Brian Wernham C.Eng.
@brianwernham.bsky.social
Programme Director – Transformation and Recovery
"Data centres are a trivial problem compared to making reusable rockets" - Elon Musk "Making reusable rockets is a trivial problem compared to making Grok A.I. profitable" - Stock market investors (obviously) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans
Elon Musk told investors that people were "underestimating" his company.
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#VoteBinface www.theguardian.com/food/2026/au...
‘A 99 with a Flake? That will be £7, please’: what’s behind the surge in ice-cream van prices?
From the cost of milk and chocolate to diesel and electricity, every part of producing the summer treat has been hit by the climate crisis and other shocks
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Lollipop man was knocked over while helping children cross A69 "Residents renew calls to improve A69 safety" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Carlisle A69 road safety improvement measures calls renewed
De-trunk the road, reduce HGV traffic and lower speed limits, residents suggest in public meeting.
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"They say that the risk of testing every man would lead to many being unnecessarily treated "To me, that’s a treatment issue, not a screening issue … I don’t know why we don’t [have a screening system]. It just doesn’t make sense" - Sir Chris Hoy www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...
‘They’re not alone’: Chris Hoy on his ambition to stop men dying of prostate cancer
Cycling legend tells Donald McRae about the reality of living with stage 4 cancer, fundraising with Miguel Induráin and why Andy Burnham could be key to his ambition of helping others with similar dia...
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"I’ve switched to Zoom for these meetings about my results. You can switch it off and you’re in your sanctuary, your home. You don’t have to be in the hospital, walking past strangers, having that long drive home.” www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...
‘They’re not alone’: Chris Hoy on his ambition to stop men dying of prostate cancer
Cycling legend tells Donald McRae about the reality of living with stage 4 cancer, fundraising with Miguel Induráin and why Andy Burnham could be key to his ambition of helping others with similar dia...
theguardian.com
United Utilities investigation works on Clarks Field, next to Etterby Lea Road, Stanwix ahead of an upgrade to the combined sewer overflow system
RFKJr claims Lyme disease was created by scientists,which is the closest he’s come to admitting that science exists. Meanwhile, Ötzi the Iceman, who died more than 5.3K years ago, had Lyme disease. Apparently prehistoric humans are part of the conspiracy. Get me off this timeline
England has seen a 45% decline over the last decade in the number of health visitors (nurses and midwives who treat young children at their home), according to BBC analysis BBC News - The real reason child vaccination rates are falling - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The real reason child vaccination rates are falling
As child immunisation rates fall across the UK, one clinic in west Yorkshire is taking aggressive steps to boost immunisations
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❗️Russian oil refining fell to 3.6 million barrels per day in July, down 150,000 bpd from June, according to Bloomberg. The report says this is Russia's lowest monthly refining rate since May 2002. For comparison, July 2021 averaged 5.59 million bpd. #Russia
Kemi Badenoch told the BBC last week that she led “a brand new Conservative party full of new people” 👇 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP
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"proposal similar to plan put forward by the Conservatives four years ago, while in government - crossings almost doubled, navy was said to have be a “taxi service” and government handed millions of pounds to private firms to pick people up in the Channel" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former navy officer criticises Reform plan to use military to stop small boats
Retired commander says policy lacks substance as party accused of trying to distract from Nigel Farage’s scandals
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Prostate Cancer Focal therapies include high frequency focal ultrasound (HIFU) as famously paid for privately by David Cameron for his early stage prostate cancer England has no regular pathway for NHS HIFU treatment north of Northampton (none in Northern Ireland, Wales or Scotland either)
Prostate Cancer TRANSFORM screening program managed to get £2.8 million extra quietly announced for southeast of England to bolster focal therapies noted in what appears to be an incidental paragraph in the TRANSFORM program announcement www.gov.uk/government/n... bsky.app/profile/bria...
Major expansion of research and treatment for prostate cancer
Government announces over £20 million to improve prostate cancer research and treatment, including improving access to a major trial for Black men.
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Brian Wernham C.Eng.@brianwernham.bsky.social · 2d agoProstate cancer screening cover up? "Recent research suggests minimally invasive focal therapy can lead to fewer - and milder - side effects ... these were not considered by UK NSC 2025 review (which turned down prostate cancer screening)" - UK Government, June 2026 www.gov.uk/government/p...
Prostate cancer screening cover up? "Recent research suggests minimally invasive focal therapy can lead to fewer - and milder - side effects ... these were not considered by UK NSC 2025 review (which turned down prostate cancer screening)" - UK Government, June 2026 www.gov.uk/government/p...
Equality impact assessment: introduction of a targeted prostate cancer screening programme
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"allegations that Miller poured hot water on Emily Moreno, held a gun to her head and broke their toddler daughter’s collarbone" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Republican calls for Max Miller to resign from Congress amid abuse allegations
Senator Bernie Moreno says congressman and former son-in-law should step down after ex-wife’s allegations
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Many children's deaths are on his drug-and-hormone-addled head. bsky.app/profile/jacu...
jaculis.bsky.social@jaculis.bsky.social · 2w agoA few descriptive phrases come immediately to mind: • Scapegoater • Credit Grabber / Blame Thrower • Opportunist • Parasite or Freeloader • Self-Serving Bias • Deflection • Psychological Projection • Gaslighting • Narcissistic Behavior • Machiavellian Behavior
Yonatan Netanyahu - Uganda's statue of Israel PM's brother who died in Entebbe rescue mission He previously led successful mission to assassinate Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar an alleged Black September leader involved in the 1972 Munich massacre www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Uganda unveils statue of Israel PM's brother who died in Entebbe rescue mission
Yonatan Netanyahu was the only Israeli soldier to die as he led a mission to free more than 100 hostages.
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Can electoral lightning strike twice? #VoteBinface #Clacton
"the past two years have seen more measles infections in the US than the rest of the 21st century combined" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
RFK Jr tells US families to vaccinate children against measles amid outbreak
Health secretary, longtime vaccination skeptic, spent years boosting misinformation about vaccines including MMR
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1,600km from Ukraine! Three Ukrainian drones hit Russian oil refineries in Ufa www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Ukraine war briefing: Strikes on three Russian oil refineries and sanctioned ship
Power cut to Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant; meal queues in Crimea where Ukrainian strikes have cut fuel and power supplies. What we know on day 1,621
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✅ Touring Clacton ✅ Visiting local businesses ✅ Listening to constituents’ concerns ✅ Hi-vis vest Make your Vote Count! #VoteBinface #Clacton
"after they killed one Israeli, we need to kill all the people in Tal and Sarra, even Jit and Farata" A very unpleasant and genocidal man. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israeli West Bank settler tells BBC attacks on Palestinians are justified as revenge
Settler violence against Palestinians is on the rise in the West Bank, as settlements and outposts expand.
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"Echo fears at the Sands Centre" - Cumberland News
2/ 150 youth activists from the Donetsk People’s Republic Young Guard of United Russia participated in a military-patriotic forum in Tver Oblast. The Kremlin-controlled Russian Orthodox Church continues efforts to proliferate Cossack education programs in occupied Ukraine.
