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Where's the beer? Reposts aren't endorsements. Cycling around Coventry mostly, might have a camera or three.
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More than 12,000 bikes have been distributed since 2015 and are estimated to have delivered an average return of £11.80 for every £1 invested road.cc/content/news...
Free bike schemes in deprived communities improve people's health, wellbeing and social mobility, report shows
The trial took place in three areas across the UK and found the scheme also resulted in healthcare savings in relation to preventable deaths and disease
road.cc
November 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
More than 12,000 bikes have been distributed since 2015 and are estimated to have delivered an average return of £11.80 for every £1 invested road.cc/content/news...
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If the government really intends to seize jewellery and other valuables from refugees,
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
No 10 tells Labour MPs it expects support for tough new asylum policies
Some backbenchers already opposing planned immigration crackdown seen as ‘economically and culturally illiterate’
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
If the government really intends to seize jewellery and other valuables from refugees,
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Temerko, a Soviet-born oligarch and a major Conservative donor, told Belton that he and Johnson spent time… plotting the overthrow May. According to Temerko, Johnson had finally been persuaded to back Brexit in 2016 by a group of “eastern European businessmen”.
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
Landmark Ruling in Strasbourg as MPs Challenge UK Government over Failure to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit
'Nothing less than the future of democracy is at stake' says Caroline Lucas as a cross-party coalition and The Citizens win an unprecedented hearing over electoral safety and national security
bylinetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Temerko, a Soviet-born oligarch and a major Conservative donor, told Belton that he and Johnson spent time… plotting the overthrow May. According to Temerko, Johnson had finally been persuaded to back Brexit in 2016 by a group of “eastern European businessmen”.
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
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Boris Johnson is heavily implicated in dealings with Russia's influence over Brexit
Brilliant article here ⬇️
Brilliant article here ⬇️
Temerko, a Soviet-born oligarch and a major Conservative donor, told Belton that he and Johnson spent time… plotting the overthrow May. According to Temerko, Johnson had finally been persuaded to back Brexit in 2016 by a group of “eastern European businessmen”.
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
Landmark Ruling in Strasbourg as MPs Challenge UK Government over Failure to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit
'Nothing less than the future of democracy is at stake' says Caroline Lucas as a cross-party coalition and The Citizens win an unprecedented hearing over electoral safety and national security
bylinetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Boris Johnson is heavily implicated in dealings with Russia's influence over Brexit
Brilliant article here ⬇️
Brilliant article here ⬇️
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I am bewildered that this labour of Sisyphus is being carried out by volunteers, while Southern Water, which has admitted responsibility for the catastrophe, is doing nothing to remediate it.
‘We feel we’re fighting a losing battle’: the race to remove millions of plastic beads from Camber Sands
A huge cleanup effort has seen volunteers working to remove beads by hand and machine. They can only wait and see the extent of damage to wildlife and dune habitat
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I am bewildered that this labour of Sisyphus is being carried out by volunteers, while Southern Water, which has admitted responsibility for the catastrophe, is doing nothing to remediate it.
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Yet another evidence review argues very strongly that simply providing alternatives to driving doesn't reduce driving
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reducing traffic with “carrots”: A review of the evidence
Reducing traffic volumes is one way to reduce carbon emissions from the transport sector. Since increasing driving costs is often met with public resi…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Yet another evidence review argues very strongly that simply providing alternatives to driving doesn't reduce driving
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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And yet oddly enough we're expected to show admiration when the royal family cosplay in military attire wearing a full complement of lifetime service medals.
Man, 64, arrested after reports of ‘impostor’ dressed as rear admiral at Remembrance event in Wales
Man, 64, arrested after reports of ‘impostor’ dressed as rear admiral at Remembrance event in Wales
A man reportedly turned up unannounced and laid a wreath at the town’s war memorial during a service
A 64-year-old man has been arrested following reports that an individual allegedly posed as a highly decorated naval officer at a town’s Remembrance Sunday event in Clywd.
The man reportedly turned up unannounced at the war memorial in Llandudno wearing the Royal Navy uniform of a rear admiral on 9 November. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
And yet oddly enough we're expected to show admiration when the royal family cosplay in military attire wearing a full complement of lifetime service medals.
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📑🚓 New papers out today show what West Midlands Police and the PCC are doing on road safety. Key tidbits: resourcing is up, #OpSnap performance is shaky, neighbourhood policing teams not doing enough on parking or enforcing road offences locally.
Read at: birmingham.cmis.uk.com/birm...
Read at: birmingham.cmis.uk.com/birm...
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
📑🚓 New papers out today show what West Midlands Police and the PCC are doing on road safety. Key tidbits: resourcing is up, #OpSnap performance is shaky, neighbourhood policing teams not doing enough on parking or enforcing road offences locally.
Read at: birmingham.cmis.uk.com/birm...
Read at: birmingham.cmis.uk.com/birm...
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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Look away now 🫣
Next week marks 5 years since the Government closed their consultation on pavement parking and we're still waiting for a decision.
We've received photos from across the UK highlighting pavement parking hotspots. Add your photos here👇 https://t.co/rO3Lat5JTB
Next week marks 5 years since the Government closed their consultation on pavement parking and we're still waiting for a decision.
We've received photos from across the UK highlighting pavement parking hotspots. Add your photos here👇 https://t.co/rO3Lat5JTB
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Look away now 🫣
Next week marks 5 years since the Government closed their consultation on pavement parking and we're still waiting for a decision.
We've received photos from across the UK highlighting pavement parking hotspots. Add your photos here👇 https://t.co/rO3Lat5JTB
Next week marks 5 years since the Government closed their consultation on pavement parking and we're still waiting for a decision.
We've received photos from across the UK highlighting pavement parking hotspots. Add your photos here👇 https://t.co/rO3Lat5JTB
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November 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
DHL: we're delivering your parcel tomorrow
DHL: we're delivering your parcel today
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DHL: your parcel will be delivered very soon - click here to see its location
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I'm puzzled why so many drivers complain about cycle-infra when they use it at every opportunity. They park on it, they drive on it, they use it for loading & unloading; they're always on it with their vehicles.
Drivers should be shouting for even more cycle-infra so they can use that too.
Drivers should be shouting for even more cycle-infra so they can use that too.
November 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I'm puzzled why so many drivers complain about cycle-infra when they use it at every opportunity. They park on it, they drive on it, they use it for loading & unloading; they're always on it with their vehicles.
Drivers should be shouting for even more cycle-infra so they can use that too.
Drivers should be shouting for even more cycle-infra so they can use that too.
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106 people will be killed on Birmingham's roads next council term.
Along with 15 organisations, we're calling for Birmingham's future leaders to adopt 10 practical steps to prevent these deaths and many more serious injuries.
Who will make Birmingham's roads safer?
Along with 15 organisations, we're calling for Birmingham's future leaders to adopt 10 practical steps to prevent these deaths and many more serious injuries.
Who will make Birmingham's roads safer?
Will you make Birmingham's roads safer?
Better Streets joins with 15 organisations to make ten asks of tomorrow's politicians to address road safety.
betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
106 people will be killed on Birmingham's roads next council term.
Along with 15 organisations, we're calling for Birmingham's future leaders to adopt 10 practical steps to prevent these deaths and many more serious injuries.
Who will make Birmingham's roads safer?
Along with 15 organisations, we're calling for Birmingham's future leaders to adopt 10 practical steps to prevent these deaths and many more serious injuries.
Who will make Birmingham's roads safer?
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It’s been 471 days since Birmingham City Council declared a road safety emergency.
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
It’s been 471 days since Birmingham City Council declared a road safety emergency.
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The poorest spend twice as much of their income as the richest on getting around. A UK household spends on average £108 a week if they own a car, but £13 for non-car owners. A city built for cars is fails its poorest people by removing choice.
www.ippr.org/media-office/r...
www.ippr.org/media-office/r...
Revealed: Car ownership eats up a quarter of poorest households’ incomes | IPPR
Poorest households spend a quarter (25 per cent) of their income on their carTransport costs take up twice the share of income for the least well-offIPPR r
www.ippr.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The poorest spend twice as much of their income as the richest on getting around. A UK household spends on average £108 a week if they own a car, but £13 for non-car owners. A city built for cars is fails its poorest people by removing choice.
www.ippr.org/media-office/r...
www.ippr.org/media-office/r...
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All things considered, are Labour possibly even worse when it comes to promoting cycling and active travel than their main political rivals?
ebiketips.road.cc/content/blog...
ebiketips.road.cc/content/blog...
Labour’s tone-deaf comments ahead of planned Cycle to Work cap changes demonstrate this government’s total blind ignorance on the benefits of e-bikes and active travel
A proposed reintroduction of a spending cap on the Cycle to Work scheme is doing the rounds today, seemingly part of the government’s plan to regain some street cred with the upcoming Autumn Budget. A...
ebiketips.road.cc
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
All things considered, are Labour possibly even worse when it comes to promoting cycling and active travel than their main political rivals?
ebiketips.road.cc/content/blog...
ebiketips.road.cc/content/blog...
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🅿️ Pavement parking is dangerous. It pushes vulnerable people and children into the road. That's why we're campaigning for city-wide measures to get parking back under control.
📍 Why not highlight your local hotspots on @livingstreets.bsky.social map?: www.livingstreets.org.uk/ge...
📍 Why not highlight your local hotspots on @livingstreets.bsky.social map?: www.livingstreets.org.uk/ge...
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🅿️ Pavement parking is dangerous. It pushes vulnerable people and children into the road. That's why we're campaigning for city-wide measures to get parking back under control.
📍 Why not highlight your local hotspots on @livingstreets.bsky.social map?: www.livingstreets.org.uk/ge...
📍 Why not highlight your local hotspots on @livingstreets.bsky.social map?: www.livingstreets.org.uk/ge...
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This has all the hallmarks of red meat to the gutter press: low level anti cycling, going after high earning white collar workers while saying you are doing it to support fairness and the underprivileged.
As many have said, peanuts next to electric car subsidies.
As many have said, peanuts next to electric car subsidies.
But she's more than happy to subsidise people who can afford to buy £40k electric cars but more than the cost of a decent bike. And through salary sacrifice schemes too.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves to cut tax benefits for workers using salary sacrifice schemes to buy bikes
Chancellor expected to introduce new limit on how much can be spent on a bicycle through cycle to work scheme
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This has all the hallmarks of red meat to the gutter press: low level anti cycling, going after high earning white collar workers while saying you are doing it to support fairness and the underprivileged.
As many have said, peanuts next to electric car subsidies.
As many have said, peanuts next to electric car subsidies.
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Got a feeling the row about the BBC causing minor upset to a paedophile, cooked up by the paedophile’s far right supporters in the UK, might be about to blow over! www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Jeffrey Epstein alleged that Donald Trump knew about his crimes, newly released emails reveal – live updates
In new batch of emails released by House Democrats, Jeffrey Epstein told Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump ‘spent hours’ at his house with one of his victims
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Got a feeling the row about the BBC causing minor upset to a paedophile, cooked up by the paedophile’s far right supporters in the UK, might be about to blow over! www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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🚸 We are calling on all those preparing to stand for election in Birmingham next year to back practical steps for safer streets.
Ask 10: Change parking charges & permits to be based on the vehicle by considering size, weight & emissions.
👉Read the ten asks and co-sign betterstreetsforbirmingham....
Ask 10: Change parking charges & permits to be based on the vehicle by considering size, weight & emissions.
👉Read the ten asks and co-sign betterstreetsforbirmingham....
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🚸 We are calling on all those preparing to stand for election in Birmingham next year to back practical steps for safer streets.
Ask 10: Change parking charges & permits to be based on the vehicle by considering size, weight & emissions.
👉Read the ten asks and co-sign betterstreetsforbirmingham....
Ask 10: Change parking charges & permits to be based on the vehicle by considering size, weight & emissions.
👉Read the ten asks and co-sign betterstreetsforbirmingham....
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“Are you still talking about Epstein?” Trump keeps asking. Epstein is a “dead issue”, he says. The man stays dead but his issue is very much alive. That is because the system that protected Epstein has still not been held to account." My column. on.ft.com/43p8IhQ
Epstein is not going away
[FREE TO READ] The issue is Trump’s Achilles heel — and the US president knows it
on.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“Are you still talking about Epstein?” Trump keeps asking. Epstein is a “dead issue”, he says. The man stays dead but his issue is very much alive. That is because the system that protected Epstein has still not been held to account." My column. on.ft.com/43p8IhQ
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"He said that it is only a “perception” that car parking fees put off people from visiting town centres and that further research from the Welsh Government had also found that this was not the case"
Car parking charges don’t put off people from visiting town centres, a council chief has claimed
Higher parking charges don't impact town centres according to councillor
Elgan Hearn Local Democracy Reporter Car parking charges don’t put off people from visiting town centres, a council chief has claimed. At a meeting of Powys County Council’s Economy, Residents and Com...
nation.cymru
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"He said that it is only a “perception” that car parking fees put off people from visiting town centres and that further research from the Welsh Government had also found that this was not the case"
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Why should pedestrians in Brum have to wait nearly a minute for a driver travelling from over half a kilometre away?
We deserves better!
Ask 2: Upgrade crossings and cut wait times so people can cross safely and quickly
✍🏼 Please co-sign the asks:
betterstreetsforbirmingham.org/10-asks-to-a...
We deserves better!
Ask 2: Upgrade crossings and cut wait times so people can cross safely and quickly
✍🏼 Please co-sign the asks:
betterstreetsforbirmingham.org/10-asks-to-a...
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Why should pedestrians in Brum have to wait nearly a minute for a driver travelling from over half a kilometre away?
We deserves better!
Ask 2: Upgrade crossings and cut wait times so people can cross safely and quickly
✍🏼 Please co-sign the asks:
betterstreetsforbirmingham.org/10-asks-to-a...
We deserves better!
Ask 2: Upgrade crossings and cut wait times so people can cross safely and quickly
✍🏼 Please co-sign the asks:
betterstreetsforbirmingham.org/10-asks-to-a...
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