David Marshall

Torsion Fountain by Franta Belsky, pictured in 1959 Credit: Royal Society of Sculptors

Torsion Fountain by Franta Belsky, pictured in 2026 Credit: Lukas Novotny

Good news Friday: After being dismantled and placed into storage more than a decade ago, the Grade II listed Torsion Fountain (1959-63) by Czech artist Franta Belsky has finally returned to the South Bank!

Ealing Council backs funding for new orbital rail line - EALING.NEWS - The Voice of Ealing's 7 towns - Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale, Southall. Ealing Council has joined partners across west London in backing a £6.65m funding package to progress plans for a new London Overground route that could transform transport links across the borough an...

West London Orbital is go

Weight-loss jab could be made for $3 a month, study finds Cheap semaglutide, the drug in Ozempic and Wegovy, could help millions with diabetes and obesity in 160 countries Weight-loss jabs such as Wegovy and Ozempic could be made for just $3 a month, according to new analysis, potentially making the treatment available to millions in poorer countries as patents expire. More than a billion people live with obesity worldwide, with rates rising fast in lower-income nations as they shift to westernised diets and more sedentary lifestyles. Continue reading...

Weight-loss jab could be made for $3 a month, study finds

Carburants : une hausse de « 15 à 20 centimes sur le gazole » sur une semaine mais « pas de risque d’approvisionnement à court terme », selon le gouvernement

Carburants : il n’y a « pas de risque d’approvisionnement à court terme », rassure le ministre de l’économie, Roland Lescure

Concerns over pay and display scheme at South Hill Barn car park Seaford Town Council is bringing in a pay and display scheme at a car park near the Seven Sisters.

More entitled drivers whining like toddlers about having to pay to park.
They could walk or cycle to the beauty spot for free of course.
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The BR gallery. | 17992. 37419. Waiting to leave for Inverness. Kyle of Lochalsh. 24.7.1990. Paul Bigland Photography

Today's #BRNostalgia is the classic view of a Class 37 at the end of the line at Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland on the 24th July 1990. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p651486993/e... #railways #photography #nostalgia

Me too 😔 I actually had two tickets for it , I left them on the dashboard when I popped into Asda , got back to find that someone had broken into my car … and left two more 🤨

Murton (Durham) Council By-Election Result:

🌹 LAB: 50.6% (+17.6)
➡️ RFM: 39.6% (-4.5)
🌍 GRN: 4.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 3.1% (-2.0)
🔶 LDM: 1.9% (-2.3)

No Ind (-13.6) as previous.

Labour GAIN from Reform.
Changes w/ 2025.

SNCF Composition classique d'UIC et DEV derrière la BB 22261 passant le viaduc de la Rague 1978 la validation des BB22200, toutes neuves, de 1976 ou 1977, la livrée des UIC en livrée 160 et les DEV encore vertes.

Going up the ‘pool*. (with apologies to Jethro Tull)… Well, that was grim… Having been confined to the Calder valley all week and waking up to a day where all you could see was fog I decided to take a break. But where to? Halfway through the nig…

Today's blog. Sun, sea, trams and far-right politics. Oh, and 'Jethro Tull'. Yep, it has to be #Blackpool... paulbigland.blog/2026/03/05/g...

This lengthwise poster reads 'D.C. Commissioners: Not one-inch of D.C. for Freeway!' to the left and annotation in blue reads 'Commissioners join us or you'll have to fight us - join us or resign'.

5/ ..the hwy back to Wisconsin Ave.... but as organizers worked together across the whole city, their strategy changed. They realized each new inch of highway increased the pressure to build the rest of it (that "highway ending onto a city block" problem) and they came up with this new slogan.

A white poster oriented lengthwise reads in black print: 'THERE ARE FEW MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION MORE OBSOLETE THAN A 14-LANE HIGHWAY THRU A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD' Tears on the edges of the original poster.

1/ The person in 1968 who held this poster helped give us a robust metro system and preserve DC/MD neighborhoods. This is from @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social's collection of Emergency Committee on the Transportation Crisis materials - a local anti-highway movement.

@actfortransit.bsky.social

During the Second Reading of the Representation of the People Bill, MP after MP got up to point out what's missing from it: fixing the voting system.

The problems with FPTP can no longer be ignored - and neither can the growing calls for PR. 📣

Here are just a few highlights:

This is incredible. UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...

Road safety policy…
“Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) said previously it could not fund the entire £75,000 crossing as it does not count as a priority as no-one had yet been killed or seriously injured at the site”

how many KSI does it take ?

Girl, 12, hopes to plug funding gap for Leckhampton zebra crossing Amalie hopes to raise the final £7,000 needed for the crossing outside a school in Leckhampton.

Child forced to pay for own road safety
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Watch 👀 as drivers mount the pavement where a young mother pushes a baby, 20 metres from a primary school. This is normal in Birmingham. It’s the kind of behaviour which led to plans for an LTN in this area, which have now been abandoned by the Council after 6 years of development.

‘No to war’: Sánchez doubles down after Trump threat to cut off trade with Spain PM says his country will not be complicit in growing conflict in Middle East ‘simply out of fear of reprisals from someone’

It must be nice to have a Prime Minister who knows the difference between right and wrong.

Merz says he told Trump behind closed doors that:

(a) any trade deal with the EU is either with Spain on equal terms or not at all, NATO/ defence spending being a matter to address separately;

(b) Trump’s criticism of Starmer is unjustified, the UK plays a strong E3 and defence role.

HMS Dragon being loaded up with munitions before deploying to the Med, taken by me today from the bridge of HMS Prince of Wales.

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I am never going to top this photo.

Quartier neuf 🏗️ cité moderne HLM 🏙️ de Roumanie 1975 avec une Renault 8 et Wartburg

New Pentagon estimates reveal the U.S. government is spending $1 billion a day on Trump's war with Iran.

A photo realistic close-up of a mixed selection of biscuits, including chocolate fingers, chocolate digestives, and a lemon puff

The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield.
‘Biscuits ’
(Yes, it is a painting - from First Picture Book, 1970)

University of East Anglia brings music back to the Halls In March, Norwich’s restored concert venue will reopen with an inaugural concert by the University of East Anglia under its new Director of Music

A university without a music course – but a thriving musical culture and 150 voices in its main choir. At the University of East Anglia, music is powered by passion, not paperwork. This March, they reopen St Andrew’s Hall in style. Here's how to book tickets ⤵️

@eastangliabylines.co.uk

How I arrived on Bluesky

Student Festival 2026node

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Student Festival today. I was delighted to find this event was in the calendar when I arrived at #CIOB - a great initiative for supporting those new to #construction.
Day 2 kicks off @ 1 p.m. tomorrow (GMT) – it's not too late to sign-up and join us then!

75012 PANAME C'était Paris en 1970 📷 Concours FNAC Avec Le Passage Brûlon prise de la rue de Cîteaux vers la rue Crozatier (diapo de Miguel Flavio).

Had to cut through the farmer's market to get to Greggs.

A River Wear view at high tide in Sunderland NE England looking upstream past Queen Alexander Bridge. Small fishing boats tied up on the river and all under beautiful blue skies and spring-like sunshine.

High tide on the River Wear below Queen Alexander Bridge in Sunderland, NE England this afternoon.
Officially opened by The Earl of Durham, on behalf of Queen Alexandra on 10 June 1909.
#england #sunderland #bridge #landscape #march2026 #photography