Your family doctor is expected to provide appointments, treatment, prevention, and ongoing care all for as little as 36p a day. General practice is being stretched to breaking point. Sign the new petition and help protect your family GP 👉 bma.doctor/saveGPs

People of Clacton! Show your support for me by putting a bin outside your house, one day this week, of a colour of Tendring Council's choice. This will be unequivocal proof of the success of my campaign.

An important read from our CEO, Matt Downie, on the opportunity ahead to make real progress towards ending homelessness. Take a look at his latest article in the New Statesman: www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/po...

Finally, a Prime Minister who prioritises homelessness

Andy Burnham's promise to adpot a national "Housing First" philosophy offers us hope, but radical change is required

newstatesman.com

We limit the speed of ebikes "for public safety", yet this study shows we'd need to limit SUVs to 5.7 km/h for them to pose the same risk to other people #motonormativity findingspress.org/article/1587...

How often, when driving a car, do you run across a friend, and then slow down and chat for a bit? It happens kind of a lot when you use bikes for transportation.

Imagine travelling thousands of miles just to spend your evenings doing zoomies over the same few houses... It's hard not to be impressed 👇 #SwiftAwarenessWeek

Its been a week of red alert SWEP response here on MoH site. We love our trees! 🙏 Co-director Matt has just been to speak about our work in this area at a Climate Week event (one of the ones that's not cancelled that is). Thanks to our crew and vols for keeping ppl safe as poss ❤️

This is ‘just’ 35 vehicles… not even a bus load of passengers. It’s not bikes holding you up on the road #cycling

Waiting for the system justifiers on this platform to claim that Geoffrey Robertson KC "doesn't understand the law". That's what all of us who've made these points have been told. Maybe not understanding how this could possibly be right is a sign of our humanity. www.theguardian.com/global/comme...

You may not sympathise with the Elbit four’s methods. But you should be outraged by their treatment under the law | Geoffrey Robertson

The jurors who found the pro-Palestine activists guilty of criminal damage had no idea their verdict would be treated as a verdict on terrorism, says Geoffrey Robertson KC

theguardian.com

Reform’s genius plan is finally coming into view: field terrible candidates then lose | Marina Hyde

Reform’s genius plan is finally coming into view: field terrible candidates then lose | Marina Hyde

The unstoppable Nigel Farage is looking increasingly stoppable in the wake of Makerfield. The actual prime minister, meanwhile, has gone into hiding, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

theguardian.com

Such good news. Human beings are capable of magical and wonderful things. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given HPV vaccine

A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.

bbc.co.uk

Ah yes, if only we knew the special stuff that only the government knows, we would agree with everything it does. Says every authoritarian state, everywhere.

Sally Luxmoore@sallyl.bsky.social · 2mo ago

George - you of all people should be able to appreciate that we do not know all the facts. You know that part of the evidence was given in secret by the security services. Everyone seems to agree that the public part was not enough for proscription, so it must have been the secret part that was!

UK Wind Power has rallied to 7.3GW this morning. With 3.3GW of Solar we are burning 8.7GW of Gas as well as importing 7.1GW. Hydro is 0.4GW. Nuclear is 3GW and the awful Biomass 2.4GW. The price of wholesale electricity over the past 24 hours was £111 per MWh. #renewsbles

BREAKING: Indigenous white people commit riot and arson. Incompetent indigenous white police fire water cannon. Indigenous white politicians who fucked up our economy discuss "legitimate concerns" in lying newspapers owned by indigenous white tax evaders. Immigrants somehow remain the problem.

We stand with colleagues across the UK who are experiencing abuse, harassment, racism and discrimination. Recent reports of healthcare workers from ethnic minority backgrounds feeling unsafe travelling to and from work are deeply concerning.

Homophoneaphobia #poetrychallenge

NKBTN@nkbtn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Homophoneaphobia

Ministers could ban London councils ‘dumping’ homeless families miles away Measures being considered to crack down on practice that has grown as a result of Britain’s housing crisis

Ministers could ban London councils ‘dumping’ homeless families miles away

Measures being considered to crack down on practice that has grown as a result of Britain’s housing crisis

theguardian.com

Rough sleeping is deadly. We meet the NHS outreach workers trying to save lives on the street Efforts to treat homelessness as a health problem often rely on lone mavericks and short-term cash. Can NHS reforms bring more long-term thinking?

Rough sleeping kills. How NHS workers save lives on the street

Health services for rough sleepers are under pressure. But one NHS project is showing the way the crisis can be tackled.

bigissue.com

Everyone should have free healthcare, regardless of their age or ability to work.

Heading in to work today wondering which badges on my lanyard are political enough to get banned #nhs #r4today

Deaths within two weeks of prison release hit record high in England and Wales Experts say #homelessness is primary driver of crisis that led to 77 ‘avoidable’ deaths in 2025 www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Deaths within two weeks of prison release hit record high in England and Wales

Exclusive: Experts say homelessness is primary driver of crisis that led to 77 ‘avoidable’ deaths in 2025

theguardian.com

The Plymouth Hope Festival & Family Fun Day is a vibrant, multicultural community celebration that brings people together through music, football, arts, food, and family activities. It highlights cultural diversity, promotes community cohesion, and marks the launch of Refugee Week in Plymouth (1/2)

UK net migration figures for last year are half the previous one, as numbers continue to fall. With so much misinformation on mainstream and social media, most Brits think the numbers are rising when the opposite is true. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK net migration drops to 171,000 - lowest since Covid pandemic

The prime minister says his government is delivering on its promise to restore control to the borders.

bbc.co.uk

Immigration make Britain brilliant

RCEM President Dr Ian Higginson responds to James Murray's appointment as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Full statement below. rcem.ac.uk/press-rel...

The British media portray Reform UK as having 'won' last week's elections, despite its vote share falling to 26% and despite the SNP winning in Scotland and Plaid in Wales. Reform is multi-millionaires exploiting racism and ignorance to serve themselves. #r4today www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Farage's No2 fails to condemn councillor who said Nigerians should be 'melted'

In a bad-tempered TV exchanged, Richard Tice was grilled on a social media post from new Sunderland councillor Glenn Gibbins' account, which said Nigerians should be melted and put into potholes

mirror.co.uk

It's the UK local elections this Thursday, 7 May. Please vote if you can.

We must stand in solidarity with Jews being attacked by antisemitic criminals and terrorists: no ifs or buts. We must stand in solidarity with Palestinians being murdered by the Israeli government: no ifs or buts. These are not contradictory positions. They are consistent ones. 🧵1/5

Apart from the actual stats, the most reliable indicator that immigration is plunging (to our obvious economic detriment) is Nigel Farage turning his dishonest attentions to the mythical millions of benefits claimants.

Finally we the official legend for the various elements in this magnificent Trump icon