If this makes you think "yuk" - that's a healthy reaction to any farmed salmon, which is any salmon you are likely to encounter. Marine #FactoryFarming just as bad as on land uk.investing.com/news/stock-m...

Major salmon farmers introduce chicken feed despite consumer concerns By Investing.com

Major salmon farmers introduce chicken feed despite consumer concerns

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A fellow member of the #HouseofLords expressed astonishment that I don't use so-called AI for research or speeches. I am astonished anyone does www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Five AI chatbots were tested on accuracy. The results weren’t good

Responses from leading AI models were prone to being ‘incomplete, lacking context, or poorly sourced’, report finds after testing of Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok

independent.co.uk

It's not enough to hope that people choose trains over cars. We need to make rail the best option available, for the planet and for passengers' pockets. It's also essential that we add a binding modal shift duty to this bill to ensure true legal accountability.

We can't seriously expect people to choose rail when it costs three times as much as flying. We need a clear duty on the Secretary of State and Great British Railways, to improve the affordability of travelling by train and make fares fair.

"Fungal infections are more complicated than previously thought." When talking #AMR we must not forget fungi: the entire complex of modern medicine is running on a knife edge phys.org/news/2026-10...

Candida auris copies its entire genome to survive antifungal treatment, research reveals

New research has revealed an unexpected new mechanism through which the killer fungus Candida auris is resisting antifungal drug treatment. A team led by the University of Exeter and City St George's,...

phys.org

🚨 GREEN WIN VS REFORM 🚨 Congratulations to Amber Valley Green Party on electing new councillor Bess Saunders in Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley ward in Derbyshire 💚

More confirmation of the parlous state of #biodiversity on these islands. Environment Act ia not delivering. We need #NaturesRights now www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Shocking and sobering’: UK bird populations fall to lowest level on record

Nearly half of species are in decline, with farmland birds and seabirds the worst hit, conservation bodies say

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“Tom Watson has taken a job lobbying for Palantir. Revolving doors. They really are a problem in British politics.” Natalie Bennett criticises the links between politicians and powerful corporations, and Watson’s comments about “mob rule" deciding government contracts.

Petition for fairer local elections 💚 Please sign our petition encouraging all campaign material intended to influence the outcome of an election, should be regulated. Amid other parties using mass spending loopholes. Sign via the link below or the QR code: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/78...

Out now, my latest Substack. Sorry it is a disturbing account of colonial wars, but understanding and accepting the realities is not just morally right, but crucial for diplomacy today nataliebennett.substack.com/p/change-eve...

"What we're hearing is rhetoric. We're not yet seeing action" @zackpolanski.bsky.social challenges the Prime Minister to close the gap between his words and his actions.

The winner of Nobel peace prize doing what the Government of the United Kingdom will not do: calling Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide.

Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 7d ago

"The last thing I did is the report on Gaza naming what is happening there as genocide. One of the main reactions to that report [was] paying tribute to me for my courage.. why would you need courage to speak the truth?" Navi Pillay upon winning the 2026 Nobel peace prize

Thank you Holborn & St Pancras. Our second best byelection result ever. 💚

Our statement after Holborn and St Pancras By-Election

This is it!!!! It's the difference between a narrow loss or a Green WIN. And that difference is you!! Final sign ups for tomorrow 👇🏽 forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

“Reform are only interested in dividing our communities to distract from the fact that they have no answers to the problems facing the people of Wales.” Anthony Slaughter in the Senedd during Reform UK's debate on access to HMOs and social housing for foreign nationals.

Tim Harrison founded We Live Here to bring art, nature and communities together. In our interview, he discusses access to nature and mental health, how his son’s football kickabout led him to Medway, and why Saturday’s cathedral event brings together music, spoken word, and food.

"I’ve always been a massive nature geek"

What Steven asked Tim Harrison, artistic director of We Live Here

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Come on Holborn & St Pancras. Get out and push this over the line 💚 #VoteGreen

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · last wk.

Poll Check are projecting the result as incredibly close. We CAN win this! Join us tomorrow anytime between 7am-10pm and then come celebrate the Green victory you helped make happen!! forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

“It’s a proposal to fund councils to not just build, but also, in addition, buy council homes, which they then can use as real council homes.” Siân Berry on her Buy the Supply panel at Green Party Conference.

"The pattern is clear: Vote Green and watch Labour move" @zackpolanski.bsky.social explains why a Green vote is a powerful vote.

The Conservatives want to spend £10 billion on a 'British Iron Dome'. Dr Ellie Chowns says real security starts with facing where the real threats are - and top of the list is the climate crisis.

Medway’s urgent care system could send patients from A&E to another provider next door, then back again. Two years after NHS officials said it should change, the hospital now runs the UTC. It looks tidier on paper, but will it work better?

Medway untangles its rather strange urgent care system

Plus bed bugs on Southeastern, an unusually quiet week at the council, and your chance to live in the centre of Chatham

localauthority.news

Thank you to everyone who came out to campaign in Holborn & St Pancras today! The election is feeling incredibly close from the thousands of conversations today. We need to keep it up for just a few more days. Every conversation matters. Join us: linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP

💚 a guaranteed job for every 18-24 year old 💚 a plan to bring failing water companies into public ownership by Christmas 💚 standing up for an inclusive and welcoming Britain So proud of our Deputy Leaders @rachelmillward.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social

Time and time again when I'm knocking on doors people tell me they've still got their kids living at home with them. The extreme cost of housing is putting lives on hold across this country. We need an emergency brake on rents. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Zack Polanski to call for three-year cap on private rent rises

In his speech to his party's conference, the Green leader will frame housing as a key issue of generational fairness.

bbc.co.uk

Enhancing Medway high streets are a paramount priority! 💚 Here’s how we will facilitate this:

"It is clear that Labour needs the Greens to keep them in check everyday to push them towards the real transformation this country needs." @zackpolanski.bsky.social reacts to the Prime Minister's speech at Labour conference.

Exactly.

The Green Party of England & Wales@greenparty.org.uk · 2w ago

A fairer voting system can't wait until after the next general election. We need electoral reform now.

“We need to make sure our bills get lower. This is absolutely vital. It frees people up to contribute to society. It ends up helping our economy so much more.” Rachel Millward on why bringing down household bills benefits everyone.

"Privatised water has failed and must be taken into public ownership now."