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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2h

Brace for early flu season in England and get vaccinated, say experts

Uptick in flu levels being driven by cases among children and young people, say public health leaders The flu season could be coming early this year, public health experts in England have warned, adding that those who are eligible should take up their offer of a free vaccination. According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), an uptick in flu levels in England is being driven by cases among younger adults and school-age children. Continue reading...

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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 4h

Impressive stuff, Cardiff.

We'll be aiming to follow suit in Bristol!

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Cardiff To Be First UK City To Introduce Extra Parking Fees For SUVs

Cardiff tackles 'carspreading'.

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Phil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social · 5h

Someone needs to tell Jonjo Shelvey.
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London murder rate drops to lowest levels on record

The London murder rate has dropped to its lowest level since records began, according to new statistics.

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Irritated Llama @irritatedllama.bsky.social · 8h

The sad thing is, as they've shown with Brexit, Reform simply don't care how many lives they ruin. They work for oligarchs and billionaires. The wellbeing of anyone else is firmly last on their list.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 8h

👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."

"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."

"I blame you for that."

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 8h

Reform candidate visibly squirms as he's confronted by a local family in Caerphilly.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 8h

👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."

"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."

"I blame you for that."

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 20h

Revealed: Leave.EU campaign met Russian officials as many as 11 times around Brexit

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Revealed: Leave.EU campaign met Russian officials as many as 11 times

Founder Arron Banks was offered lucrative deals in talks with the ambassador

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 8h

And the main reason to want to breach human rights is when you don’t consider someone - or a class of people - to be human.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 8h

In general, there’s only one reason why something might breach the ECHR. It’s because it breaches human rights.

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Patrick Andrews @patrickandrews.bsky.social · 8h

Good news.

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 12h

Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."

Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first

Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 11h

I like this. More please!

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 12h

Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."

Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first

Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...

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China Historical Photos @chinahistorypics.bsky.social · 11h

Lanzhou, Gansu, c. 1930, timber-beam rafts on the Yellow River near the city’s south gate fortress. Such rafts carried logs and goods downstream before bridges and motor transport replaced them. Photo by Father Leo Van Dyke, Belgian Franciscan.

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Patrick Andrews @patrickandrews.bsky.social · 10h

Thought he was much older when he joined Cov - he had already been at Ipswich and Man U for a long time.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

@pimlicat.bsky.social: “Rachel Reeves is completely correct to highlight the long-term damage of Brexit."

"Our polling shows a majority of voters view Brexit as a failure for the country, and expect ministers to work with the EU to find a way to fix the damage."

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Rachel Reeves says tax rises and spending cuts on budget agenda, citing Brexit impact

Chancellor also blames austerity and ‘ongoing impact of Liz Truss mini-budget’ for growing shortfall in public finances

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 12h

We don't have blind faith, which is how the word 'trust' is misused here. We get them to peer review each other. We check for consensus. We collect data on what happens when their advice is acted on and other experts review that in an endless feedback cycle of mostly improving knowledge.

Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 20h

RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h

Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12h

In today's least surprising news

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Naomi Saphra @nsaphra.bsky.social · 14h

TIL about Nushu, a script invented and used by exclusively by Yao women because they were prohibited from learning to write. The last ”native” user of the script recently died, but it’s undergone a revival.

Nüshu - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nüshu

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 1d

"Another Reform MP has been accused of being in breach of Parliamentary rules, after its deputy leader Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality he received from Lubov Chernukhin – wife of a former Russian deputy finance minister"
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Reform’s Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister’s wife

'Tice and Oakeshott stayed at the Chernukhins’ “turreted villa” with “a stunning view of the Mediterranean” and had supper with them at a Michelin-starred restaurant'

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1d

What the fuck are we doing?

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 22h

Tugendhat didn’t even back Sunak! He backed Truss. She didn’t even put him in the cabinet. This has the same level of “intelligence” as a junior public affairs chump.

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 22h

Not really the main point for these witnesses statements but this is unbelievably low grade stuff to be passing on.

Tugendhat did not in fact get a cabinet job and Jeremy Hunt endorsed Rishi Sunak. Did the Chinese realise how crap all this intelligence was?

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Hey American farmers, Trump just doubled Argentina's bailout from $20 billion to $40 billion.

That's the same Argentina that, because of Trump's tariffs, has now supplanted ALL of America's soybean sales to China.

Trump sold you out – then gave the guy who benefited an extra $40 billion gift.

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Patrick Andrews @patrickandrews.bsky.social · 23h

Can’t help thinking Cummings is trying to deflect from the Russian influence on the Tories and Reform. We need to remember Cummings spent time in Russia.

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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 1d

Why not join the SM etc?
We said in our manifesto…
Now you’re saying Brexit was a disaster, how about another referendum?
We will not do anything to overturn the will of the people etc…
Does Labour prioritise economic growth?
Yes, this government etc?
But didn’t you say Brexit costs 4% pa?

Etc etc

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