Steve Coogan on Oasis, Kneecap and Co-ops and why he wants to change the world Steve Coogan has recently become an ambassador for local co-op Middleton Co-operating. And after years of disillusionment with politics he tells Damon Wilkinson it has reinvigorated his belief in the ...

"Empowering local people" is crucial as Steve Coogan - interviewed at #CoopCongress - explains why he is championing #coops in this Manchester Evening News piece👇
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@rosemarley.bsky.social

Oldham Athletic v Southend United LIVE: National League play-off final score & updates Follow live text, radio commentary and score updates as Oldham Athletic face Southend United in the National League promotion final.

Congrats to Oldham Athletic, back in the English Football League after three years away. #oafc www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Great morning at the GM Co-operative Party policy chat in Manchester. Refreshing and interesting. I bloomin love the cooperative movement and I love Manchester!
#gmcooperatives #cooperativeparty

It is jenny! Just awful!

💔heartbreaking scenes in Liverpool. My daughter is close and is ok but footage is shocking. Love to those affected.

Neurodiversity Movement Identification and Perceived Appropriateness of Terms Used to Describe Autism | Autism in Adulthood Background: Autism terminology is highly controversial. The debate regarding person-first and identity-first language is particularly well-studied, but the present study explores views on different te...

📰 New autism research

"Both autistic and non-autistic participants in this study robustly preferred neurodiversity-aligned terms, such as “neurodivergent” and “difference,” to traditional terms assuming pathology and deficiency"

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#autismresearch #LTU

Sobbing like a baby here.

Time to say goodbye, Gary.

#MOTD
#Linekar

Great to see Angela Rayner announce new rules meaning developers must set build timelines before getting planning permission. Those who stall or speculate risk penalties or being barred from future projects.

Something we called for in this report: www.ippr.org/articles/str...

Communicating about mental health - TLAP This guide will help you to understand and reflect on the language we use to communicate about mental health.

When talking with someone about their mental health, it’s important to use language they feel comfortable with.

Ask, don't make assumptions. But don’t let fear of saying the wrong thing stop conversations.

This guide will help you reflect on the language of mental health.

Extra cancer scans for women with dense breasts could save 700 lives a year – UK study Adding scans to existing screening could catch harder-to-detect early-stage cases of disease, research shows Hundreds of lives could be saved every year with extra cancer checks for women with very dense breasts, a study suggests. Millions of women undergo breast screening, but regular mammograms can be less effective at spotting cancer in the 10% with very dense breasts, as the tissue can hide tumours on X-rays. This is because very dense breasts look whiter on scans, making it harder to detect early-stage disease, which also appears white. Continue reading...

Extra cancer scans for women with dense breasts could save 700 lives a year – UK study

This is a special place in memory....

The historic protest comes to its end.

After a record 25 hours & 5 minutes, an emotional Cory Booker completes his marathon Senate speech by quoting the late Rep. John Lewis:

“Let’s get in good trouble. My friend, Madam President, I yield the floor.”

Amazing to be at lde conference today. Seeing old friends and meeting new but more importantly firing ourselves up to change things. I mention Keys to citizenship almost daily so great to hear about the new book to help it land.....@learningdiseng.bsky.social

Proud of the team
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Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out.

Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.

Say equity, which a just society should pursue.

Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.

In the last few weeks I've been to a funeral and a memorial where social justice, faith and politics intertwined. Powerful reminders to be humane in our roles. Feels fitting at this moment in history. #bemoretony

Blooming vicar is impressive though. Fair
Play. Truth to power

So busy day,trying to do good and work to my skills(not easy as anyone who knows me knows)then I see what the 47th has done in one day. Only one way to calm the sadness at the pain caused for ego.....#westwing #fire #wine

Love that sign....... and mustard 🙌

Elon Musk's 'disinformation' endangering me, says Jess Phillips The tech billionaire and Trump adviser has fiercely criticised the safeguarding minister in recent days.

@jessphillipsmp.bsky.social you are amazing!
Musk's 'disinformation' endangering me, says Phillips www.bbc.com/news/article...

Just in from mammoth interview session to two bits of news. One that a DV perp got locked up because of something I did and that a vulnerable constituent had a a massive wrongful debt written off after our intervention. This is why I came to politics, this is why I'll just keep cracking on.

CW: maternal death

17 December 1819 Mary Heys died. Four months earlier, while pregnant, she had been trampled by cavalry at the Peterloo Massacre Manchester, resulting in severe bruising, daily fits, and ultimately her death giving birth prematurely.

It is a peculiarity of the British constitution that the viability of leaders of the opposition must be tested by their attitudes towards and behaviour in regard to sandwiches. Bagehot wrote at length about this.

All good, busy but healthy! Hope you are too?

Feels good to have deleted Twitter permanently..... a small step towards compassion

"Forty per cent of men under the age of twenty five in prison today were in care. For me they have already been failed by society."

Prison reform campaigner, Matthew Torbitt, explains why early Government intervention could prevent imprisonment and save money.

#Newsnight

“If local authorities keep commissioning care by the bed, task or hour, then you'll offer beds, tasks and hours”. Never a truer word, @neilmcrowther.bsky.social

Events and conferences about care and support must be more inclusive, ensuring that people who draw on care and support themselves are heard.

Involving people meaningfully in events can help to shape policies and practices that better reflect their experiences. (1/2)

It needs to triangulate this with voice or it is simply serving itself!

Alma's not normal...... I'm in bits 😢. 💔 and hilarious whilst shining a light on our mental health system. Northern writing at its best take a bow Sophie Willan 🙌