sad and disheartening, but how do we stop it ?

As we were still mourning the loss of six young British soldiers killed by a Taliban bomb, we then have this inexplicable incident where a rogue U.S. Army sergeant has left his base, armed to the hilt and killed fifteen local Afghans, women and children - probably setting the War effort back a number of years. It may well be the case that he did have a mental breakdown, these facts will come out in the investigation, but in the meantime, inexcusable.
We have seen the same sort of incident on US Mainland, but equally so, the same in Denmark last year, and many years ago in Dunblane, - all with no reason.
This is the society we now live in - times, they are a changing.

There are times when following the news in the media is not just depressing, it is totally negative and breeds negativity.

Back to our own news, the downside of having a mild winter now kicks in with news that a hose pipe ban will be introduced in a large part of England in a few weeks time due to falling water supplies - BUT - why not get it introduced now before matters worsen - supplies in the South East are down 75 % , while up here in Scotland we have areas which are up 120% - kind of wet !!!
I am not sure if it still happens, but certainly within the past few years Scottish Brewers were running tankers full of water down to Newcastle and bringing beer back up, made with the water, as the local water was too full of lime.