Butterfly.

The Fight Against Cancer.

Scientists have "trained" a virus to recognise ovarian cancer cells - and destroy them.

Reprogrammed viruses are already used in gene therapy to treat diseases.

But the research team led by Cardiff University says this one can do its work without affecting healthy cells.

They hope treatment could be a future possibility and also be used to treat other cancers such as breast, pancreatic, lung and oral.

Dr Alan Parker from Cardiff University's school of medicine said: "In cancer treatment, up until now reprogrammed viruses have not been able to selectively recognise only the cancer cells and would also infect healthy cells, resulting in unwanted side effects.

"We've taken a common, well-studied virus and completely redesigned it so that it can no longer attach to non-cancerous cells."

Instead, the respiratory virus seeks out a specific marker protein called αvβ6 integrin, which is unique to certain cancer cells, allowing it to invade them, said Dr Parker. BBC.

• Nanoparticles from tea leaves 'destroy lung cancer cells'

Italy Explained.

Marriage Italian style: The Five Star Movement-League coalition agreement and its implications for Europe   22 May 2018

The populist Five Star Movement (M5S) and the right-wing and anti-immigration League have agreed the terms of a coalition government which – pending a vote of confidence by the Italian parliament – could rule Italy for the next five years. Open Europe’s newly published briefing, “Marriage Italian style: The Five Star Movement – League coalition agreement and its implications for Europe”, considers what implications the new government could have for Italy’s role in Europe. To read the full briefing, click here Open Europe’s Research Analyst, Enea Desideri, said, “The level of disruption that the new Italian government could cause in Europe is substantial. The League is an openly Eurosceptic party – it has in the past regularly clashed with EU institutions, and has recently confirmed its hostility towards them. Meanwhile, the European stance of the Five Star Movement is much more difficult to describe as simply Eurosceptic. But, the party has been very ambiguous in its approach to integration, and an alliance with the League increases chances that its ‘Eurocriticism’ could turn into outright ‘Euroscepticism’.” “Italy’s demand to review key European policies, from immigration to the governance of the Eurozone, is going to become even more vocal, while its support for further integration in other key areas will certainly turn more lukewarm or reverse altogether. For instance, Italy’s traditional preference for greater integration in the field of defence is likely to end.” “While they make the need for a reform of the Eurozone more apparent, the radical economic proposals put forward by the two parties could have also made it less likely. Plans for completing the Banking Union had already been questioned by the lukewarm German response to French President Macron’s reform proposals. The odds of seeing these reforms go through do not look any better with Italy now asking to review bail-in rules, and to use money from the European Social Fund to finance the cost that the introduction of a universal citizenship income would incur.” Key conclusions There are important differences between the two coalition parties, and much will depend on which of the two succeeds in imposing its political line on EU matters. The League is openly Eurosceptic, whereas the M5S are more difficult to categorise – decidedly ambivalent on European integration, but more conciliatory in their approach to EU reforms. Both parties are relatively untested in power.  It is likely the coalition will be a strong voice for change, but what kind of change, and will they be able to influence Brussels? The final coalition agreement is less radical than some in Brussels had feared, given the historic positions taken by the two parties. This emphasises that the immediate impact of the new government may be more limited than some expect. However, this should not obscure the long-term potential of a M5S-League coalition to significantly shift the position of Italy within the EU. The impact of a new populist government on the prospects for policy change at EU level is twofold. On the one hand, the election of a government strongly critical of EU policy in a number of areas makes the need for reforms more difficult to ignore. At the same time, however, the new government’s radical approach, particularly when it comes to its economic policies, is likely to increase the gap between competing visions in Europe, making a breakthrough more difficult to achieve. Expect the new government to diverge from previous positions taken by Italy at EU level. Demands to review key European policies, from overcoming the Dublin Regulation, which requires migrants to request asylum in the country of their first arrival in the EU, to the relaxation of fiscal rules governing the Eurozone, will become even more vocal. At the same time, support for further integration in other key areas including an integrated European defence, may turn more lukewarm or reverse altogether. In foreign policy, Italy will push for closer ties with Russia. The future of the Italian economy, particularly in the light of the suggested economic and fiscal reforms, will be crucial. Radical proposals such as the introduction of a flat tax and of a universal citizenship income rest at odds with European fiscal parameters. Should the Italian economy take a turn for the worse, expect the new government to blame the EU – in which case tensions with Brussels would markedly increase. Whatever happens, a M5S-League government continues the redrawing of Europe’s geopolitical map. Following Brexit and the election of Macron in France, the Italian elections have produced the third major change in power dynamics within the EU in a very short space of time. NOTES FOR EDITORS 1) For more information, please contact Enea Desideri on +44 (0) 7909 482302, or the Open Europe office on +44 (0)207 197 2333.

Creation Argues For Who God Is!

Interesting Perspective On Viewing Evil.

'Cruel And Unusual' - Understandable, Nonetheless.

'Burn them at the stake!': Heartbroken mother of 21-year-old French nanny demands the DEATH PENALTY for the killers who tortured her daughter to death and then torched her body.

The heartbroken parents of French nanny Sophie Lionnet (top) say her killers should be 'burned at the stake', after the pair were found guilty of murder today. Sabrina Kouider, 35, and Ouissem Medouni, 40, (both pictured bottom left) starved and beat the 21-year-old to death before torching her body in the garden in a grisly bid to destroy the evidence. Following the pairs' conviction yesterday, Sophie's mother Catherine Devallonne (bottom right), 48, said: 'I'd like the death penalty. I'd have them burned at the stake like Joan of Arc. Alive. That's what they deserve. It's maybe cruel but what they did was even more cruel’. While Sophie's father Patrick Lionnet, 56, added: 'These people do not deserve to live’. The trial harrowing trial heard how Kouider mistakenly convinced herself her nanny was in league with her ex, Boyzone founding member Mark Walton, and interrogated the au pair for information, ultimately killing her. Mail.

Blogger: Terrible as this atrocity may sound - this lady must try to forgive. It is for others to demand that all crimes of this nature are capital!

Butterfly.

Any Sentence Less Than Death Is Both Immoral and Unacceptable!

Walkden fire murder trial: Bolland, Worrall and Brierley to be sentenced.

Zak Bolland and David Worrall have been found guilty of four counts of murder and Courtney Brierley has been convicted of four counts of manslaughter following a firebomb attack which killed four children in Walkden last December. Manchester Evening News.

Blogger: That a nation chooses to use a death sentence only in extremis is understandable; to abolish it entirely is to close off an avenue of justice which, on occasions, is the only fair, righteous and just social response to an atrocity.

Individuals must forgive: society, however, bears the sword! That is the scriptural way!

I might also question how Brierly, a full partner in this most evil enterprise, is only convicted of manslaughter. More sexism in the Criminal Justice System 'just because she is a woman'??

England Batting Shambles In First Test.

England were skittled for 184 in the first innings of the First Test against Pakistan today.
Certainly, too many wickets were gifted to the opposition - but what in the name of sanity was Root up to? 
On a bowler friendly pitch - he won the toss and opted to bat!
STARK STARING BONKERS!
Root, Bairstow and Buttler just threw their wickets away. This was atrocious cricket - other batsmen were only guilty of raging mediocrity.
Pakistan's seamers bowled well - they were accurate and pitched the ball up. Credit to them.

The England attack wasted the new ball by bowling short. Anderson and Broad have done this SO many times in recent years - especially in the first innings of tests.
Pathetic!

How Can This Man Not Have Been Jailed?

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/darron-gibson-sunderland-drink-driving-14687710

Well. I shall answer my own question. Having been both a JP and Chairman, I can explain that the entire system works against you bringing justice into cases like this. 
(I'd wager that the magistrates probably wanted to jail him - and the Legal Representative told them how this was not going to be possible, for some arcane reason or other!)

Batten Is Right About The Beeb.

UKIP Leader Gerard Batten Responds to BBC Teach Video.

Published May 17, 2018

“This is pure pro-immigration propaganda.  It begins by laughably citing the Roman, Saxon, Viking and Norman invasions as ‘immigration’.

“This is simplistic propaganda but what it makes it all the more sinister is that it is being paid for by the state-funded propaganda channel, the BBC – paid for by reluctant license holders.

“This polemic is call ‘Teach’ but it would be more accurate to call it ‘Indoctrinate’.

“This is simplistic, deliberate misinformation, and simple brain-washing techniques that the BBC has the bare faced effrontery to produced at tax-payers expense.

“I was long ago convinced that the BBC should lose its Charter and this only reinforces that for me.”

Be Encouraged.

https://www.christianpost.com/voice/3-words-of-encouragement-while-we-wait-for-christs-return.html

My God.

My Dad's Voting Patterns.

As a young man, my father was a dyed-in-the-wool socialist. As he grew up and encountered real life, 'he put away childish things'.
Nonetheless, on only a single occasion, did he ever vote Tory - and that was for a local man he knew well and trusted.
How many times have I said on this Blog and in my general writing that the UK desperately needs a true centre right party which is NON-TORY!
It would harvest the usual Tory votes and would gain a few million more voters - just like Dad!
Liberal-leaning, soft left, Tory politicians are unrepresentative of the majority of their voters.
Of the countless Tory non-voters, many would surely return to the fold.
Once, I truly thought that Ukip could have been that party and that they would have replaced the old Tory party altogether. Sigh.

Vote Again On Brexit? - Remainers Would Be Thrashed.

Project Fear DEFEATED: Poll reveals UK public can’t WAIT for Brexit Britain.

A NEW poll released today has rung an economic death knell for Project Fear, with only a minority of Britons surveyed concerned about negative consequences for the country's economy.

Put together by the Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA), the poll is welcome news for Prime Minister Theresa May, who is battling division in her cabinet amid concerns about the financial costs of quitting the single market and customs union.

The poll revealed only a minority of the 2008 respondents, surveyed on May 11, had concerns about the economic impact Britain leaving the European Union will have.

But with EISA’s poll revealing confidence in the future, Mrs May can point towards an increasingly supportive public - especially regarding issues repeatedly raised by arch-Remainers in their Project Fear campaign.

The so-called Brexodus - a huge wave of highly-skilled British workers fleeing the UK for Europe - appears particularly unlikely.

By JOEY MILLAR, Express.

Salvation.

I know what you're thinking: salvation is simple! After all, just look at John 3:16: God loved the world so much he sent his Son so that whoever believes in him will be saved. Surely that is simple, right?

It might seem so, but the closer you look, the more that initial veneer of simplicity dissolves into an unsettling complexity.

What do you need to believe to be saved?

Let's start with this question: what does it mean to believe in Jesus?

Read more at: https://www.christianpost.com/voice/if-god-wants-us-to-be-saved-why-isnt-salvation-simple.html

Brilliant News For Islamic Teenage Girls.

UK Mum who FORCED her daughter to be raped and ‘married’ in Pakistan is jailed.

A MOTHER who duped her teenage daughter to go to Pakistan and forced her to marry has been jailed for four-and-a-half years, in the first successful prosecution of its type. Mail.

Butterfly.

False Accusations Of Rape Make Convicting The Bad Guys Considerably Harder.

Father-of-two, 53, spent 'torturous' EIGHT MONTHS in jail falsely accused of rape after police withheld vital phone messages.

Robert Adlington said his life was destroyed by the false rape allegations and he lost his landscaping business, house, and reputation while behind bars in Nottingham Prison. He claims his ‘torturous’ ordeal nearly led him to take his own life. The 53-year-old repeatedly pleaded with officers to check his accuser's phone as the racy texts would prove their liaisons were consensual. 'Oh darling, that was one of the most wonderful experiences of my life. Let's do it again – only harder,' one read. Another read: 'I don't need sleep, I only need you babe XXX' and a third begging him to 'join me in the shower'. Mr Adlington said despite his life being ruined, and although he faced decades in jail if convicted, no one from the police has ever apologised to him. Mail.

Walter Sickert.

I am afraid that I am left pretty cold by the paintings of Walter Sickert. Okay, he was something of a deviant - Sickert the sicko - but the evidence for him having been Jack The Ripper is both miniscule and wholly unconvincing.

Gove In 'Overkill' Mode?

Wood-burners and bonfire BAN on Britain’s homes as new pollution crackdown prepared.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/963530/homes-ban-wood-burners-bon-fires-pollution-gas-emissions-michael-gove-jeremy-hunt

Exemplary Sentencing Needed.

Mother who tricked her 17-year-old daughter into going to Pakistan and forced her to marry a male relative 16 years older than her is found guilty in UK legal first

A mother has been convicted at Birmingham Crown Court of duping her teenage daughter to go to Pakistan and forcing her to marry, in the first successful prosecution of its kind. Mail.