When a company is selling dresses for £3 someone, somewhere, is being exploited www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Primark cuts prices as it feels pressure from Shein and Temu
Competition from ultra-cheap Chinese retailers and the cost of living crisis could be putting some people off shopping at the store, analysts say.
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Some speculation on here whether new PM means (at last) proper attempt to sort out centre of government. Since I was cog in it, I thought I'd wave the flag for the Commission for Smart Government! www.civilservant.org.uk/library/2021...
Medieval pew end seen in a Norfolk church. Dog looks happy with his ball! #medieval #norfolkbroads #church
It appears the days of 'cives Britannicus sum' are well past. In the '90s disclosing that I was a government official changed the tone of an Israeli border official trying to seize @rcwheat.bsky.social's notes about an archaeological site in an instant www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...
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Visited a cafe near home recently. As well as lattes they restore old Volkswagen vehicles. The view from our table #coffee #mechanics
Spring flowers tapestry I worked last year. Soon to become a cushion
Deploying to Iceland (Fire &Ice) “Just in case” “Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.”
Very clear video (TW very distressing) by BBC Verify which makes clear how wrong BBC's "both-siding" of the Minneapolis shooting in its main coverage is. When Trump, Noem and others say things which are clearly not true, BBC needs to say so www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...
Minneapolis shooting latest: Protests after woman shot dead by ICE agent
Local officials accuse immigration agents of
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Another day preparing for my stall at village Christmas Fair next Saturday.
Spent today prepping some of my artwork for the village Christmas Fair soon. First time neighbours will see what I've been working on
One of many elaborate fonts found in Norfolk churches, this in St Andrews Blickling.
Solitary swan feeding in the reeds at Wicken Fen Cambridgeshire today
I was reading Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman recently, this extract struck me.
The largest London Plane tree in the UK, planted in Ely in the 1670s.
More from the 'knitted bible ' showing at a local church. The clue is the banner
One of my local churches is hosting the 'knitted Bible'. Here's one scene 'the flight to Egypt '
Another visitor to our buddleia bush today, Peacock butterfly looking glorious
The buddleia is blooming so the butterflies are back. Red Admiral
This year our garden is full of these poppies and I'm thrilled to see them again after having none last summer
My neighbour gave me sweet peas from her allotment because I said I love their scent. Had my nose to them all afternoon
