Anne Cottringer
@cantilupe.bsky.social
Member of Yazor Brook Restoration Project - working to improve blue green corridor through Hereford. And interested in food and farming. Member of Borderlines Film Festival Board.
Spike in phosphate level to 0.97 at our FOUW site 029 on Eign/Yazor brook. Brook has taken a beating - 2.5 weeks of no water flow. We are in Hereford city & usually notimmediately affected by agricultural run off from rain which pushes up levels. @savethewye.bsky.social @herefordshirewt.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Spike in phosphate level to 0.97 at our FOUW site 029 on Eign/Yazor brook. Brook has taken a beating - 2.5 weeks of no water flow. We are in Hereford city & usually notimmediately affected by agricultural run off from rain which pushes up levels. @savethewye.bsky.social @herefordshirewt.bsky.social
Lots of activities for children and adults alike - discover some of the creatures that lurk beneath the surface of the river Wye and see coracles in action. @riverflies.bsky.social @riveractionuk.bsky.social @yourherefordshire.co.uk @hfdsgreennetwork.bsky.social
August 31, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Lots of activities for children and adults alike - discover some of the creatures that lurk beneath the surface of the river Wye and see coracles in action. @riverflies.bsky.social @riveractionuk.bsky.social @yourherefordshire.co.uk @hfdsgreennetwork.bsky.social
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YES! Thank you...
Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants".
- seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants".
- seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
Silencing the drumbeat again: seeking asylum is legal
Hundreds protested in Ashington against so-called "illegal immigrants" - though seeking asylum has been legal since 1951
northeastbylines.co.uk
August 31, 2025 at 9:46 AM
YES! Thank you...
Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants".
- seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants".
- seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
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This report highlights once again the disastrous impact of unchecked intensive chicken farming on the Wye. With 80 chickens for every person in the catchment, the Wye is at the sharp end of this appalling story of pollution for profit. www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/huge-im...
Huge impacts of UK pig and poultry farming revealed for first time | The Wildlife Trusts
New report shows sector’s pollution harms rivers and wider countryside
www.wildlifetrusts.org
August 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This report highlights once again the disastrous impact of unchecked intensive chicken farming on the Wye. With 80 chickens for every person in the catchment, the Wye is at the sharp end of this appalling story of pollution for profit. www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/huge-im...
Lots of activities for children and adults alike - discover some of the creatures that lurk beneath the surface of the river Wye and see coracles in action.
August 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Lots of activities for children and adults alike - discover some of the creatures that lurk beneath the surface of the river Wye and see coracles in action.
A great afternoon in Hereford this Saturday. Just turn up! @herefordshirewt.bsky.social @yourherefordshire.co.uk @hfdsgreennetwork.bsky.social @here
June 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A great afternoon in Hereford this Saturday. Just turn up! @herefordshirewt.bsky.social @yourherefordshire.co.uk @hfdsgreennetwork.bsky.social @here
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Shocking to hear David Lammy refuse to answer the question about whether the US attack on Iran is legal or not
This cowardice in the face of US tyranny will not serve our country or the world well
We need a government that will defend the international legal order
#BBCR4Today
This cowardice in the face of US tyranny will not serve our country or the world well
We need a government that will defend the international legal order
#BBCR4Today
June 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Shocking to hear David Lammy refuse to answer the question about whether the US attack on Iran is legal or not
This cowardice in the face of US tyranny will not serve our country or the world well
We need a government that will defend the international legal order
#BBCR4Today
This cowardice in the face of US tyranny will not serve our country or the world well
We need a government that will defend the international legal order
#BBCR4Today
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Outstanding news 🦪🐙🦀🦞🦐
A massive step forward in protecting ocean wildlife 👏👏👏
A massive step forward in protecting ocean wildlife 👏👏👏
🎉 HUGE NEWS: The EU Court has confirmed marine protected areas must be PROPERLY protected from bottom trawling! Countries must act to fulfil their legal duty to safeguard these areas from destruction. This is an absolute WIN for our ocean. 🙌 1/2
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
May 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Outstanding news 🦪🐙🦀🦞🦐
A massive step forward in protecting ocean wildlife 👏👏👏
A massive step forward in protecting ocean wildlife 👏👏👏
A good news story about farmers and clean water courses www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/c...
How a Water Conservation Idea Won Over Oklahoma Farmers
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A good news story about farmers and clean water courses www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/c...
Another disappointing government move. What is this Labour government thinking? Who are they trying to please? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Ministers block Lords bid to make AI firms declare use of copyrighted content
Government uses arcane procedure to strip amendment passed by House of Lords from its data bill
www.theguardian.com
May 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Another disappointing government move. What is this Labour government thinking? Who are they trying to please? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
This event is now sold out online but tickets are available at the door. www.herefordshirewt.org/events/ceilidh. @savethewye.bsky.social
@herefordshirewt.bsky.social
@friendsriverwye.bsky.social
@herefordshirewt.bsky.social
@friendsriverwye.bsky.social
Ceilidh with ‘Cradle to Grave’ | Herefordshire Wildlife Trust
Join us for a knees-up wildlife fundraiser with a really great local band and their amazing caller all the way from Cumbria.
www.herefordshirewt.org
May 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This event is now sold out online but tickets are available at the door. www.herefordshirewt.org/events/ceilidh. @savethewye.bsky.social
@herefordshirewt.bsky.social
@friendsriverwye.bsky.social
@herefordshirewt.bsky.social
@friendsriverwye.bsky.social
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❓How do you get Steve Reed the Environment Secretary to listen to your concerns about the private water industry?
❗⚽Meet him on his home turf.⚽❗
Lois is inviting Steve Reed to the football - fat cat water bosses can do it, so why shouldn't she?
#Loisatthepalace
❗⚽Meet him on his home turf.⚽❗
Lois is inviting Steve Reed to the football - fat cat water bosses can do it, so why shouldn't she?
#Loisatthepalace
May 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
❓How do you get Steve Reed the Environment Secretary to listen to your concerns about the private water industry?
❗⚽Meet him on his home turf.⚽❗
Lois is inviting Steve Reed to the football - fat cat water bosses can do it, so why shouldn't she?
#Loisatthepalace
❗⚽Meet him on his home turf.⚽❗
Lois is inviting Steve Reed to the football - fat cat water bosses can do it, so why shouldn't she?
#Loisatthepalace
At our Yazor brook testing site -Naturally formed croy just upstream from site forced brook flow into narrow channel, speeding it up, scouring & having an effect down to our site where we now have a faster, rippling flow-less silt & sludge on substrate & aquatic plants. @friendsriverwye.bsky.social
May 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
At our Yazor brook testing site -Naturally formed croy just upstream from site forced brook flow into narrow channel, speeding it up, scouring & having an effect down to our site where we now have a faster, rippling flow-less silt & sludge on substrate & aquatic plants. @friendsriverwye.bsky.social
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This morning at Cardiff Civil Justice Centre 👇
To coincide with the hearing, campaigners gathered outside the court in a peaceful protest, joined by the Goddess of the Wye and Lady Wye (Vey Straker) with water brought from the River Severn 💦 💚💦
riveractionuk.com/cluck-off-ri...
To coincide with the hearing, campaigners gathered outside the court in a peaceful protest, joined by the Goddess of the Wye and Lady Wye (Vey Straker) with water brought from the River Severn 💦 💚💦
riveractionuk.com/cluck-off-ri...
Cluck off! River campaigners take Shropshire Council to High Court over chicken factory farm chaos - River Action UK
River campaigners are in the High Court today, taking on Shropshire Council to stop the expansion of an industrial-scale poultry unit in the River Severn catchment. The legal challenge targets a propo...
riveractionuk.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This morning at Cardiff Civil Justice Centre 👇
To coincide with the hearing, campaigners gathered outside the court in a peaceful protest, joined by the Goddess of the Wye and Lady Wye (Vey Straker) with water brought from the River Severn 💦 💚💦
riveractionuk.com/cluck-off-ri...
To coincide with the hearing, campaigners gathered outside the court in a peaceful protest, joined by the Goddess of the Wye and Lady Wye (Vey Straker) with water brought from the River Severn 💦 💚💦
riveractionuk.com/cluck-off-ri...
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Grim news - this excellent investigation by @tbij.bsky.social finds that millions in taxpayer's money is subsidising megafarms (and their attendant pollution). Deeply depressing.
NEW: Millions in taxpayers’ money has been funnelled to intensive chicken farms near the Wye and Severn rivers – despite the industry’s links to spiralling water and air pollution in the region (1/4)
Farms near polluted Wye and Severn rivers given millions in…
Campaigners call for more sustainable system after revelations that huge farms near the Wye and Severn got £14m in subsidies
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Grim news - this excellent investigation by @tbij.bsky.social finds that millions in taxpayer's money is subsidising megafarms (and their attendant pollution). Deeply depressing.
Today we we were excited to find this stonefly larva while doing a riverfly survey in the Yazor Brook in the middle of Hereford. First time we have seen one in 6 years of surveys. They thrive in clean, fast-flowing, upland streams and rivers, and are sensitive to pollution. Is our brook improving?
March 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Today we we were excited to find this stonefly larva while doing a riverfly survey in the Yazor Brook in the middle of Hereford. First time we have seen one in 6 years of surveys. They thrive in clean, fast-flowing, upland streams and rivers, and are sensitive to pollution. Is our brook improving?
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England's NHS leaders ordered to make £7bn cut to healthcare.
6.24m people awaiting 7.46m hospital appointments.
300,000 a year die waiting.
Due to delays 2.8m chronically ill, unable to work.
Govt cutting benefits, rolling back spending.
Misery is a political choice.
archive.ph/0NDSV
6.24m people awaiting 7.46m hospital appointments.
300,000 a year die waiting.
Due to delays 2.8m chronically ill, unable to work.
Govt cutting benefits, rolling back spending.
Misery is a political choice.
archive.ph/0NDSV
NHS leaders ordered to propose £7bn cuts to services
Sir Jim Mackey, the interim chief executive of the NHS, has demanded that trust leaders make decisions on how they will cut the spending deficit
www.thetimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
England's NHS leaders ordered to make £7bn cut to healthcare.
6.24m people awaiting 7.46m hospital appointments.
300,000 a year die waiting.
Due to delays 2.8m chronically ill, unable to work.
Govt cutting benefits, rolling back spending.
Misery is a political choice.
archive.ph/0NDSV
6.24m people awaiting 7.46m hospital appointments.
300,000 a year die waiting.
Due to delays 2.8m chronically ill, unable to work.
Govt cutting benefits, rolling back spending.
Misery is a political choice.
archive.ph/0NDSV
What is stopping the UK from following this example? We need housing so let’s provide a wonderful healthy place for people to live.
Utrecht NL is about to build the largest Dutch car-free neighbourhood.
12K people.
6K homes.
1.8K social rental homes.
1.5 mid-range rental & affordable owner-occupied homes.
21.5K bike parking spaces.
250 shared cars.
2 parcel hubs.
Parking structures on district edge.
High quality public transit.
12K people.
6K homes.
1.8K social rental homes.
1.5 mid-range rental & affordable owner-occupied homes.
21.5K bike parking spaces.
250 shared cars.
2 parcel hubs.
Parking structures on district edge.
High quality public transit.
Utrecht to start construction on largest car-free neighborhood in the country next week
Construction of a new neighborhood is set to begin in Utrecht next week. The neighborhood, called Merwede, is scheduled to be the largest car-free district in the Netherlands, with 6,000 homes. The ar...
nltimes.nl
March 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
What is stopping the UK from following this example? We need housing so let’s provide a wonderful healthy place for people to live.
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🍁 Calling all Canadians!
BIG NEWS - we’ve just launched European Movement Canada 🇨🇦 🇪🇺
…to rapidly build much closer relations between Canada & Europe on all fronts.
Sign up interest here —> europeanmovement.eu/publication-...
My TikTok video on it here —> vm.tiktok.com/ZNdeRmhEa/
Please share!
BIG NEWS - we’ve just launched European Movement Canada 🇨🇦 🇪🇺
…to rapidly build much closer relations between Canada & Europe on all fronts.
Sign up interest here —> europeanmovement.eu/publication-...
My TikTok video on it here —> vm.tiktok.com/ZNdeRmhEa/
Please share!
March 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🍁 Calling all Canadians!
BIG NEWS - we’ve just launched European Movement Canada 🇨🇦 🇪🇺
…to rapidly build much closer relations between Canada & Europe on all fronts.
Sign up interest here —> europeanmovement.eu/publication-...
My TikTok video on it here —> vm.tiktok.com/ZNdeRmhEa/
Please share!
BIG NEWS - we’ve just launched European Movement Canada 🇨🇦 🇪🇺
…to rapidly build much closer relations between Canada & Europe on all fronts.
Sign up interest here —> europeanmovement.eu/publication-...
My TikTok video on it here —> vm.tiktok.com/ZNdeRmhEa/
Please share!
Don’t miss The Stimming Pool’ at Borderlines FilmFestival - this evening at 8 at the Courtyard. Shot by Gregory Oke, from Herefordshire , who also shot award winning Aftersun. borderlinesfilmfestival.co.uk/film/stimmin...
STIMMING POOL, THE | BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL
Devised by a group of five neurodiverse artists alongside filmmaker Steven Eastwood, The Stimming Pool invites you to see the world from a neurodiverse perspective.
borderlinesfilmfestival.co.uk
March 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Don’t miss The Stimming Pool’ at Borderlines FilmFestival - this evening at 8 at the Courtyard. Shot by Gregory Oke, from Herefordshire , who also shot award winning Aftersun. borderlinesfilmfestival.co.uk/film/stimmin...
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When the imagination is discarded the results are people like dead-eyed Keir Starmer and robotic Rachel Reeves.
"Worse than the Tories": cultural figures question Labour plans for arts in schools.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
"Worse than the Tories": cultural figures question Labour plans for arts in schools.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘Worse than the Tories’: cultural figures question Labour plans for arts in schools
Government must scrap English baccalaureate to make arts more accessible to working-class children, critics say
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
When the imagination is discarded the results are people like dead-eyed Keir Starmer and robotic Rachel Reeves.
"Worse than the Tories": cultural figures question Labour plans for arts in schools.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
"Worse than the Tories": cultural figures question Labour plans for arts in schools.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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"Daylighting" is the practice in urban design of restoring buried rivers to the surface.
The River Sheaf been unburied in Sheffield city centre, after 100 yrs in the dark.
Fabulous.
A small light in the great gloom.
“It is starting to make its own meandering path…”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The River Sheaf been unburied in Sheffield city centre, after 100 yrs in the dark.
Fabulous.
A small light in the great gloom.
“It is starting to make its own meandering path…”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
River Sheaf opened up next to Sheffield Castle site - BBC News
The River Sheaf has been exposed at Castlegate for the first time in over 100 years
www.bbc.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"Daylighting" is the practice in urban design of restoring buried rivers to the surface.
The River Sheaf been unburied in Sheffield city centre, after 100 yrs in the dark.
Fabulous.
A small light in the great gloom.
“It is starting to make its own meandering path…”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The River Sheaf been unburied in Sheffield city centre, after 100 yrs in the dark.
Fabulous.
A small light in the great gloom.
“It is starting to make its own meandering path…”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Anne Cottringer
TONIGHT 👇
WEBINAR led by @paulpowlesland.bsky.social
Tuesday 25 February 7pm.
Useful for all applying to be 'Voice for the River Wye' on Herefordshire Council's Nutrient Management Board. Meeting link for webinar: meet.google.com/ccn-pyeh-tyy.
Follow Lawyers for Nature here: @lawyersfornature.bsky.social
Tuesday 25 February 7pm.
Useful for all applying to be 'Voice for the River Wye' on Herefordshire Council's Nutrient Management Board. Meeting link for webinar: meet.google.com/ccn-pyeh-tyy.
Follow Lawyers for Nature here: @lawyersfornature.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
TONIGHT 👇
Recently discovered treasures in Herefordshire's Local Wildlife Sites. Join us to learm of unexpected sightings and discoveries... @yourherefordshire.co.uk @savethewye.bsky.social @herefordshirewt.bsky.social @nicolacutcher.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Recently discovered treasures in Herefordshire's Local Wildlife Sites. Join us to learm of unexpected sightings and discoveries... @yourherefordshire.co.uk @savethewye.bsky.social @herefordshirewt.bsky.social @nicolacutcher.bsky.social