Kathie McInnes
@kathiemcinnes.bsky.social
Journalist and copywriter. Ex-education reporter at The Sentinel/SOTLive. Dream of being a novelist & cartoonist.
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Staffordshire
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Staffordshire
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William Carlos Williams if he was in an open marriage:
July 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
William Carlos Williams if he was in an open marriage:
A mountain has been granted the same legal rights as a person.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
New Zealand's Mount Taranaki gets same legal rights as a person
The aim is to address injustices of colonisation, including confiscating land from local tribes.
www.bbc.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 AM
A mountain has been granted the same legal rights as a person.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is one of the most distressing pieces I've ever read. The words of survivors and victims' families. Those poor children. It breaks your heart to think what they went through that day.
telegraph.co.uk/gift/b6f545b...
telegraph.co.uk/gift/b6f545b...
‘She was so injured, her Daddy couldn’t recognise her’: Victims’ heart-breaking court statements
Young girls brutally attacked by knifeman in Southport tell of their trauma and parents speak of their pain
telegraph.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is one of the most distressing pieces I've ever read. The words of survivors and victims' families. Those poor children. It breaks your heart to think what they went through that day.
telegraph.co.uk/gift/b6f545b...
telegraph.co.uk/gift/b6f545b...
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I was walking down Canal Street and bought this. It’s crazy how quickly they can get merch made these days.
January 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I was walking down Canal Street and bought this. It’s crazy how quickly they can get merch made these days.
Ignore the headline on this. It's actually a more measured piece, which outlines some of the problems with the Govt's approach to schools.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01...
Labour’s plan to torch three decades of education reforms
Even before the new bill hits the statute book, underperforming schools ‘are realising they have been handed a get out of jail free card’
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ignore the headline on this. It's actually a more measured piece, which outlines some of the problems with the Govt's approach to schools.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01...
Some of the key people who have the ear of education secretary Bridget Phillipson...
www.thetimes.com/article/a62a...
www.thetimes.com/article/a62a...
The key figures behind Bridget Phillipson’s education plans
Becky Francis, David Blunkett, Kevan Collins, David Bell and the teaching unions have the cabinet minister’s ear, but what might they be saying?
www.thetimes.com
January 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Some of the key people who have the ear of education secretary Bridget Phillipson...
www.thetimes.com/article/a62a...
www.thetimes.com/article/a62a...
More council cutbacks in Stoke-on-Trent. But the budget hinges on being given Govt permission to borrow more than £16m.
www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-o...
www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-o...
Council tax hike and street lights dimmed as Stoke-on-Trent hit with £7.5m cuts
Stoke-on-Trent City Council will need another £16.8 million of exceptional financial support from government to balance its budget
www.stokesentinel.co.uk
January 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
More council cutbacks in Stoke-on-Trent. But the budget hinges on being given Govt permission to borrow more than £16m.
www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-o...
www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-o...
The move is seen as a rebuke to Donald Trump, who said 'make Greenland great again'. Who said coats of arms were boring?!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Danish king changes coat of arms amid row with Trump over Greenland
Design shows intent to keep control of Faroe Islands and Greenland – which Trump says he would like the US to buy
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The move is seen as a rebuke to Donald Trump, who said 'make Greenland great again'. Who said coats of arms were boring?!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
More political turmoil. This time in Canada. PM Justin Trudeau announces his resignation.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces resignation
Plunging poll ratings and opposition within his own Liberal party spurred leader to quit
on.ft.com
January 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
More political turmoil. This time in Canada. PM Justin Trudeau announces his resignation.
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Interesting article on the Staffordshire prison rated as the best in the country.
Freedom is not a word usually associated with prisons.
But in HMP Oakwood, it was a word that kept on being mentioned by inmates when @thetimes.com visited last month.
But is running a relaxed regime the right way to run a prison? Read to find out more:
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
But in HMP Oakwood, it was a word that kept on being mentioned by inmates when @thetimes.com visited last month.
But is running a relaxed regime the right way to run a prison? Read to find out more:
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Inside the relaxed prison that’s rated the best in the country
HMP Oakwood lets its prisoners spend 11 hours a day out of their cells while they earn money and pick up new skills— and was given top marks in an inspection
www.thetimes.com
January 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Interesting article on the Staffordshire prison rated as the best in the country.
Really good piece and pretty fair.
With @stephenkb.bsky.social off, today it's my turn to be "pretend Stephen" - I looked at Bridget Phillipson's mounting but quiet storm on schools - a bunch of topics designed to enrage, not least at me for not taking a side or the "correct" side. Enjoy as I run for cover www.ft.com/content/9258...
Education cuts and controversies to watch this year
From private schools to academies, here are some of the groups Labour faces alienating or allying with in 2025
www.ft.com
December 31, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Really good piece and pretty fair.
Love this. Butterton in the Moorlands has a bus shelter shop. It's registered as a charity.
butterton.org.uk/bus-shelter?...
butterton.org.uk/bus-shelter?...
Support the Bus Shelter: Fundraising for Local Causes | Village Charity | Butterton
Join us in supporting the Bus Shelter, a village charity dedicated to fundraising for local causes and making a positive impact in our community. Help us make a difference by contributing to our mi...
butterton.org.uk
December 30, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Love this. Butterton in the Moorlands has a bus shelter shop. It's registered as a charity.
butterton.org.uk/bus-shelter?...
butterton.org.uk/bus-shelter?...
Congratulations to Margaret Yates on her OBE. A well deserved honour.
www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-o...
www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-o...
Inspirational ex-head now running five Stoke-on-Trent schools lands OBE
Margaret Yates has landed the New Year gong
www.stokesentinel.co.uk
December 30, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Congratulations to Margaret Yates on her OBE. A well deserved honour.
www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-o...
www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-o...
Jimmy Carter leaves such a fascinating legacy. From peanut farmer to US President. The hostage crisis in Iran (my earliest political memory - I was at primary school at the time), the Camp David Accords and his Nobel award-winning peacemaking efforts.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/u...
Jimmy Carter, Peacemaking President Amid Crises, Is Dead at 100
Rising from Georgia farmland to the White House, he oversaw the historic Camp David peace accords, but his one-term presidency was waylaid by troubles at home and abroad.
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Jimmy Carter leaves such a fascinating legacy. From peanut farmer to US President. The hostage crisis in Iran (my earliest political memory - I was at primary school at the time), the Camp David Accords and his Nobel award-winning peacemaking efforts.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/u...
Stoke-on-Trent has the UK's largest house price growth. Up 17% in a year.
www.theguardian.com/money/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/money/2024/d...
Stoke heads UK list of biggest annual house price growth, says Halifax
Jump of 17.2% in 12 months to September for city, while Huddersfield had largest decline
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Stoke-on-Trent has the UK's largest house price growth. Up 17% in a year.
www.theguardian.com/money/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/money/2024/d...
Really sad news.
www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-o...
www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-o...
Woman's body pulled from Rudyard Lake as police launch investigation
The death is currently being treated as 'unexplained'
www.stokesentinel.co.uk
December 29, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Really sad news.
www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-o...
www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-o...
This Boxing Day is the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami that claimed 200,000+ lives. Among those who died was five-year-old Isabella Peatfield, from Ilam CE Primary in North Staffordshire. My thoughts are with her family on December 26.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
The British girl, 5, whose memory lives on
Isabella Peatfield, 5, (pictured with her mother Kim), from Derbyshire, died while on holiday with her family in Tangalle, Sri Lanka, after the town was hit by the waters of the 2004 tsunami.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 23, 2024 at 2:36 PM
This Boxing Day is the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami that claimed 200,000+ lives. Among those who died was five-year-old Isabella Peatfield, from Ilam CE Primary in North Staffordshire. My thoughts are with her family on December 26.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Cold case reopened into estate agent's 1991 murder in France. Dominique Pelicot is now a suspect.
www.thetimes.com/article/ebbc...
www.thetimes.com/article/ebbc...
Murder case from 1991 has a new suspect: Dominique Pelicot
After the landmark rape trial, an unsolved case of a female estate agent is being looked at anew
www.thetimes.com
December 22, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Cold case reopened into estate agent's 1991 murder in France. Dominique Pelicot is now a suspect.
www.thetimes.com/article/ebbc...
www.thetimes.com/article/ebbc...
"The war the West is ignoring. Thirty years on from the Rwandan genocide, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is in the grip of unthinkable brutality." Shocking report.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Children executed and women raped in front of their families as M23 militia unleashes fresh terror on DRC
First-hand accounts from victims of unthinkable violence paint a gruesome picture of the brutality sweeping the central African country. How long is the West prepared to look away?
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2024 at 11:54 AM
"The war the West is ignoring. Thirty years on from the Rwandan genocide, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is in the grip of unthinkable brutality." Shocking report.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Tesco’s out of chives.
December 22, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Tesco’s out of chives.
This is the best alternative advent calendar ever. I'm going to use every single one of the words in this thread. It's chibbly out there today.
❄️ So... Let’s kick things off here with an advent calendar of entries from the latest Haggard Hawks book, A WINTER DICTIONARY—a collection of obscure words for the festive season
👉 amazon.co.uk/Winter-Dicti...
🧵 We’ll be sharing a new word every day throughout December!
👉 amazon.co.uk/Winter-Dicti...
🧵 We’ll be sharing a new word every day throughout December!
December 22, 2024 at 11:04 AM
This is the best alternative advent calendar ever. I'm going to use every single one of the words in this thread. It's chibbly out there today.
Do they drive starkers as well? Just don't buy an ex-demonstrator car!
the news media is up in arms over the opening of the worlds first "all nude honda dealership". i do not care so long as they have the deals.
December 22, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Do they drive starkers as well? Just don't buy an ex-demonstrator car!
"I am the allergen." Fascinating and bizarre.
news.sky.com/story/i-walk...
news.sky.com/story/i-walk...
'I walk into a room and people start coughing': Rare condition makes people allergic to sufferers
Medinah barely leaves the house - every time she does, people will start coughing and sneezing. Her condition is so rare it's simply known as People Allergic To Me. Sufferers tell Sky News of "unbeara...
news.sky.com
December 22, 2024 at 10:18 AM
"I am the allergen." Fascinating and bizarre.
news.sky.com/story/i-walk...
news.sky.com/story/i-walk...
Ukraine tops the tables for having the most educated politicians. Almost a quarter of members of the Ukrainian parliament have PhDs.
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
December 21, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Ukraine tops the tables for having the most educated politicians. Almost a quarter of members of the Ukrainian parliament have PhDs.
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
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just totted up all the substacks I pay for and found myself thinking ‘wow wouldn’t it be better if all these writers were in one place and I could just pay a flat fee’ so anyway that’s how today I invented the concept of the ‘newspaper’
December 20, 2024 at 2:13 PM
just totted up all the substacks I pay for and found myself thinking ‘wow wouldn’t it be better if all these writers were in one place and I could just pay a flat fee’ so anyway that’s how today I invented the concept of the ‘newspaper’