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We have had a fairly decent covering of snow over the last few days. I love snow but I hate it when it causes disruption to my day. I needed to go to London on Monday and couldn’t go because the trains were not running.  I ventured down to Portsmouth on Monday evening for LINKS, not to bad getting there but getting back took a while!

I have been out with my camera and I have taken loads of pictures of the snow, I will post some on here very soon. I’m using the time I have off to sort out a few photos in my backlog and I might get around to playing a few more levels of Company of Heros if my dad ever gets of MY PC

I was shocked to hear last night that a plane had come down in a new york river, what is more amazing is that no one was killed thanks to the skill of the pilot. He should get a medal for his actions.

BBC News

As I work for Waitrose I always keep an eye out to see how we are doing, and according to the BBC and The Telegraph, rather well.

Sales at Waitrose were 41% up!

Waitrose enjoys sales surge as retailer prepare to unveil festive trading- Telegraph Online

This is in contrast to M&S who are closing stores.

I wonder if Waitrose will buy any of the closed stores

It was a while ago now but Portsmouth Football Club where awarded the freedom of the city of portsmouth for winning the FA Cup. I covered the event for Pugwash Online.

The Photos I took I have put on my photography website. I have got some rather good ones of Defoe in particular I really enjoyed the scrum of people trying to take photos, it was a freezing cold day but it was worth it.

Photo by Luke Simmonds

Just seen this on the BBC Website:

BBC News

“A senior Hamas leader has been killed by an Israeli air strike on his home in the Gaza Strip, Hamas officials say.

Nizar Rayyan, the most senior Hamas figure to be killed since 2004, has urged suicide attacks against Israel.

News of the strike came on the sixth day of Israeli strikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian medical sources say 391 people have been killed. Israel says it is trying to prevent militants from firing rockets into southern Israel.

Mr Rayyan is the most senior Hamas leader to be killed since the death of Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi in April 2004.

His death comes as the main UN agency operating in Gaza, Unwra, has resumed food deliveries, but warns of a dire humanitarian situation in the territory.”

I hope that the violence in gaza will stop now that the Israelis have killed someone important, as too many Innocent civlians are dying as well.