I’m the chair of two charities. If a trustee broke the code of governance 17 times and was paid for work conflicting with their role and didnt declare it, I would ask them to step down immediately. How is this allowed?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Let’s see if they write the same story again tomorrow… 👇
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Countryside hedgerow with holly and hawthorn
Plant a wildlife hedge instead of building a fence! It could help hedgehogs, bumblebees, blue tits, robins, frogs, bats, toads, dunnocks, butterflies, moths, blackbirds, solitary bees, wrens, hoverflies...
A quick guide to hedges:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/hed...
Why do the links in these updates never work? Always get “Sorry, we can’t find the page you want
404: Page not found”.
Samir Zitouni's decision to bravely risk his life to protect others during last weekend's train attack was nothing short of absolute heroism.
Wishing him a speedy and full recovery.
The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
Why is there no longer a direct train from Clapham Junction To Brighton? The alternative is worse. #southernrail
Got a couple of miniature watercolour painting sets that I saw advertised on Instagram, as I thought my wife and I could combine competitive painting with a lovely day out. The best work of art either of us will see today will definitely be the back of the pack of paints…!
This, and worse, is soon going to be the norm. We must act decisively and globally to keep fossil fuels in the ground and rapidly decarbonise to have any hope of our grandchildren having a livable planet.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
👆🏻these two things are not the same
Map of UK showing how much warmer than normal it is right now
Wide areas of the UK are currently 10-12°C above normal for the time of day and time of the year.
Updated every hour: istheukhotrightnow.com
Forgot to include the screenshot…
At 08.00 today, the weather in the UK was +4.6°C warmer than normal on average. Parts of Scotland +9°C warmer. From istheukhotrightnow.com - do check it out.
Moral Ambition by @rutgerbregman.com is very good. We need people trained in PPE to have moral ambition and to sustain it.
At 20.00 today, the weather in the UK was +6.8°C warmer than normal on average. Loads of places +10°C or +11°C warmer. From istheukhotrightnow.com
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At 19.00 today, the weather in the UK was +1.5°C warmer than normal on average. From istheukhotrightnow.com
Those things are not inherently ‘good’ things but they do make life for millionaires really good.
Of course there was no exodus of millionaires, because the UK has:
The Premier League
Private schools (that they can still still easily pay for)
Canary Wharf
The West End
Incredible restaurants
Wimbledon
The NHS
Live music
Great comedy
Hyde Park and many others
Heathrow
Moderate weather
And more
If we want to prevent the most catastrophic impacts of the climate crisis, there must be no new oil and gas drilling. The evidence could not be clearer. So why won't Starmer commit to leaving all fossil fuels in the ground?
At 19.00 today, the weather was fairly typical - indeed a little cooler - at an average difference of -1.0°C from normal.
On one hand this is good news - particularly if it reflects newly expanded capacity for generation. On the other hand solar has done well because we’ve had such an unusually dry and sunny spring. At Wild & Other, our solar was up 43% on the same quarter in 2024 but we had 12 weeks with no rain!!
Militarism increases the threat of climate breakdown
Climate breakdown increases the threat of militarism
Our leaders should be de-escalating militarism and increasing a ‘war footing’ on tackling climate catastrophe which threatens the survival of humanity.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The horrors in Gaza continue as the Israeli military opens fire at a food distribution point.
And yet Keir Starmer still refuses to act.
The government must end all arms sales to Israel, call for an immediate ceasefire and denounce Israel's atrocities for what they are - genocide.
The headline reads like it could be good news. It REALLY isn’t…
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
At 10.00 today, the weather in the UK was fairly typical at 0.4°C warmer than normal on average. From istheukhotrightnow.com
At 19.00 today (18.00 UTC), the weather in the UK was 1.3°C warmer than normal. Some places on the east coast were 8°C warmer than normal for the date and time of day though!
At 22.00 today (21.00 UTC), the weather was 2.4°C warmer than normal…
