London to be First Place Investigated by National Inquiry into Grooming Gangs

London will be among the first areas investigated by a national inquiry into grooming gangs, alongside Oldham, Bradford and Keighley. Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan previously denied that such gangs operate in the capital. The Mail has the story.


The £65 million probe is investigating how the grooming gangs operated and how public institutions including the police, councils, health services, social care services and schools responded.

Today’s announcement confirms which areas will first face so-called local investigations – where serious failures have been identified in response to child sexual exploitation by grooming gangs.

Former children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield is heading up the inquiry, which has the legal powers to compel witnesses to give evidence and requires organisations to hand over documents.

Any evidence of crimes uncovered will be referred to Operation Beaconport, the national police operation launched last year to review hundreds of previously closed investigations.

Baroness Longfield said: “The inquiry’s task is to find out why this catastrophic failure of the state happened and continues to happen, to establish why victims and survivors of abuse were failed, and to hold to account those institutions and individuals who failed them. Our national accountability hearings will begin before the end of the year.

“There have been many inquiries and reviews into grooming gangs and child sexual exploitation and abuse over the past 20 years, putting forward more than 800 recommendations, many of which have not been implemented.

“These hearings will help us to establish what national institutions and services should have been doing to implement these findings and to protect children from abuse and harm – and what, if any, progress has been made in areas where investigations have taken place.

“We are determined that our work ensures that no further inquiries into grooming gangs will ever be needed.”

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Climate change is big money: UN demands $1.3 trillion per year to fight “climate chaos”

If you were ever in doubt that the catastrophic climate change narrative was about money, masses of it, wonder no more.

António Guterres, the UN’s Secretary-General, has called for governments and financial institutions to massively increase their spending on climate change effects.

The obvious question is: Where do governments get the money to spend on climate change projects? From those in the developed world who are productive and pay their taxes. This fact seems to have escaped Guterres. Instead, he feels he can issue a diktat, governments will ignore the will of taxpayers whom they serve and simply hand over the money.

Where does Guterres want taxpayers’ money to be distributed to? Amounts that are left over after the UN has taken its slice (for expenses incurred, of course), should be distributed to undeveloped countries, such as in Africa, Gueterres said. Africa, where most governments and officials are so corrupt that little to no money will be used to the benefit of ordinary Africans.

Climate change is a money-making scam.....<<<Read More>>>...

Under-16 social media ban will be used to shut down political dissenters

Just days before he announced his resignation, Keir Starmer announced a plan to ban under-16s in the UK from accessing social media.

The proposed ban will lead to a massive government-controlled surveillance infrastructure. It will be exploited to monitor and control the behaviour and speech of all, including adults. The UK government has form; the proposed ban will be used to shut down political dissenters rather than just restricting underage internet use.

This morning, Sir Keir Starmer announced his resignation as UK Prime Minister. Though his government is not the first to restrict citizens’ speech in Britain, one of his darker legacies is the intensification of Britain’s censorship regime. Indeed, his parting gift, just a week before his resignation, was the announcement of a plan to ban under-16s from accessing social media in Britain. Unless his successor does a U-turn in the coming months, Britain is on course to introduce one of the most far-reaching social media surveillance systems in the world.

Starmer announced his plan to exclude under-16s from social media at a press conference on 15 June. He planned to introduce a comprehensive social media ban for under-16s, a step he argued was necessary to “give kids their childhood back.” “Tech giants had their chance and failed,” he said, “but we’re stepping in to protect children, back parents and set a new normal for future generations.”

Starmer’s fighting words were dripping with benevolence and nobility. But as Ronald Reagan once said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help’.” Government officials have a compelling interest in protecting their own power and enhancing their control over society. So, when they advocate a major intervention in the public sphere and wax lyrical about “saving our children,” it is not wise to just take their word for it....<<<Read More>>>...

Police confirm body found in river is missing Nicola Bulley who vanished 24 days ago while walking her dog - as family issue heartbreaking statement saying they 'will never be able to comprehend what she went through in her last moments'

 This is very sad news indeed. We are never going to know what really happened to Nicola Bulley over the last three weeks. 

It appears there are now going to be NEW government laws as a result of this situation. Laws to inhibit freedom of speech on the internet; laws to inhibit questioning the police in their investigations.

That appears to have been the motivation media involvement in the case; and the encouragement of 'the trolls' (More than likely black ops operatives) to push this government agenda. Why was there media attention in the first place? It is clear there has always been a hidden hand playing out a planned script. We will never know why or by who. It looks like the Police will come out of this very well ... after all they said from day one she was in the water, and there was no third party involved. What information did they have at the very start?

It is hard to believe Nicola Bulley had been in the water for three weeks, being found a day after the police internal investigation being announced, at a spot searched numerous times by police, the public etc . The police seemed to have known the script from day one, that she would be found in the river.

It's pointless undertaking any more speculation; when the media become involved in a news story it is always a distraction and the story they portray is ALWAYS not the truth. Behind this situation is a likely sinister agenda. One we will never find out about; but one that will have far reaching effects on the freedoms of Joe Public here in the UK.

It was VERY convenient where Nicola Bulley was found and WHEN she was found. It does not sit right and hints at a script being carried out. We will never know how she REALLY died Our final word is that we believe she was abducted, murdered by way of lethal sedative (Midazolam?) on 10th February 2023 and then dumped in the river at some point between then and yesterday. 

 "A discovery on land with tall grasses, a week or two from now. Within fifty miles of the spot." - Daily Merlin Thurs 2nd February 2023 

Sadly ... we now can comprehend what this discovery turned out to be.

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The body found in the river Wyre is mother-of-two Nicola Bulley, police have confirmed.

Her body was found on Sunday morning in the River Wyre in Lancashire, around a mile from where the 45-year-old mortgage adviser was last seen.

Speaking at a press briefing at police headquarters on Monday, Assistant Chief Constable Peter Lawson confirmed the body had been identified as Ms Bulley.

In a statement, Ms Bulley's family said she was 'the centre of our world' adding they would 'never be able to comprehend what Nikki had gone through in her last moments and that will never leave us'.

The family said: 'We will never forget Nikki, how could we, she was the centre of our world, she was the one who made our lives so special and nothing will cast a shadow over that.

'Our girls will get the support they need from the people who love them the most.'

Assistant Chief Constable Peter Lawson said: 'Sadly, we are now able to confirm that yesterday we recovered Nicola Bulley from the River Wyre.

'Nicola's family have been informed and are of course devastated. Our thoughts are with them at this time as well as with all her loved ones and the wider community.

'We recognise the huge impact that Nicola's disappearance has had on her family and friends, but also on the people of St Michael's....<<<Read More>>>...

Nicola Bulley: Lancashire Police find body in River Wyre

 IF this body proves, sadly, to be Nicola Bulley then questions need to be asked how her body ended up at this part of the river.

It is SUSPICIOUS to say the least how body has turned up a day after the police indicate an internal inquiry. And that is after extensive searches of the river too.

It is SUSPICIOUS where the body was found, as her body would have been face down in the water around the point she was speculated to have gone in the water. But there had been extensive searches with no reward.

Dare we say it, yes we do .... if this IS identified as Nicola Bulley then there needs to be an assessment of how long her body as been in the water; are there any unexplained marks on her body? It could be a strong possibility that an abductor has taken advantage of the news story and disposed of her body were it could be found (We'd considered she would be disposed of at sea). It had been one of the options being considered. But all indications had been she had never gone into the water. It might still be the case. It could very well turn out that not only is their her abduction here, but also her murder. Sad to say it here, but it is a strong possibility, IF it is her body that has been found.

It is a very upsetting scenario, especially as she will now have two children who have lost their mum. Finger crossed, for their sake, it is not Nicola Bulley. But then it if isn't, who is it and how did they end up in the river? 

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Police searching for missing Nicola Bulley have found a body in the river.

The mother-of two disappeared during a riverside dog walk in St Michael's on Wyre in Lancashire three weeks ago, sparking a major search operation.

Lancashire Police said they "sadly recovered a body" after they were called to the River Wyre near Rawcliffe Road at 11:35 GMT on Sunday.

A statement said formal identification had not yet been carried out "so we are unable to say" if it was Ms Bulley.

The death was currently being treated as "unexplained", it added.

"Nicola's family have been informed of developments and our thoughts are with them at this most difficult of times. We ask that their privacy is respected," Lancashire Police said....<<<Read More>>>...

Private diving teams find no trace of missing mother Nicola Bulley having searched 'large areas of the river' after expert brought in amid family pleas for more help branded police investigation a 'mess'

 A private forensic expert brought in by police in the search for Nicola Bulley has not yet located the missing mother but will continue investigation on Tuesday. 

Peter Faulding, founder of the Specialist Group International search and rescue organisation, brought in 'high-spec' sonar equipment worth around £55,000 that has a 'very high hit rate' to the search in St Michael's on Wyre on Monday morning.

But his team have not located Ms Bulley in the river, despite searching 'large areas'. They will continue the search on Tuesday. 

The search expert, who has assisted on hundreds of similar missing persons cases said the sonar would 'pick her up straight away' if Ms Bulley was in the river. 

Mr Faulding branded the police investigation 'a mess' over the weekend and slammed their claim that there is no third-party involvement. 

Police say their primary theory is that the mother-of-two – who disappeared while walking her dog in the village of St Michael's on Wyre in Lancashire more than a week ago – fell into the River Wyre, yet have found no evidence of this....<<<Read More>>>...

The End Of The Reign ... A Day Earlier Than The Plan

Illustration by Neil Hague

 In other news, they finally decided to announce the death of Queen Elizabeth II, two days after the new UK Prime Minister Elizabeth Truss was announced. Strange things these coincidences. 

Her death was announced at 6.30pm on 08.09.2022 and she was 96 when she died. Born 1926 and died 2022. 

Her coronation was on 9th September 1953.

There is some very significant numbers and codes in the previous paragraph. Plenty of 9's and 6's. The number 8 seems out of place. This is deliberate symbolism ....her death was supposed to be on 09.09.2022 which then had no 8 and all 9's and 6's.

In truth the REAL Queen Elizabeth died a year or two ago (Or even longer than that) and various body doubles have been used since her real passing. 

So now we have the reign of King Charles III ... and now we are in dire straits for he is a firm believer in global depopulation and he is in the back pocket of his best buddy at the W.E.F ...

Nothing with the Dark Death Cult is by accident. This theatre has been planned and now played out. This is supposed to mark the New World Order coming into being ... the 4th Industrial Revolution. We say it is supposed to .... odd how things are not going to plan. Her death announced today (8th) and not the 9th is the glitch ... the indication it is not going to plan. 

Interestingly too, most of the royal family were still on the way up to Balmoral when her death was announced. Significance you ask? It was if they had been prepared for the 9th September 2022 and would have been there if it had gone to the plan!

Their numerology is out of sync:

08.09.2022 = 8 + 9 + 6 = 23 = 5

6.30pm on 08.09.2022 = 5 + 9 = 14 = 5 

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09.09.2022 = 9 + 9 + 6 = 24 = 6

6.30pm = 6 + 3 = 9

6.30pm on 09.09.22 =  6 + 9 = 15 = 6

1926 = 1 + 9 + 2 + 6 = 18 = 9

96 = 9 + 6 = 15 = 6

2022 = 2+ 2 + 2 = 6 

09.09.1953 = 9 + 9 + 9+ 9 = 36 = 9

Furious Kate and Gerry McCann hit back at German prosecutor's claims and insist say they have received NO LETTER from them saying their daughter is dead

[Daily Mail]: Kate and Gerry McCann have rubbished claims from German prosecutors they have been sent a letter informing them Madeleine is dead.

In a furious rebuke, they said today: 'The widely reported news that we have a received a letter from the German authorities that states there is evidence or proof that Madeleine is dead is FALSE.'

The parents hit out at the claims for causing 'unnecessary anxiety to friends and family'.

The full statement, posted to their appeal website, flatly contradicts remarks made yesterday by lead German prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters....<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...

UK's coronavirus death toll jumps to 55 from 35 in a day as officials diagnose 171 more cases of the killer infection - meaning more than 1,500 patients have been struck down in Britain

[Daily Fear Mail]:  The UK's coronavirus death toll has today jumped to 55 as health officials confirmed more than 1,500 patients in Britain have now been struck down with the life-threatening infection.

NHS England confirmed 19 new deaths across the country today, including a 56-year-old – the youngest known victim. Wales also confirmed its first fatality in a 68-year-old man in Wrexham.

Another 171 cases have also been confirmed in the past 24 hours, a jump of 12 per cent on the day before, as the crisis that has left millions gripped with fear continues to deepen.

But Britain's true coronavirus crisis is being masked because authorities are no longer testing everyone who may have the life-threatening disease.

Instead, officials are restricting tests to patients who are seriously ill or are already in hospital, meaning the daily updates are only a fraction of the actual scale of the UK's worsening outbreak.

The controversial decision infuriated the World Health Organization, who warned the pandemic – which has seen almost 180,000 cases worldwide – won't be stopped unless officials find every infected patient...<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...

Trump celebrates double acquittal with cocky meme, despite Mitt Romney denying President bragging rights for perfect GOP support after crossing party lines at the 11th hour

[Daily Mail]: Donald Trump was acquitted on the two articles of impeachment against him on Wednesday, bringing a four-month fractious trial and inquiry to a close.

The final outcome was an almost certainty in the Republican-controlled Senate where it would have taken a two-thirds majority to remove him from office.

The president took to Twitter to respond, re-upping a video from June of last year that showed Trump winning election after election, ending up as president forever. The final slide in it reads: '‘Trump4Eva.'

He also said he'd make a statement from the White House on Thursday.

'I will be making a public statement tomorrow at 12:00pm from the @WhiteHouse to discuss our Country’s VICTORY on the Impeachment Hoax!,' he tweeted.

And White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham put on a statement slamming the ‘sham impeachment attempt concocted by Democrats.’

‘This was yet another witch-hunt that deprived the president of his due process rights and was based on a series of lies,’ she said. ‘The president is pleased to put this latest chapter of shameful behavior by the Democrats in the past, and looks forward to continuing his work on behalf of the American people in 2020 and beyond.’

And Speaker, the Crazy Nancy Pelosi said the president remains a 'threat' that the House will continue to combat through its lawsuits against the administration and with the public...<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...

History is made as MPs FINALLY formally approve Brexit deal by 330 to 231 after three years of bitter wrangling and deadlock

[Daily Mail]: MPs have finally given their formal backing to Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal after more than three years of bitter parliamentary wrangling over the UK’s departure from the European Union.

The historic EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill cleared the Commons this afternoon - despite Labour opposition - as MPs gave the draft legislation its third reading by 330 votes to 231, a majority of 99.

It is the final major Commons hurdle which the so-called WAB had to navigate and it will now head to the House of Lords next week for further scrutiny before the UK leaves the EU on January 31.

Remainer peers are expected to table a wave of amendments but ministers are confident that the Lords will eventually bow to the will of the elected House.

They hope the WAB - the legislation which is needed to deliver an orderly Brexit at the end of the month - will make it onto the UK statute book by January 22.

Today’s vote represented a huge symbolic moment as the nation prepares to split from Brussels.

Mr Johnson’s crushing general election victory in December meant the passage of the WAB was a formality after the battle to deliver Brexit tormented the previous two Tory administrations.

However, while the UK's legal departure from the bloc now looks certain to take place at 11pm on January 31, the struggle over the UK’s future relationship with the EU is only just getting started...<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...

Australian towns teeter on brink of a humanitarian crisis as food, fuel and water run low in bushfire-hit regions and the NAVY is called in 'to evacuate people by the 1,000' ahead of 46C Saturday

[Daily Mail Australia]: Australia is teetering on the edge of a humanitarian crisis as remote communities remain cut off from medical help, water sources are compromised and food and fuel supplies run low.

Hundreds of fires are still burning out of control across the country, destroying millions of hectares, killing 18 and leaving at least 1,200 homes destroyed, with catastrophic 46C weather conditions forecast for Saturday.

A Navy ship that delivered emergency supplies to Haiti following the 2010 earthquake has left Sydney and is expected to reach the waters off the fire-stricken town of Mallacoota, Victoria on Thursday.

HMAS Choules will provide relief to 4,000 people who remain stranded in the seaside town after it was devastated by bushfires.

Victorian Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp said evacuating people onto the ship is 'an option that we're seriously considering'. The ship can carry up to 1,000 at a time.

On New Year's Eve residents and tourists fled to Mallacoota's beach, ready to throw themselves in the water to protect themselves from the flames while the sky turned an apocalyptic red.

There are concerns that the town's water supply has now become contaminated due to the fires, and residents have been told to boil water until it can be tested...<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...

Extent of damage on South Coast unknown as fires ravage towns

[Canberra Times]: As a new decade dawned, people on the South Coast sheltered from deadly blazes that ravaged towns between Nowra and the Victorian border.

Fire conditions are expected to ease on Wednesday but for residents the threat from the devastating fires remained present as thousands were without power and telecommunication lines remained down.

NSW RFS commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons confirmed on Wednesday morning that three people had lost their lives and there were grave concerns for another.

He said it was too early to tell the extent of the damage from the fires but indicated along with properties there had been considerable damage to community infrastructures with reports that two or three schools have been heavily impacted by the fires....<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...

Britain is FINALLY on course to leave the EU on January 31 after MPs vote by 358 to 234 for Boris Johnson's divorce deal

[Daily Mail]: Britain is now firmly on course to leave the European Union on January 31 next year after MPs overwhelmingly backed Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal in a historic vote.

MPs voted by 358 to 234, a majority of 124, this afternoon to give the Prime Minister’s Withdrawal Agreement Bill its second reading.

They will now break for Christmas before returning in January for further debates and votes on the legislation which is needed to deliver an orderly split from Brussels next month.

Mr Johnson was able to win the vote despite facing a storm of criticism from opposition MPs over his decision to remove some concessions from the WAB made by the government during the last hung parliament to win over Labour backbenchers on issues like refugees and workers' rights.

The government is now hoping to get the WAB onto the statute book by the middle of January to give the European Parliament time to ratify the divorce accord before the deadline.

Today’s vote represents a massive victory for Mr Johnson and is the final proof that his general election gamble has paid off, with the passage of the WAB now a formality because of the Tories massive 80-seat majority.

In a sign of Mr Johnson's joy at the result, he was spotted signing autographs for Tory MPs to mark the occasion after it was announced.

He then tweeted that the vote meant 'we are one step closer to getting Brexit done'...<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...

'We WILL repay your trust': Boris Johnson urges Britain to find closure over Brexit and vows to work 'round the clock' to bring the divided country back together after his stunning election victory

[Daily Mail]: Boris Johnson today vowed to 'heal' the country after years of Brexit warring as he hailed his historic election victory.

In a speech on the steps of No10, the PM said he was determined to 'repay the trust' of the wave of former Labour supporters who handed him a huge new mandate.

He said he would work 'round the clock' to unite the UK - promising to represent everyone rather than just his own backers.

'I want to speak also to those who did not vote for us or for me and who wanted, and perhaps still want, to remain in the EU - and I want you to know that we in this One Nation Conservative government will never ignore your good and positive feelings of warmth and sympathy towards the other nations of Europe,' the premier said.

'I urge everyone to find closure and to let the healing begin.'

Mr Johnson added: 'I want to thank you for the trust you have placed in us and in me and we will work round the clock to repay your trust and deliver on your priorities.'

The address came after Mr Johnson was given the welcome of a conquering hero as he returned to Downing Street following his staggering landslide.

The PM was met with wild applause and cheering from staff after returning from seeing the Queen at Buckingham Palace this morning, hours after he put Jeremy Corbyn and Labour to the sword in a dramatic triumph...<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...

'The greatest democracy in the world': Boris Johnson tweets thanks after sensational exit poll shows Tories winning historic Brexit election with stonking majority of EIGHTY SIX and Labour with worst result since 1935 as 'red wall' crumbles

[Daily Mail]: Boris Johnson hailed his new blue-collar Tory army tonight as it emerged he is on track to secure a staggering landslide in the election battle - with Labour's 'red wall' of Brexit-backing strongholds imploding.

A dramatic exit poll shows voters handing the Tories a massive 368 seats in the first December election for nearly a century, with Labour languishing on 191 - down 71 on 2017.

The bombshell numbers would give a huge Commons majority of 86, the biggest since Margaret Thatcher's triumph in 1987, and are equivalent to a 10-point lead in the popular vote.

By contrast Jeremy Corbyn looks to have stewarded the party to its worst performance since 1935 - despite his allies claiming earlier that high turnout might have helped him pull off a surprise.

Early results bore out the extraordinary findings, with the Tories overturning an 8,000 majority to rip the former mining area of Blythe Valley from Labour's grip for the first time ever. The party's candidate won by 700 votes after securing an incredible 10.2 per cent swing. There were also enormous movements from Labour to the Conservatives in Houghton & Sunderland South, and Newcastle Upon-Tyne Central - although the party held on....<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...

Three Australians are among the five dead on New Zealand's volcano island with at least eight more tourists unaccounted for - as relatives list newlyweds and family-of-four among the 'missing'

[UK Daily Mail]: Three Australians are believed to be among five killed after a volcano eruption on New Zealand's White Island, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said this morning.

Search teams are today desperately trying to reach eight people feared dead as emergency officials say they do not expect to find any survivors.

Forty-seven tourists from Australia, the UK, the US, Malaysia and China were on the volcano 50km off New Zealand's north island when it erupted with a large plume of ash and steam at 2.11pm on Monday.

At least four helicopters took off from mainland New Zealand, including a Westpac rescue aircraft, a Volcanic Air helicopter and two private choppers as pilots risked their lives to save others.

In total, 34 people made it off the island by helicopter or boat, all with injuries of various descriptions, most often burns. Thirty-one are still in hospital and three have been discharged.

Paramedics were traumatised by the horrific injuries they had seen with some victims suffering burns to 90 per cent of their bodies.

Thirteen Australians are known to be in hospital and 11 are either missing, dead or otherwise unaccounted for, Mr Morrison told reporters in Sydney on Tuesday morning....<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...

Manchester City 1 - 2 Manchester Utd

[BBC Sport]: Manchester United dented neighbours Manchester City's Premier League title hopes with a superb counter-attacking victory in the Manchester derby.

City stay third but are now 14 points behind leaders Liverpool, who won at Bournemouth. United move up to fifth.

Marcus Rashford's first-half penalty, which was awarded after a VAR check, put United ahead.

Anthony Martial scored the second with a left-foot shot and Nicolas Otamendi replied with a late header for City.

United's win was no more than Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side deserved after they repeatedly carved the hosts' defence apart in the opening stages.

Some incisive play saw Rashford hit the crossbar, while Daniel James and Martial could have added to the visitors' tally.

Gabriel Jesus missed an excellent chance to score for the City - heading wide from six yards - as they lost two home matches in a season for the first time under manager Pep Guardiola.

Macron agrees to THREE month Brexit extension – pressure now on Corbyn

No comment by us except smokescreen. Whilst all eyes are on this apparent impasse, something is happening elsewhere!

[Daily Express]: FRANCE’s President Emmanuel Macron has caved in the pressure from the other members of the EU27 by agreeing to the three-month Brexit extension pushed by European Council President Donald Tusk - cranking up the pressure on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to back Boris Johnson’s general election motion today.

Mr Macron, who spoke with Prime Minister Mr Johnson by telephone over the weekend, had been reluctant to sign up for idea, preferring the idea of a shorter delay - but has now relented, according to draft papers seen by the Politico website.

The document states: "With a view to allowing for the finalisation of the ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement, the European Council agrees to a further extension until 31 January 2020.”

Speaking after a meeting of EU27 ambassadors on Friday, one diplomat said all 26 other EU countries, together with the European Commission, the European Council and the European Parliament, had backed a three-month delay...<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...