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What are Britain's preppers really afraid of? And how do they differ from their American cousins?
@laurabeveridge.bsky.social reports from a Cornish campsite:
In Latvia, Russian-speaking citizens are branded spies and saboteurs.
In response, they play chess.
Euan Dawtrey reports:
The Isle of Sheppey is home to three prisons, one nudist beach and a colony of scorpions.
@lottebrundle.bsky.social reports:
Rumour has it that Tommy Robinson has fled to Spain after reading @roisinlanigan.bsky.social's dispatch from Benidorm.
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I went on the East London measles trail for
@dispatchmedia.bsky.social , where cases are currently the highest in the UK.
Spoke to a Rabbi trying to turn things around, and the antivax mums who aren't so worried...
Read 'The London mums bringing back measles':
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As Peter reports, the Charedi Jewish population of Stamford Hill is disproportionally vaccine-sceptic.
But so are a group of homeopathic home-schoolers in Shoreditch, along with West African families in Dalston.
The result appears to be a perfect storm.
The obvious reason for this is Hackney's strikingly low MMR vaccination rate.
But why is it so low?
Technically, Bristol has seen the most measles cases this year.
But taking into account population size, Hackney has by far the highest rate.
There's been a surge in measles cases across the UK — but after crunching the data, one borough sticks out.
@petercarlyon.bsky.social reports from Hackney, east London:
On the site today: an interview with @irvinewelsh.bsky.social on Leith, romance and Men in Love.
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This is a fascinating essay on Paul Ray, the founder of the EDL – a strange and troubled sounding bloke @dispatchmedia.bsky.social
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Tommy Robinson is widely considered the founder of the EDL — but he wasn’t.
That dubious honour goes to Paul Ray, a “counter-Jihad” blogger from Luton who disappeared shortly after its launch.
What happened to him?
@jacobfuredi.bsky.social found him in Ukraine: dispatch-media.com/the-forgotte...
What happens when you mix Benidorm, Buckfast and Loyalist zeal?
@roisinlanigan.bsky.social reports from the Costa Del Ulster for the Glorious Twelfth:
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Albania said no • Italy moves in • A Meloni-themed restaurant
The deportation centre Britain couldn't buy
— Matt Broomfield
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Top of the league • Stockport's finest • 'Slightly terrifying'
— A pilgrimage to Britain's karaoke capital
Helen Nugent
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Sex offenders looking for treatment • A chemical solution • Will it become mandatory?
The men who choose castration
— Steve Boggan
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A century-old quest • Featuring vape shops • RIP Evie
In search of England's Ley Lines
— @marianneeloise.bsky.social
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Kidnapped in Thailand • Taken to a jungle compound • Scam or die
My nine months inside an online scam factory
— Sara Smythe
Rabbis on ayahuasca • MDMA in the West Bank • Then America bombs Iran
Tripping with Psychedelics for Palestine
— @matthabusby.bsky.social
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Unsafe flats • A stunning cover-up • The revolution begins
The revolt of Hackney's tower blocks
— Peter Carlyon
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America's birdmen say goodbye • Is Trump to blame? • Scotch on the rocks, please
The last of the falconers
— Rachel Dickinson
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An empty stripper pole • Grenades on the table • The party must go on
Ukraine's rave new world
— David Patrikarakos
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A shin-kicking world champion • A bone-crunching battle • It's the Cotswold Olimpicks
The strongest shins in England
— Tom Burke
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Is Roy 'Chubby' Brown still alive? • Yes • Good evening, Blackpool
An evening with Britain's most offensive comedian
— @jacobfuredi.bsky.social
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A marijuana nirvana • Corporations roll in • Bud to bust
The heart of the Emerald Triangle
— Valen Lambert
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