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Industry heavyweights clash over Maris Piper’s long-term future

Industry leaders debate whether Maris Piper still meets modern pressures as complaints rise and alternatives gain ground. Is its long‑held status…

A drawing of a plant's root system from the linked website. - plant height: 41 centimeters / 16.1 inches - root depth: 89 centimeters / 35.0 inches - root system diameter: 72 centimeters / 28.3 inches

Hypochoeris radicata. https://images.wur.nl/digital/collection/coll13/id/781/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypochoeris_radicata

#plants #roots #illustration

AI images, old videos and false viral claims: what to watch out for when checking posts about the Middle East on social media – Full Fact In the last week we’ve seen a surge of misinformation relating to the war with Iran—we’ve fact checked 10 viral posts, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

We’ve written seven more fact checks this week about Middle East misinformation on social media as AI images and miscaptioned videos continue to spread.
Here’s what to watch out for 👇

The images show how Lake Urmia in the north-west of the country – once the largest lake in the Middle East – has almost completely dried up since 2001 as water that feeds that lake has been diverted.

NEW – Q&A: How climate change and war threaten Iran’s water supplies | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @giulianaviglione.bsky.social @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org

Read here: buff.ly/rcjFJKy

🩸 Did you know: 1 blood donation can save up to three lives?

Blood transfusion saves lives and improves health, but many patients requiring transfusion do not have timely access to safe blood.

Whilst Führtrage incited the UK to witter ovver what pictures should illustrate bank notes

A cold night to come, with a frost and icy stretches in places 🧊

The US says it will loosen sanctions on other countries buying Russian oil and petroleum loaded on vessels at sea, in a bid to curb price rises

The cost of oil rose to more than $100 a barrel yesterday

Russia continues to pound Ukrainian cities with drones on a daily/nightly basis

Irrepressible? Führtrage is endorsed by practically every single news outlet. Media bends over backwards not to probe or scrutinise *owt* about his links to 🫧money.

@javierblas.bsky.social: ‘US has further eased Russian sanctions, allowing ALL countries (and not just India) to buy Russian oil already loaded by March 12. Vladimir Putin continues to cash in on President Trump's attack on Iran. The Kremlin can sell stranded oil barrels at much higher prices.’

🔴 Across the Middle East, the number of displaced keeps growing.

According to the UN, 3.2 million Iranians have fled their homes, trying to escape the bombings

No idea 🤷
Complete my$tery to people that are not differently m🤪tivat£d like them.

Buying people wi bitcoin 🤔

"Rearranging" t'egg tarts??

Jill came across a shoplifter in the village shop yesterday.
She hid a huge muffin under her coat & then stuffed moist baps down her trousers. When challenged this deranged woman told Jill to frack off & called her a blob.
Simple Sally chased her off with a mop & a blow torch.
😱

Cornwall live's reporting were what it took for contacts of ours near him to understand seriousness of his misdemeanours.

I weren't giving this issue much thought, but I now read that King Charles has spoken wi Canadian First Nations chief about that odd separatist club 👇

Dr Aseem Malhotra BREAKING NEWS TELEGRAPH: @DrAseemMalh... •9h 'I blew the whistle on covid jabs 5 years ago. Now, I'm fighting for my medical license' 'You do not rebuild trust by shutting down debate. You rebuild it through transparency, humility and the courage to admit uncertainty' ... I blew the whistle on Covid jabs five years ago. Now, I'm fighting for my medical licence When my father died suddenly in 2021, I raised legitimate safety concerns about mRNA vaccines. The establishment backlash was immediate

BBC Ambulance delay caused Manchester doctor's death, claims son 8 September 2021 A celebrated doctor would have "almost certainly survived" if an ambulance was not delayed, his son has claimed. Prof Kailash Chand OBE, 73, a former leader of the British Medical Association, died after suffering a cardiac arrest in July.

When Malhotra didn’t get the attention he craved in 2021…

#QuackMalhotra

World Service is more needed than ever, yet its funding agreement has only two weeks left. Bluddy shortsightedness.

You boy, have they put me on a banknote yet?

Eeh, this a nice interlude before things kick off about Easter eggs on t'Gammonati bingo card of performative ranting, in't it 🤗

“Elon Musk’s Tesla given go-ahead to supply electricity in Great Britain.” A subheading underneath says: “Ofgem licence means firm can replicate Texas setup of powering homes, businesses and EVs.”

Ed Miliband must step in and bar Tesla from holding an energy licence.

Elon Musk is a threat to our national security and clearly not a fit person to operate in our energy industry.

We can’t have the lights go out because he’s having a strop on X.

£5 note We first issued our current £5 note in 2016 - it features the politician Sir Winston Churchill.

2016 were first issue of Sir Winston Churchill £5. Ten years as a design is a success.

Some better news on covid positivity. Thanks for the weekly updates.

Snow and ice may greet you as you step outside on Friday morning in some northern areas ⚠️

The chance of wintry showers almost anywhere but also some sunny spells 🌦️

Feeling cold in the brisk winds 🌬️

Nutmeg and black pepper. Tiiiiiiiny pinch of demerara sugar ti taste (Tiiiiiiny). Butter or olive oil on t'bread.

“AI is basically sucking up all human knowledge and throwing it back at us - and charging a price.”

Talking Heads founding member David Byrne speaks to
@faisalislam.bsky.social about AI and its impact on creativity.

#Newsnight

🖼️ Alternative text description A logarithmic line chart tracks four key COVID‑19 indicators in England from February 2020 to 4 March 2026, using official datasets. The chart displays: Positive cases (orange), Hospital patients with COVID‑19 (blue), Deaths involving COVID‑19 (red), and PCR test positivity (purple). Each line shows long‑term trends using moving averages. The chart highlights major waves from 2020–2022, followed by lower but persistent activity through 2023–2026. The latest data points show (weekly) 580 cases, 572 hospital patients, 34 deaths, and 2.6% PCR positivity. Vertical markers indicate four‑week intervals. A note explains that the chart is independently produced using official England data and is not affiliated with government or NHS bodies.

Latest England COVID‑19 data - plotted on a chart showing weekly: cases, hospitalisations, deaths, and PCR positivity.
👉 580 cases, 572 in hospital, 34 deaths, 2.6% positivity.
Reminding us that COVID hasn’t gone away.
Sources: #UKHSA, #NHSEngland, #ONS.
ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/respiratory-...

Bombed Iranian girls school had vivid website and yearslong online presence An Iranian girls school that took a direct hit on the first day of the war had a yearslong online presence, including dozens of photos of the children and their activities, before it was bombed along ...

A Reuters visual investigation raises questions about how the U.S. military could have missed a documented, yearslong online presence for the girls school that was bombed in Iran. This including dozens of photos of the children and their activities. Investigation ongoing.

Sad news. RSC: We are saddened to hear of the death of Jane Lapotaire. A truly brilliant actress her RSC credits include Piaf, winning her TONY & Olivier awards, & Gertrude opposite Kenneth Branagh in Adrian Noble’s Hamlet. RIP.

Sad news. RSC: We are saddened to hear of the death of Jane Lapotaire.

A truly brilliant actress her RSC credits include Piaf, winning her TONY & Olivier awards, & Gertrude opposite Kenneth Branagh in Adrian Noble’s Hamlet.

RIP.