What happened on 3rd June 2023 - with your comments in the Web

On Saturday, the Independent predicted that Britain to be hotter than Istanbul as millions bask in weekend scorcher.

Meteorologist Stephen Dixon said it will be a “good weekend for the vast majority of the UK”.

He said: “There will be plenty of dry, fine and sunny weather through the weekend in the UK with high pressure still in charge, seeing some warmer temperatures, possibly seeing low-20s especially in the west.”

 But not all Brits were glad to the weekend weather:

"Meanwhile here on the east coast as we shiver in another day of the same freezing north-easterly wind which has blown steadily since February even the postmen don't seem to be wearing shorts."

"It's a very cold wind here in Buxton too !"

"HA ha ha hilarious...I noticed that met office weather maps are bright red at 20c now, ha ha .. "

""UK to be hotter than <enter random place here having a rare day cooler than Britain>.

Meanwhile, my area to reach dizzying height of 19C this weekend and maybe 21C next weekend, though as the BBC forecast changes every 5 minutes, frequently rather dramatically, I have negligible faith in their forecasts anyway. And the Indy reports it like the Daily Mail/Express/Sun. Unbelievable." 

Next Saturday news is very sad for it is about another victim of a dangerous dog. A woman in her 70s has died after being attacked by a dog, Warwickshire Police have said.

Officers were called to Kathleen Avenue in Bedworth at 3.50pm on Friday but the victim was declared dead at the scene.

A 52-year-old man and 49-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of possession of a banned dog breed and owning a dog dangerously out of control. The woman is in hospital being treated for an non-life threatening injury caused by the dog. The man has been released on bail.

 

"As usual the issue here is training. They must have accidentally trained the dog to maul people to death. Because we all know doggos only do as they are trained. What they should have done instead is trained it to do something different, like fetch, or not maul people to death, or my favourite, roll over.

I’m glad they’ve arrested the owners and let the dog go free. Hopefully there’s a support group for the dog so it can unlearn these bad behaviours"

 "An individual dog, like a human, has a temperament. Also ki assume a dog can be mentally ill. It's true some dogs are made aggressive by dickhead owners
The same dickheads likely drive like idiots and assault people etc"

""Isolated incident" says country where this happens regularly and often."

"5th death this year. We need more pro-active enforcement of dangerous dog laws and police should be shooting pitbulls on sight."

And the Guardian decided to open Britons' eyes to ordering a basket of groceries via a delivery app can cost more than a third extra than buying direct from a supermarket – even before paying a delivery charge.

Some items were found to be more than twice the cost via an app in a study by consumer group Which? that studied a basket of 15 items from Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Iceland and Waitrose via the grocers’ own websites and on Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats.

Grocery retailers deliver own-label and branded goods directly to consumers through their own websites, but shoppers can also order those products through delivery apps offering speedy services with items sourced from local supermarkets.

 

It raised a mild surprise among the Redditors.

"I don't know why people are shocked that shopping costs more if someone has to shop on your behalf and also deliver the products."

 "All of those costs come before delivery charges levied by the apps. Fee-charging systems are complex, but usually add at least 50p to a bill, or much more – as much as £6 – if only a few items are ordered.
Deliveroo charges 99p to £4.49 fee for orders under £15, plus a service fee of between 99p and £2.49."

And people really think those delivery charges would cover that? If you don't go and by it yourself, don't expect the price to be the same as in person. You're paying for convenience, that's the entire point."

 "Of course people have to pay to have their shopping brought to them on demand. But they are entitled to know how much they are paying, surely?

Charging low-ish delivery charge but then adding a massive markup to the price of all the goods seems a bit underhand. If they want to charge £5 plus 50% of the cost of the goods (or whatever they are charging) they should make it clear."

"Nobody is shocked, the issue is that these markups aren't always clear when buying through an app and some people will assume these prices are normal, not realizing they are paying extra..

It is absolutely wild that some items are literally double the normal price."