Andrew Lane

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Puzzle #880
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Puzzle #879
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Puzzle #878
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Puzzle #877
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Puzzle #876
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Puzzle #875
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Almost all children in 73 areas of England live in low-income households New official measures show levelling up attempts have failed to shift high levels of deprivation

Almost 100% of children in 73 neighbourhoods in England are living in income-deprived families.

Govts push real wage/benefit cuts, two-child benefit cap; oppose universal basic income; don't curb profiteering.

No govt targets to cut poverty.

1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.

England's most deprived areas named - with Jaywick topping list Jaywick, a seaside town in Essex, has been named the most deprived area for a fourth time in a row.

England's highly deprived areas are concentrated in the North and West Midlands.

Borne the brunt of state led deindustrialization to appease the City of London.

Govts focused on London & South East done little to repair damage done by austerity, poverty.

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Puzzle #873
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View through red leaves on a tree to a temple structure.

Golden leaves on a beech hedge.

Autumn colours at the wonderful Laskett Gardens in #Herefordshire.

Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.

3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇

1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK

2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves

3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...

Fire in the sky this morning. Photo taken on Glastonbury Tor looking out over the Somerset levels.

A reminder to fellow NT members - the Restore Trust lot are at it again, trying to insert ideology into NT’s curation of our heritage.

Don’t forget to vote for historical accuracy over politicised nostalgic fantasy

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Puzzle #872
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Hundreds of hospice beds and staff cut in England amid funding crisis National Audit Office reports nearly two-thirds of independent hospices in deficit in 2023-24 as demand increases Hospices in England are cutting hundreds of beds and staff because of a funding crisis, despite a sharp rise in demand for palliative care, a damning report warns. People needing end of life care faced a postcode lottery because access to services was so patchy, the National Audit Office (NAO) reported. Continue reading...

Hundreds of hospice beds and staff cut in England amid funding crisis

Workers rights bill & living wage rise 'will lead to a jobs bloodbath In its Employment Rights Bill, Labour has also proposed introducing nine-month legal 'probation' periods to address concerns, but the think-tank said this was a 'messy compromise'.

"Workers rights bill and living wage rise will lead to a jobs bloodbath", says Daily Mail.

Apparently making workers insecure/poor is the way to economic growth

Silence on fat-cattery, food bank queues, 34% of universal credit claimants are in work

Light years away from Cadbury/Quaker capitalism.

Today the King will unveil a memorial to LGBT+ personal serving in the Armed Forces, as well as celebrating those who served when it was illegal for them to be gay. The Armed Forces have long moved on but, as a Church leader, I regret that too many parts of the Church have not.

Screenshot of NYT Connections game. First row is highlighted and contains the words Only, Connect, Olive, Branch.

This can’t be a coincidence! #nyt #onlyconnect

YouTube video by Southwark Cathedral The Dean's Sermon

After David Monteith, Dean of Canterbury, writes about what the decisions of the House of Bishops over LLF means as a gay man, another dean, Mark Oakley of Southwark, adds his own voice of protest and hope. Standing ovation! Like & share, please. youtu.be/LLM_J8YH8Fk?...

“…one of the most frustrating obstacles when striving to promote the gospel, and change lives, is the drag of tradition…” Graham Handscomb reflects in today’s Daily Devotion. https://mailchi.mp/urc/urc-daily-devotion-monday-27th-october-2025

A tree alone in the sand dunes

A castle behind ruins and gravestones painted red by the sunset

A rainbow rises out of the ruined abbey

A sunset over the sea.

Little Holy Island retreat. Hiked for hours in the dunes. Prayed in the ruins. On the outcrops. By the sea.

Watched the sunset. Waited for the stars to open up. Saw the milky way. Saw a comet fall from the sky. Split into two. Burn up over the land. Red and white coals in the darkness.

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Puzzle #866
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We are so encouraged by the huge response to our Transparency campaign.
Thank you to the thousands who have visited this page on our website:

www.womenandthechurch.org/transparency

Our Lord did not become a man and die and rise again so this country could have a “coherent cultural identity” and I am also not at all convinced that God created human beings in all their diversity in order to sort themselves out into homogenous lumps.

Notice how it’s always, “the Bible must inform our laws!” until it comes to the +2,000 verses in the Bible that discuss the generous use of wealth and possessions in a way that prioritizes the needs of the poor, this sick, the stranger, the vulnerable, and the oppressed.

Country diary: Mountain plants take root in a derelict chapel | Jennifer Jones Allerton, Merseyside: This cemetery is the resting place for famous names, and home to plants that are far from their preferred cliffs and rocky slopes

In today's @theguardian.com country diary, @jensoilandpen.bsky.social goes in search of treasure in the chapel walls.

#naturewriting #countrydiary

Here’s something nobody ever told you about hospices... 🤫

A lot of people think a hospice is a physical building – and you have to live near it to get support.

That isn’t necessarily true. 🧵

National Trust members: If you haven’t voted: Waste no time and do so now (see links below) as we are nearly out of time.

And ask you family and friends to vote to. Make it easy …send them links.

"But soft! What light through yonder window... BRAKES!"