Joe Cook

The international law government figures say is 'mad' which slows down development and pushes up costs.

The Aarhus Convention means the costs campaigners pay if they lose an environmental challenge is capped - but the cost to taxpayers, developers and growth can be substantial.

22.07.2025 15:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Pressure grows to end 'mad' law that stops housebuilding YouTube video by Sky News

The 'mad' law that helps environmental campaigners and stops building. 🦋🏗️

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22.07.2025 15:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Why Putin benefits the most from the new Black Sea ceasefire plan.

Analysis tonight with Prof Michael Clarke

25.03.2025 21:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The end of an era and a huge blow to Ukraine.

Piece today analysing the major defence announcements from the U.S. with @dominicwaghorn.bsky.social

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12.02.2025 21:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oxford's Botley Road to re-open in August 2026 says Network Rail Rail Minister Lord Hendy is expected to visit the city to meet residents affected by the disruption.

It's set to take over three years to upgrade a single bridge in Oxford that has cut the city in half. Not quite the UK's Silicon Valley yet.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

29.01.2025 11:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"This new search could end the mystery of MH370 once and for all."

Screen with Alice Porter on the new development in the biggest mystery in aviation history.

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21.12.2024 17:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Our piece from Sednaya prison here, with @yaldahakim.bsky.social and Caleb Swinney: youtu.be/5ictvq6r2N4?...

12.12.2024 08:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Depressingly we saw no ICRC staff or human rights organisations on the ground at Sednaya preserving the paperwork listing the detainees. Much of it was littered on the ground outside, making it more difficult for people to find out details about their relatives.

12.12.2024 08:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Turkish rescue workers and the Syrian Red Crescent are still searching the prison, but for the most part it was locals coming to see the horrors for themselves or sifting through paperwork to look for mentions of their loved ones.

12.12.2024 08:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

“Everyone will die but why should my son die tortured at their hands? He used to tell me, I’d rather die than being tortured under their hands. But they got him.”

We spent the day at the infamous Sednaya prison with 3 women looking for their sons and brothers. @yaldahakim.bsky.social

12.12.2024 08:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Many of the thousands of Assad posters along the road into Damascus are now ripped apart or shot through, with crowds of rebel fighters still celebrating.

10.12.2024 20:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"I’m 18 years old. When I first started they killed my father and they killed my uncle. All my young cousins and family members are gone. They took the women and then thank god now we released them."

@yaldahakim.bsky.social speaking to a young fighter in Damascus.

10.12.2024 20:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

"I was so young when my dad was taken. It has been thirteen years that he's been missing. We were hoping he'd be among the prisoners – but we didn’t find anything yet."

In Damascus with @yaldahakim.bsky.social speaking to those celebrating the fall of Assad, but still searching for the disappeared.

10.12.2024 20:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0