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I'm sure their ethnicity is some "consolation"...

Two people remain in a life-threatening condition after that stabbing attack on the Doncaster to London train

Police say "there is nothing to suggest" that it’s “a terrorist incident"

They say two men, both UK nationals, have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

West Midlands: Women afraid to be out in public after racially aggravated rapes Asian women speak of their safety fears after incidents in Oldbury and Walsall.

Women afraid to go out after racially aggravated rapes.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A little vase of red and mauve sweet peas with a window behind them.

The last of the sweet peas, picked in WestSussex in November. Maybe we'll get a few more if the frosts hold off.

‘The money machine is misfiring’: City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache Poor output since the leave vote has landed Rachel Reeves with a bigger-than-forecast budget spending gap

‘The money machine is misfiring’: City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache

How Brexit hit the London and UK finance exports - landing Rachel Reeves with her bigger-than-forecast budget spending gap

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Opinion | A Journal Promised to Retract a Flawed Autism Study. It's Still Online. Junk science leaves an indelible mark

hopeless autism study still up in J Pers Med despite
promise to retract it www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
This is how @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social pollutes the literature with junk

Kudos to anyone turning out for it in an open-topped car!!

Rainforest Restoration Team Worker - (fixed term) | RSPB You only need to step foot in Scotland's lush, verdant and atmospheric rainforests to understand their enchantment. Bursting with biodiversity, these woodlands are one of the world's rarest habitats. ...

RSPB Rainforest Restoration Team Worker job in Morvern (West Highlands). Application deadline: Monday 10th November.

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Some encouraging news on #LongCovid

Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain Britain is one of the least “nature connected” nations in the world, according to the first ever global study of how people relate to the natural world. Britain ranks 55th out of 61 countries in the study of 57,000 people, which looks at how attitudes towards nature are shaped by social, economic, geographical and cultural factors. Continue reading...

Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most

Gorgeous!

Happy #caturday from Marsha

*this week durr

“With 470 trees planted and 4,000m2 of nature in the heart of the 14th arrondissement, the Place de Catalogne has been radically transformed in 2024!” — Paris Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social, continuing the green transformation of central Paris. Greening, cleaning and cooling the city for people.

A brown butterfly on a sunny wooden bench.

Terrible distant picture but is this a Speckled Wood butterfly enjoying the November sunshine in Sussex today?

I got some khaki Pull and Bear jeans in a charity shop week and they're the most comfortable trousers I've ever owned. I'm so old and square I'd never even heard of the brand.

I recall around 1990 an elderly supply teacher explaining to my class what war is actually like, macho mythology aside. The sound bullets make. Men crying for their mummys as they die on the battlefield. It's haunted me ever since, and certainly played a role in politicising me.

A yellow and blue boat pulled up on a shingle beach with the sea and a bright white and grey cloud bank in the background.

Stunning clouds on the South Coast this morning.

Reason no 308 to love #parkrun- you usually feel better afterwards....

Overheard at #parkrun: "I've never done a parkrun where I didn't feel better afterwards."

I endorse that view!

We in the UK will work out far too late that this is a bad thing.

The UK's period of deliberate self-harm that began with Brexit is continuing apace.

I wish I could remember where we parked but it was in a deciduous wood outside the yew bit. As you say, the yew bit is very quiet and very spooky - I actually loved the atmosphere there but there's definitely something very different about it!

Very atmospheric! I loved Kingley Vale when I visited too.. Strangely I associate it with turtle doves as I heard some on the walk towards the yew forest.

First strikes in South with more approaching. Heavy rain continues to move up from the Southwest.

Quite... but starting with muting seemed a goodway to go :)

Blimey! That's definitely a... unique take! I had no idea Plaid were such a threat to Western civilisation but obviously good to be aware :/.

New:

I sat down with @aljazeera.com to talk about my firing from the Washington Post, being the last Black staff columnist left at the Post.

And how I believe the right is not just engaging in “cancel culture”, but “annihilation culture”.

Full video here: youtu.be/89qMGkK3LBc?...

With lots of flooding this week due to heavy rainfall we thought this guide on when to report flooding may prove useful. 

If someone is in immediate danger or water is entering a property, call 999 right away.

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Amen to that!