Dan Hermitage

Nine English council elections postponed amid local government shake-up Conservatives and Lib Dems criticise delays, which are in areas under reorganisation to introduce elected mayors

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Now up to communities, local elected members and LA officers to practice real partnership working to make the best of it. Time to drop agenda's and use the best minds. It's happening fast, but there are opportunities - time to take the initiative.

Two hundred UK companies sign up for permanent four-day working week More than 5,000 workers to benefit from reduced hours with no loss of pay

www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...

A little bit of progress here. Having worked, and campaigned for, 4 day weeks for 7 years, I'm delighted to see this happening. It's still a lot of companies that CAN do it - and there's more to do to make it a common practice.

But. Positive.

A solid 7 miler with the pooch, finished with washing down an excellent pint of @thornbridge.bsky.social Brother Rabbit and tucking in to @garethdennis.bsky.social fantastic book in Selden Arms, Worthing.
#NonWorkingDay

Police track down unlikely shoe thief from Japanese kindergarten Officers installed security cameras to get to the bottom of the thefts, and ended up uncovering a four-legged culprit

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

There's difficult news to read a lot of the time. So when a shoe stealing mystery causes a full blown CCTV investigation to discover a cheeky little weasel had a penchant for singular child's shoes - we need to celebrate it's artistic criminal mind. Happy Monday

More orbit than Musk. This is what we've all come here for, right?

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#HelloBlueSky I'm a community worker/activist. Day job in Third Sector, elected Cllr in Borough Council, former Postie and TU Rep in CWU. Try to take voices of workers and communities and have them heard where it's needed. Sometimes with great success.