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Scottish Labour (aka “the branch office”) u-turn on opposition to the Internal Market Act that opens up the possibility of privatisation of the Scottish NHS.

Who are Labour for these days.
February 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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“They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars… Now it appears that work is paying off. Oslo & Helsinki are reaping the rewards of committed action on making their roads safer, reducing pedestrian fatalities to zero last year.” #VisionZero #SpeedKills #Oslo #Helsinki
How Helsinki and Oslo cut pedestrian deaths to zero
After years of committed action, neither city recorded a single pedestrian fatality in 2019
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Join @wtscotsocial.bsky.social at Gleann Shildeag on 1 March for a day of community tree planting to help restore and expand #ScotlandsRainforest! There are over 300,000 trees to be planted around the glen this spring so all help is much appreciated!
Community tree planting at Gleann Shìldeag - Woodland Trust
Come along to Gleann Shìldeag to help us restore and expand Scotland’s rainforest!
buff.ly
February 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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An important point to keep in mind.
February 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Pre-match beers (with or without alcohol) at Fierce ABZ. 10% discount for ticket holders as always
January 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Get the message?

By Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz.
February 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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What if all the world's biggest problems have the same invisible solution?
What if all the world's biggest problems have the same solution?
YouTube video by Veritasium
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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District heating using heat pumps and geothermal sources is awesome - so efficient and effective. 👍🌱🔥
IMPORTANT: Finland is building the world’s largest heat pump to warm homes in Helsinki. It would help decarbonize the city’s district heating system by end of 2026.

“Helsinki has set the ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2030. Transitioning our heating system is crucial to achieving this.”
Finland is building a giant heat pump to cut CO2 from warming homes
The heat pump will be part of a plant that will warm around 30,000 homes in Finland’s capital city.
www.euronews.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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This is important — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.

There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.

Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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One of our busiest roadsides is in a more natural state than many of our hills.

It is time we fixed them.

Find out more in our Nature Recovery Report. 👉 https://buff.ly/3EagOBk
February 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Clarkson is right. Brexit has made travelling to the EU with any kind of professional equipment, nightmarish. Carnets for cameras etc is a bureaucratic, expensive waste of time. But it applies to loads of industries, esp musicians/performing artists etc.
www.thetimes.com/article/5356...
Jeremy Clarkson: Brexit makes me want to sit in a gutter and weep
Since we left the EU it’s been easier to get into Iraq than France. None of this has made our lives better in any way
www.thetimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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But Alex, you, and every other bad faith British Nationalist, swore blind in 2014 that there was no oil left.

It’s almost like you were misleading the public for political gain.
February 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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NEW: Child poverty is set to fall in Scotland but rise in rest of the UK, a major new report projects.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said that the UK Government should follow Scotland's lead👇
January 29, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Scotrail is the new Calmac for the miserablist anti-independence Scottish media, determined to 'prove' we couldn't possibly cope as an independent nation.

Never mind that Scotrail performs better than any other rail company in the UK.
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/01/13/b...
BBC England reveals that ScotRail had fewer cancellations, often far fewer, than any other other UK rail company in 2024
I’m grateful to my old friend, workmate, dry humourist* and sandwich stealer, from events he hadn’t been invited to attend, Prof Mike Danson of UWS, for alerting me to this. Never to my…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Awesome! Baillie, Sarwar and co will be gutted. Cue their MSM up their attacks on the SNHS under the SNP, whose budget is controlled by Westminster.
January 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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BREAKING: All schools and nurseries in Glasgow City Council will be closed tomorrow after a red weather warning was issued.

Story to follow.
January 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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BREAKING: All Scotrail service will be suspended on Friday, January 24.

It comes after the Met Office issued a red weather warning for Storm Eowyn.

Story to follow.
January 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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BREAKING: A rare red weather warning has been issued for wind across central Scotland.

Story to follow.
January 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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In the UK, auto insurance prices dropped 16% in a year.

A big reason: Lower urban speed limits

Industry analyst: "Areas where 20mph zones have been introduced result in lower levels of claim frequency – a key factor in the cost of car insurance."
UK’s 20mph speed limits ‘are cutting car insurance costs’
Controversial safety policy has helped drive down premiums to 18-month low, says Confused.com
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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No churning clouds, no furious winds, no dramatic light breaking through, just the sun's first rays dancing across one of our planet's most spectacular & imposing massifs. Torres del Paine, Patagonia.

#photography #travel #bluesky #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography #scape
January 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Scottish Cup game day.🔴⚪️
January 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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It's a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history. Please share it as much as you can. #InducedDemand
January 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM