Trouble up t’ Mill Road

driver yawning Conspiracy theorist relieved that proposed local amenities have been voted against and will now be a 30 min drive away.

"Conspiracy theorist relieved that proposed local amenities have been voted against and will now be a 30 min drive away."

@urbantruth.bsky.social

Cambridge Rules Okay The beautiful game brings us passion and joy, To many an adult, or small girl and boy. It brings friends together, and sometimes brings tears When you follow your team through the trophy-less years. But mostly there’s passion and striving to win. Whatever your colours or the team you are in. There’s a fabulous story that needs to be known. Right here were the seeds of the modern game sewn. On our own Parker’s Piece and it’s proudly displayed, Giving homage to every game ever played. We’re proud that grass roots were lain down in this place. Our city, our students, our very own space. But football’s for everyone, everywhere. And so this historical moment we’ll share With our friends who love football from near and from far. Each player’s a hero, each player’s a star. So here’s to the reason we’re all here today. To the beautiful game! And the game rules okay! © Carol Ann Wood May 2018

Here is a poem read at the monument's official unveiling.

The Cambridge park where the first football rules were invented

Cambridge is known for being the birthplace of football as we know it today

Keir Starmer set to call for multinational defence initiative to cut rearmament costs UK prime minister expected to push idea of enhanced co-operation at Munich Security Conference

Sounds a lot like the EU Defence Union that the UK spent decades blocking while it was a member of the union.

Rearmament would be a lot cheaper with such a union and would actually give Europe the capacity for autonomous defence, which the current NATO spending plans do not.

Sheesh the full-res version of Trump's Board of Peace logo somehow looks even worse.

Mixing a clip-art wreath with a pseudo-realistic, geo-textured map is a graphic design atrocity.

Big Microsoft Paint energy.

Charging $1 billion to join a committee with a recycled AI slop logo is phenomenally on brand for Trump.

Trump’s Board of Peace logo is basically the UN logo, except dipped in gold and edited so the world only includes America.

These so-called "patriotic" 🇬🇧newspapers who brought you Brexit were never really patriotic at all.

They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.

They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.

I wonder why Nigel Farage has pulled out of The Laura Kuenssberg TV programme this morning?
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I think the White House badly underestimates the strength of the pan-European folk memory of 1930s appeasement, and how deep it still cuts. I suppose this is what happens when you learn in school that WW2 started in 1941 in Hawaii.

Week by week - Laura Kuenssberg is interviewing the party leaders.

When I agreed to come on the show, I was told Nigel Farage was also doing it.

He's now pulled out - and they've sent the deputy instead.

The same Nigel Farage who's refusing to debate me.

A pattern emerging...

Who funds the Free Speech Union? Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.

It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

New York's Congestion Pricing Is Working. Five Charts Show How Nearly a year ago, New York City embarked on a controversial program to toll drivers entering some of Manhattan’s busiest streets. The goal of the congestion pricing plan, the first of its kind in the...

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Four more Stagecoach bus strike dates announced for January as dispute continues

If all the planned strikes go ahead, there will be eight days of strike action across December and January

The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford

"Quiet, piggy!"

I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.

Andy Burnham refuses to rule out challenging Keir Starmer as PM Andy Burnham refuses to rule out challenging Keir Starmer as PM

Andy Burnham refuses to rule out challenging Keir Starmer as PM

Reselling tickets for profit to be outlawed in UK government crackdown Touts, and ordinary consumers, will no longer be able to charge anything more than price at which they bought ticket

ps amid the chaos an actual good thing happened today, & this is the first Gen Z-friendly thing i can remember a govt doing since..i don't know when? so fair play www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...

Fork in Hell.

There was a fork in the road and as usual the PM took the wrong fork…

Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division

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Lost luxury coach trying to drive up Ross Street, north of St Philip's Road.

Lost luxury coach trying to drive down Thoday Street, north of St Philip's Road.

New bus service for Cambridge's Mill Road Romsey Town. Circular via Ross Street, Fairfax Road & Thoday Street. One (slow) service on the third Sunday of November.

It's clear that EU SM+CU is essential to get growth started.

If Labour ignores this, the deepening recession and increasing tax burden will make everyone noticeably poorer, a fact that Farage will ruthlessly exploit.

Please get Labour to wake up before it's too late!

Now with reduced dried fruit content.

Screegrab of thread on X, by Lib Dem Councillor Tom Astell: "Cllr Tom Astell @tomastell Something very concerning is happening in Hull & East Yorkshire. The new Reform UK Mayor has launched a website for a “£1m Community Fund.” Here’s why residents should be worried 👇 1/10 1:06 PM · Aug 17, 2025 · 57.7K Views Cllr Tom Astell @tomastell · 20h The site (http://lukeasksyou.com) carries the Combined Authority logo & privacy policy, making it look like an official consultation and that the Combine Authority will be the ones handling your data. 2/10 Cllr Tom Astell @tomastell · 20h But when you complete the survey, you’re told it’s “promoted by Reform UK.” Your personal data goes to the party — not the Authority. 3/10 Cllr Tom Astell @tomastell · 20h And the £1m fund? It doesn’t exist. It has never been through the Combined Authority Executive Board. No decision. No approval. It’s not even clear if the Combined Authority actually has the ability or monies available for such a fund. 4/10 Cllr Tom Astell @tomastell · 20h The Constitution is clear: any spending over £250,000 is a Key Decision. It must be formally approved. That hasn’t happened. 5/10"

Screegrab of thread on X, by Lib Dem Councillor Tom Astell: " Cllr Tom Astell @tomastell · 20h So residents are being invited to pitch ideas for a fund that hasn’t been agreed — while handing their data to a political party. 6/10 Cllr Tom Astell @tomastell · 20h This is a serious breach of trust. Public branding. Party data collection. A non-existent fund. Residents deserve honesty. 7/10 Cllr Tom Astell @tomastell · 20h I’ve written to the Combined Authority Chief Exec demanding answers: 🔹 Has this fund been authorised? 🔹 Who approved use of CA branding? 🔹 Is this an official consultation — or a party campaign tool? 8/10 Cllr Tom Astell @tomastell · 20h I’ve also raised this with the Monitoring Officer, Chief Finance Officer and the ICO. Governance and transparency matter. 9/10 Cllr Tom Astell @tomastell Public office is a public trust. Hull & East Yorkshire deserves honesty, not smoke and mirrors. 10/10 1:06 PM · Aug 17, 2025 · 5,987 Views"

An important thread. What is Reform UK up to? ~AA

The characters Howard and Marina from the TV series Last Of The Summer Wine, gaze lustfully into each other’s arms while pausing on a cycle ride.

#Coldplay #Kisscam #Yorkshire version.

Chris Whitty says culture-war coverage of cycling could harm nation’s health Chief medical officer for England urges people to set media cliches aside to focus on health benefits of physical activity

And Chris Whitty reminds us that cycling is, in fact, a perfectly normal thing to do, a perfectly healthy thing to do, and a cheap form of transport. No lycra necessary. (Or cycle helmets, IMO. Shhhh!!!)
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Twelve of England’s regional mayors back plan to create ‘national active travel network’ Exclusive: Unprecedented move to focus initially on helping children to walk, cycle or scoot to school safely

12 mayors commit themselves to a 'national active travel network', including our own Paul Bristow 💙. This is brilliant. We have at least four primary schools within walking distance of Mill Road.

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