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Groby & Field Head Spotlight • MID-APRIL 2024 • Tel: 01530 244069 • Email: info@grobyspotlight.co.uk
Trending Documentary
Climate: The Movie
THIS NEW DOCUMENTARY offers an
alternative perspective on the man-made
climate change debate.
Here is the review of the documentary, taken from
the www.climatethemovie.net website.
“This film exposes the climate alarm as an invented scare
without any basis in science. It shows that mainstream
studies and official data do not support the claim that we are
witnessing an increase in extreme weather events – hurricanes,
droughts, heatwaves, wildfires and all the rest. It emphatically
counters the claim that current temperatures and levels of
atmospheric CO2 are unusually and worryingly high. On
the contrary, it is very clearly the case, as can be seen in all
mainstream studies, that, compared to the last half billion years
of earth’s history, both current temperatures and CO2 levels
are extremely and unusually low. We are currently in an ice
age. It also shows that there is no evidence that changing levels
of CO2 (it has changed many times) has ever ‘driven’ climate
change in the past.
“Why then, are we told, again and again, that ‘catastrophic
man-made climate-change’ is an irrefutable fact? Why are
we told that there is no evidence that contradicts it? Why are
we told that anyone who questions ‘climate chaos’ is a ‘flatearther’
and a ‘science-denier’?
“The film explores the nature of the consensus behind
climate change. It describes the origins of the climate funding
bandwagon, and the rise of the trillion-dollar climate industry.
It describes the hundreds of thousands of jobs that depend
on the climate crisis. It explains the enormous pressure on
scientists and others not to question the climate alarm: the
withdrawal of funds, rejection by science journals, social
ostracism.
“But the climate alarm is much more than a funding and jobs
bandwagon. The film explores the politics of climate. From the
beginning, the climate scare was political. The culprit was freemarket
industrial capitalism. The solution was higher taxes and
more regulation. From the start, the climate alarm appealed
to, and has been adopted and promoted by, those groups who
favour bigger government.
“This is the unspoken political divide behind the climate
alarm. The climate scare appeals especially to all those in
the sprawling publicly-funded establishment. This includes
the largely publicly-funded Western intelligentsia, for whom
climate has become a moral cause. In these circles, to criticise
or question the climate alarm has become a breach of social
etiquette.”
You can watch it FREE by visiting the website at
www.climatethemovie.net
Microchipping dogs is already a legal requirement
and from 10 June 2024, it will also be compulsory
for cats. But that’s not the end of the legal
obligations associated with owning a pet.
Dogs must wear a collar and tag when in
a public place, and the tag must detail the
owner’s name and address.
Dog fouling (picking up poop after your dog)
consistently ranks as the number one thing
local councils receive complaints about. If you
fail to comply, you could receive a fixed penalty
notice of up to £100, or £1,000 if prosecuted.
Dog barking can be classed as a ‘statutory
nuisance’. Your local authority’s environmental
health department can formally ask you to stop
your dog from continuing the behaviour, and if
you don’t, they can take your dog away from
you. Prolonged periods of barking can also be
stressful for your dog and impact its well-being.
Animal Welfare Act 2006: among other
rulings, the act emphasises the need for
owners to supply a suitable place for their
pets to live and exhibit normal behaviour. It
also states that pets must be protected from
pain, suffering, injury and disease, and that a
suitable diet must be provided.
Unlike dogs, cats have a right to roam, but if
they are hit by a car the driver will not be liable
under the Criminal Damage Act for any injury
or death, unless there’s clear negligence.
MARKFIELD LOCAL HISTORY GROUP - A TALK BY MATTHEW MORRIS
Tuesday 21st May 2024 at 7.30pm
At Markfield Methodist Church,
Main Street, Markfield LE67 9UU
Leicester Cathedral Revealed
A Snapshot Of Life Over The Last 2,000
Years – Under Our Cathedral Grounds
Archaeologist Matthew Morris has been involved in both the
King Richard III and Cathedral Revealed excavations. We look
forward to welcoming Matthew to talk to us about what has
been found, what people’s lives may have been like and the
significance of the finds.
Adults £3 for visitors or become a member for £8 per year (Jan-Jan) and then no additional charge for talks/
activities. Visit www.markfieldhistory.org – FB Bygone Markfield
CHURCH
INFORMATION
St Philip & St
James, Groby
Rector - Rev Ed Bampton
0116 2396520
Curate - Rev Riffat Zamurad
WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Tues 9pm:
Compline (Facebook)
Weds 9.30am: Communion
Thurs 9am: Prayers via zoom
Sunday worship:
8am Communion,
9.30am Morning
worship,
6pm Evensong.
Telephone
church service:
0333 0164 757
Room no. 10336316 Pin no. 1920
facebook.com/StPandStJ
achurchnearyou.com/church/5501
United Reformed
Church, Groby
Minister – Rev Paul Ellis
Tel: 0116 2926218
Church Enquiries - Sue Lawrence
Brooks Tel: 0116 231 2866
susanbeverley46@yahoo.co.uk
Sunday morning worship: 10am.
Our worship includes monthly Holy
Communion.
The church
building has a
loop hearing
system,
wheelchair
access & baby
changing
facilities.
A catch up recording via our
YouTube channel.
If you have any spiritual support or
prayer requests please text your
name to 07807 036944 and we
will call back.
WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Mon 9.30-11.30:
Noah’s Ark, parent & toddler
group, term time
Churches Together
in Groby
JOINT WEEKLY
ACTIVITIES
St Philip & St
James, Groby
Thurs 10.30am-
12 noon:
Fair Cuppa @ Groby village Hall
Fri 9.30 - 11 am:
CatCH parent & toddler group @
URC, term time
Alternate Fridays 7.30pm:
Urban Saints, Children in Years
5 - 11 @ URC
Sat 10.00am-12 noon:
Tasters, Coffee, hot cobs and
children’s activities @ URC
Sister Margaret was the smartest nun in the convent, she was known as Nun The Wiser.