England left with ‘toilet deserts’ as public facilities decline by 14% in a decade Report says lack of provision is harmful to health and damaging for high streets The number of public toilets in England has fallen by 14% in a decade, harming public health and creating vast swathes of lavatory “deserts” and unpleasant environments, a report says. The analysis by the Royal Society for Public Health found a “significant shortfall” in provision, with 15,481 people for each public toilet in England. That contrasts sharply with Scotland, where there are 8,500 people for each toilet, and Wales, with 6,748. Continue reading...

England left with ‘toilet deserts’ as public facilities decline by 14% in a decade

was prepared and broadcast on PBS America:

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I find this one of the most contemptible actions of the British Empire. Merchant Marine were vital to the war effort but at the end Chinese Sailors were just deported to China. A doc
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Alarm & Muster — Able Ebenezer Brewing Company | Merrimack NH Brewery Bar Story: It was on the evening of April 18th, 1775, that Paul Revere climbed into the rowboat he hid days before along the north shore of Boston, and made his way across the harbor under cover of da...

A good article adding more detail:
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Margaret Kemble Gage is still believed to be the confidential informant that leaked the plan to Joseph Warren

The Secret Revolutionary War Orders That Didn't Go As Planned YouTube video by All Revolutionary War, All The Time!

Secret Orders start the American Revolution. The declaration of Independence will be read on the 4th of July 1776, 250 years ago. Before then New England had started the war 251 yrs ago
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Inside the Defense: Why I Took the Most Hated Case in Britain! Lucy Letby's Barrister YouTube video by Maria Arpa

Good interview by Maria Arpa with Mark McDonald (Lucy Letby's Barrister) (45 mins)
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Women's Six Nations 2026: Abbie Ward and Lark-Atkin Davies on pregnancy Lark Atkin-Davies and Abbie Ward - two of four pregnant England Women's Rugby World Cup winners - discuss how motherhood in rugby is changing.

Mother, Rugby Player ...
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Salford woman cried on airport floor over passport confusion Liz Costello from Salford fell foul of changes in e-visa rules that she

Instead of worrying about Mandelson, the government should be sorting this mess out
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This is a shame.
At the Post Office Inquiry there were hints that privilege was used to support the withholding of evdence.
They should add stipulations to prevent that.
It will be interesting to see what the part 2 report discloses

Nobody is choosing to use it so it has to be forced upon you!

I would have suggested him

I think she has a point about people changing their story. It is said the full truth did not appear until people claimed their pensions. They feared the English would come back as they really did in 1812

The way she counts it, there should have been four riders. There were three sent from Boston and one picked on the way. There were more than this, as the alarm reached some towns, they sent a dispatch to other towns to execute a prepared plan

Lucy Worsley Uncovers America’s Biggest Myths | Compilation | BBC Timestamp YouTube video by BBC Timestamp

I think Lucy Worsley's "fibs" is showing on pbs and causing a little controversy. She takes a version of history taught at grade school but that is not how modern historians look at it.
Paul Revere's ride, a Book by David Hackett Fischer gives the truth
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Do play if you would never buy The Mail.

Unpaid carers impacted by unclear guidance to have debts cancelled Tens of thousands of unpaid carers affected by confusing guidance on their earnings are set to have their debts reduced, cancelled, or refunded, in a major reassessment of cases launched by the govern...

Uk government to cancel/review debts of unpaid carers
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Dual national Londoner stranded in Spain by new border rule Natasha Cochrane De La Rosa is stuck in Spain until she can get a British passport to travel home.

Just disgusting
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The Issue #50 - Forensic DNA Interpretation Expert YouTube video by Jarrett Ambeau

Forensic DNA interpretation
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Just in time for the local elections too. Another boost to the Greens.

'Blitz' courts are not a new idea. At the Old Bailey past century's people would be lined up in queues and their trial would take about 5 mins. Many didn't even realise they had a trial, they were branded, transported or hung. Jury pious perjury helped some
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He also discusses how the innocent are coerced into guilty pleas. A loved one might be named as an accomplice but they will drop that if you plead guilty. I've heard of that before. Probably used in the UK as well

I like how he just gets the transcripts and evidence (he has no idea how difficult and expensive that is in the UK). He deals with Conviction Integrity Units, now believed common in the US. He uses Grand Jury subpoenas, I didn't know how the defense can use them

Post-Conviction Investigations! YouTube video by University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Excellent video from the US Carey Law School (length 1hr 10 mins)
How Investigators can help innocence projects. How useful police are that are now trying to free the innocent.
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Disabled woman in Reading faces losing family home Siereece Wall-Weeks is asked to leave the home she shared with her mum as it deemed too big for her.

@mattrodda.bsky.social surely not in Reading?
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Solicitor develops free software to organise court bundles A City solicitor has invented free software that aims to make producing PDF court bundles hassle-free for lawyers and litigants in person.

Solicitor develops free software to organise court bundles zurl.co/DzR1e

Looks very good! Even has an easter bunny :-)

JD Vance arrives in Hungary to back Orbán's re-election bid The US vice-president's visit is the latest show of White House support for the Hungarian leader.

At least he's open about the purpose of his trip. I can't help thinking this would be illegal in the US but I don't have the time to check. Is he what the US call an "agent" in the INS?
It shows that immigration in the EU should be a federal department!
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BLANCA - Ready Steady (feat. MEI, Arya Delgado) YouTube video by ragionezio

A brilliant new TV series on More 4, new to the UK that is as they are coming up to series 4 in Italy. The musicians (Calibro 35) are really good as well. Arya Delgado collabs on the vocals
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Six Met officers investigated after black child suffers broken knee in Tottenham search The IOPC is investigating six Met officers, looking at the level of force and whether race was a factor.

How can you injure a child's knee when doing a search?
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