Thank you for highlighting this. We can't afford to ignore what is going on in Central Beds. We are all impacting each other.

Myanmar military regime widens sanitary towel ban, claiming rebels use them for first aid Activists say clamp down on period products to target insurgents is gender-based violence and violates rights

Myanmar military regime widens sanitary towel ban, claiming rebels use them for first aid

But was dealt with in customarily classy style...

Bedford Borough Council's engaging little post on 'Banana Day', aiming to encourage food waste recycling, ended up eliciting familiar outrage...

BBC migration coverage: Review finds no consistent bias but risks to impartiality A review of the BBC's coverage of migration suggests the corporation should explore stories in greater detail.

BBC editorial staff should re-read their immigration review

The corporation struggles to cover well stuff that is not politically contested or controversial

It should cover controversial issues but it risks reinforcing major public misperceptions on key issues

www.bbc.co.uk/news/enterta...

Mass killings, widows abandoned: Behind Nigeria's 'religious war' Deadly violence in central Nigeria has led to questions about whether Christians are being targeted or if there is more to the story. But this offers little comfort to the families left torn apart.

Deadly violence in central Nigeria has led to questions about whether Christians are being targeted or if there is more to the story. But this offers little comfort to the families left torn apart.

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Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care not for thee
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Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love

The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇

What happens to Britain's radical right if Orbán loses? Inside the money, power and patronage connecting Hungary and the British right

"Matthew Goodwin has been paid a salary of up to €10,000 a month [from Hungary's state-funded MCC], according to leaked documents obtained by Hungarian investigative journalists Direkt36 and reported by the Good Law Project"

That could all end if Orbán loses...
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@jamessloam.bsky.social could you consider the practical side of voting? It would really help if there were clear guidance for schools on this. Eg is it ok for a pshe lesson to be devoted to registering on the electoral roll, in school time? Physically doing it? Getting it done?

As a teacher, many young people are interested in issues/politics. Some obviously aren't. But the biggest barrier, even to the 18 year olds (some year 13s in my school voted in the by -election) was logistics. How to get on the register, how to get to the polling station, how to prove your identity.

@timbale.bsky.social

Can we have polling stations in schools and colleges please? Could have hundreds of voters, including the staff. After all, MK has one in a shopping centre. Is there an imperative to have voting only in your ward?

Is it acceptable for schools to march all their year 12 and 13 classes down to a polling station in school time and say, over to you? Is that ok or not (wouldn't work logistically in some settings, but would raise the profile of voting). After all, the blood transfusion service comes into schools

Plus, ID needs sorting. if the only recognised photo ID is a provisional driver's license (the voting card is another organisational hassle, once you are on the register). Authorities need to think about what it is like to be 16, 17. No transport, no time, no control.

At least, votes at 16 will mean that 16 year olds (fairly stable address-wise, much more so than 21 year olds) have a fighting chance of getting on the electoral roll. Being on the electoral roll at all is key. What they do with their vote is up to them. Can they do worse than existing voters?

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Brexiters: we should escape Europe and embrace the world and the wonderful USA

USA: ur stupid ur navy is puny we hate free trade u don't have anything we want we prefer Putin actually, European civilization is doomed ha ha u have no energy

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Labour challenges Farage over cost of private jet trip to Maldives Anna Turley questions revised £25,000 figure for failed attempt to reach Chagos Islands on jet linked to billionaire Labour has queried Nigel Farage’s claim that a return trip to the Maldives on a private jet linked to a billionaire donor cost as little as £25,000 as the Reform leader attempted to reach the Chagos Islands. Farage initially recorded his two-day trip to the Maldives as costing £12,500 funded by Thailand-based Reform megadonor Christopher Harborne, before upgrading this to £25,000 in the latest register of interests. Continue reading...

Labour challenges Farage over cost of private jet trip to Maldives

Really interesting and hopeful piece (plus, the movie is excellent)

How "Project Hail Mary" Answers the Call for Positive Masculinity In an era of male loneliness and confusing messages about manhood, Project Hail Mary models problem-solving, purpose, and fatherly strength without apology.

www.aaronrenn.com/p/project-ha...

Excellent article. Thank you for highlighting this. I will be writing to my MP ask him to pledge his support.

Interesting that BBC's Nick Robinson asked ex NatWest chair Howard Davies 8.21am "the argument that being made by opposition parties 'just drill [fossil fuels] now', would that help?"
Answer: "No. That's political point scoring." The missing info is, who is funding these parties.

Hey, billionaire tech guys; if arts degrees are so worthless why do you keep stealing all the work we created with ours?

From a family that, at one point when both Mum (dementia) and Dad (primary progressive MS) were in a care home, and therefore paying £15,000 a month for a few years, am looking forward to reading....

Hundreds of North Sea licences granted by Conservatives have ‘so far produced only 36 days worth of gas’ Exclusive: Findings cast doubt on claims new drilling would help cut bills and boost energy security, researchers say Hundreds of licences granted for new oil and gas projects in the North Sea under the Conservatives have so far produced only 36 days’ worth of gas, according to analysis. Research by the energy consultancy Voar and the campaign group Uplift found that between 2010 and 2024, the government handed out hundreds of new North Sea oil and gas licences in seven licensing rounds. Continue reading...

Hundreds of North Sea licences granted by Conservatives have ‘so far produced only 36 days worth of gas’

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