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Welcome to the wonderful tropical greenhouse at Birmingham Botanic gardens with your horticultural hosts Lorna and Zoe. This tropical greenhouse is wonderful surprise housed in the Midlands, making the delights of quality horticulture more accessible to Brummie, like-minded gardeners who would otherwise have to rough it with southern posh-os in that there London! So enjoy this walkround where Lorna and Zoe point out anything that catch their interest. If you would like to see more content like this then why not consider subscribing to our YouTube channel ‘Walking Talking Gardeners’. It is absolutely free and you can unsubscribe instantly at any time.  

 By Joe GURINA : FM 100  Port Moresby North East Candidates claim “cheating” has been practiced in the polling preparations. They raised their concerns after discovering that two extra boxes of ballot papers were allocated for two wards and delivered to Sir John Guise stadium last Sunday in preparation of the polling period. Ms Tania Bale They are calling on the Electoral Commission’s NCD Election Manager to destroy the two extra boxes of ballot papers estimated to be 8,000 in total. The boxes were allegedly moved on Sunday evening from ATC (Air Transport Control) to the Sir John Guise stadium by polling officials without consulting the candidates who are now questioning the authenticity of the extra ballot papers. Ms Tania Bale, a candidate for Port Moresby North East said Two LLG Wards 9 and 12, had two extra boxes with 4,000 ballot papers in each. ‘’Sunday was meant to be the day when we were to do all the pre-polling checks. Our Polling teams were sent to check the boxes with the b

The Sitting Member for Wapenamanda, Rimbink Pato and two other candidates are seeking interim orders from the National Court in Waigani to stop the counting of ballot boxes for the electorate in the province. Lawyer appearing on behalf of the plaintiffs, Nathan Pilamb made the application verbally as a matter of urgency. He submitted that word on the ground is that the Election Manager for Enga or the Returning Officer for Wapenamanda have brought the ballot boxes to the counting venue, in preparation for counting to begin this afternoon. Mr. Pilamb claims that this is despite a lawful directive from the Electoral Commissioner on July 19th, 2022 to transfer all the ballot boxes for Enga to Jiwaka Province, for scrutiny and counting, because of security reasons. Therefore, they are seeking interim injunctions to stop counting in the Province and for the Court to give effect to the Electoral Commissioner’s directive, to be complied with. Justice Joseph Yagi will make a ruling on this mat

CONGRATS TO LUCKY WINNER – SUE!     Readers, today I’m pleased to welcome a guest author who goes by the pseudonym  Commander Pants ! No, I’m not kidding, that truly is the nom de plume of this author whose real name even I don’t know. This author has written a book, Whom God Would Destroy that has been called, among other things: “…a sniggeringly hilarious meander through some cunning plot twists and awhole new understanding of the universe as it is.”, “…The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Psyche, with an extra helping of blasphemy.” , “…a velvet hammer disguised as a satirical storyline.” and more! I can almost guarantee you’ll be laughing and wanting to pick up a copy of this book by the end of this guest post! I pondered long and hard before giving up the name that my parents had so lovingly bestowed upon me to become Commander Pants. For months preceding that momentous day I had busied myself trying on different names, discarding them each for one reason or another. This one made me lo

Established in 1673 by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, the four acre site which makes up the Chelsea Physic garden London, England was originally created simply to grow plants to be used as medicine. It is among the oldest botanical gardens in Britain and its rock garden is indeed the oldest in Europe, devoted to alpine plants and Mediterranean plants.  Recently, English horticulturist Lorna had the opportunity to visit Chelsea Physic Garden and go on an autumn tree walk. So why not join her and her guest Zoe Spicer as they check out the wonders of this historic garden. If you would like to watch more content like this the why not consider subscribing to our YouTube channel – ‘Walking Talking Gardeners’. It is absolutely free and you can be notified whenever we publish a new video.