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Steve Norman
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Lichfield District, and Burntwood Town, Labour & Co-operative Councillor for Chase Terrace Ward. In fact a councillor since 1983. Dylan, Shakespeare,Beethoven, Rembrandt, BBC, Powell & Pressburger, Wim Wenders and Laurel & Hardy fan even longer
Ex- #Cannock MP who attended Nazi-themed stag do still has access to parliament | News US | Metro News metro.co.uk/2025/12/11/e...
Ex-MP who attended Nazi-themed stag party still has access to Parliament
Former MPs with blemished records still have access to parliament.
metro.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Has A.I. got a sense of humour or just dim....?
December 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Never forgot seeing "Rozencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" posters on London buses

And never forgotten his recognition of @bobdylan's lyrics for Subterranean Homesick Blues against Anthony Clare's ignorance on BBC radio's Start the Week some years ago.
And thank you for Shakespeare in Love
November 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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⚡️Ukrainian army on 'search and destroy' missions to clear Russians from central Pokrovsk.

According to the Airborne Assault Forces, Ukraine has killed 388 Russian soldiers in the city and wounded another 87 since the beginning of November.
Ukrainian army on 'search and destroy' missions to clear Russians from central Pokrovsk
According to the Airborne Assault Forces, Ukraine has killed 388 Russian soldiers in the city and wounded another 87 since the beginning of November.
kyivindependent.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Russian strike on #Zaporizhzhia tonight.

Five people killed, three more injured - local authorities.

(And then Russia says it wants peace, and it's Ukraine and Europe prolonging the war...)
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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How the BBC kowtowed to Boris Johnson. Amazing that, even though we now know what a corrupt, mendacious, useless Prime Minister Johnson was, the BBC are kowtowing to him again
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
It's that time of year when I am convinced Moses found the 10 Commandments behind an Acer.
November 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Reform claimed local government spending was awash with easy pickings. Now they want children to walk five miles to school. Crazy!
schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-counc...
Reform council's school transport cut call 'Victorian'
Phillipson rejects call to extend the distance children can be expected to make their own way to school
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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⚡️Ukraine receives promised Patriot air defense systems from Germany, Zelensky says.

"We have strengthened the 'Patriot' component of our Ukrainian air defense. I thank Germany and personally Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz for this joint step to protect human lives from Russian terror."
Ukraine receives promised Patriot air defense systems from Germany, Zelensky says
"We have strengthened the 'Patriot' component of our Ukrainian air defense. I thank Germany and personally Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz for this joint step to protect human lives from Russian ter...
kyivindependent.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Ukrainian Defenders eliminated 13 Russian soldiers and struck five more with aerial drones in Donetsk region

This’s a work of DOZOR border guard unit in coordination with 3rd Army Corps and HUR's Artan unit.

📹State Border Guard Service
November 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris
Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris
These vital spaces have been the first targets of cuts in a nation that favours age over youth – despite being the remedy for blights such as social division, polarisation and loneliness, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a warning shortly before drones were spotted in European skies: that Moscow is ready to respond to NATO efforts to boost support for Ukraine in the war.
Putin Warns West as Drones Appear in European Skies
The Russian leader says that Moscow is ready to respond to NATO efforts to boost support for Ukraine in the war.
on.wsj.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Saturday night is always good for movie night - check out the latest video from @courtabovethecut.bsky.social with special guest Narrowboat Nige.

#WeDigCanals #Lichfield #Staffordshire
As always there’s absolutely amazing progress on the @lhcrt.org.uk tonight I meet Narrowboat Nige to see the incredible work done by the volunteers. It’s looking great!

youtu.be/tKVfOCu-Evo
Breaking Boundaries on the Lichfield Canal
YouTube video by Court Above The Cut
youtu.be
September 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Garrick to host show inspired by the life of Nina Simone
Garrick to host show inspired by the life of Nina Simone - Lichfield Live®
A show inspired by the life of Nina Simone is coming to the Lichfield Garrick.
lichfieldlive.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Doctors Without Borders has suspended operations in Gaza City because of the danger to its staff caused by the Israeli military’s ground offensive. The announcement came on the same day that the UN said four hospitals had been rendered unusable in the north of the territory over the past month.
Doctors Without Borders Closes in Gaza City as Israel Intensifies Offensive
Doctors Without Borders pulled its staff from Gaza City as the medical system buckled. The U.N. has warned that more hospitals may have to close.
nyti.ms
September 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Thanks Dickie. Didn't think you'd sign the heirloom for my stepson.
September 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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❗️Russian Tg channels report a drone attack&explosion on an oil terminal of the Tuapse oil refinery

It’s reported that the strike hit the oil loading pier,where fuel oil,diesel with a high sulfur content are shipped

2Russian large oil ports in the Black Sea have temporarily stopped loading tankers
September 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM