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Man who drove 135mph jailed for 10 years after fatal M40 crash Police says CCTV footage shows Trad Almaghrabi leaving the scene on foot.

With criminality this serious ending in death, what other crime would escape national news? This was only BBC local. What more must happen for a lifetime ban? Driving is a privilege, not a right. Our culture — and sentencing — needs radical change.

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Let’s shift the narrative: focus on drivers — with better legislation, clearer guidance and stronger communication — so harm isn’t normalised or dismissed as “cycling is risky”. It’s long past time to prevent harm, not explain it away. Less victim-blaming.

As the graphic so clearly shows US NHTSA data would support the concerns being raised…

#OtD 29 Jan 2024 6-year-old Hind Rajab and 6 of her relatives were attacked in Gaza by Israeli troops. Rajab survived and called an ambulance, which got permission from Israel to rescue her. Then troops killed the paramedics, and Rajab also died. stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1545...

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change. Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”

Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.

Common sense.

Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

I can't tell you how many times in my old job I warned that a change in technology would not result in a change in productivity because the technology was implemented not in response to identifying a business problem and finding a well-matched solution but because some guy wanted it.

This is a truly horrifying account of increasingly likely collapse of essential natural systems which would bring mass food shortages, price rises & global disorder. Commissioned from UK intelligence chiefs but scandalously suppressed by Govt, & sneaked out now while attention is elsewhere 👇

Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...

I have signed this petition. It calls for by-elections if MP's change party.

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Driving is a privilege, earned through assessment and retained via acceptable standards.

Why should such people ever be allowed to lawfully drive again and share the road with victims?

We would never return a firearms licence to someone who unlawfully used a gun to kill. Why is driving different?

Crossed Hammersmith bridge on my bike earlier & honestly only sociopaths who live nowhere near here would think it’s a good idea to bring 25k cars back over this bridge every day

Sound on for a rant about the Putney politicians demanding exactly this based on convenient lies & political cowardice

“In 2024, Oxfam’s figures show, the wealth of the world’s 2,769 billionaires grew by $2tn, or $2,000bn. The total global spending on international aid last year was projected to be, at most, $186bn, less than a tenth of the increment in their wealth.”

Car stuck in the sea at Greatstone after being driven over protected dunes The car is still stuck on the beach in Greatstone two days after the incident, the coastguard says.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Cars don't just ruin cities.

Excellent thread. Do click on the alt text.

The entrance to Reading Bike Hub being painted. A few light and dark blue stripes have been painted already. Caption: "can you guess what's coming?"

Reading Bike Hub is all about sustainability and is getting an exciting new mural to represent this.

Recognise those stripes? @edhawkins.org @uniofreading.bsky.social

BORIS JOHNSON: If Labour MPs try to reverse Brexit they will be walking into a hail of machine gun fire - and if that's the fight they want, bring it on! But they should heed my warning before things get bloody..

Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use

You can no more damage Trump’s "reputation" than you can ride in an invisible gravy ship to a planet made entirely of turkey. Because none of those things exist.

Promising start for Oxford temporary congestion charge Early monitoring data for Oxford’s temporary congestion charge, published today by Oxfordshire County Council, shows signs of improving city centre traffic and key journey times, with some outer roads...

Oxfordshire County Council has just published data on the first month of the congestion charge! Love the level of granularity.

In summary, huge speed up in bus times in city centre, slight increase on some outer roads; massive city centre footfall growth.

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After Deleting Sabrina Carpenter ICE Video, Trump White House Doubles Down With ‘SNL’ Clip Featuring ‘Arrest’ of Show’s Marcello Hernández After deleting earlier Sabrina Carpenter ICE video, White House doubles-down with an altered 'SNL' clip of cast member Marcello Hernández's 'arrest.'

The Convicted Felon Donald Trump regime, including the ones who steal musicians' work without permission, will forever be known as scum of the earth.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal

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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

YouTube video by Carsie Blanton Ugly Nasty Commie Bitch (Official Video)

Happy weekend everybody! If you would like to make it that little bit more joyful, do yourselves a favour and watch this video at least once: youtu.be/-tfH1nty62U

The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.

Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed

A huge 89% majority of global people [56% even in the United States] want stronger action to fight the #ClimateCrisis, but mistakenly believe they’re in a minority.

People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.

#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social

In 2025 in the UK, 4.5 million children are living in poverty, which is 31% of all children, a record high.

It’s staggering that someone else in our society can go to bed, do absolutely nothing but sleep and be £35,000 richer in the morning - every single day.

The problem with the "Farage was a racist" story is that we have a "left wing" gov't essentially saying that racism is a normal and expectable response to immigration. We are in a position where we have to argue "why it is wrong to be racist" and Labour need to take some responsibility for it

Cycling journeys up by 43% in London, TfL report suggests Cycling journeys have increased to more than 1.5 million daily this year, according to a new report.

Impressive increase until you read that in a similar period, Paris cycling numbers increased by 240%.

Only 40% of people cycling in London feels safe when sharing with cars, but 76% feel safe on designated routes.

London needs to do a lot more and a lot quicker.
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Compassion is a better investment than greed.