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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 1h

Passengers in East Anglia will travel on a publicly owned railway from Sunday, as Greater Anglia transfers to government control.

East Anglia Bylines

Greater Anglia joins public ownership after record year of performance

Passengers in East Anglia will travel on a publicly owned railway from Sunday, as Greater Anglia transfers to government control

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Jen Wilshaw 🌻 @wilshaw755.bsky.social · 7h

I've had the same dream!!! (And am a 'never smoker'...)

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Flightradar24 @flightradar24.com · 1d

When we shoot a flight deck video, we often have to cut for time. This can leave some very interesting discussions out of the main video. We’ve put together some of those moments from our recent Condor A330neo flight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwtV...

Pilot Knowledge: detailed A330neo insights from Condor!

YouTube video by Flightradar24

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 1d

'Most people now know someone in bed with COVID. If someone says they are in bed with flu, it’s almost certainly COVID, given the number of people admitted to hospital for COVID last week was 50 times higher than the number admitted for flu!' @chrischirp.bsky.social
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England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

Prof Christina Pagel breaks down the latest Covid and NHS stats

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passivpaul.bsky.social @passivpaul.bsky.social · 1d

Just back from the UK & Ireland Passivhaus Conference in Belfast, here are my thoughts on the unstoppable growth of Passivhaus, & a reminder about the essential simplicity of the Passivhaus standard. ggbec.co.uk/belfastpassi...

It’s Just Passivhaus, Ain’t it? - Greengauge

This week, we gathered in Belfast for the UK & Ireland Passivhaus Conference. A couple of days surrounded by architects, engineers, builders, certifiers, and policymakers — all there to talk about bui...

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Erbury Old Boy @erburyoldboy.bsky.social · 1d

Seems like if you blow up a Venezuelan boat they don’t give you the peace prize, they give it to a Venezuelan.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 1d

A stonker of a night for us. Three huge wins, Reform nowhere near us and the Tories down to ten percent in Mel Stride’s own seat.

We are the only party taking Farage on and the only party beating him.

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 1d

Kenn Valley (Teignbridge) Council By-Election Result:

🔶 LDM: 50.4% (+11.0)
➡️ RFM: 23.1% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.6% (-19.0)
🙋 Ind: 8.2% (New)
🌍 GRN: 5.5% (-13.9)
🌹 LAB: 2.7% (-9.9)
🙋 Ind: 0.5% (New)

Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.
Changes w/ 2023.

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 1d

It makes sense @ukhsa.bsky.social, to monitor, and report on, COVID infections that occur in healthcare settings through its routine surveillance programmes, and advises on how to prevent & control infection in settings such as hospitals, care homes & schools.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Direct the UKHSA to monitor COVID infections that occur in particular settings

Ensure that the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) monitors, and reports on, the numbers of COVID infections that occur in healthcare settings through its routine surveillance programmes, and advises o...

petition.parliament.uk

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d

⚡️The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Maria Corina Machado.

The Nobel Peace Prize committee awarded it for "her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela."

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 1d

If he wins the Nobel Prize I’ll eat my hat*

Not because I’m dismissing the Gaza deal but because of the Nobel Committee timing.

*marzipan hat, obvs

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Univ. Portsmouth History @uophistory.bsky.social · 3d

NEW HISTORY BLOG POST

Over the last year, the History team’s Dr Mike Esbester has worked with a local history group to find out more about our region’s railway workers. He reveals more about this exciting partnership, including where you can see what they’ve produced.

history.port.ac.uk?p=3653

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Paul Willson @pauljwillson.bsky.social · 2d

Across Buttermere

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Jen Wilshaw 🌻 @wilshaw755.bsky.social · 2d

I booked a private vaccination even though I'm eligible for the NHS one, which is not targetting the latest variants - the vulnerable are being given an inferior jab 😒

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Dr Rob @robheighton.bsky.social · 2d

A peacock in the garden this afternoon

A peacock butterfly—mostly red, with a large 'eye' motif of pale blue and yellow on each wing—on an orange flower

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent News that Charles Grant is here. Everybody interested in Britain‘s Relations with Europe (and the EU more generally), do follow @cergrant.bsky.social

Armida van Rij @armida.bsky.social · 2d

Welcome Charles Grant @cergrant.bsky.social to Bsky! This means the whole @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social research team is here - make sure to follow for their excellent analysis.

@cerianbond.bsky.social
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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 2d

England hospitalisations up significantly.
Positive tests and COVID-19 deaths up.
Await today's data @ukhsa.bsky.social
Why such large increases?
Limited vaccine eligibility, waning immunity, low priority at leadership level, mixing in poorly ventilated, cramped spaces. Scant use of face coverings.

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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 2d

NEW: We’re honoured to be ranked number one in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for the tenth consecutive year. 👏

Aerial view of the University of Oxford, showcasing its historic buildings and spires under a clear sky at sunset. Text overlay states "Oxford named best university in the world for a record tenth consecutive year".

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 2d

There are a lot of factors that have to be matched for successful organ transplant - blood type being one of them. Researchers have created an enzyme that can target blood type antigens and make blood the universal donor toe (O-).This has potential to remove 1 barrier for organ transplant- exciting!

First human transplant of kidney modified to have ‘universal’ blood type

Recipient diagnosed with brain death received a type-O organ, which is compatible with all blood types.

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Jen Wilshaw 🌻 @wilshaw755.bsky.social · 3d

Mine too!

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 3d

'Waning immunity to COVID in the population and the continued emergence of new variants warrants at least providing vaccine cover for all those over 65 as well as NHS and care workers.' @lsy58.bsky.social.
Article: Paul Gallagher @theipaper.com

inews.co.uk/news/health/...

The 13m people who can no longer get Covid jabs - what it means for catching virus

The Government has said that pensioners aged 65 to 74 will no longer be able to go for a free jab

inews.co.uk

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 4d

🎨 The decoration painted onto these bottles is on the inside of the glass!

The process is known as verre églomisé, it is an application that not only requires special tools but an incredible level of skill.

A glass bottle painted from the inside with a rural Chinese scene with three women sitting under a tree

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 4d

Autumn in the South Downs National Park. It’s going to be a colourful one apparently.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/07/fiery-spectacular-rainbow-autumn-colour-bloom-gardens-uk

A photograph of autumnal trees in a foggy woodland. The foreground tree has two trunks that twist round each other.

A photograph of yellow birch leaves against a cool, foggy woodland background.

A young birch tree growing on a heather covered heathland. Lots of cobwebs. Does anyone read this stuff?

Orange, green and yellow bracken growing beneath pines in a foggy Sussex woodland.

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Europe Street News @europestreet.bsky.social · 7d

6% of primary school pupils in the EU were learning 2 or more foreign languages. At the lower secondary level, the proportion was 59%. ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web...

6.4% of EU primary pupils learn multiple languages

In 2023, 6.4% of primary school pupils in the EU were learning 2 or more foreign languages. Between 2013 and 2023, this share increased by 1.8 percentage points (pp) from 4.6%. Luxembourg was the…

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 5d

Just got a haircut, and my lovely barber, a Turkish guy who employs 6 people, and has a wife who's an IVF technician, is shutting up shop and moving to another country because his Indefinite Leave to Remain is under threat by these venal, stupid, posturing politicians, left and right.

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CNN @cnn.com · 5d

The 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to a trio of scientists for their discoveries "concerning peripheral immune tolerance." https://cnn.it/48LnpiI

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