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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"Their aim is simply to reduce the number of non-motorists killed or seriously injured... This creates a perverse incentive. The easiest way to reduce the death toll of pedestrians and cyclists is to discourage people from walking or cycling in the first place"
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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 27/07/2026
The #EdFringe starts early with car brain comedy* signs: 1. Single file traffic: so let’s make the pavement single file too 2. Road ahead closed: so we’ve blocked the pavement too 3. Road ahead closed: sign blocking pavement obscured by cars anyway 4. Diversion: so pedestrians are diverted too
single file traffic sign adjacent to three open lanes for cars blocks the already tight busy  high street pavement Road ahead closed sign for carriageway (not pavement) closure 100m away covers 80% of pavement Road closed ahead sign that blocks pavement is largely obscured behind parked carsDiverted traffic sign blocks 75% of pavement and is hidden behind a parked SUV that obscures the diversionary route for traffic
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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Great article from Scarlett here. A short, clear call-to-action that you'll want to share with your local decision-makers
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Eye hack Richard Brooks tracked the companies and middlemen who cashed in on the crisis, and the government that let them get away with it. ➡️ Profits of Doom special report available to read for free: www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo... 🧵2/2
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Special Report: Profits Of Doom
As the greatest public health emergency for a century brought illness, bereavement and hardship to millions in the UK and presented taxpayers with a £75bn bill for extra health spending, a smaller ban...
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 15/07/2026
830 wildfires burning across Canada right now. And you know what’s going to make it worse in the future? More oil pipelines. This is why our voice and our vote matters.
A NASA map of the wildfires burning across Canada right now.
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Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada @citizenslobbyca.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
US politicians blaming Canada for the wildfire smoke is deplorable. The USA is the #1 producer of oil and gas on this planet. Fossil fuels companies have lied to us for decades about the energy transition. Their product and lies are the cause global heating. It is harrowing to know what is coming.
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Prof Phoebe Barnard @phoebebarnard.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
@laurielaybourn.bsky.social nice work here: words matter, climate science doesn’t care about political timidity, and time is of the essence. Leadership can be done oh, so much better. So collaboratively and popularly @jamesgdyke.info @climatemajority.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Andy Burnham must act fast on the climate – or risk getting stuck in a ‘derailment’ doom loop | Laurie Laybourn
Around the world, climate-sceptic parties are exploiting floods and fires to make political capital. Without urgent changes, this deadly spiral will continue, says Laurie Laybourn, executive director ...
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JustMoney Movement @justmoneymvt.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Join our team! 📢 We are looking for an Interim Executive Director to help us: ✅ build on our legacy ✅ secure a sustainable long-term future ✅ seize opportunities as they arise Could this be for you? Find more information and apply: justmoney.org.uk/work-for-us Please do share widely!
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 05/07/2026
From @thetimes.com "The Reform UK leader did not declare benefits including staff, security and housing by crypto-gambler George Cottrell" www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Revealed: Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal
The Reform UK leader did not declare benefits including staff, security and housing by crypto-gambler George Cottrell, our investigation reveals
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 28/06/2026
Israel is attacking West Bank agriculture in an attempt to drive Palestinian farmers off their land.
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Paradise lost: How Israel is making war on West Bank farmers
Israel is attacking West Bank agriculture in an attempt to drive Palestinian farmers off their land.
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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
From 1925: a prediction that, as more people choose to drive to the countryside, cars will end up destroying the very beauty that people go to see.
This is a satirical cartoon titled "Motoring and Our Beautiful Countryside" by W.K. Haselden, published in 1925.It highlights the irony of motorists destroying the very scenic beauty they drive out to see by demanding infrastructure improvements.The panels demonstrate a progression from idyllic country lanes to suburban sprawl, with the final panel depicting a dystopian landscape dominated by wide roads and minimal greenery.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23
Telegraph headiline:

"Heatwave hysterics wouldn't have lasted a day in 1976", overlaid with a bold “MONK DEBUNKED” stamp.
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churchtimes.bsky.social @churchtimes.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
After the “violent arrest and detention” of another young Palestinian Christian by the Israeli authorities in the West Bank, four diocesan bishops have written that “administrative detention is a cruel penal system that is ripe for abuse and maltreatment”
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Bishops protest at detention of second Palestinian Christian student in West Bank
AFTER the “violent arrest and detention” of another young Palestinian Christian by the Israeli authorities in the West Bank, four diocesan bishops have written that “administrative detention is a cruel penal system that is ripe for abuse and maltr...
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Rosalie Callway @rcallway.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The #heatwave has been a stark reminder of the growing challenge of keeping our homes cool. For people living in flats converted from former office blocks and industrial buildings the challenge of overheating is even greater... #housing #health #deregulation www.tcpa.org.uk/hot-housing-...
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Oh. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform St Helens councillor assaulted woman while working pub doors
The Labour Party has said it is "deeply concerned" by Reform's vetting procedures.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 23/05/2026
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 20/05/2026
Claims that “over two million” people attended last weekend’s Unite the Kingdom march in London are circulating online. But this isn’t true. Police estimates put it at around 60,000, and an independent expert told us it definitely wasn’t millions.
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No, there weren’t ‘over two million’ people at last weekend’s Unite the Kingdom march – Full Fact
We’ve seen several social media posts quoting this figure, but both the police and an independent expert have said it’s much too high.
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Kit @kit-in-devon.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Did you know the UK takes over the presidency of the G20 at the end of the year? Right now the government is deciding on the agenda. I've emailed my MP to get debt on the agenda and to demand a new law so that countries in debt crisis won't be sued by greedy vulture funds👇 tinyurl.com/3h9e3dvk
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Stop debt vultures suing Ethiopia
This is the worst global debt crisis in 35 years – and now the debt vultures are swooping in. They’re suing Ethiopia, a country pushed into crisis by climate disasters and debt, through the High Court...
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20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Our 5th free Webinar on "Delivering 20" is Friday at noon. Over 430 already registered. Find out how 20mph limits are making the difference in communities across the UK. Register at
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: 20mph for Safer Streets: Evidence, Delivery and Impact. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The 5th in our Delivering 20 webinar series. Attendees will hear how lowering the speed limit from 30mph to 20mph in built up areas would make a significant contribution towards delivering the 65% (70% for children 16 and under) casualty reduction targets outlined in the Government’s Road Safety Strategy.   Hear councillors and officers from Local Highway Authorities report on how they have already delivered 20mph limits and the significant casualty reductions they are seeing. Learn about barriers to implementing 20mph and how the Government’s RSS can deliver a country-wide blueprint to deal with these barriers and protect all road users.     The webinar will also include a preview of the upcoming Vision Zero Conference in Birmingham on 30 June and the latest news from Wales on the continuing casualty reductions following the national 20mph default in 2023. Chair Adrian Berendt, Director, 20's Plenty for Us CIC Contributors: Sue Nicholls, Director, 20’s Plenty for Us , CIC Cllr Andrew Gant - Cabinet Member for Transport Management, Oxford County Council Adam O’Neill, Programme Development & Delivery Lead, Cornwall County Council   Darren Divall, Regional Road Safety Manager, Transport for West Midlands Phil Jones, Founder and Chair, Phil Jones Associates
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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
What was that Joe Biden line? “Don't tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value”
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 20/05/2026
Nigel Farage keeps changing his story about why crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne gave him £5m in 2024. Ex-MP and professor of law David Howarth examines whether any of his explanations pass muster. www.thenerve.news/p/nigel-fara...
Farage's £5m problem: Do any of his defences hold up? Illustration of Nigel Farage and Thailand-based billionaire Christopher Harborne with a pile of money
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Paul Behrens @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
If you're in the UK, please support and share this petition to hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks. It's growing fast, let's get to 10,000 by the end of this week! Then the government will respond to it 100,000 and it is debated in parliament petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks
The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...
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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Priorities 👀 £400m support for people who can afford to drive, but nothing for people who walk, ride a bike or catch the bus? “The cost of the package, including postponing the 5p rise and the discount on red diesel duty, is expected to be around £400m.”
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Freedom from Torture @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Our photography competition is open for submissions, and we’d love to see ‘hope’ and ‘sanctuary’ through your lens! 📷 Our judges will select their favourites to be displayed in busy galleries in both London and Edinburgh. Enter as many times as you like - happy snapping! ow.ly/Qvy250Z04gn
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Riding Lights Theatre Company @ridinglights.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
WE'RE HIRING A FULL TIME TECHNICAL MANAGER to support productions both at Friargate Theatre and on tour with Riding Lights. More info and a full job description on our website www.ridinglights.org/jobs Apply by Monday 01 June 2026.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Why exactly would a Thailand-based economic migrant secretly give Nigel Farage £5 million as a 'reward' for delivering Brexit? I won't get to ask either of them this question but every single journalist & broadcaster granted access could...
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Freedom from Torture @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Read our open letter to David Lammy, setting out concerns that weakening Article 3 risks undermining the global fight against torture. bit.ly/4tFpALn Amnesty International UK Helen Bamber Foundation 🧡 Liberty REDRESS Trust
Human rights organisations
send open letter to David Lammy
We are concerned that weakening Article 3 risks undermining the global fight against torture.

Any perception that the UK and European partners are willing to chip away at absolute protections against torture risks emboldening repressive states across the globe to flout the torture ban and threatens the credibility of international efforts to hold them to account.

Read full open letter via link in bio.
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Climate Outreach @climateoutreach.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
📢 Webinar: following the May elections, what does this new political landscape mean for environmental politics at home & globally? Our CEO Rachael Orr joins this webinar hosted by @green-alliance.org.uk ance.org.uk 🗓️ Thurs 14 May 🕜 12-1 pm BST 👉 Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whats-next...
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 13/05/2026
Important news. I asked four senior Reform people on last week’s election night programme if Mr Farage would provide the receipts to show that the £5m Harborne gift had only been used solely for security. The reply, from all four, was that it wasn’t necessary.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
MD’s latest on the Lucy Letby case, only in the new Private Eye, out now. ➡️ ALL previous parts of our special report into the Lucy Letby case are now available online: www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo... 🧵2/2
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Special Report: The Lessons of the Lucy Letby Case
After Lucy Letby was convicted in August 2023 of murdering seven babies, a number of experts contacted Eye columnist MD because they
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Alec Luhn @alecluhn.com · 06/05/2026
We've lost 15% of the Amazon rainforest. If we lose >7% more, it could suffer mass dieback at >1.5°C warming, which we'll likely reach by 2030 www.newscientist.com/article/2525...
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Deforestation could trigger Amazon tipping point in the 2030s
At least 15 per cent of the Amazon has already been lost, and further destruction could unleash widespread rainforest dieback with as little as 1.5°C of global warming
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 06/05/2026
Follow the money: How far-right Reform UK built a global network aje.news/jtytj0
Follow the money: How far-right Reform UK built a global network
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 06/05/2026
Leaks from the head of the Israeli army in the West Bank reveal two-tier firing policies and endemic prejudice.
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Shoot Palestinians, not settlers: Israeli general exposes double standard
Leaks from the head of the Israeli army in the West Bank reveal two-tier firing policies and endemic prejudice.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
It’s a mark of how completely normalised the corruption & depravity have become that we barely bat an eyelid at the thought of two *property developers*, one Trump’s nepo baby son-in-law, being sent to represent the USA in peace negotiations with Iran. Sometimes it all hits you afresh.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 in stamp duty, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should resign if she had “any moral decency”. Now we learn he set up four shell companies that let him avoid paying £100,000 he owed in tax and to then transfer the cash to Reform
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Trump is reported close to a "deal" with himself under which US taxpayers would pay him $10 billion. I served in multiple communist and authoritarian dictatorships, but I never witnessed corruption on this scale or this blatant.
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Trump, IRS In Talks To Settle U.S. President's $10 Billion Lawsuit
Trump's adult sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization are also plaintiffs.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I also missed this. My apologies. Follow Adam!
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Alec Luhn @alecluhn.com · 08/04/2026
Models show the AMOC is weakening, but we didn't have long enough direct observations to be confident. Now moorings at four different latitudes in the western Atlantic have given the strongest evidence yet that the AMOC is slowing down www.newscientist.com/article/2522...
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Key ocean current is slowing at locations around the Atlantic
Measurements by buoys at four latitudes in the western Atlantic provide the strongest evidence yet that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is weakening
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The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com · 06/04/2026
Donald Trump’s profane threats against Iran expose the unhinged language of war
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Donald Trump’s profane threats against Iran expose the unhinged language of war
Trump’s language of war is a dangerous fusion of militarism, religious fundamentalism, spectacle and authoritarian politics that is redefining how military power is justified and normalized.
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The Methodist Church @methodist.org.uk · 05/04/2026
He is risen! Alleluia! May the risen Christ fill your soul with joy today. May you live as one who has seen the empty tomb and cannot keep the good news to yourself. In the name of Christ, Alleluia!
White text reads 'He is risen! Alleluia!' over an abstract illustration of the empty tomb.
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Kit @kit-in-devon.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Impressive but worrying story from @theguardian.com on what's now orbiting Earth. www.theguardian.com/science/ng-i...
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‘This feels fragile’: how a satellite-smashing chain reaction could spiral out of control
Today, the space around Earth can no longer be considered empty. More than 30,000 objects are in orbit, and that figure is rising exponentially
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
So what this describes is ethnic cleansing www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/w...

But behind the scenes, Israeli officials have conveyed a more targeted message.

In private calls to local leaders across southern Lebanon, Israeli military officials have assured several Christian and Druse communities that they could remain in the evacuation zone. They have pressed them, however, to force out any Lebanese from neighboring Shiite Muslim communities who have sought refuge among them as Israeli bombardment flatten Shiite towns, according to local Christian, Druse and Shiite leaders who spoke to The New York Times. The Shiites make up the majority of southern Lebanon.
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Slow Ways @slowwaysuk.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Planning a walk this Easter? Why not make it a #SlowWays hike!? The Slow Ways network includes over 10,000 routes that stretch for neatly 150,000km. Thanks to people across Britain, this map shows the 2,382 routes that have been triple-checked and verified. Plan a walk here beta.slowways.org
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Riding Lights Theatre Company @ridinglights.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Tonight our passion play Night Falls by Paul Birch, will perform the first of two performances at The Bear Pit Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon, starting at 7.30pm. It's not too late to grab yourself a ticket, or for tomorrow's performance at 2.30pm.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 30/03/2026
Legal expert says targeting civilian sites would be 'collective punishment', which is prohibited under laws of war.
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Trump threatens to ‘blow up' all water desalination plants in Iran
Legal expert says targeting civilian sites would be 'collective punishment', which is prohibited under laws of war.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
One of the key revelations of the Epstein documents from the UK perspective is the strange plot to topple (and that's the word they use) the Tory government of Theresa May. Bannon, Epstein, Farage and Johnson were at the core of it. Here's an excellent recap of the whole sordid scheme.
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Bannon, Epstein, Farage and Johnson and the Plot to 'Topple' Theresa May
The far-right former Trump adviser told Jeffrey Epstein that "we are overthrowing May right now" as he worked with Boris Johnson to remove the then Conservative Prime Minister from office
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churchtimes.bsky.social @churchtimes.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The latest cartoon from @davewalker.bsky.social in the Church Times, out now! 👇 This week: "Reclaiming out country" 📣 New to us? Get a trial subscription for just £10*: churchtimes.co.uk/new-reader *UK only #churchcartoons #churchumour #davewalker #clergy #christiannationalism
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 22/03/2026
The message is simple: our future depends on nature. Join the Nature = Future campaign today: buff.ly/7ipENOm
A woman in a red National Trust fleece stands in a wooded valley looking up at the light that illuminates the lush green surroundings. Overlaid text reads, Nature = Future
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Riding Lights Theatre Company @ridinglights.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Our brand-new passion play Night Falls will perform at St Catherine's Church, Gloucester on Mar 18th, 7pm. Night Falls is a fresh, vivid and dynamic retelling of the Easter story, blending music and powerful drama alongside space for reflection and worship. Book your tickets now via link in bio.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.
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