and humble manner. many are blaming herfor tricking the hong kong crisis, but carrie lam has been under pressure, with a slip —— political solution. injune the proposal to allow people to be sent to chinese courts controlled by the communist party sparked mass rallies. from the bungled government response to hundreds of thousands protesting against the bill, there have been increasingly violent conflicts between radicalised youths and thousands of riot police. now, in may be something of an olive branch, she says she is ready to listen. i and my principal officials are committed to listen to what the people have to tell us. we want to reach out to the community as soon as possible. in the battle for ideas, social media company twitter says it has uncovered widespread misinformation campaign emanating from the chinese government. according to twitter there has been a significant state backed information operati

simon cheng went missing during a business trip to shenzhen.irmed that he had been detained for violating public security laws. a statement on his facebook page thanks people for their support and says he needs time to rest and recover. now, let's have a look at the raf display team flying over new york city. the red arrows have joined their us counterparts in a historic flight down new york's hudson river and around the statue of liberty. it was the first time the combination ofjets had been brought together in such a way. the team, based at raf scampton, near lincoln, are on a tour of north america to promote the uk. i think it is a great way of doing it. anybody who has seen the red arrows knows they are stunning to watch. imagine watching that new your. absolutely stunning. ten past nine now. a gold medal—winning paralympian has spoken of her distress and frustration after she was stuck on a train in her wheelchair, with no guard to help her get onto the platform. eight—time paralympic champion, sophie christiansen, tweeted a video of her o

simon cheng went missing during a business trip to shenzhen.r violating public security laws. a statement on his facebook page thanks people for their support and says he needs time to rest and recover. we all know what it‘s like having a bit of time off work — the first day back is never easy, and getting into a routine can take its toll. that‘s something 5—year—old lucie knows all about. these before—and—after photos show how she went through a transformation on her first day back at school this week. they were shared thousands of times online after her mum jill posted them on her facebook page. 0bviously obviously the one on the left is before and looks a little dishevelled as she comes home. when she was asked what her day was like, she was asked what her day was like, she said nothing much. it looks like it! what a great photograph. you are up it! what a great photograph. you are up to date. edinburgh fringe, notting hill carnival and festivals in leeds and reading arejust some of the big events taking place over the bank holiday weekend.

. >> reporter: but stemming the flow of robocalls will not be easy, says cnet's roger cheng. >> robocallre smart people. they've been able to continually outwit and really advance and upgrade their game. >> reporter: beverly, who you saw in our story ultimately had to get a new phone number to make those angry calls stop. the f.c.c. has told phone companies they need to adopt new technology that can determine if a call is legit by the end of the year. in the meantime, those annoying robocalls keep rolling in. norah. >> o'donnell: they do, indeed. kris van cleave. thank you. still ahead, how an officer's quick thinking helped a pilot in trouble. trouble. eating right? on it! staying active? on it. audrey thinks she's doing all she can to manage her type 2 diabetes and heart disease but is her treatment doing enough to lower her heart risk? [sfx: crash of football players colliding off-camera.] maybe not. jardiance is the number 1 prescribed pill in its class. jardiance can reduce the risk of cardiovascular death for adults who also have known heart disease. that means jardiance can help s

simon cheng, the british consulate workerfrom hong kong, held in detention by chinese authorities, hasleased, according to a statement on his facebook page. the statement says he wishes to have some time to rest and recover. prosecutors in paris have opened a preliminary investigation into jeffrey epstein. police will look in to whether the disgraced financier committed sex crimes in france or against french citizens. epstein, who had a flat in paris, was found dead in his prison cell in new york earlier this month. the german carmaker volkswagen says it is recalling nearly 700,000 vehicles in the united states over fears that they could roll away if left unattended. volkswagen said the fault was due to an electrical issue, although there've been no injuries as a result of the fault. british airways pilots are to stage a series of strikes next month, in a dispute over pay. the british airline pilots association said its members will walk out on the 9th, 10th and 27th of september. it comes after they rejected a pay increase worth ii.5% over three years. the trade war between the us and

simon cheng went missing on august the eighth during a business trip to mainland china. a statement on his facebook page says that he will not be talking to the media at present. artificial intelligence is transforming many sectors of the economy and farming is one of them. it's hoped that precision farming will help to reduce waste and improve welfare — for example, using technology to track the mental health of livestock as well as their physical health and also helping to decide which crops are ready to harvest. our environment correspondent claire marshall takes a closer look at farming's future. what are these pigs thinking? how do they feel? this scanner acts as an eye for a machine that is analysing their expressions. soon, it should allow us to understand the pigs emotions. this technology, in its research phase, was conceived in the west country. the vision of the future of farming is one where the well—being of the animals and their comfort is the priority. just look at the facilities here. the cow's movement is monitored to check its health. this tech is alrea

isaac cheng is the vice chairperson of the pro—democracy organisation demosisto.e met with more violence from the police. actually, hong kong police force didn't put out the license of having a march today, and only gave a license of having an assembly today. so i think at least 500,000 people will be coming out on the street, so i think it must be over the places they provided license for the assembly. they will protest at the assembly. we urge that the hong kong police force do not use violence towards the protesters, because most likely today will be peaceful assembly only. we have been seeing more violent scenes from the police, from protesters as well. do you fear that, at some point in the near future, china may intervene? actually, there is some chances that the chinese army are actually coming to hong kong, but i think for this stage it's only a scare tactic from the communist party, who only want to fear hong kong people not to come out on the street again. but i think that actually, when the communist party are really sending the chinese troops to hong k

simon cheng went missing on the 8th of august while on his way back to hong kong from mainland china. he had been accused of. a 16—year—old girl and a 21 year old man died in a car crash in the early hours of this morning in essex. two teenage girls are also in a critical condition. a man was arrested in loughton. leigh milner reports from the scene. well, this is golding hill and as you can see behind me is a long stretch of road which runs through epping forest, and if you just look over my right hand shoulder you can see where the silver bmw m3 collided into a tree just after two o'clock this morning. a 16—year—old girl at a 21—year—old man died at the scene and two girls, aged 16 and 17 are currently in hospital with life—threatening injuries. earlier today, i spoke to counsellor michael stabbings who gave me his reaction. i'm very sad to buy very sad the young people had to lose their lives and you don't know what happened at the time or what went on. what caused it. have you seen things like this happen before on this road? yes, many times i've driven down here in cars in the fo

we have not verified it, but we are hearing that simon cheng the british consulate worker from hong kongrities, he may have and release. and the statement on the facebook page goes on to say that he wishes to have some time to rest and recover and will not be talking to media for the moment. now, of course, he was detained in china, in the context of these ongoing demonstrations in hong kong. millions of people marching. we have seen some millions of people marching. we have seen some violent scenes, and we have seen some criticism of the uk's comments of those protests from beijing. so we will keep monitoring data and we will bring you more as we continue to get it. borisjohnson has issued a stark warning telling migrants not to cross the english channel to get to the uk — saying "we will send you back". the prime minister's comments came after dozens of people took to small boats to try to make the crossing from france to the south east coast in one day. jon hunt has this report. more people landing in dover today after being intercepted by the border force 2 miles east of kingsdown ne

simon cheng, a trade and investment officer, is believed to have gone missing on the 8th of august whileijing is providing support to his family. the family of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranian woman jailed in iran for alleged spying, say she's been told she can only see her five—year—old daughter once a month. new rules also mean she can no longer make international calls to her husband, richard ratcliffe, in britain. the foreign office says it is extremely concerned about the tougher restrictions on her detention. every two hours, a woman dies of ovarian cancer in the uk. the disease normally affects women over the age of 50, but cases in younger women and girls are increasing. the teenage cancer trust is now calling for young people with symptoms to see their gp as early as possible. our correspondent, adina campbell, has been to meet one girl who was diagnosed at the age 01:14. # hang up the phone, phone. 15—year—old kelliyah is wasting no time after a rocky 12 months. # you don't like it, but i'm growing. her dreams of becoming a recording artist were put on hold a year

simon cheng went missing on the 8th of august while on his way back to hong kong from mainland china.f. medical leaders have called for an urgent meeting with the government to discuss continued shortages of hormone replacement therapy. hundreds of thousands of women going through the menopause in the uk, are struggling to access hrt tablets, patches or gels. many have suffered side effects because they can't obtain hrt products at pharmacies. our health editor hugh pym reports. thanks to hrt, karen, who lives in somerset, felt able to cope with the symptoms of the menopause. but when she couldn't get her usual treatment on prescription, she felt low and tired. and increasingly unwell, as she struggled to get an alternative. the symptoms got worse and worse but by that stage i was literally feeling hot and feverish. you get a generalfeeling of being unwell at that point. like many others, karen feels frustrated at the lack of information about the supply shortages. given the impact they are having on patients and their families. and that's what leaders in the medical profession want t

simon cheng went missing on 8th august while on his way back to hong kong from mainland china.land will hold an emergency meeting next month after an alarming rise in violence against the police. in an unprecedented move, the national police chiefs' council has called the crisis summit after pc andrew harper was killed during a spate of attacks on officers. richard lister reports. blows whistle. a policeman‘s whistle marked the start of a minute's silence for pc andrew harper, murdered in the line of duty. around the country, police forces paused to reflect on a colleague lost. pc harper was the first policeman attacked and killed in the uk since 2017, but assaults on officers are on the rise. the latest figures show that in the year to march, there were almost 31,000 attacks on police officers — that's up almost a fifth on the year before with at least 28 attacks on officers every day. martin hewitt, the chair of the national police chiefs' council, says he'll convene a meeting of chief constables next month to see if there is anything more they can do to improve police safety

diplomatic stress between britain and china is increasing again following reports that simon cheng, ate, was detained trying to re—enter hong kong from the mainland. a foreign office spokesman said we are concerned by reports that a member of our team has been detained while returning to hong kong from shenjen. we are providing support to the family and seeking further off information from the authorities in the province and hong kong. there does seem to be an easing of tensions in recent days with protesters returning to a more peaceful path and the government of carrie lam offering some sort of dialogue but it's not until we know what form this dialogue will take that we will know if this is a genuine shift in this city's political crisis or merely a temporary ceasefire with a more violent street clashes to come. in a case closely watched around the world, a young woman in el salvador whose baby was found dead in the toilet where she gave birth has been cleared of murder during a retrial. evelyn hernandez has already served nearly three years in prison. activists hope the result wil

simon cheng went missing on the 8th of august while on his way back to hong kong from mainland china.ccused of. a 17—year—old girl has died at leeds festival in what is a suspected drug overdose. west yorkshire police were called to the bramham park site following a report that the girl, who is from the 0ldham area of greater manchester, died shortly after 3.a0am this morning. the force have been told she took a combination of drugs. a 17—year—old boy who is also from the 0ldham area has been arrested on suspicion of supplying controlled drugs. a 16—year—old girl and a 21 year old man died in a car crash in the early hours of this morning in essex. two teenage girls are also in a critical condition. a man was arrested in loughton. leigh milner reports from the scene. well, this is golding hill and as you can see behind me is a long stretch of road which runs through epping forest, and if you just look over my right hand shoulder you can see where the silver bmw m3 collided into a tree just after two o'clock this morning. a 16—year—old girl at a 21—year—old man died at the scene and tw

. >> reporter: but stemming the flow of robocalls will not be easy, says cnet's roger cheng. >> robocallmart people. they've been able to continually outwit and really advance and upgrade their game. >> reporter: beverly, who you saw in our story ultimately had to get a new phone number to make those angry calls stop. the f.c.c. has told phone companies they need to adopt new technology that can determine if a call is legit by the end of the year. in the meantime, those annoying robocalls keep rolling in. norah. >> they do, indeed. kris van cleave. thank you. still ahead, how an officer's quick thinking helped a pilot in trouble. choosing my car insurance was the easiest decision ever. i switched to geico and saved hundreds. that's a win. but it's not the only reason i switched. geico's a company i can trust, with over 75 years of great savings and service. ♪ now that's a win-win. switch to geico. it's a win-win. >>> paramedics were called to the hyannisport compound. we will continue to monitor the situation. a group of strangers rushed to rescue a person trapped. it happened after a ve

simon cheng went missing earlier this month during a business trip to mainland china. and has the latest. simon was unemployed at the british consulate here in hong kong attempted to return to the city from the mainland in the transition behind me. this is very high speed trains pill up from the mainland. now, inside the train station, technically, it is mean land chinese territory. he crossed the border inside and into hong kong. he said a message to his girlfriend saying that he was going to re—enter hong kong, but never crossed over. two weeks later we have had the police saying that he was held there for 15 days. according to the place there in the cityjust across the border in may19, he in the cityjust across the border in may 19, he admitted his guilt. now, we do not know what is supposed to be guilty of, they not said. —— in mainland china. a british foreign office spokesperson has now confirmed that they have also heard from him that the british foreign office has welcomed his release and said that they are glad to say he is been reunited with his family. and t

simon cheng, a trade and investment officer, is believed to have gone missing on the 8th of august whiles in the uk — and today we focus on brexit. the uk's farming unions have warned that leaving the european union without a deal would cause severe disruption to the industry. the government's farming minister, george eustice, said the government would support the sector through what he called "short term turbulence". gareth barlow reports. brexit has brought uncertainty to agriculture, but nowhere more so than here on the irish border. 0wen martin's family have farmed dairy cattle in south armagh on the very edge of northern ireland for nearly 100 years. you wouldn't think there was a border. many times you cross the border and you don't realise it. no deal is chaos, it's going to be. nobody seems to know what we can do. staff you can hold on, but milk has to... 0ur tanks are full every other day. second day, with a hard border, we'd have to throw it out. that's our livelihood. so what do you need to see? what's the best possible outcome? a deal and a transition period. hundreds of thou

simon cheng hasn't been heard from for nearly two weeks, after he went to the chinese mainland for a. protestors gathered outside the british consulate in hong kong to highlight his disappearance. cardinal george pell, the most senior catholic cleric to be found guilty of child sexual abuse, has lost an appeal against his conviction in australia. the 78—year—old was jailed for six years in march, for abusing two boys when he was archbishop of melbourne in the 1990s. his legal team says it's deciding whether to launch a final appeal. phil mercer reports. once part of the pope's inner circle, today george pell arrived to hear his fate in the back of a prison van, hoping to overturn his convictions. at his trial pell was found guilty of a brazen and forcible sexual attack on two choirboys at st patrick's cathedral in melbourne in the late 1990s. his lawyer said the case against him was flawed and that the jury was wrong to convict him on the uncorroborated evidence of one surviving accuser. and the man who was australia's most powerful catholic official didn't have to wait long for the

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simon cheng went missing on the 8th of august while on his way back to hong kong from mainland china.at he had been accused of. the governrment has announced that a british warship will be sent to the middle—east. hms defender willjoin the royal navy's efforts to ensure the safe passage of shipping through the straight of hormuz. defence secretary ben wallace said: "the uk stands by to protect freedom of navigation whenever is it tested." now, let's have a look at the raf display team flying over new york city. the red arrows have joined their us counterparts in a historic flight down new york's hudson river and around the statue of liberty. it was the first time the combination ofjets had been brought together in such a way. the team, based at raf scampton, near lincoln, are on a tour of north america to showcase the "the strength of the relationship between the two countries and their armed forces. a spacecraft carrying the first russian humanoid robot to be sent into space has failed in its attempt to dock at the international space station. fyodor is the size of an adult and has b

let's talk now to kris cheng, who's a reporter for hong kong free press. hong kong international airport via webcam now. thank you very much for talking to us, it is the early hours of the morning now at the airport. what is happening there and what is the plan for tuesday among the protesters? there are still maybe 100—200 protesters sitting on the grounds of the whole although the flights have arrived so they are not talking to anyone other than themselves but they are saying they will return tomorrow to the airport again for tourists to tell them the truth about hong kong, about the extradition bill and so—called police violence. the examples in the clip, including tear gas at metro stations and a rupture of an eye of a protester. we saw some of that in the report just now. a protester. we saw some of that in the reportjust now. we also saw a representative from beijing talking about serious violence against the police and talking about the first signs of terrorism. i the protesters worried about this escalating language from beijing? what is tricky abo

simon cheng is a trade and investment officer at the british consulate and was returning from the chinesereports that he has in fact been detained. they have been asking officials in hong kong and on the chinese mainland what has happened to him. he has not turned up for work. we will have to see what has happened to him. it shows the escalating tensions here. even though we might not have had violent clashes on the street, at diplomatic level, a lot of tensions still remain. britain and china have been having some tough words with each other over hong kong, and this will only make the situation worse. 0ne thing i should add, in terms of the tensions over hong kong at the moment, twitter has come out and made a public statement accusing the chinese government of flooding their platform with tall accounts, fake accounts. they say that they can track where these accounts have come from and it is a state backed effort —— troll accounts. they are accusing the chinese government of spreading misinformation about the hong kong protest movement to drum up hatred and animosity towards protesters

i've been speaking to tat cheng, a legislator for the pro—democracy civic party.d him if he was pleased the authorities decided to cancel all flights. i think it is a by—product of the hundreds of thousands of people who have gone to the airport to voice their concerns. because, for me, i think it's kind of an overreaction by the hong kong government because hong kong government, the hong kong airport authority tried to cancel all the flights around 5pm or half past five in hong kong, but at that time we are alljust shouting out our slogans and asking the tourists to be careful. what the police force has done to the hong kong people so i think it is very peaceful assembly so i will query that overreaction of the hong kong government to cancel all the flights at a very early time. you call it an overreaction, you'll be very well aware of the beijing authorities have had to say as well, talking about disturbing the aggression that has been shown by some of the protesters, even using this phrase of terrorism emerging. how do you respond to that? i think the hong kong

simon cheng man—kit has not been seen for 13 days after he failed to return to work after a businessthe chinese mainland earlier this month. the uk foreign office had earlier said it was extremely concerned about his case and has reached out to authorities in the country. a fundraising page set up for the family of pc andrew harper has raised nearly £250,000. pc harper was killed whilst attending reports of a burglary in berkshire on thursday. a man accused of his murder, 20—year—old jed foster, will appear at reading crown court later. he denies any involvement in the officer's death. the most senior catholic to be convicted of child sex abuse — cardinal george pell — has lost an appeal against his conviction. two of the three judges at victoria's court of appeal in australia rejected his claim that the verdict was unreasonable. the 78—year—old former archbishop of melbourne was jailed in march for abusing two 13—year—old boys. president trump has cancelled an official state visit to denmark after the nation's prime minister said greenland was not for sale. announcing the cancellati

simon cheng went missing during a business trip to shenzhen.nt on his facebook page thanks people for their support and says he needs time to rest and recover. we all know what it‘s like having a bit of time off work — the first day back is never easy, and getting into a routine can take it‘s toll. that‘s something five—year—old lucie knows all about. these before—and—after photos show how she went through a transformation on her first day back at school this week. they were shared thousands of times online, after her mum, jill, posted them on her facebook page. those are the main stories this morning. now the sport. the ashes on the night there —— knife edge, or maybe not. for bury fans, the best news they‘ve had all summer. for weeks now, uncertainty has surrounded the club‘s future — players went unpaid, staff were laid off, not a single league match has been played this season, with that midnight deadline looming last night. in these sorts of tines, if the football club. micro it is such a pa rt football club. micro it is such a part of tha

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simon cheng man—kit has not been seen for 13 days after he failed to return to work after a businessreign office had earlier said it was extremely concerned about his case and has reached out to authorities in the country. the gap between scottish public spending and estimated taxation has narrowed to £12.6 billion. the figures come from the annual scottish government publication known as gers, or government expenditure and revenue scotland. tax revenue is reckoned to be slightly lower per head in scotland, but spending per head is more than £1,600 higher than the uk average. lorna gordon has been looking at the figures. give us a sense of what the figures tell us. fiscal issues in scotland. it is produced by scottish government statisticians, independent of government. it shows the difference between what scotland brings in and spends. all public expenditure, both devolved and the area is reserved to westminster. the figures released a short while ago sure that there has been an improvement in scotland's public finances with the take from scots and businesses in the country growing

simon cheng hasn't been heard from for nearly two weeks, after he went to the chinese mainland for at his conviction in australia. the 78 year old was jailed for six years in march, for abusing two boys while archbishop of melbourne in the 1990s. his legal team says it's deciding whether to launch a final appeal. phil mercer reports. once part of the pope's inner circle, today george pell arrived to hear his fate in the back of a prison van, hoping to overturn his convictions. at his trial, pell was found guilty of a brazen and forcible sexual attack on two choirboys at st patrick's cathedral in melbourne in the late 1990s. his lawyer said the case against him was flawed and that the jury was wrong to convict him on the uncorroborated evidence of one surviving accuser. and the man who was australia's most powerful catholic official didn't have to wait long for the chiefjustice to dismiss the appeal. justice maxwell and i accepted the prosecution's submission that the complainant was a very compelling witness, was clearly not a liar, was not a fantasist, and was a witness of truth. ou

simon cheng went missing during a business trip to shenzhen.been detained for violating public security laws. a statement on his facebook page thanks people for their support, and says he needs time to rest and recover. we all know what it‘s like having a bit of time off work. the first day back is never easy, and getting into a routine can take its toll. that‘s something 5—year—old lucie knows all about. i love these. these are great is, aren‘t they? —— great pictures. these before—and—after photos show how she went through a transformation on herfirst day back at school this week. they were shared thousands of times online after her mum jill posted them on her facebook page. she had an eventful first day at school in glasgow. that is absolutely for sure. and when asked how her first day was, she said you know what happened ? how her first day was, she said you know what happened? nothing much. it was fine. typical children. nothing much. fantastic. early on. macro file will yet. —— brilliant. we‘ve all had that terrifying moment where you‘re