Janet Cooke
@jecooke.bsky.social
Particularly interested in politics, places, public transport, social housing and ethics. Croydon based.
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1 in 21 children in London are living in temporary accommodation - a shocking legacy of the last government.
Wates and Rollalong have developed a modular home, built to high standards, that can be moved between vacant sites as TA. Today their demo model arrived at City Hall.
Wates and Rollalong have developed a modular home, built to high standards, that can be moved between vacant sites as TA. Today their demo model arrived at City Hall.
August 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
1 in 21 children in London are living in temporary accommodation - a shocking legacy of the last government.
Wates and Rollalong have developed a modular home, built to high standards, that can be moved between vacant sites as TA. Today their demo model arrived at City Hall.
Wates and Rollalong have developed a modular home, built to high standards, that can be moved between vacant sites as TA. Today their demo model arrived at City Hall.
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I attended the Youth Select Committee report launch on Youth Violence and Social Media. One key takeaway: social media companies must do more to make online spaces safer. Thanks to Wania Ahmad, Zafeera Karim and everyone from the committee for their work on this report.
March 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I attended the Youth Select Committee report launch on Youth Violence and Social Media. One key takeaway: social media companies must do more to make online spaces safer. Thanks to Wania Ahmad, Zafeera Karim and everyone from the committee for their work on this report.
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Honored to join veterans and the Croydon community at Westminster Abbey to celebrate Mike Lyons, who fought for PTSD-affected WWI soldiers to be recognised. We're fundraising for SSAFA and the RBL New Addington branch. Donate: www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/... #CroydonCares4Veterans
March 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Honored to join veterans and the Croydon community at Westminster Abbey to celebrate Mike Lyons, who fought for PTSD-affected WWI soldiers to be recognised. We're fundraising for SSAFA and the RBL New Addington branch. Donate: www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/... #CroydonCares4Veterans
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New Addington: Your new Community Diagnostics Centre opens this summer. Healthwatch Croydon wants your input on services. Share your thoughts in the survey by March 26th: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/NewAddingt...
March 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
New Addington: Your new Community Diagnostics Centre opens this summer. Healthwatch Croydon wants your input on services. Share your thoughts in the survey by March 26th: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/NewAddingt...
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Also think one of the happiest accidents in all fiction that she did get London’s terminuses (termini?) confused. The horror of the world’s tourists milling around between platforms nine and ten of Euston. 🥶
December 28, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Also think one of the happiest accidents in all fiction that she did get London’s terminuses (termini?) confused. The horror of the world’s tourists milling around between platforms nine and ten of Euston. 🥶
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Genuinely I think one of the most inspired bits of station design has been to create a fake 9 3/4 to divert people so at least the crowds are controlled rather than looking around for a platform that is not there, both in the “it’s fictional” and the “author was thinking of another station” sense.
Man, did not, naively, expect Platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross to still be such a tourist trap given the crowds and the Japanese voices I heard walking past it
December 28, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Genuinely I think one of the most inspired bits of station design has been to create a fake 9 3/4 to divert people so at least the crowds are controlled rather than looking around for a platform that is not there, both in the “it’s fictional” and the “author was thinking of another station” sense.
From dream to reality: Go-op, Britain’s first cooperative railway
What a fantastic initiative- good luck to them!!
What a fantastic initiative- good luck to them!!
December 27, 2024 at 12:53 PM
From dream to reality: Go-op, Britain’s first cooperative railway
What a fantastic initiative- good luck to them!!
What a fantastic initiative- good luck to them!!
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As HS2’s new chief executive starts work, rail minister Lord Hendy sets out the scale of the challenge www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
Light at end of the tunnel for HS2? Rail minister makes pledge on new Euston station
Lord Hendy says vision for Euston is to integrate new HS2 station with mainline rail station and bigger Tube station
www.standard.co.uk
December 2, 2024 at 4:02 PM
As HS2’s new chief executive starts work, rail minister Lord Hendy sets out the scale of the challenge www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
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I’ve written for the @newstatesman.com about the disastrous housing legacy left by the previous government.
It will take time to turn things around, but we can and we must rebuild. www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/20...
It will take time to turn things around, but we can and we must rebuild. www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/20...
Why London's fractured housing market is going to take time to heal
London Deputy Mayor Tom Copley on his and Sadiq Khan's plans for the capital.
www.newstatesman.com
December 2, 2024 at 7:35 PM
I’ve written for the @newstatesman.com about the disastrous housing legacy left by the previous government.
It will take time to turn things around, but we can and we must rebuild. www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/20...
It will take time to turn things around, but we can and we must rebuild. www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/20...