Volunteer environmental campaigner with Friends of the Earth in Haringey, nature-lover, Burmese cat to support. All views expressed are my own.

Over 60 people came to our FoE National Emergency Briefing screening at The Engine Room, Hale Village Tottenham tonight. Strong message to our MPs - the govt must do its own emergency briefing on climate emergency! @DavidLammy
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Should any industry be allowed to write its own growth plan? Why is government empowering the poultry industry to plot an expansion of intensive poultry units across the UK? This seems like a case of state capture by Big Chicken. @StephenMorganMP
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Scott Colom, a Black Democrat, has flipped Forrest County—named for Ku Klux Klan founding grand wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest—by a 54%-44% margin. Trump won it 58%-40% in 2024. It's the county where the KKK murdered civil rights worker Vernon Dahmer. mississippifreepress.org/sco…
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Today’s @FinancialTimes front page: Spending across the West End is up 13% after we pedestrianised Oxford St. Once again data shows active travel boosts business.
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A Black woman, an Indigenous woman, and a Latina walk into a bar. The bartender says, "What can I get you, Governors?”
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This amazing humble man was my daughter--in-laws surgeon. So many lives saved. The NHS at its finest
Hero heart surgeon Asif Hasan—who has saved over 2,000 children throughout his career—paid an emotional tribute on stage as he accepted his Lifetime Achievement Award! Watch the full moment on YouTube now! @PandOCruises @DailyMirror #PrideOfBritain #AsifHasan #NHS
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Fantastic news that should be welcomed by anyone with this country's best interests at heart.
🚨 New figures show that knife crime is down by 11% and overall homicides are down by 7%, since July 2024. Fatal knife attacks are also at their lowest level in 35 years.
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The new crime survey is out - the "Lawless Britain" picture in full - Violence at lowest since records began in 1981 - Corroborated by hospital figures for knife wounds - Robbery: record low - Overall crime 78% below 1995 peak. - Shoplifting up More:- comment.press/lawless
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🚨 New figures show that knife crime is down by 11% and overall homicides are down by 7%, since July 2024. Fatal knife attacks are also at their lowest level in 35 years.
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RT @MrMatthewTodd: Record breaking rainfall in Istanbul, Turkey yesterday. Cars washed down streets. Not seen it covered on the news at al…
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Allowing this dead-company-walking to be bailed out again, instead of taking it into Special Administration and then permanent public ownership, would be a disgrace and a betrayal by the Andy Burnham government Enough is enough. Thank you @Feargal_Sharkey for standing up for a water system that delivers for us, not profiteers
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We spend an enormous amount of time talking about the very worst of us, so let's remember some of the best. This is Dr Karmele Llano Sanchez, a Spanish veterinarian rescuing orangutans from the wildfires in West Kalimantan. No AC or mod cons for wildlife rescuers and veterinarians working in the most challenging conditions in the field, often facing real danger with great courage. Eight orangutans have recently been treated and released, but the suffering witnessed has taken its toll on her team. Most people don't even know her name—she couldn't care less about that—but I do. People like her are true heroes, and we should know who they are.
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Ten trade unions – between them representing millions of British workers – have banded together to call on Andy Burnham to reject plans for drilling in the controversial #Rosebank oil field. well done @unisontheunion @EquityUK and all independent.co.uk/news/busin…
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Neither Cartier-Bresson, Banksy nor Cold War Steve could have come up with such an image. Absolutely perfect composition and lighting (even the road signs are perfect)! 😍
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‘Shocking and sobering’: UK bird populations fall to lowest level on record @guardian “Birds are indicators of the way we’re looking after the countryside and the world around us” These are dark times, the thought that some farmland birds will become only a memory is truly tragic #NatureNeedsUs @ciwf theguardian.com/environment/…
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Please come to Tottenham Hale
This morning, City of London Police were at Bank Junction, introducing a new approach to tackling cyclists who ignore red lights, giving offending riders the opportunity to watch a short hard-hitting road safety film instead of receiving an immediate fixed penalty notice.
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You usually hear about the frontline city of Sumy because of russian attacks. Today I learnt that Sumy State University and the University of Liverpool have launched a joint research project on technologies that could make cities and infrastructure more resilient. Amazing!
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not to mention the £billions on replacing dodgy cladding across the country plunging 1000s of leaseholders into financial black holes.
Grenfell - 72 died from the fire, at least five died by suicide, 11,000 have PTSD, concerns about long term effects of toxicity on residents, 11 firefighters with terminal cancer - plus £1bn spent and rising. That's 'nothing' right?
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