Reposted by Jenny RhodesAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026From the new Private Eye 492563924
Jenny Rhodes @jennyrhodes42.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The team analyse ‘that’ speech. You can almost sense their lighter moods. 010
Reposted by Jenny RhodesEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 11/09/2026A new study in southeast England reveals that "green-blue infrastructure"—like parks, lakes, and trees—creates significantly cooler microclimates in built-up urban areas. Bobby Bascomb reports. #Environmenteastangliabylines.co.ukWhat green options are best for urban cooling?Academics have been studying how cities should be designed to protect their inhabitants from extreme heat 0138
Reposted by Jenny RhodesEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 10/09/2026This summer’s drought shows why we must rethink what we eat to cope with the climate emergency: some foods just aren’t sustainable, reports Jenny Canham. eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/fo...eastangliabylines.co.ukFor food security our diets must changeThis summer’s drought shows why we need to rethink what we eat to cope with the climate emergency - some foods just aren’t sustainable 01810
Reposted by Jenny RhodesMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Just copy & share everywhere please. Absolutely thumping. 491332856
Reposted by Jenny RhodesSteve Chalke @stevechalke.bsky.social · 02/09/2026As the NHS announces another rise in children & young people attending A&Es in a mental health crisis, Oasis teams working in Manchester & London hospitals with those children & their families know why. When you don’t invest in community development you always pay in the end! 073
Reposted by Jenny RhodesElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Famous authors asking you out 1223420772
Reposted by Jenny RhodesEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 29/08/2026🌱 A good news story from Norfolk. A decade ago, this was intensively farmed arable land. Today, 1,200 acres are alive with wildflowers, birds and insects – including species not seen locally for 15 years. Sometimes, give nature a chance and it comes roaring back. 🦋eastangliabylines.co.ukMiracle recovery of Norfolk heath after decade of rewildingRare butterflies, birds, and wildflowers thrive in 1,200 acres of new, biodiverse Norfolk grassland 327180
Reposted by Jenny RhodesAlex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The weather over the past 100 days: 🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅 🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅 🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅 🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅 🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🌧️ 012630
Reposted by Jenny RhodesEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 24/08/2026Amazing news from Norfolk… two beavers who mysteriously appeared at a nature reserve last year have given birth to the first wild beaver kits there for centuries. EAB reported on the strange appearance in December. See below ⬇️ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...?theguardian.comWild beaver kits born in Norfolk for first time in more than 500 yearsPair are offspring of two beavers who mysteriously arrived in Pensthorpe nature reserve near Fakenham in December 38119
Reposted by Jenny RhodesJenny Rhodes @jennyrhodes42.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Reason enough. “Children’s lungs grew bigger and stronger after the most polluting vehicles were restricted from entering London… …lung capacity that had been stunted by exposure to pollution.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comUlez led to better lung size and function among London children, study findsResearchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone 12412
Jenny Rhodes @jennyrhodes42.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Reason enough. “Children’s lungs grew bigger and stronger after the most polluting vehicles were restricted from entering London… …lung capacity that had been stunted by exposure to pollution.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comUlez led to better lung size and function among London children, study findsResearchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone 12412
Reposted by Jenny RhodesEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 15/08/2026Pecksniff casts a beady eye over alleged voter intimidation by Reform activists in Clacton, plus * Farage ‘misspeaks’ over his election-night no-show * Rupert Lowe takes an axe to 25 years of legislation * Zia Yusuf gets another slap-down from Farage.... & more..eastangliabylines.co.ukPecksniff: Alleged strong-arm tactics at the polls as Farage wins ClactonIn which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life 15122
Reposted by Jenny RhodesGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Burnham: “This summer has shown beyond doubt that climate change is not a far-off prospect but with us today… I know people are deeply worried about the climate crisis… This govt will rise to the moment & build a better, fairer, greener & more resilient Britain” www.independent.co.uk/voices/andy-...independent.co.ukI will send in as many troops as are needed to fight tinderbox BritainThe country is a tinderbox right now, and we must take extraordinary steps to protect ourselves, says prime minister Andy Burnham 2211232
Reposted by Jenny RhodesEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 11/08/2026Wildfires have devastated Dunwich Heath and Middlewick this summer. But as temperatures rise, there’s an uncomfortable question we need to ask: are we protecting our precious wild spaces and habitats – or does our sense of entitlement to access them freely put them at greater risk?eastangliabylines.co.ukWildfires: do we love our wild spaces too much?As a scorching summer fuels wildfires, our unlimited access to wild spaces raises uncomfortable questions about protecting them 02811
Reposted by Jenny RhodesEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 12/08/2026“Exam factory” is not a metaphor – it’s the UK system today. Over two decades, academisation turned schools into marketised engines generating human capital, not curious citizens. Norwich educators want to buck the trend. It's time to rethink education writes Cllr Gary Champion.eastangliabylines.co.ukBeyond the test: let’s reclaim education for the next generationHow we can reclaim educational practice to make education more meaningful and worthwhile for young people How we can reclaim educational practice to make education more meaningful and worthwhile for y... 79132
Reposted by Jenny RhodesEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 11/08/2026🌳 🌺 🦇 A 12-year study by Suffolk Wildlife Trust at Broxted Solar Farm showed renewable energy generation improving biodiversity, with e.g. meadow pipit numbers doubling. Over time, 41% biodiversity net gain was recorded under the solar panels. www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/news/new-rep...suffolkwildlifetrust.orgNew report of Suffolk solar farm showcases ecological best practice | Suffolk Wildlife TrustPioneering 12-year study carried out by Suffolk Wildlife Trust at Broxted Estate & Solar Farm Suffolk demonstrates how renewable energy generation and biodiversity restoration can be achieved together... 17131
Reposted by Jenny RhodesCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Is “pragmatic” the new, “grown up” word? Andy, there’s nothing “pragmatic” about drilling for more oil & gas - to even consider it with the planet literally on fire is total madness. How many times must we say it will do nothing for energy bills or security? It would be an act of utter recklessnesstheguardian.comBurnham promises ‘pragmatic’ approach to North Sea oil and gasPM tells reporters the government cannot ignore the energy resource ‘when people are struggling’ 1121533515
Reposted by Jenny RhodesEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 30/07/2026It’s not just the heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and flooding… “Climate action makes economic sense. A million British livelihoods now depend on the net zero economy.” Essex CC cancelling net zero policies is very concerning. We can’t go backwards now… eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...eastangliabylines.co.uk‘We will not be closing’Reform cancels “net stupid zero” but the work of the climate commission won't be stopping 24518
Reposted by Jenny RhodesAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 30/07/2026While fires rage in large parts of Europe incl UK, farmers face crop failure and livestock loss, every RefUK or Tory politician on the news must be challenged on their "let's do away with costly net zero nonsense" stance, side-by-side with live images of the cost of inaction. Expose the charlatans. 321258364
Reposted by Jenny RhodesAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 08/07/2026"If he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I wont stop him." <stop stop he's dead gif> 471130247
Reposted by Jenny RhodesEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 30/06/2026Ever climbed into a car that's been baking in the sun and wondered why our biggest car parks don't have shade? The Government was considering exactly that. It has now quietly parked the idea. Here's why it matters. eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...eastangliabylines.co.ukAs Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carportsMinisters have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations 40467159
Reposted by Jenny RhodesEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 23/06/2026A clear message from the National Emergency Briefing is that extreme weather is not a future threat, it’s happening NOW, as we can see this week. The film lays out the problems and solutions. Screenings are all over East Anglia soon. See the map for one near you. Link in article. By Mark Popayeastangliabylines.co.ukNew emergency briefing warns UK climate risks are acceleratingThe National Emergency Briefing warns the UK is facing climate impacts far sooner and more severely than expected 19256
Reposted by Jenny RhodesJon Will Chambers @jonchambers.co.uk · 19/06/2026Where’s Andy Burnham going? 511338515
Reposted by Jenny RhodesStella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 18/06/2026This is not fake news. Reform MP Sarah Pochin really does argue the answer to the domestic abuse associated with football is to hope the team keeps winning. Reform are part of the problem, not the way we achieve a safer and more equal future for all. 41435145
Reposted by Jenny RhodesOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Nigel Farage. A proper football fan who hasn't moved an inch in almost two years. 1552045640
Reposted by Jenny RhodesEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/06/2026To mark National Volunteers Week, we highlight again the Norfolk asylum seekers who do great work as volunteers helping to improve their communities. eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/co...eastangliabylines.co.ukNew Norfolk partnership helps asylum seekers volunteerIn a win-win process, asylum seekers in Norfolk do great work as volunteers to help make their communities better 14217
Reposted by Jenny RhodesChris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 02/06/2026A fox quadrat ? ! Shared by Karen Chignell on Facebook for your #FoxOfTheDay today 2684883
Reposted by Jenny RhodesMr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 02/06/2026This will upset the oil lobby and their pocket politicians. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comUK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research findsNet zero industry accounts for more than a million jobs and benefits whole country, according to CBI Economics 39119
Reposted by Jenny RhodesEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 30/05/2026Big win for wetlands! Thanks to habitat restoration at Blue House Farm, the black-headed gull has soared to the top of our survey list, with numbers also rising for Mediterranean gulls and shovelers. Proof that restoration works. Report by Jenny Rhodeseastangliabylines.co.ukNew survey provides snapshot of the Essex bird populationsFindings in Essex survey show a resurgence for some species and several others to keep a concerned eye on 02011
Reposted by Jenny RhodesEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 29/05/2026Reform UK’s Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket branch has deleted its social media accounts after a series of inflammatory posts. But the explanation now being offered is raising almost as many questions as the posts themselves.eastangliabylines.co.ukJames O’Brien baffled by Reform’s response about ‘vile’ Facebook postsA Suffolk Reform local group says its social media accounts were ‘hijacked by agitators’ 11514
Reposted by Jenny RhodesNiall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Debate in the New Statesman. Once again, this from @carolinelucas.bsky.social , who really gets it, is excellent Community is vital. It's about contributing as well as receiving. And a lot of people in the UK, as elsewhere, will find that persuasive. @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social 1 511040
Reposted by Jenny RhodesMr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 21/05/2026The heckling that Hannah Spencer was subjected to during her speech from MP’s was immature and demonstrated the bubble that MPs operate in. Most if not all work places do not have this drink while you work culture, neither should parliament. Grow up! www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hannah...huffingtonpost.co.ukGreen MP Shouted Down In PMQs As She Calls For Alcohol Ban In ParliamentHannah Spencer told her colleagues: "MPs shouldn't be drinking on the job." 1311939
Reposted by Jenny RhodesJules Pretty @julespretty.bsky.social · 22/05/2026A week today: this new podcast launches Heat! Camera! Action! Two episodes on May 29th Piece today in @eastangliabylines.co.uk eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/... The 5 min trailer: video on YouTube or listen on all pod platformseastangliabylines.co.ukGetting out of the hole: how to save our worldIn a new climate crisis podcast: “Heat! Camera! Action!” Jules Pretty and his guests share personal stories and ideas to give courage for the future 063
Reposted by Jenny RhodesBylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 17/05/2026Bylines Network brings you, People Before Profit. This is your chance to hold rogue organisations to account, and help us investigate those who don’t appear to care about the people they serve. Read all about it here 👇 peoplebeforeprofit.uk/index.php 15438