No car access

Near neighbour is in the process of cutting down tens of beautiful trees in their back garden. A decades old orchard has been the first victim. A haven to many garden birds. It’s terrible watching this nature vandalism happen in plain sight with nothing in the way of redress.

That's racism. Plain and simple.

No other word for it.

It's shocking beyond belief that this sort of thing is somehow acceptable.

Same on Facebook. Comments in support of Reform prioritised in previews of posts

They’ve no integrity.

Next week, Reform faces a key by-election in Wales. Yet voters in Caerphilly know none of this.

Even tho Reform’s candidate is Nathan Gill’s former assistant.

We are at a critical point of failure in Britain. The delay of the authorities, the silence of the media..
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Landmark global shipping deal abandoned under US threats President Trump intervened in the talks calling the deal a

Shipping emissions levy abandoned as countries bow to US pressure.

Trump threatened countries, and individual officials, with tariffs, penalties, visa revocations if they supported the pricing mechanism to curb emissions

Fossil fuels lobby wins again. Presidents can be replaced, planet earth can't

He’s so so bad.

I bet there’s no dropped kerb either. Bham is the worst for failing to enforce this scourge of illegal driveways.

Unbelievable that TikTok & Insta are amplifying 1970s ‘jokes’ about N*****s & P***s to a whole new generation.

Bernard Manning, of all people, is back in fashion…

Oh. And turns out one of the guys behind it is an alleged fraudster

Have reported this via your website and via Fix My Street at least three times over the past 3-4 months and it just grows and grows. Happy to provide details privately if it results in some action against the resident doing it.

It’s their last sadly.

What if you don’t (purposefully) want to use X?

Flats are bad sadly

The headteacher’s missing receipts: how did a Selly Oak school get into £400,000 of debt? Parents at Raddlebarn Primary tried to raise the alarm. The council investigated them for bullying

This does not make an easy read for those of us hoping Birmingham City Council’s governance and culture might change post its effective bankruptcy - Parents at Raddlebarn Primary tried to raise the alarm. The council investigated them for bullying www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-headteac...

How 4 key infrastructure projects centered in Italy will reshape the European transit map Workers broke open the first tunnel connecting Austria to Italy under the Brenner Pass. The achievement on Thursday marks a major milestone in the European Union's ambitious projects to boost train tr...

Amazing to see what's happening with rail in mainland Europe, while we're still building massive road schemes and cancelling HS2. Helsinki to Palermo by train – imagine!

The Guardian view on criminal justice reform: community sentencing can’t be done on the cheap | Editorial Editorial: The chief inspector of probation is right to be anxious about the service’s growing workload

It [the Probation Service] needs investment, but also human capital in the form of experienced staff who can build relationships with offenders and younger recruits. Mr Jones’s cry for help on behalf of the service must be heard. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

While I understand the BBC’s imperative to provide balance in stories, at times it can feel completely ludicrous. Data vs one person’s entirely anecdotal opinion isn’t balance.

UK inflation remains at 3.8% but food prices continue to surge While UK inflation held steady in August, the pace of price rises for food surged, increasing cost of living pressures.

It took until right at the end of the article to vaguely mention that food prices are shooting up because of the ravages of the climate crisis on food production. Leaders should be saying that. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BRITAIN IS NOT IN CRISIS! People that hate this country are willing it to be because they stand to profit handsomely. Challenge this negative rhetoric at every opportunity.

It was dire

@birminghamdispatch.bsky.social Is doing really great work in Birmingham. At last a serious look at issues facing this overlooked region.

Tech bros polishing up a repeat criminal, Yaxley-Lennon as some kind of moderate voice. Never forget this man is an extreme white supremacist.

Politico, AUGUST 7, 2023: Just Stop Oil approach ‘contemptible’ says Starmer. The Labour Party leader wants to distance himself from the climate activist group.

Guardian, September 14, 2025: Scale of ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march shows free speech ‘alive and well’ in UK, says minister. Peter Kyle said he was not ‘disturbed’ by huge Tommy Robinson-organised far-right protest but condemns violence against the police

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It’s giving vegan scones outrage

Do we really need the death of an extremist American podcaster who was relatively unknown in the UK to dominate our headlines for this many days?

Putin’s game plan is rolling out brilliantly

If you’re headed London way - Tommy Robinson and his pals are headed up to protest in their ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march