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Critics struggle to mourn the end of police show that had run out of steam
by The Week team
7 Oct 2015
Viewers bade farewell to the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS) last night as police drama New Tricks finally came to an end - but there was little sorrow from the critics.
After 12 series and 107 episodes, the finale featured a routine cold case about a mental health activist murdered on New Year s Eve in 1999.
Terry Ramsey at the Daily Telegraph says it was wholly predictable , with a twist that you could see coming a mile away and a perpetrator, played by Meera Syal, who couldn t have been more obviously the villain if she had had a glowing neon arrow over her head saying baddie .
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A state election pledge to spend $38.4 million to better equip firefighters in the face of hellish fire seasons brought on by climate change is a burning reminder of the millions evaporating each year in the face of the growing global crisis.
Like running a sprinkler in the height of a summerâs day, better resourcing fire services will be a tireless task made all the more dangerous by the amplified drain on already taxed water sources.