Steve Norman

Saturday at Darnford Moors Ecology Park was a brilliant team effort!

We had 13 fantastic DofE volunteers and 5 members of our Green and Grounds team who absolutely got stuck in.

Together they:
🌳 Laid more bark chip along the paths in Bull Wood

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#Lichfield #WeDigCanals

Ex-minister adds to UK calls for ban on political donations in cryptocurrency Exclusive: Labour’s Rushanara Ali plans to intervene in elections bill amid warnings of foreign interference A former Labour minister has added her voice to those of a growing list of experts and senior MPs calling for a ban on political donations in cryptocurrency as concerns grow over foreign interference in British elections. Rushanara Ali, the Labour MP who helped draft the elections bill when she was a minister in the communities department, called for the government to strengthen the legislation with an outright ban on donations in digital currencies. Continue reading...

Ex-minister adds to UK calls for ban on political donations in cryptocurrency

Iran fires missiles toward Cyprus, home to UK military bases, amid escalating crisis, London says U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey said he was confident the missiles did not target British military bases, but added that the strikes highlighted the "indiscriminate" nature of Iran's retaliatory ca...

⚡️Iran fires missiles toward Cyprus, home to UK military bases, amid escalating crisis, London says.

U.K. Defence Secretary John Healey said Iranian missiles spared British bases but highlighted Tehran's "indiscriminate" strikes.

On-demand bus service to end after carrying just 125 passengers in three months - Lichfield Live® An on-demand bus service is being axed after councillors were told just 125 passengers had used it in the last three months.

On-demand bus service to end after carrying just 125 passengers in three months

Staffordshire health chiefs make meningitis vaccine plea - Lichfield Live® Parents and carers are being urged to check their children are up to date with meningitis vaccinations following a rise in local cases.

Staffordshire health chiefs make meningitis vaccine plea

Why a Chinese ‘mega embassy’ is not such a worry for British spies Politicians are raising the alarm, while MI5 quietly welcomes the prospect of Beijing’s new London facility

Why a Chinese ‘mega embassy’ is not such a worry for British spies

Ex-MP who attended Nazi-themed stag party still has access to Parliament Former MPs with blemished records still have access to parliament.

Ex- #Cannock MP who attended Nazi-themed stag do still has access to parliament | News US | Metro News metro.co.uk/2025/12/11/e...

Has A.I. got a sense of humour or just dim....?

Ken Clarke will be shocked to see this.

Reform council leader accused of racism after alleged remarks about Sadiq Khan Ian Cooper allegedly called Khan ‘narcissistic Pakistani’ and made comments about lawyer Shola Mos-Shogbamimu

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RIP to the brilliant Tom Stoppard

Never forgot seeing "Rozencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" posters on London buses

And never forgotten his recognition of @bobdylan's lyrics for Subterranean Homesick Blues against Anthony Clare's ignorance on BBC radio's Start the Week some years ago.
And thank you for Shakespeare in Love

Ukrainian army on 'search and destroy' missions to clear Russians from central Pokrovsk According to the Airborne Assault Forces, Ukraine has killed 388 Russian soldiers in the city and wounded another 87 since the beginning of November.

⚡️Ukrainian army on 'search and destroy' missions to clear Russians from central Pokrovsk.

According to the Airborne Assault Forces, Ukraine has killed 388 Russian soldiers in the city and wounded another 87 since the beginning of November.

They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression

They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben

Councils in north of England and Midlands to get more funding in shake-up The changes could see funding boosts for Reform-led councils in the north with high levels of deprivation Deprived towns and cities in the midlands and the north of England are the big winners in a major shake-up of local authority funding that will redirect cash from affluent rural areas to urban councils hit hardest by austerity. Ministers said the changes put in place a fairer system that recognised the extra needs and weaker council tax raising powers of councils in so-called “left behind’ areas. It guarantees them real-terms funding increases for the next three years. Continue reading...

Councils in north of England and Midlands to get more funding in shake-up

Russian strike on #Zaporizhzhia tonight.

Five people killed, three more injured - local authorities.

(And then Russia says it wants peace, and it's Ukraine and Europe prolonging the war...)

The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford

How the BBC kowtowed to Boris Johnson. Amazing that, even though we now know what a corrupt, mendacious, useless Prime Minister Johnson was, the BBC are kowtowing to him again

It's that time of year when I am convinced Moses found the 10 Commandments behind an Acer.

Reform council's school transport cut call 'Victorian' Phillipson rejects call to extend the distance children can be expected to make their own way to school

Reform claimed local government spending was awash with easy pickings. Now they want children to walk five miles to school. Crazy!
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Ukraine receives promised Patriot air defense systems from Germany, Zelensky says "We have strengthened the 'Patriot' component of our Ukrainian air defense. I thank Germany and personally Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz for this joint step to protect human lives from Russian ter...

⚡️Ukraine receives promised Patriot air defense systems from Germany, Zelensky says.

"We have strengthened the 'Patriot' component of our Ukrainian air defense. I thank Germany and personally Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz for this joint step to protect human lives from Russian terror."

Ukrainian Defenders eliminated 13 Russian soldiers and struck five more with aerial drones in Donetsk region

This’s a work of DOZOR border guard unit in coordination with 3rd Army Corps and HUR's Artan unit.

📹State Border Guard Service

Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris These vital spaces have been the first targets of cuts in a nation that favours age over youth – despite being the remedy for blights such as social division, polarisation and loneliness, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris

Putin Warns West as Drones Appear in European Skies The Russian leader says that Moscow is ready to respond to NATO efforts to boost support for Ukraine in the war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a warning shortly before drones were spotted in European skies: that Moscow is ready to respond to NATO efforts to boost support for Ukraine in the war.

ID-card - e-Estonia Estonia’s advanced ID-card enables digital access to e-services such as digital signatures, i-Voting, medical records, tax claims, and e-Prescriptions.

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Saturday night is always good for movie night - check out the latest video from @courtabovethecut.bsky.social with special guest Narrowboat Nige.

#WeDigCanals #Lichfield #Staffordshire

Garrick to host show inspired by the life of Nina Simone - Lichfield Live® A show inspired by the life of Nina Simone is coming to the Lichfield Garrick.

Garrick to host show inspired by the life of Nina Simone

Doctors Without Borders Closes in Gaza City as Israel Intensifies Offensive Doctors Without Borders pulled its staff from Gaza City as the medical system buckled. The U.N. has warned that more hospitals may have to close.

Doctors Without Borders has suspended operations in Gaza City because of the danger to its staff caused by the Israeli military’s ground offensive. The announcement came on the same day that the UN said four hospitals had been rendered unusable in the north of the territory over the past month.

A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...

Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

Thanks Dickie. Didn't think you'd sign the heirloom for my stepson.