Listen again to January's Sherry's Shorts for an hour of New Start stories, including 1 from Highland writer @helensedgwick.bsky.social about a man on a quest to help sea turtles (& himself) move in the right direction. Read by @churchofben.bsky.social on @highlandhradio.bsky.social bit.ly/4buwb66
Sherry's Shorts - January 2026
A monthly spoken-word show featuring local writers & stories focused on the Scottish Highlands, with music and chat. Presented by Sherry Morris, a short story writer local to the Inverness area. Stori...
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Sherry Morris 💙🇺🇦💛@uksherka.bsky.social · 8mo agoJanuary's episode of Sherry's Shorts features a *NEW* story from @seanluskauthor.bsky.social --winner of Scotland's fiction book of the year at the Saltire Awards. His short story 'The Substitionist' is another winner--listen to it & 3 other fab tales now on Sherry's Shorts! bit.ly/49PaH1k
![One of Britain’s most senior police officers has launched an angry tirade against Extinction Rebellion protesters going “all floppy” when they get arrested.
Sir Stephen House, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the tactic of going limp was a “flipping nuisance” as it required extra officers to drag protesters away.
House told a London assembly police and crime committee hearing: “We have asked them to stop being floppy. And that might seem like a silly thing to say, but when we arrest them and pick them up, they go all floppy, which is why you see four or five officers carrying them away. It’s a complete waste of officers’ time, and a complete pain in the neck.”
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House also expressed annoyance at how the tactic made the police look heavy-handed. He said: “The problem with them going floppy and four offices carrying them away [is that it] looks to the general public like police are overreacting here. We’re not making them go floppy. They’re just sort of being a nuisance.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7uvcqt45oqlutlrtgx7bpodq/bafkreie7yqxb4cj2t4gxftiqsno5wgk2kczb5vbtj7wh2b2u5sjtqtdrku)
