Vicki (Howe) Wood
@vcwood.bsky.social
Love this! From a child of the 1970s and 80s brought up on M&S waste food. Duck a L’orange anyone?
The most stressed out I've ever been about Christmas was when I was 16 and I got my first ever job, working at M&S in Dundrum. As soon as I started I kept hearing these myths about the Christmas Eve Waste Sale, where all the food that wasn't sold on the 24th was marked down 90%.
December 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Love this! From a child of the 1970s and 80s brought up on M&S waste food. Duck a L’orange anyone?
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: English hospitals that cut registered nurses saw more deaths while those hiring nurses saw more patients survive. Even when hospitals tried to fill gaps with non-nurses, deaths still went up. Major new study exposes dangerous NHS variation:
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
Death rates rise when NHS cuts back on nursing
Using lower-paid workers to plug the gaps left by a failure to hire registered nurses damages safety, new research has shown
www.thetimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: English hospitals that cut registered nurses saw more deaths while those hiring nurses saw more patients survive. Even when hospitals tried to fill gaps with non-nurses, deaths still went up. Major new study exposes dangerous NHS variation:
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
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New President of @royalsociety.org raises concerns about visa costs for researchers
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy
Prof Sir Paul Nurse says the UK is
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December 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
New President of @royalsociety.org raises concerns about visa costs for researchers
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...