These are beautiful figures, Simon - do you know how the two panels came to be separated and re-set? #StainedGlass #Norfolk

2/2 Roughly contemporary with the Broughton paintings, Adam digs and Eve spins in Norwich School glass, once a pair but now reset on different backgrounds and in two different churches. Adam is at Mulbarton, Eve is at Martham, both in Norfolk.

Car parks!!

It should be mandatory to install PV arrays on sheltered car parking.

Just saying.

Free plug-in solar panels to be rolled out to some households The technology is designed to be a simpler and more affordable way of benefiting from renewable energy

- loans for higher-income households
- rule changes to make it easier to install heat pumps + pavement guttering for EV chargers
- installing solar on government-owned brownfield sites + railway land

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Free plug-in solar panels to be rolled out to some households The technology is designed to be a simpler and more affordable way of benefiting from renewable energy

To shield people from spiralling energy costs in the wake of the Iran war, UK government pledges:

- Free plug-in solar + up to £12,000 worth of rooftop solar + battery for lower-income households
- breaking the link between gas prices + energy bills

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The Government’s vision for archives in England - Archives sector Archives at the Heart of Society In 2024, The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) commissioned The National Archives to create the Government’s new strategic vision for archives. We partner...

Hardly noticed but at the end of last week the Government vision for archives in England was launched. No money attached as far as I know. Aim is for archives to be 'at the heart of society' through being accessible, inclusive and sustainable
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Paula Barker with sign saying ‘just ask could it be sepsis?’

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that can arise from any infection. It claims 11 million lives globally every year, including 48,000 in the UK. Yet, if caught quickly, sepsis is often treatable.

Please take 5 minutes to get #SepsisSavvy!

sepsistrust.org/support-us/campaigns/sepsis-savvy/

Yes, We Continue Wearing Masks—Here’s Why: Common Questions Answered - WHN Picture a typical family gathering today. Most people have moved on from masking: kids run around freely, aunts and uncles chat over snacks, and only a couple of family members still choose to wear we...

Masks reduce that exposure, and when both people mask, protection compounds.

So no, it’s not that “masks don’t work.” It’s that not all masks, or how they’re used, work the same.

For more information, visit our “Yes, We Continue Wearing Masks” page: whn.global/yes-we-conti...

#CleanAir #Masking

Prescott took it very seriously but New Labour still did nothing about it. Changes to bus franchising were made by May in 2017 and the Government has built on that.

Positive - it’s how Burnham has brought franchising to GM - but it requires ongoing public support because even London buses (that have never been deregulated) can’t cover their costs without cross funding from the Tube.

#OTD 21 April 1509 Henry VII died at Richmond Palace, likely from tuberculosis. He outlived his wife, Elizabeth of York, who died in 1503, and his eldest son and heir, Arthur, Prince of Wales, in 1502.

We have published a range of articles that follow in the footsteps of Henry VII across England, Wales and Brittany.

Do you think May’s changes have had a positive or negative impact?

Ed Miliband Says He Will “Double Down, Not Back Down” On Clean Energy Ed Miliband has said he will “double down, not back down” on the government’s clean energy mission in the face of critics calling on him to change ...

Ed Miliband has said he'll “double down, not back down” on government’s clean energy mission in the face of critics calling on him to change course

The Energy Sec said "solar panels, heat pumps and EVs are not woke, or a left-wing conspiracy, or even a Marxist plot. They're actually common sense"

The only government Minister I ever found cared about the poor state of local #transport in #Cornwall was John Prescott - and he gave officials short shrift when they tried to wriggle out of the topic…

This year the BSBI launched the 100 Plants in 2026 Challenge - a project encouraging brand new botanists and recorders to identify their first 100 plants this year and to submit the records.

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It's been about three months now, so how is it going?

You’d have to be very confident to to feel you could add value by preaching from that pulpit, with King David with his harp, plus two angels with trumpets, for company!

Libraries week - some reasons to get a library card

Should I get a #library card? Yes, yes, yes

Happy World Curlew Day!

We've put together some facts about our favourite bird and how you can help!

Share them with your friends and family to spread the love for the Eurasian Curlew as far as we can!

#Curlew #WorldCurlewDay #Nature

The ending by #Canada of its Register of #Historic Places seems the most short-sighted, self-destructive move. Done in order to deliver trivial savings in the short term, it will lead to higher costs and lost #heritage when planning blunders occur in future.

Maybe #Carney could celebrate his election success by restoring funding to Canada’s vital Register of #Historic Places, about to be destroyed to achieve trivial running-cost savings at the expense of #history and #heritage

Worn floor tile broken into several pieces but re-assembled and still showing an attractive geometrical design of diamond shapes in brown and cream against a warm terracotta orange background.

Reposting these handsome #tiles with #AltText (as my automatic reminder to add it to images had accidentally been turned off).

Mediaeval floor tiles from domestic buildings in the #nunnery complex at Romsey Abbey in #Hampshire. The church was originally built during the C10th as part of a monastic foundation of #Benedictine women. #TilesOnTuesday

England wildlife watchdog ‘has stopped designating special sites for protection’ Exclusive: Report finds Natural England has created no new SSSIs, which protect areas from development, since 2023

Natural England failing to protect valuable sites. Our report for @wildjustice.bsky.social shows that nearly 2/3 of sites waiting to be designated as SSSIs were under threat from development. One site in Thurrock will be directly destroyed. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Dereliction of duty: “In 2012, Natural England… declared its intention to designate between 12 & 20 sites each year for 2 to 3 years, moving to… 50 cases each year.

In reality, it has decided on far fewer new protected sites, establishing just 33 new #SSSIs in the past 14 years & none since 2023”

I will report back when I receive a reply to my FoI request

I checked this too.

*20 seconds* of Reform logo display.

*No other* party logo displayed.

In local election purdah.

This is not normal. At all.

OMFG I had to go and check that this ACTUALLY happened.

Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah.

(h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)

Awful news about Giles Peaker, @nearlylegal.co.uk, a brilliant legal blogger and a real pioneer.

A great figure in using the internet for the public understanding of law.

Rachel Reeves, Chris Mcdonald, Ed Miliband, Keir Starmer. All wearing fluorescent jackets.

Great how your phone gives you memories.

It's two years to the day since Rachel Reeves told me if Labour won the general election they would send the National Audit Office in to investigate the Teesworks saga.

The authority responsible hasn't published audited accounts since then, yet nothing.