Barbara Pilgrim
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Just having a tidy up of some old #EcoSchools stuff and came across this little gem from over 10 years ago. Not sure where it originated but the message is more relevant than ever. 🌳🌍👍
#EnvironmentalEducation #trees #nature #conservation #wildlife #ClimateChange
#EnvironmentalEducation #trees #nature #conservation #wildlife #ClimateChange
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Just having a tidy up of some old #EcoSchools stuff and came across this little gem from over 10 years ago. Not sure where it originated but the message is more relevant than ever. 🌳🌍👍
#EnvironmentalEducation #trees #nature #conservation #wildlife #ClimateChange
#EnvironmentalEducation #trees #nature #conservation #wildlife #ClimateChange
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This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
December 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
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i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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Another one for the future economy file where the UK and rest of Europe is completely in denial - demographics.
The gap between politics and economic reality has surely never been wider than now. bsky.app/profile/anth...
The gap between politics and economic reality has surely never been wider than now. bsky.app/profile/anth...
The UK will celebrate net emigration and depopulation come 2027.
And by 2028 it will start to realise, with an ageing society and low growth, what a really silly thing it has done.
The right will go "pro-natalist", the centre-left will be completely stuck.
And by 2028 it will start to realise, with an ageing society and low growth, what a really silly thing it has done.
The right will go "pro-natalist", the centre-left will be completely stuck.
December 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Another one for the future economy file where the UK and rest of Europe is completely in denial - demographics.
The gap between politics and economic reality has surely never been wider than now. bsky.app/profile/anth...
The gap between politics and economic reality has surely never been wider than now. bsky.app/profile/anth...
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Immigration policy has dictated our politics since - and because of - Brexit. It has led to nothing but failure, division and a resurgence in brazen racism. It is a scapegoating shield dishonest politicians hide behind to deny their own responsibility. And, ultimately, it has become utterly ruinous.
December 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Immigration policy has dictated our politics since - and because of - Brexit. It has led to nothing but failure, division and a resurgence in brazen racism. It is a scapegoating shield dishonest politicians hide behind to deny their own responsibility. And, ultimately, it has become utterly ruinous.
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All of these skills built up on the project will be scattered to the winds because we have cancelled a chunk of the project and we're not building any more high speed rail.
Engineers working on the HS2 project have slid a 4,600t viaduct section across the M6 without a full carriageway closure, in what contractors say is a UK first that will reduce disruption for drivers
Full story:
Full story:
HS2 completes final slide of 4,600t viaduct across M6 without closing motorway | New Civil Engineer
The 17‑hour operation carried out over the weekend of 13-14 December completed the three‑stage assembly and installation of the 315m long East deck of the
buff.ly
December 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
All of these skills built up on the project will be scattered to the winds because we have cancelled a chunk of the project and we're not building any more high speed rail.
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We are going to see so many headlines like this over the coming years.
Hundreds of foreign prison staff 'offered emergency extension to visa' to stop the prison system collapsing
Hundreds of foreign prison staff 'offered emergency extension to visa' to stop the prison system collapsing
Hundreds of foreign prison staff who could have faced deportation and the sack have been offered an emergency extension to their visa in order to stop the prison system collapsing, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
We are going to see so many headlines like this over the coming years.
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I also want to say thank you to the person who introduced me to the French word 'beaucoup' this year. It means a lot.
December 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I also want to say thank you to the person who introduced me to the French word 'beaucoup' this year. It means a lot.
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Which words have given you happiness this year? I’d love to hear them.
(And if you fancy some distraction over the holidays, do give my word game Two Words a try.
twowords2.page.link/play)
(And if you fancy some distraction over the holidays, do give my word game Two Words a try.
twowords2.page.link/play)
December 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Which words have given you happiness this year? I’d love to hear them.
(And if you fancy some distraction over the holidays, do give my word game Two Words a try.
twowords2.page.link/play)
(And if you fancy some distraction over the holidays, do give my word game Two Words a try.
twowords2.page.link/play)
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New research finds that car touchscreens are so distracting that they induce "significant performance degradation" among drivers.
Meanwhile, in-vehicle touchscreens remain completely unregulated in the US.
doi.org/10.1145/3746...
Meanwhile, in-vehicle touchscreens remain completely unregulated in the US.
doi.org/10.1145/3746...
December 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
New research finds that car touchscreens are so distracting that they induce "significant performance degradation" among drivers.
Meanwhile, in-vehicle touchscreens remain completely unregulated in the US.
doi.org/10.1145/3746...
Meanwhile, in-vehicle touchscreens remain completely unregulated in the US.
doi.org/10.1145/3746...
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EU Erasmus scheme to reopen to UK students for first time since Brexit
EU Erasmus scheme to reopen to UK students for first time since Brexit
Deal agreed for £570m to rejoin exchange programme in 2027, fulfilling Labour election manifesto pledge
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Europe live – latest updates
Young people across the UK will be able to study or gain work experience through the EU’s Erasmus scheme for the first time since Brexit, after the government announced an agreement to rejoin at a cost of £570m.
The scheme officially known as Erasmus+ will be reopened to those involved in education, training, culture and sport from 2027, after discussions in London and Brussels to fulfil a Labour election manifesto pledge. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
EU Erasmus scheme to reopen to UK students for first time since Brexit
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Official confirmation of the UK rejoining Erasmus+ in 2027.
As someone who studied in the UK (though not via Erasmus) very pleased to see this particuarly severing of connection at least partially rebuild:
As someone who studied in the UK (though not via Erasmus) very pleased to see this particuarly severing of connection at least partially rebuild:
Joint Statement by Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency Maroš Šef\u010Dovi\u010D and HM Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office The...
In May, the United Kingdom and the European Union held their first ever Summit and agreed to strengthen cooperation through a new strategic partnership. This partnership will make us more secure, will
ec.europa.eu
December 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Official confirmation of the UK rejoining Erasmus+ in 2027.
As someone who studied in the UK (though not via Erasmus) very pleased to see this particuarly severing of connection at least partially rebuild:
As someone who studied in the UK (though not via Erasmus) very pleased to see this particuarly severing of connection at least partially rebuild:
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You can already see it in the Daily Mail's coverage of Poles leaving the country.
They're not going to thank you for non-Brits leaving / not coming in the first place. They're just going to say it's because the country is going to hell!
Amazed the Government can't see it coming
They're not going to thank you for non-Brits leaving / not coming in the first place. They're just going to say it's because the country is going to hell!
Amazed the Government can't see it coming
December 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
You can already see it in the Daily Mail's coverage of Poles leaving the country.
They're not going to thank you for non-Brits leaving / not coming in the first place. They're just going to say it's because the country is going to hell!
Amazed the Government can't see it coming
They're not going to thank you for non-Brits leaving / not coming in the first place. They're just going to say it's because the country is going to hell!
Amazed the Government can't see it coming
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Some countries are heading into a reverse Enlightenment. An age of bullshit, irrationality, and idiocy. The US is rushing headlong to the cliff edge while the UK is just eroding it's capacity by ignoring the obvious crisis in the research sector
Well, this is an utter disaster for science.
This gutting of peer review is very likely driven by Project 2025/OMB/Vought, very likely is about funding junk science, and very likely is coming for #NIH and biomedical research next.
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This gutting of peer review is very likely driven by Project 2025/OMB/Vought, very likely is about funding junk science, and very likely is coming for #NIH and biomedical research next.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Some countries are heading into a reverse Enlightenment. An age of bullshit, irrationality, and idiocy. The US is rushing headlong to the cliff edge while the UK is just eroding it's capacity by ignoring the obvious crisis in the research sector
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"They've made the school nativity play WOKE 😡😡"
Colin from Portsmouth.
Colin from Portsmouth.
December 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"They've made the school nativity play WOKE 😡😡"
Colin from Portsmouth.
Colin from Portsmouth.
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No shit Sherlock...
Increased coverage of Reform UK by Britain’s broadcast media appears to have fuelled the public’s rising preoccupation with the issues of immigration and asylum, according to research carried out in Wales ✍️ Martin Shipton
Is increased coverage of Reform fuelling the public's preoccupation with migration and asylum?
Martin Shipton Increased coverage of Reform UK by Britain’s broadcast media appears to have fuelled the public’s rising preoccupation with the issues of immigration and asylum, according to research c...
wp.me
December 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
No shit Sherlock...
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Anyone who thinks we haven’t gone downhill as a country needs to have a rethink. This is horrendous, and where it’s leading is even worse.
Harry Cole of Sun interviews Connor Tomlinson - who advocates banning ethnic minority MPs from parliament
Tomlinson regrets sacrificing Suella Braverman but feels sure (on no evidence) she would sacrifice herself to remove the risk of Kemi Badenoch, Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel & Shabana Mahmood!
Tomlinson regrets sacrificing Suella Braverman but feels sure (on no evidence) she would sacrifice herself to remove the risk of Kemi Badenoch, Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel & Shabana Mahmood!
December 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Anyone who thinks we haven’t gone downhill as a country needs to have a rethink. This is horrendous, and where it’s leading is even worse.
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WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
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2016 Daily Mail: We want foreigners out! We don’t care if it makes us poorer. Brexit means Brexit!
2025 Daily Mail: Foreigners are leaving Starmer’s Britain because this country is poor and shit!
This country would be so much better off without this hypocritical, incendiary, irresponsible rag.
2025 Daily Mail: Foreigners are leaving Starmer’s Britain because this country is poor and shit!
This country would be so much better off without this hypocritical, incendiary, irresponsible rag.
December 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
2016 Daily Mail: We want foreigners out! We don’t care if it makes us poorer. Brexit means Brexit!
2025 Daily Mail: Foreigners are leaving Starmer’s Britain because this country is poor and shit!
This country would be so much better off without this hypocritical, incendiary, irresponsible rag.
2025 Daily Mail: Foreigners are leaving Starmer’s Britain because this country is poor and shit!
This country would be so much better off without this hypocritical, incendiary, irresponsible rag.
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🙃 Vous avez cru aux fausses vidéos d'animaux sautant sur des trampolines? C'est plus grave que vous ne le pensez 👉 slatenow.link/4pZAcn2
December 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
🙃 Vous avez cru aux fausses vidéos d'animaux sautant sur des trampolines? C'est plus grave que vous ne le pensez 👉 slatenow.link/4pZAcn2
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Interesting to note that red kites re-introduced to Buckinghamshire from Spain in 1989 are now helping to re-establish Spanish populations.
UK red kites bring Spanish cousins back from the brink
A project to revive red kite populations in south-west Spain sees new mating pairs and chicks.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Interesting to note that red kites re-introduced to Buckinghamshire from Spain in 1989 are now helping to re-establish Spanish populations.