@stellamanzie.bsky.social
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A fantastic moment - incredible turnaround Rotherham in 2015/16 - so much credit to Cllr Chris Read, Cabinet Members,former CX Sharon Kemp, social workers Snr and Jnr, education, vol sec partners in Rotherham. Battling for the children of Rotherham.
A fantastic moment - incredible turnaround Rotherham in 2015/16 - so much credit to Cllr Chris Read, Cabinet Members,former CX Sharon Kemp, social workers Snr and Jnr, education, vol sec partners in Rotherham. Battling for the children of Rotherham.
Rotherham Children's Services rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted
The inspection comes 10 years after the council was stripped of running its Children's Services.
www.bbc.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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A fantastic moment - incredible turnaround Rotherham in 2015/16 - so much credit to Cllr Chris Read, Cabinet Members,former CX Sharon Kemp, social workers Snr and Jnr, education, vol sec partners in Rotherham. Battling for the children of Rotherham.
A fantastic moment - incredible turnaround Rotherham in 2015/16 - so much credit to Cllr Chris Read, Cabinet Members,former CX Sharon Kemp, social workers Snr and Jnr, education, vol sec partners in Rotherham. Battling for the children of Rotherham.
Fantastic Alabama3 gig @hmvempireCoventry last night - great Thursday night turnout - still one of the best live bands ever. Great city centre venue close to parking and station. Thanks to neighbours for company and tickets! #supportlivemusic
December 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Fantastic Alabama3 gig @hmvempireCoventry last night - great Thursday night turnout - still one of the best live bands ever. Great city centre venue close to parking and station. Thanks to neighbours for company and tickets! #supportlivemusic
Scotland 4-2 Denmark: World Cup 2026 qualifying – as it happened
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Scotland 4-2 Denmark: World Cup 2026 qualifying – as it happened
Fantastic production of « Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf ?» @curveleicester.bsky.social last night, starring Cathy Tyson and Patrick Robinson. Brilliant acting and great Curve production - best thing I’ve seen for ages
November 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Fantastic production of « Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf ?» @curveleicester.bsky.social last night, starring Cathy Tyson and Patrick Robinson. Brilliant acting and great Curve production - best thing I’ve seen for ages
Great interview with Chris Waddell, Learning Manager of the Burns Birthplace Museum,Alloway on @BBCWorldatOne today, about the power of seeing a great cultural figure’s birthplace and understanding the impact of their heritage. Great job Mr Waddell! #BurnsScottishIcon
October 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Great interview with Chris Waddell, Learning Manager of the Burns Birthplace Museum,Alloway on @BBCWorldatOne today, about the power of seeing a great cultural figure’s birthplace and understanding the impact of their heritage. Great job Mr Waddell! #BurnsScottishIcon
Massive thanks to @premierinn Thurso who still had the coat I’d left behind, a week after me staying there. Thanks especially to front of house young woman who trekked upstairs to Lost and Found and looked! Brilliant ! Thank you! #GreatService
September 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Massive thanks to @premierinn Thurso who still had the coat I’d left behind, a week after me staying there. Thanks especially to front of house young woman who trekked upstairs to Lost and Found and looked! Brilliant ! Thank you! #GreatService
Have read it - you’re right - good book but a re- read might be timely…
With all these Franco-British discussions about state-building in the Near East, now’s the time to read (or re-read) this by @jamesbarr.bsky.social. Not only a brilliant book about the tangled history of the region, but one if the best non-fiction titles. dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/books/a...
A Line in the Sand by James Barr
Buy A Line in the Sand by James Barr from Daunt Books today. New Fiction, Non-Fiction books and Travel Guides available from Daunt Books. Worldwide shipping available.
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July 28, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Have read it - you’re right - good book but a re- read might be timely…
Oh yes - we loved our trip to Rotherham in 2022 for the France vs Iceland game on the hottest day ever - had great chat with Icelandic fans saying “Is it always as hot as this?”
July 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Oh yes - we loved our trip to Rotherham in 2022 for the France vs Iceland game on the hottest day ever - had great chat with Icelandic fans saying “Is it always as hot as this?”
Wonderful ( air - conditioned!) village hall concert with @karentweed and Nick Wiseman - Ellis in Peckleton, Leicestershire last night. Great chat and great music - both brilliant!
July 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Wonderful ( air - conditioned!) village hall concert with @karentweed and Nick Wiseman - Ellis in Peckleton, Leicestershire last night. Great chat and great music - both brilliant!
This is brilliant - congratulations on your envoy role - and great that the Lewis chessmen will not be far away from their Celtic cousins in Brittany when they visit Normandy.
In return the British Museum will lend some of their most precious treasures including the Sutton Hoo hoard and some Lewis chessmen to museums in Caen and Rouen. These loans will coincide with the 1000th anniversary of William the Conqueror’s birth. A moment to celebrate x-Channel cultural links!
July 10, 2025 at 6:21 AM
This is brilliant - congratulations on your envoy role - and great that the Lewis chessmen will not be far away from their Celtic cousins in Brittany when they visit Normandy.
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At long last. The PM has finally accepted that ‘youth mobility is not freedom of movement.’ A visa-based scheme is not a concession to the EU but a huge opportunity for young people on both sides of the Channel to live, study, work and love in another culture - in the way previous generations have!
Keir Starmer opens door to EU youth mobility scheme
The prime minister said the scheme would not herald a return to free movement
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May 17, 2025 at 6:39 AM
At long last. The PM has finally accepted that ‘youth mobility is not freedom of movement.’ A visa-based scheme is not a concession to the EU but a huge opportunity for young people on both sides of the Channel to live, study, work and love in another culture - in the way previous generations have!
Just watched BBCArts doc The Last Musician of Auschwitz - incredibly powerful and moving about musician Anita Lasker- Wallfisch and other musicians caught up in The Holocaust. A reminder. #HolocaustMemorialDay
January 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Just watched BBCArts doc The Last Musician of Auschwitz - incredibly powerful and moving about musician Anita Lasker- Wallfisch and other musicians caught up in The Holocaust. A reminder. #HolocaustMemorialDay
Strongly supportive of the comments of Cllr Chris Read. Entirely sane and balanced and few people have done more than him to change organisations and attitudes in reality - not just talk but action.
We had a very civil cross-party discussion about the merits or otherwise of a national inquiry at council this week. I understand my comments have already upset some people. But the polarisation is a barrier to safety and somehow it’s got to change. www.thestar.co.uk/news/politic...
Elon Musk narrative on child sexual exploitation ‘unhelpful’
The leader of Rotherham Council has criticised tech billionaire Elon Musk’s recent comments about grooming gangs and child sexual exploitation (CSE) in the UK, suggesting that Musk’s framing of the to...
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January 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Strongly supportive of the comments of Cllr Chris Read. Entirely sane and balanced and few people have done more than him to change organisations and attitudes in reality - not just talk but action.
Justice at last. Congratulations to all involved in the campaigning.
December 5, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Justice at last. Congratulations to all involved in the campaigning.
Great livestream from Cambridge Literary Festival this evening of @ledbydonkeys.org session - interesting and enjoyable really good value.
November 24, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Great livestream from Cambridge Literary Festival this evening of @ledbydonkeys.org session - interesting and enjoyable really good value.
Impressive - they wouldn’t like to come to our house for some decluttering, would they?
Staying with my sons tonight. Their board game collection is remarkably tidy 🙂
November 21, 2024 at 8:33 AM
Impressive - they wouldn’t like to come to our house for some decluttering, would they?
Wow - how cool is that…
Fabulous to have Prof Brian Cox with us at Gulliver’s Valley for the annual North Star Science School this afternoon, talking to hundreds and hundreds of school students about life, the universe and everything.
November 21, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Wow - how cool is that…
Very sad to see the death of John Prescott. True working class hero. Was once part of small dinner with him and watched him talk personally to every waiter and waitress before engaging with any dinner guest.
November 21, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Very sad to see the death of John Prescott. True working class hero. Was once part of small dinner with him and watched him talk personally to every waiter and waitress before engaging with any dinner guest.
Fantastic result for Scotland Team this evening in @nationsleague.bsky.social - great goals from Captain and Vice Captain - captains in their own clubs. 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
November 18, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Fantastic result for Scotland Team this evening in @nationsleague.bsky.social - great goals from Captain and Vice Captain - captains in their own clubs. 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
Happy to be @OpenUniversity for tenth anniversary of Centre for Policing Research and Learning conference. A towering achievement of Prof Jean Hartley and colleagues #CPRL10years
November 13, 2024 at 9:58 AM
Happy to be @OpenUniversity for tenth anniversary of Centre for Policing Research and Learning conference. A towering achievement of Prof Jean Hartley and colleagues #CPRL10years
This sounds like a great development…
Work begins on £11m day centre and housing for adults with complex needs
Work begins on £11m day centre and housing for adults with complex needs
Danielle Andrews is a Local Democracy Reporter who covers council matters in Barnsley and Rotherham. Previously she worked for The Mansfield Chad. She has been working as a journalist in South…
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October 26, 2024 at 10:39 PM
This sounds like a great development…
« Age cannot wither her nor custom stale her infinite variety » Packed DeMontfort,Leicester saw amazing June Tabor and Oysterband gig last night. What a voice and what a woman….
October 16, 2024 at 2:34 PM
« Age cannot wither her nor custom stale her infinite variety » Packed DeMontfort,Leicester saw amazing June Tabor and Oysterband gig last night. What a voice and what a woman….