BREAKING: We're taking the government to court over Palantir Peter Thiel's surveillance firm is embedded in the NHS. Wes Streeting won't show us the briefings - so we have launched a legal challenge.

BREAKING: We’re taking the government to court over Palantir.

The government is refusing to hand over important briefings given to Wes Streeting about the £330m NHS data contract with Peter Thiel’s surveillance firm

So we’re taking legal action.

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England fans facing hugely inflated prices to get to New Jersey's MetLife Stadium for World Cup games The cost of getting the train from New York to the venue, where the Three Lions play Panama in their final group game, will be £111 - nearly 12 times the usual fare.

Quite frankly anyone travelling to the US voluntarily gets no sympathy from me. They know what they are getting into.

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Those that wage war and kill innocents forgoe their right to wave a flag and play games with the rest of the world.
#boycottparalympics

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The Guardian climate pledge 2025

End the Plastic Era! Plastic is flooding our oceans, bodies, and babies – and recent treaty talks failed to stop it. But the fight isn’t over. While leaders plan their next move, we have a critical window to push for an e...

Plastic is flooding our oceans, bodies, and babies – and recent treaty talks failed to stop it. While leaders plan their next move, we have to push for an end to the Plastic Era. Add your voice now! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-08...

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Check out Guy Singh Watson talking to THUNKs Louise Bateman on THUNK.world

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‘People just lie’: How Riverford’s Guy Singh-Watson became the most brutally honest farmer in Britain The organic veg pioneer talks to the Guardian about being unemployable, his unconventional father and his recent autism diagnosis

The brilliant Guy Singh-Watson tells it pretty much how it is.

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There’s a saying ‘what you can’t see you don’t worry about’. Watch Ocean with David Attenborough and start worrying.

#NowWatching Ocean with David Attenborough

Musical journeys on a beautiful planet.
Curated by Loubylou, each piece is a musical love letter to Earth, composed by a diverse and inspiring lineup of artists.
THUNK Odyssey streams from 6am to midday GMT on the THUNK Radio App (iOS & Android) or at thunk.world/thunk-radio.
Tune in. Feel the love.

Aerial view of a winding turquoise river cutting through lush green vegetation. Overlay text reads: “Hey, it’s me, the river. I am home to life and a source to the sea. Plastic pollution has no part in my flow.” Logos for Beat Plastic Pollution, World Environment Day, UNEP, and 2025 Jeju Korea are at the bottom.

Rivers connect land to sea, carrying nutrients, life and now, plastic litter.
Once lifelines for communities and biodiversity, rivers are pathways for pollution.
With the right action, we can change course and #BeatPlasticPollution:
www.worldenvironmentday.global

I’ve just signed the petition to end bottom trawling. Our ocean needs our support. Join me and sign too! #BanBottomTrawling action.wemove.eu/sign/2023-05...

You’re right George, VE Day (May 8th 1945) as the name implies is Victory in Europe day, problem is Donald isn’t very bright!

One could be forgiven for believing that there is a growing surplus of shadowy businesses and marketers that actively despise their customers. Is gambling any different to crack dealing or scamming peoples pensions?

Spin doctors: gambling firms adopt hard tactics to flood towns with 24hr slot machines Companies deploys highly paid lawyers and appears to mislead councillors – but local authorities are fighting back

Another dark societal blot on our already bleak and abandoned high streets. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

It's #WorldPressFreedomDay!

No true democracy without a free press. In a world of misinformation and threats to press freedom, we stand with journalists risking their lives for the truth.

Today, we remember those who have lost their lives in that pursuit. 👇
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Same old Nigel Farage, you know when he’s lying cos his mouth moves.

A few want to rule or destroy it, while 89% of us wish to protect it. Think again www.thunk.world

Tories and Reform use the steel crisis to knock clean energy. They’re wrong: it will secure all our futures

Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions over Dakota pipeline protests, says jury Non-profit said in statement lawsuits like this aimed at ‘destroying the right to peaceful protest’

Fossil fuel companies should be forced to pay the public trillions in damages for the costs of their planetary arson. Instead they are trying to shut down one of the most important and storied environmental groups in the world. It's shameless - and it's not over. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A clever video illustrating land use on Earth, and highlighting how much land is used for meat and dairy production.

The video is by the independent app @forkranger.bsky.social - which provides clever ideas to help reduce food waste.

Out-of-date polls to wrong aid amounts: factchecking Trump’s Congress address The president’s marathon address to a joint session of Congress was littered with false claims he’s been corrected on but continued to repeat

Out-of-date polls to wrong aid amounts: factchecking Trump’s Congress address

Bar graph showing annual increase: less than 1 ppm in the early 60s, 2.5 ppm on average in the 2010s, over 3 ppm in last two years

2023 and 2024 showed the highest annual jumps in atmospheric CO2: both well above 3 ppm. El Niño played a role here, like in previous (lower) peaks.

Keeling curve, showing rise in atmospheric CO2 from 315 ppm on 1958 to over 425 ppm now.

Overall, we're still speeding in the wrong direction!

Feb 2025 427.09 ppm Feb 2024 424.55 ppm Plus graph showing rapid rise from about 413 ppm give years ago, with seasonal swings.

The February average of atmospheric CO2 concentration (at Mauna Loa) was 427.1 ppm.
That's 2.5 ppm higher than last year. Not good.

Maps of temperature anomalies in the world and in Europe. Both show highest anomalies in the far North.

February 2025 was the third warmest February globally, 1.59°C above the pre-industrial level.
Temperatures in the Arctic were way above (what used to be) normal.
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Disrupting an industry to pit Ai’s stolen ideas against genuine creative writers, the vast majority who already struggle to break even. Why, to make a fast buck, pure and simple.

The (UK) net zero economy grew by 10% in 2024 and generated £83bn in gross value added (GVA), a measure of how much value companies add through the goods and services they produce. Source: The Guardian/CBI

Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says