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We do not need new roads; we need better transport options. Think of what could be done with £9.2bn, which is to be spent on just 14 miles of road! It could transform bus services and/or cycling and pedestrian infrastructure across Britain. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK government pledges further £590m for delayed Lower Thames Crossing
Rachel Reeves calls Britain’s biggest road-building project a ‘turning point for our national infrastructure’
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June 16, 2025 at 6:33 AM
We do not need new roads; we need better transport options. Think of what could be done with £9.2bn, which is to be spent on just 14 miles of road! It could transform bus services and/or cycling and pedestrian infrastructure across Britain. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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New study: Under a 'business-as-usual' scenario, antibiotic use in agriculture will increase 30% by 2040. 🧪 🧫
This is unacceptable if we're to curb the dangerous rise in antibiotic resistance which threatens MILLIONS of lives.
www.sciencefocus.com/news/antibio...
This is unacceptable if we're to curb the dangerous rise in antibiotic resistance which threatens MILLIONS of lives.
www.sciencefocus.com/news/antibio...
Antibiotic resistance could soon spiral out of control. This could be our last defence
A new study warns that antibiotic use in livestock could soar by 2040 – threatening both human health and global food security
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April 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Is an ex social media in my view
January 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Is an ex social media in my view
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‘The high point of TV as a medium’: David Lynch’s Twin Peaks may never be bettered
‘The high point of TV as a medium’: David Lynch’s Twin Peaks may never be bettered
The surreal murder mystery’s impact is so profound that its fingerprints are on every show made during TV’s golden age. What a legacy
In the coming days and weeks, much will be made about David Lynch’s gargantuan contribution to cinema. This will be…
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January 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
‘The high point of TV as a medium’: David Lynch’s Twin Peaks may never be bettered
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Otters among UK wildlife carrying toxic ‘forever chemicals’, analysis shows
Otters among UK wildlife carrying toxic ‘forever chemicals’, analysis shows
Some wildlife species have accumulated many times more than safe amount of PFAS in their tissue and organs
* Revealed: drinking water sources in England polluted with forever chemicals
* Revealed: scale of ‘forever chemical’ pollution across UK and…
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January 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Otters among UK wildlife carrying toxic ‘forever chemicals’, analysis shows
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The beginning of a new era 🧡
January 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The beginning of a new era 🧡
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Hospital admissions for lack of vitamins soaring in England, NHS figures show
Hospital admissions for lack of vitamins soaring in England, NHS figures show
Admissions for vitamin or iron deficiencies up by more than 10% year on year and as much as tenfold on 1998-99
The number of people admitted to hospital in England because of a lack of vitamins or minerals is soaring, according to analysis of NHS…
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January 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Hospital admissions for lack of vitamins soaring in England, NHS figures show
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So many things could be said about this graph
But perhaps the most important is that if you want people to use buses you have to invest in them
The climate crisis demands more money for public transport outside the cities
But perhaps the most important is that if you want people to use buses you have to invest in them
The climate crisis demands more money for public transport outside the cities
December 19, 2024 at 7:51 AM
So many things could be said about this graph
But perhaps the most important is that if you want people to use buses you have to invest in them
The climate crisis demands more money for public transport outside the cities
But perhaps the most important is that if you want people to use buses you have to invest in them
The climate crisis demands more money for public transport outside the cities
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600,000 go bankrupt paying medical bills in the USA every year.
The majority of these people die within weeks or months and leave crippling debts that are inherited by their family members.
All for care that is provided free from profit in the other 32 developed countries.
The majority of these people die within weeks or months and leave crippling debts that are inherited by their family members.
All for care that is provided free from profit in the other 32 developed countries.
December 18, 2024 at 11:58 PM
600,000 go bankrupt paying medical bills in the USA every year.
The majority of these people die within weeks or months and leave crippling debts that are inherited by their family members.
All for care that is provided free from profit in the other 32 developed countries.
The majority of these people die within weeks or months and leave crippling debts that are inherited by their family members.
All for care that is provided free from profit in the other 32 developed countries.
When I drive it takes longer
A few useful facts:
1. I'm avoiding XC. Going via London makes the journey quicker by another hour.
2. This journey is only about half an hour slower by rail than by car, and that's with good traffic and no stops. Really they are about the same.
1. I'm avoiding XC. Going via London makes the journey quicker by another hour.
2. This journey is only about half an hour slower by rail than by car, and that's with good traffic and no stops. Really they are about the same.
December 19, 2024 at 8:39 AM
When I drive it takes longer
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40 years and many memories made 🫶
December 12, 2024 at 1:17 PM
40 years and many memories made 🫶
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Here's my column this week, about the astonishing moment in which we find ourselves: facing the greatest predicament humankind has ever confronted, and doing sweet FA about it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Picture an all-seeing eye scanning the dying Earth – and then lighting on our ‘solutions’ at Cop29 | George Monbiot
What would it witness in Azerbaijan? A species that knows it is destroying itself but is too greedy to change course, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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November 15, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Here's my column this week, about the astonishing moment in which we find ourselves: facing the greatest predicament humankind has ever confronted, and doing sweet FA about it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What a chart.
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November 15, 2024 at 12:37 PM
What a chart.
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It is concerning,that Labour leadership have bought into deregulation and doing nothing to improve our standard of living.
Rachel Reeves is really a very big threat to the well-being of this country.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/11...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/11...
Rachel Reeves really is a very big threat to the well-being of this country
As Rachel Reeves made clear in her Mansion House speech last night, she wants to relax banking regulations. Big bonuses will be coming back, paid much sooner than has been permitted of late. The aim i...
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November 15, 2024 at 9:41 AM
It is concerning,that Labour leadership have bought into deregulation and doing nothing to improve our standard of living.
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Tragic but realistic condemnation of #COP process by some big climate hitters
One can only shake one's head and sadly agree
The sight of fossil fuel lobbyists in a petrostate being given responsibility for saving the world's climate is farcical and horrifying
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
One can only shake one's head and sadly agree
The sight of fossil fuel lobbyists in a petrostate being given responsibility for saving the world's climate is farcical and horrifying
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop summits ‘no longer fit for purpose’, say leading climate policy experts
Future UN conferences should only be held in countries that show support for climate action, urge influential group
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:11 AM
Tragic but realistic condemnation of #COP process by some big climate hitters
One can only shake one's head and sadly agree
The sight of fossil fuel lobbyists in a petrostate being given responsibility for saving the world's climate is farcical and horrifying
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
One can only shake one's head and sadly agree
The sight of fossil fuel lobbyists in a petrostate being given responsibility for saving the world's climate is farcical and horrifying
www.theguardian.com/environment/...