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England’s peatlands are a vital part of the nation’s natural infrastructure, helping to strengthen resilience to climate change, reduce flood risk and protect communities.
We welcome this funding boost, which will help restore more of these key habitats.
wildmoors.org.uk/25m-funding…
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Yesterday's Pub of the day was the most welcoming Waggon and Horses at Langsett, Sheffield. Pop in and give it a go 🐱
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A 35 ton ingot under the 2700 ton press being forged at Hadfield's East Hecla Works, Sheffield in 1955. Now Meadowhall shopping centre.
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friend asked if my recent 'laid-back' attitude re many things was my chewing CBD gummies -which I do not,
far from it, older age has given me huge natural production of CBA (Can't be Arsed anymore)
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The sky was very 'heavy' feeling this morning with dragons in the clouds on my morning walk in Glastonbury. Well that is my version anyway, the technical term is apparently an anticyclonic gloom.
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ALT Louisa Compton, Director of News, Digital and Audience Trust at Channel 4 said: “The outcome of the Russell Brand trial belongs to all of the women who had the courage to speak out – all of those who participated in the criminal process and those different women who shared their testimony in the original Channel 4 Dispatches and The Sunday Times and The Times investigation. “The trial heard that women involved in the criminal case came forward after seeing the Channel 4 Dispatches film. It is a powerful demonstration of why fearless, independent, investigative journalism in the public interest matters. We remain profoundly grateful to every woman who trusted the Channel 4 reporting team.”
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🧵Protests, demonstrations and indeed riots are far from a new phenomenon and were a common part of Victorian and earlier life. Bonfire night, because of its origins was often a focal point for protest with Guy Fawkes seen as a rebel with right on his side. A report in the
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My wrapup for @VotebeatUS: "After 2 years of worries about whether the Trump administration would interfere with the midterm elections, nothing extraordinary happened on Election Day.The problems that surfaced across the country were largely sporadic and manageable,even typical."
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My thought's in today's @TheCriticMag on the history and wisdom of collecting a stash of supplies to ride out disasters
thecritic.co.uk/of-power-cut…
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On a still morning, sitting by the froth of Burbage Brook as it tumbles through Padley Gorge, you can't help feeling that you've somehow fallen into a different world ... perhaps when you tripped over that tree root. Here, there's no haste or pressure, no noise but the constant rush and bubble of water and the occasional fall of a leaf. I find that I always stay long, long after I've taken the shot, losing track of time, just watching and listening and breathing it all in, so grateful for such places and the chance to fall into them.
This is the view that will be bringing autumn peace to your wall throughout November if you managed to snap up one of my 2026 Peak District Calendars. My 2027 Calendar is still available but I'm now running low on stock - so if you would like one for only £10.95 + UK P&P please see the link in the comments below or in my bio. Thank you.
📍 Peak District, England
Big Moor trying its best to be atmospheric for Halloween late this afternoon. Absolutely no sympathy for the bloke whose dog disappeared over the horizon after some deer leaving him vainly shouting its name into the gathering dusk. #keepitonalead #peakdistrict
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John Atkinson Grimshaw is famous for his nocturnes ~ here’s his ‘Moonlight on the Lake, Roundhay Park, Leeds’ (1872). I’m admiring the subtle reflections in the calm water, the shimmering effect of the moonlight and even the wetness of the path
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The Cliffs of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, Charles Kuwasseg (1838–1904). Although born in France, the son of Austrian painter Karl Josef Kuwasseg, and specialising in coastal landscapes of Brittany and Normandy, he did live in the Netherlands for a period. (Private Collection)
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Fire crews in attendance on grouse moor in Peak District National Park.
A follow-on to Bob Berzins' guest blog from last week...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026…
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The government is funding one of England's biggest land purchases for nature.
£1.94 million to secure the future of The Rothbury Estate in Northumberland. @WildlifeTrusts will manage the estate for nature recovery.
Learn more: wildlifetrusts.org/news/uk-g…
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𝗔 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 - 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗕𝗼𝗲𝗹𝗼 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿
This was a shift swap i owed a colleague. Signed on for duty at 07:16, checked notice cases, a spare colleague kindly prepared my train..
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For AI fucking data centers. Destroying the planet so people can ask a chatbot the fucking weather. Or to write a fucking email. Or to steal our children's future. Or so an AI agent can hack your bank account.
What a horrific disgrace to our planet.
Google illegally cleared an estimated 250,000 trees across 330 hectares of forest in Muhos, northern Finland, to prepare for a new AI data center before completing mandatory environmental impact assessments
And another 150,000 trees felled at Otanmäki
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