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Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
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With remarkable serendipity with everything else going on this week this should be the biggest story about the BBC. The remarkable Sara Cox has found a rich seam of good out there. Don't let anyone tell you we're a broken country. This is magnificent as is Sara
November 14, 2025 at 9:49 AM
With remarkable serendipity with everything else going on this week this should be the biggest story about the BBC. The remarkable Sara Cox has found a rich seam of good out there. Don't let anyone tell you we're a broken country. This is magnificent as is Sara
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Professor Kevin Anderson telling Radio 4 how it really is - I loved his framing of the climate crisis being about equitable sharing.
(University of Manchester Professor of Energy and Climate Change) at 08:41 am.
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(University of Manchester Professor of Energy and Climate Change) at 08:41 am.
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Radio 4 - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to Radio 4 on BBC Sounds
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November 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Professor Kevin Anderson telling Radio 4 how it really is - I loved his framing of the climate crisis being about equitable sharing.
(University of Manchester Professor of Energy and Climate Change) at 08:41 am.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
(University of Manchester Professor of Energy and Climate Change) at 08:41 am.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Fucking awesome. With a few blasts of red spray paint you can turn the English flag into the Dead Kennedys logo
As the band said: Nazi punks, fuck off!
As the band said: Nazi punks, fuck off!
August 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Fucking awesome. With a few blasts of red spray paint you can turn the English flag into the Dead Kennedys logo
As the band said: Nazi punks, fuck off!
As the band said: Nazi punks, fuck off!
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‘People just lie’: How Riverford’s Guy Singh-Watson became the most brutally honest farmer in Britain
‘People just lie’: How Riverford’s Guy Singh-Watson became the most brutally honest farmer in Britain
The organic veg pioneer talks to the Guardian about being unemployable, his unconventional father and his recent autism diagnosis
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2025 at 5:53 AM
‘People just lie’: How Riverford’s Guy Singh-Watson became the most brutally honest farmer in Britain
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'Corn dollies' as part of European harvest customs, connecting to ancient beliefs involving goddess worship, fertility and the earth. Dolls were kept until the following spring to ensure a good harvest #Lammas
#August1st #August
#August1st #August
August 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
'Corn dollies' as part of European harvest customs, connecting to ancient beliefs involving goddess worship, fertility and the earth. Dolls were kept until the following spring to ensure a good harvest #Lammas
#August1st #August
#August1st #August
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Scottish runner finishes ultra-marathon two hours ahead of competitors
https://www.newsbeep.com/8906/
James Delaney BBC Scotland News Anna Rutherford Anna Rutherford finished hours ahead of the other 600 runners in…
https://www.newsbeep.com/8906/
James Delaney BBC Scotland News Anna Rutherford Anna Rutherford finished hours ahead of the other 600 runners in…
Scottish runner finishes ultra-marathon two hours ahead of competitors - News Beep
James Delaney
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July 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Scottish runner finishes ultra-marathon two hours ahead of competitors
https://www.newsbeep.com/8906/
James Delaney BBC Scotland News Anna Rutherford Anna Rutherford finished hours ahead of the other 600 runners in…
https://www.newsbeep.com/8906/
James Delaney BBC Scotland News Anna Rutherford Anna Rutherford finished hours ahead of the other 600 runners in…
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'Flourish'
by LaToya Hobbs,
contemporary US printmaker and co-founder of Black Women of Print #WomensArt
by LaToya Hobbs,
contemporary US printmaker and co-founder of Black Women of Print #WomensArt
July 20, 2025 at 5:51 AM
'Flourish'
by LaToya Hobbs,
contemporary US printmaker and co-founder of Black Women of Print #WomensArt
by LaToya Hobbs,
contemporary US printmaker and co-founder of Black Women of Print #WomensArt
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The Asphalt Path
A couple, through no fault of their own, are thrown off Birmingham’s No 11 Outer Circle bus and resolve to complete the circuit by foot.
In doing so they have the spiritual awakening of spending half the journey walking towards Solihull, and the other half walking away.
A couple, through no fault of their own, are thrown off Birmingham’s No 11 Outer Circle bus and resolve to complete the circuit by foot.
In doing so they have the spiritual awakening of spending half the journey walking towards Solihull, and the other half walking away.
July 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The Asphalt Path
A couple, through no fault of their own, are thrown off Birmingham’s No 11 Outer Circle bus and resolve to complete the circuit by foot.
In doing so they have the spiritual awakening of spending half the journey walking towards Solihull, and the other half walking away.
A couple, through no fault of their own, are thrown off Birmingham’s No 11 Outer Circle bus and resolve to complete the circuit by foot.
In doing so they have the spiritual awakening of spending half the journey walking towards Solihull, and the other half walking away.
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'Sleeping Feet' by UK sculptor Sophie Ryder #womensart
June 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
'Sleeping Feet' by UK sculptor Sophie Ryder #womensart
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“An MP’s personal preferences cannot be separated off from the duties they have as members of a community to ensure that the way we treat the dying reflects the values of a decent, compassionate country”
As on so much, I am with Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As on so much, I am with Gordon Brown
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MPs have personal beliefs, but also solemn duties: that’s why they must reject the assisted dying bill this week | Gordon Brown
Our obligations to each other are ill served if laws focus unduly on those who want assisted dying. The priority should be the best palliative care, says former prime minister Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“An MP’s personal preferences cannot be separated off from the duties they have as members of a community to ensure that the way we treat the dying reflects the values of a decent, compassionate country”
As on so much, I am with Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As on so much, I am with Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Un collectif d’highliners joue les acrobates à plus de 4 000 m d’altitude dans le massif du Mont-Blanc
Un collectif d’highliners joue les acrobates à plus de 4 000 m d’altitude dans le massif du Mont-Blanc
Les Passagers du vide ont relié mercredi 11 et jeudi 12 juin la Dent du Géant au Mont Mallet, dans le massif du Mont Blanc, sur une sangle de 800 m de long et 2 cm de large, et à 700 m au-dessus du glacier des Périades. Les images sont à couper le souffle.
www.lemonde.fr
June 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Un collectif d’highliners joue les acrobates à plus de 4 000 m d’altitude dans le massif du Mont-Blanc
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Archers' by Harriet Lee-Merrion, contemporary award winning illustrator based in Bristol, UK #womensart
#FridayFeeling
#FridayFeeling
June 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Archers' by Harriet Lee-Merrion, contemporary award winning illustrator based in Bristol, UK #womensart
#FridayFeeling
#FridayFeeling
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UK-based Yemeni artist Asmahan A. Mosleh, known for her hugely intricate mandala artworks #womensart
May 19, 2025 at 5:20 AM
UK-based Yemeni artist Asmahan A. Mosleh, known for her hugely intricate mandala artworks #womensart
I love eurovision & I don't care who wins, but I do feel p****d when uk still gets nil on public vote & Israel gets 200+
May 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I love eurovision & I don't care who wins, but I do feel p****d when uk still gets nil on public vote & Israel gets 200+
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Excellent interview with Helen Joyce of Sex Matters on Woman's Hour today.
From 09:43 to 26:45
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From 09:43 to 26:45
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Woman's Hour - Isabel Allende, Sex Matters, Julia Gillard, P Diddy trial - BBC Sounds
Best-selling author Isabel Allende on her new novel, My Name Is Emilia Del Valle.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Excellent interview with Helen Joyce of Sex Matters on Woman's Hour today.
From 09:43 to 26:45
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
From 09:43 to 26:45
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Royal College of Psychiatrists says it cannot yet support assisted dying bill
Royal College of Psychiatrists says it cannot yet support assisted dying bill
College says it is neutral on assisted dying, but ‘many, many factors’ need addressing in proposal for England and Wales
The Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) has voiced its opposition to the assisted dying bill in England and Wales over “many, many factors”.
The college says it is neutral on the principle of assisted dying but it has listed nine substantial reasons it cannot back the bill – which returns to parliament on Friday – in its current form. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Royal College of Psychiatrists says it cannot yet support assisted dying bill
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Kate Bush, performer, singer, songwriter and musician in a photographic portrait, 2011 #WomensArt
May 14, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Kate Bush, performer, singer, songwriter and musician in a photographic portrait, 2011 #WomensArt
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Georgia O'Keeffe, Lake George Reflection, 1921, the painter's connection to the natural world is always apparent in her work #WomensArt
May 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Georgia O'Keeffe, Lake George Reflection, 1921, the painter's connection to the natural world is always apparent in her work #WomensArt
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Traditionally #Beltane, an ancient celebration at the start of May, began when the Hawthorn, the May, blossomed and was associated with fertility. "May Blossom" by painter Alice Robertson #WomensArt #May1st
May 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Traditionally #Beltane, an ancient celebration at the start of May, began when the Hawthorn, the May, blossomed and was associated with fertility. "May Blossom" by painter Alice Robertson #WomensArt #May1st
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We had the most fabulous weather here in Glastonbury to celebrate Beltane. Blessings from the heart of Avalon. Part 1 as more photos to follow. #glastonbury #glastonburytor #Beltane #MayDay
May 1, 2025 at 7:52 AM
We had the most fabulous weather here in Glastonbury to celebrate Beltane. Blessings from the heart of Avalon. Part 1 as more photos to follow. #glastonbury #glastonburytor #Beltane #MayDay
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TIGST ASSEFA WINS THE LONDON MARATHON
Never faulting, the Ethiopian has upgraded her silver from last year to gold, smashing the women’s only marathon world record and winning her first marathon since she broke the overall marathon world record in 2023.
Never faulting, the Ethiopian has upgraded her silver from last year to gold, smashing the women’s only marathon world record and winning her first marathon since she broke the overall marathon world record in 2023.
April 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
TIGST ASSEFA WINS THE LONDON MARATHON
Never faulting, the Ethiopian has upgraded her silver from last year to gold, smashing the women’s only marathon world record and winning her first marathon since she broke the overall marathon world record in 2023.
Never faulting, the Ethiopian has upgraded her silver from last year to gold, smashing the women’s only marathon world record and winning her first marathon since she broke the overall marathon world record in 2023.