Nikkiee
@nikkieemcr.bsky.social
Primary teacher, languages and maths. Music, dancing, politics and family.
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Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms
Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms
Exclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluent
More than 750,000 tonnes of liquid from landfills are mixed with sewage at water treatment works and spread on farmland across England each year, it can be revealed.
Generated by hundreds of landfills across the country, leachate – the liquid that drains through landfill waste carrying a cocktail of chemicals – is regularly tankered to sewage treatment works, where it mixes with domestic sewage and industrial effluent to create sludge, also described as “biosolids”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms
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I remember being taught about good Germans and bad Germans, the brave few who resisted the rise of fascism in the 1930s and the masses who enabled it. Now I wonder if there weren’t a huge contingent desperate to stop it but without any sense of how to do that.
September 7, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I remember being taught about good Germans and bad Germans, the brave few who resisted the rise of fascism in the 1930s and the masses who enabled it. Now I wonder if there weren’t a huge contingent desperate to stop it but without any sense of how to do that.
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Pensions, productivity and the myth of the migrant “drain” – why Britain’s real crisis is ageing, not immigration
| The Bear
eastangliabylines.co.uk/business/eco...
| The Bear
eastangliabylines.co.uk/business/eco...
Nan’s not bankrupting Britain (but politicians might be)
Pensions, productivity and the myth of the migrant “drain” – why Britain’s real crisis is ageing, not immigration
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Pensions, productivity and the myth of the migrant “drain” – why Britain’s real crisis is ageing, not immigration
| The Bear
eastangliabylines.co.uk/business/eco...
| The Bear
eastangliabylines.co.uk/business/eco...
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Maybe we should honor the women who were real astronauts.
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
April 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Maybe we should honor the women who were real astronauts.
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
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Excellent column, which vividly describes the conditions of communist Czecheslovakia compared to how it was under Václav Havel's presidency. His essays seem to have been both an inspiration and a guide in how to restore democracy under tyrants.
🔴Hot Type: Being Braver Than We Want to Be
American columnist Heidi Siegmund Cuda turns to Václav Havel’s dissident essays from 1978, 'The Power of the Powerless', to learn how people can find a collective way back from democratic ruin
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-b...
American columnist Heidi Siegmund Cuda turns to Václav Havel’s dissident essays from 1978, 'The Power of the Powerless', to learn how people can find a collective way back from democratic ruin
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-b...
Hot Type: Being Braver Than We Want to Be
American columnist Heidi Siegmund Cuda turns to Václav Havel’s dissident essays from 1978, 'The Power of the Powerless', to learn how people can find a collective way back from democratic ruin
www.bylinesupplement.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Excellent column, which vividly describes the conditions of communist Czecheslovakia compared to how it was under Václav Havel's presidency. His essays seem to have been both an inspiration and a guide in how to restore democracy under tyrants.
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Pretty disturbed by some of the Kremlin framing on the Trump talks being bought by parts of the media worldwide. It’s as if the genesis of the war is entirely forgotten. This isn’t a conflict which needs mediation. It was an unprovoked act of aggression. It could end tomorrow if Putin just withdrew.
February 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Pretty disturbed by some of the Kremlin framing on the Trump talks being bought by parts of the media worldwide. It’s as if the genesis of the war is entirely forgotten. This isn’t a conflict which needs mediation. It was an unprovoked act of aggression. It could end tomorrow if Putin just withdrew.
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I've had a wonderful time with the Year 5 kids at Summerhill Primary this week. We've spent four days creating artwork as the culmination of their 'space' topic, and what imaginations they have. 👍🤩
www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky
www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky
February 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I've had a wonderful time with the Year 5 kids at Summerhill Primary this week. We've spent four days creating artwork as the culmination of their 'space' topic, and what imaginations they have. 👍🤩
www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky
www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky
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🔴Twenty Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
Twenty More Government Reforms the Media Hasn't Been Telling You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
bylinetimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
🔴Twenty Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
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It’s been a challenging week. So I recommend listening to the wonderful Rest is History podcast on Wojcek the Polish army bear who fought in the Battle of Monte Cassino, drank beer and stole underwear. And then moved to Scotland, where I took this photo.
January 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It’s been a challenging week. So I recommend listening to the wonderful Rest is History podcast on Wojcek the Polish army bear who fought in the Battle of Monte Cassino, drank beer and stole underwear. And then moved to Scotland, where I took this photo.
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My favourite children's book of the year: SAFIYYAH'S WAR by Hiba Noor Khan. Absolutely beautiful & brilliant; every school & library should have a copy. To which end, I am giving away FREE COPIES TO SCHOOLS & LIBRARIES! Repost & follow to enter; closes 25th Jan 2025!
#BooksOfTheYear #books #giveaway
#BooksOfTheYear #books #giveaway
December 20, 2024 at 10:02 PM
My favourite children's book of the year: SAFIYYAH'S WAR by Hiba Noor Khan. Absolutely beautiful & brilliant; every school & library should have a copy. To which end, I am giving away FREE COPIES TO SCHOOLS & LIBRARIES! Repost & follow to enter; closes 25th Jan 2025!
#BooksOfTheYear #books #giveaway
#BooksOfTheYear #books #giveaway
Icy run this morning. #teacherswhorun #slowrunners
January 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Icy run this morning. #teacherswhorun #slowrunners
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New post just out:
"Dropping Out"
Why improvements to school standards are at serious risk.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/d...
"Dropping Out"
Why improvements to school standards are at serious risk.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/d...
Dropping Out
Why improvements in school standards are at serious risk
open.substack.com
November 16, 2024 at 9:36 AM
New post just out:
"Dropping Out"
Why improvements to school standards are at serious risk.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/d...
"Dropping Out"
Why improvements to school standards are at serious risk.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/d...
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See it. Share it. I don’t make the rules.
November 15, 2024 at 8:20 PM
See it. Share it. I don’t make the rules.
Going, going, gone. Old junior building is now gone. So many memories. #primaryedu
November 14, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Going, going, gone. Old junior building is now gone. So many memories. #primaryedu
Old infant hall is being knocked down. Feeling a little sad, so many memories
September 18, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Old infant hall is being knocked down. Feeling a little sad, so many memories
Classroom is ready, school is mostly unpacked and somehow the hall is clear after the big move. Ready to welcome the pupils to our brand new school building. Ready for a different school year. #edusky #eduskyprimary
September 4, 2024 at 5:18 AM
Classroom is ready, school is mostly unpacked and somehow the hall is clear after the big move. Ready to welcome the pupils to our brand new school building. Ready for a different school year. #edusky #eduskyprimary
Had the privilege of a trip in a 1928 Bentley at the Fowey Classic Car Show today. Hoping I can link this to something in the primary curriculum! #eduprimary
August 22, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Had the privilege of a trip in a 1928 Bentley at the Fowey Classic Car Show today. Hoping I can link this to something in the primary curriculum! #eduprimary
A nice view on a very hilly run on Fowey this morning. You don't get this in Manchester!
August 21, 2024 at 6:18 PM
A nice view on a very hilly run on Fowey this morning. You don't get this in Manchester!
It might be drizzly, but we enjoyed the #foweyroyalregatta flower dance parade. #Britishsummerholidays
August 19, 2024 at 6:36 PM
It might be drizzly, but we enjoyed the #foweyroyalregatta flower dance parade. #Britishsummerholidays
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Bridget Phillipson doing one of the best Results Day chats on Radio 2 Vine Show right now I’ve ever heard an Ed Sec do.
Even clearly answers about her own A Levels, but points out the influences of luck and that not everyone has same experiences or wants to follow same path.
Even clearly answers about her own A Levels, but points out the influences of luck and that not everyone has same experiences or wants to follow same path.
August 15, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Bridget Phillipson doing one of the best Results Day chats on Radio 2 Vine Show right now I’ve ever heard an Ed Sec do.
Even clearly answers about her own A Levels, but points out the influences of luck and that not everyone has same experiences or wants to follow same path.
Even clearly answers about her own A Levels, but points out the influences of luck and that not everyone has same experiences or wants to follow same path.
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August 13, 2024 at 5:24 AM
Unpacked my brand new classroom in our brand new school building. Still lots to do to be ready for the pupils in September. #ukeducation #ukedu
August 9, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Unpacked my brand new classroom in our brand new school building. Still lots to do to be ready for the pupils in September. #ukeducation #ukedu