Extract from the fact checking of Donald Trumps speech last night.... WTAF????? Are people in the US actually buying this???? nytimes.com/live/2024/08/0…

Dear Donald J. Trump ... this one is for you ....

NEW: Cheaper grocery products rose in price much faster than expensive products between 2021 and 2023. This ‘cheapflation’ meant poorer households were hit much harder by inflation than official figures show. THREAD on Tao Chen Peter Levell & Martin O'Connell’s paper: [1/8]

Workers for Office for National Statistics (ONS) are taking action over mandatory office time.... pro's and con's to homeworking and the pendulum will continue to swing post covid....

'Fundamental reform needed' as data reveals rise in out of area care placements lgcplus.com/services/child…

Well done, Miriam Margolyes As someone who would have been sent to the gas chamber during WWII, I still don't understand why having opposing views to political decisions in a democratic country is seen as antisemitic I agree with her views whole-heartedly - peace NOW

Fact of the day: at 1,942 square miles, Northumberland County Council is larger than more than a quarter of countries in the world - including Barbados, Luxembourg, Bahrain and Singapore.

Download the free My Coast app for real-time beach safety data on tides, sea conditions, weather, water quality and local amenities to help you make the best decisions before and during your coastal visit - available now on the app store. 📱 #Cormac #Cornwall #BeachSafety

If you haven't seen it yet here is the 30 second version of the campaign video. Share it far and wide. #floodthestreets turn your outrage into action. Join us, Sat 26th Oct, Parliament Square. marchforcleanwater.org March for Clean Water

On an action learning set yesterday and one of the tasks was recommending a book - here were ours - but what would be your book recommendation? Mark Forsyth Rory Stewart

Seen last week in Sainsbury's ..... what next? Valentine's day cards in September?

Read more about the scale of destruction in the full investigation here: bellingcat.com/news/2024/08/2…

Thames Water has asked regulators to let it raise customer bills by £228 a year, showing they're  capable of taking the piss, just not out of our water

I hope it's changed, but when I did Environmental Health at Uni, we had technical training. Human behaviour wasn't mentioned once. Nothing on the risks to us or others Chartered Institute of Environmental Health I learnt quickly....but the hard way! bbc.com/news/articles/…

It's hard to 'compute' what this must feel like for women in Afghanistan... no access to education, no voice - is this just slavery by another name? news.un.org/en/story/2024/….

On the day, the Grenfell Inquiry report is finally published, to get a feel for just how preventable this was and how some companies lied for corporate gain, please listen to this. Hang your head in shame Kingspan Insulation Celotex Insulation Arconic bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

James O'Brien Following the announcement of the Grenfell Tower report, I thought I would pass on my experience. As you know I was a senior trading standards officer made redundant in 2010, one of the first to go as a result of Cameron's austerity cuts.

What has the ECHR ever done for us? Quite a lot actually, and we wrote it too.

Delighted that the Great British Para Olympics team is doing so well 🥳 and what this says about our support for these athletes. However, concerned that there are many countries with massive populations that should further up the chart and what that means for disability support?