The Briefing Room - What's happening with the Ukraine peace plan? - BBC Sounds Is there a viable peace plan for Ukraine on the table?

Really good edition of The Briefing Room on Ukraine and the peace deal chaos... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Grab bags, prepping and a year of disasters Professor Lucy Easthope and crisis communication consultant Amanda Coleman will talk about being crisis ready as well as reflecting on 2025.

Amazing that more than 200 people have registered to join
@lucygobag.bsky.social
and me for our latest chat on 16 Dec. Free and online looking at 2025, 2026 and being crisis ready. Find out more here
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Are you ready BBC R4 7.12.25 at 1.30

I AM on a mission ❤️ ⚡️

Good Morning Scotland - 22/11/2025 - BBC Sounds The latest news from home and abroad, along with sport, travel and weather updates.

Catch me at about 39 minutes talking about the inquiry, things that have changed for next time and how to live alongside the risks of a pandemic (without fear)

Could do with some 2000yo living standards right now 🥶

Covid inquiry: Lockdown could have been avoided and other key findings The long-awaited report is published into how well or badly the government handled the Covid pandemic.

Useful summary

As someone who's worked with children with communication difficulties I know that art is an essential form of self expression. This fantastic project set up, I think, in the wake of the Grenfell fire, is just such a precious community.
And we should all be more Lucy Easthope!!

Donate to Latimer Community Art Therapy (LCAT), organized by Lucy Easthope This Christmas and beyond, we urgently need your help. Latimer Community Art Therap… Lucy Easthope needs your support for Latimer Community Art Therapy (LCAT)

Thank you all so much for supporting this wonderful charity. It’s allowed us to dare to dream. Please please do consider a donation if you can as everything counts at the moment

Every single thing I hear about the World Cup planning makes me significantly more concerned about the World Cup. The best thing that could happen is that people don’t go.

New cyberattack on Denmark targets Great Belt Bridge website The website of Denmark’s Great Belt Bridge is inoperational on Friday after the latest of a series of cyberattacks that have targeted official websites throughout this week.

@hindshelen.bsky.social @rubonist.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social @hasisd.bsky.social
Last week saw DDoS attacks on Danish institutions including transport infrastructure.

www.thelocal.dk/20251114/new...

When The Dust Settles is out in the Czech Republic 🇨🇿 🎉

The basic problem with the temporary refugee status policy - especially one lasting up to 20 years - is it leads to very few removals (based on Denmark's experience) but does significantly worsen integration.

Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark | John Harris Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

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Keeping warm and well: staying safe in cold weather

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Teenager on train: I'm not a feminist.
Mum: Do you want to own things and decide who you sleep with?
Teen: Yeah.
Mum: You're a feminist.

UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.

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

A Washington resident has been hospitalized with bird flu, according to the Washington State Health Department, and they’re infected with a strain of the virus that hasn’t been seen in humans before. https://cnn.it/4oIRswI

Congratulations and respect to you all. ❤️

Lisa Nandy acknowledges that the grief of Covid bereaved "is profound. With friends and families unable to mark people’s passing in the normal ways it felt as if people were disappearing."

We wrote about this in 'When This is Over': tinyurl.com/48v8nb8y

Thank you! And we are proud that our Chair, @franfd.bsky.social, contributed to 'When This is Over' - an important book. ❤️

Storm Claudia to bring heavy and disruptive rain for many Storm Claudia will bring impactful rain for much of England and Wales on Friday and into early Saturday, with Amber warnings issued by the Met Office.

Get yourself ready for Storm Claudia. Torches in easy reach and storm lamps and power banks charged. Charge your phone, fill the kettle and get your snacks on standby

Police and crime commissioners to be abolished, government to announce System introduced in 2012 across England and Wales has faced criticism from police chiefs

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Grab bags, prepping and a year of disasters Professor Lucy Easthope and crisis communication consultant Amanda Coleman will talk about being crisis ready as well as reflecting on 2025.

It may be a month away but I am really looking forward to chatting with @lucygobag.bsky.social about crisis preparedness and what has happened during 2025.
You can join us for this free online event on 16 December. Check it out here

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A book that helped me make sense of visiting a domestic abuse war zone (abandoned house) reminds me of effects so precious after disaster

@lucygobag.bsky.social
seeks to preserve for traumatised survivors

The biggest impact on me were seeing letters, pregnancy notes & scans after 15 yrs

Thrilled to see @monisharajesh.bsky.social Moonlight Express on here as it’s one that I will be gifting this year ❤️

The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern

Written before the BBC resignations but this by @arusbridger.bsky.social is really worth reading. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

Pt 1: The UK’s Top Emergency Planner on How We Heal After Disaster | Professor Lucy Easthope | Stompcast

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Parental failure and gaps in the law: why the Southport atrocity was preventable After nine weeks of inquiry evidence, a picture has emerged of systemic breakdown and poor information sharing

After nine weeks of evidence and more than 100 witnesses, my big read on how the Southport atrocity could - and should - have been prevented:

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Grab bags, prepping and a year of disasters Professor Lucy Easthope and crisis communication consultant Amanda Coleman will talk about being crisis ready as well as reflecting on 2025.

Amazing that more than 100 people have already signed up to join the wonderful @lucygobag.bsky.social and me for a pre-festivities look at being crisis ready and what happened in 2025.
If you are interested find out more here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1932956658...

Join us this Friday at 12:00 p.m. MST to learn more about funding opportunities through the Health and Extreme Weather Research Award Program. Register for the virtual webinar today: bit.ly/4hHTZ7L