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Sue Nicholls 💚
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Green Councillor for Buntingford, East Herts District Council. A director at 20’s Plenty for Us. Promoted by Alex Daar on behalf of Sue Nicholls, c/o 55 High St, Ware, Herts SG12 9BA
Still time to register for our 20’s Plenty webinar Making 20 work - 10 December 12.00-1.30. Presentations from transport industry experts Dr Phil Goodwin, Tania Fosdick and Kate Carpenter & an update from me (with my 20’s Plenty hat on) latest data from Wales.
www.transportxtra.com/tx-events/28...
Delivering 20 – Making 20mph work | Webinar
Webinar: 12.00 - 13.30
www.transportxtra.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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It's good to see another Scottish Highway Authority rolling out 20mph limits as an urban village norm. Well done North Ayrshire Council. www.ardrossanherald.com/news/2567492...
December 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Regent Street in London is traffic-free today. They’re just setting up now. If anyone is here later, when it’s in full swing, do please post photos.

www.regentstreetonline.com/news/regent-...
December 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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What evidence is there that uplands like this were once covered by temperate rainforest, and would return to such a state naturally but for sheep?

Loads... 🧵
December 6, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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🛍️ Today is #SmallBusinessSaturday.

The Green Party backs small business.

Local businesses are the lifeblood of our communities. We want to see them thrive.

Let’s green business, improve employee welfare and make it easier for people to shop local #ShopLocal
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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"A lack of contact with nature and limited knowledge about nature can reinforce each other in a negative spiral."

#Biophobia - people can fear what they don't know or understand.

Education in and about nature is vital

phys.org/news/2025-12...
New study challenges the idea of humans as innately nature-loving
Nature is a source of well-being and recovery for many people. However, research shows that there is also a growing number of individuals who experience negative emotions, such as fear, discomfort, or...
phys.org
December 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Darren Grimes’ Reform council sees financial black hole grow by £11m
Darren Grimes' Reform council sees financial black hole grow by £11m
The financial black hole of Reform-controlled Durham County Council - where Darren Grimes is deputy leader - has grown by £11.1m in two months.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Our Autumn Budget 2025 briefing summarises the key announcements for councils and provides an initial LGA view.

Read it here: https://orlo.uk/tTZdC
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Help Ward Freman Community Pool Group CIO fundraise to reopen our swimming pool in Buntingford. They need to raise £15K to access same amount match funding from Sport England to spend on vital tile repairs. Please donate if you can.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/repair-poo...
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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So it looks like Rachel Reeves has *not* abolished or cut back the cycle to work scheme. Perhaps she has read the Treasury's own 2023 assessment of the scheme, which found that in terms of creating modal shift, and thus boosting public health, it is very, very effective.

www.gov.uk/government/p...
Evaluation of the Cycle to Work Scheme: quantitative and qualitative research
www.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Things move quickly in politics. The idea of a Sunday broadsheet dedicating it's entire front page to @greenparty.org.uk is huge, and let's be honest, a sign of changing times.

People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social

join.greenparty.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Wilder Ware are holding the first of their free talks on Thursday, Find out about what dark skies can mean for us.

We hear there is cake!
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Local residents can read the latest from your Buntingford Green Councillors in our Winter newsletter. Details of exciting new community projects, renewed hope for reopening our local swimming pool and wildlife initiative. We work hard for our community all year round.
November 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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If you're in Hunsdon, look out for our winter newsletter
November 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Let communities own rivers, woods & moors!

Excellent to see @simonforstroud.bsky.social has tabled amendments 107 & 108 to the Devolution Bill to strengthen Community Right to Buy laws in this way.

We need more Labour MPs to support this - email yours:
www.reclaimourmoors.uk/write-to-you... 1/
November 15, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Labour becomes even more cruel and heartless just to appeal to racists

If you believe Britian should be a place of decency, safety, and humanity, then you must oppose this

In @greenparty.org.uk we say it loud and say it clear, refugees are welcome here

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment
Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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China’s emissions have peaked, five years ahead of schedule. A moment of epochal importance.

bsky.app/profile/carb...
NEW – Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social

Read here: buff.ly/ONGzk3a
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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My brother is an electrician who works in offshore wind.

He sent me this photo of the largest turbine installation vessel in the world.

Skilled jobs, good pay, and secure futures.

While fossil fuels shed jobs and destroy the planet, renewables are delivering for the working class.
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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The Green Party leader Zack Polanski has just announced two defections from Labour to the Welsh Greens.

Sean Morgan, former Labour leader of Caerphilly Council has joined the Greens.

Former Labour group leader on Carmarthenshire County Council Robert James has also defected.
1/2
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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The 8 Kent offenders sent to jail for more than 100 years.

These are the most common types of faces of sex offenders.

White British.
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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A new @climateanalytics.org report has come out today, with a profoundly hopeful message: even though the world is on track to exceed 1.5°C of global warming, we can peak at 1.7°C and get temperatures back down well below 1.5°C by end of century.

But.... only if we phase out fossil fuels, fast. 🧵
November 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM