Sabrina River Folk Podcast
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Sabrina, (Welsh Hafren) is the ancient Goddess of the River Severn, the longest river in Britain. Priestess Nicola Haasz has researched the legends and mythology for over two decades. This Podcast celebrates everything relating to our Sacred River 🦆🐟🐗🦢🌀🌛
Today we're launching the Environment APPG's report on climate resilience. Climate breakdown and ecosystem collapse are already among the greatest threats to public safety. We need a Cabinet Office Minister for Adaptation to drive cross-government action. environmentappg.co.uk/publications...
Is the UK prepared? Resilience in floods, fires and food as climate impacts rise | Publications | Environment APPG
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BBC News - Secret court documents reveal potential scale of illegal sewage spilling - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Secret court documents reveal potential scale of illegal sewage spilling
The new analysis from a prominent water campaigner emerged after secret court documents were leaked.
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The Environment Agency has stepped in to bolster water levels in the River Severn as prolonged dry weather continues to impact local rivers across Shropshire.
Shropshire Groundwater Scheme activated to keep River Severn flowing
Millions of litres of groundwater are being pumped into the River Severn from North Shropshire every day as dry weather puts pressure on local river levels.
shropshirelive.com
I used to think that the world would ignore climate change until it really hit, but I was naive. It seems we're going to ignore it even when it's utterly clear.
Most UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisis
Exclusive: Analysis of nearly 2,500 articles finds almost three-quarters made no reference to global heating
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As wildfires rage, Andy Burnham still won't rule out airport expansion. He still hasn't commited to ending new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. The incoming Prime Minister can't say the climate crisis is an emergency whilst backing policies that make it worse.
Prof Bill McGuire@profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 3w agoWildfire Britain! Wildfires over the weekend in at least nine counties of England and Wales www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kent SE Water has a hosepipe ban. Kent is awash with leaks, everyday SEW wastes millions of gallons.. This leak has been going for 5 days+ with no one working on it CEO David Hinton was paid £400,000 last year despite 24,000 homes having no water pre Xmas Fat Cats get paid & residents screwed❗️😡
🚨BREAKING Stockport MP Navendu Mishra signs MP letter opposing Thames Water sewage deal. Ofwat, that makes it 112 MPs standing up against this deal. Do the right thing, drop it. Ask your MP to sign now: vist.ly/5awzb
Severn Trent is asking customers to help reduce water use after experiencing the highest single day of demand for water ever recorded across its region on Saturday 11 July, beating the previous record from the drought in 2022 and the Covid pandemic.
Water demand reaches highest level on record, says Severn Trent
Severn Trent is asking customers to help reduce water use after experiencing the highest day of demand ever recorded on Saturday 11 July.
shropshirelive.com
Meta is contaminating public water supplies with deadly bacteria. Cupriavidus gilardii is resistant to multiple antibiotic agents (even Carbapenems) and can cause fatal human infections.
Meta data center water discharges suspended after contaminating the city's reclamation water supply with bacterium — system offline for months for cleaning, closed-loop cooling system purge spread rar...
The city has revoked the Meta contractor's discharge privileges.
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Major repair work underway on 180-year-old Worcester lock #lovecanals #canal #news The Canal & River Trust is carrying out essential repairs to Diglis Small Lock on the River Severn in Worcester. […]... www.towpathtalk.co.uk/major-repair...
Spending time with another river again! 🌀The Majestic Clyde in Glasgow and the site of the Govan stones. Here a much older memory lingers of the Goddess Clota/Clutha in an ancient pagan landscape recognised by murial artwork in the city 🌀🪸🐟 #Glasgow #Govanstones #GoddessClota #RiverClyde
With Tewkesbury Medieval Festival ⚔️ approaching this weekend, listen here to a fascinating episode with 📯Master of the Field 📯 Philip Pembridge. What Wars of the Roses events happened which the festival commemorates fought on the banks of the Severn at Tewkesbury?🐎 🗡️ 🌹 👑 youtu.be/7yRqb1e7lC8?...
Sabrina River Folk Podcast Episode 9 ~ Phil Pembridge talks all things Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
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Lovely to see recognition of the Goddess Avona of the River Avon 🌿🌀🏞️ This is a new piece on Windsor Bridge in Bath #murial #RiverAvon #Bath #AvonaGoddessoftheRiverAvon #BristolandBath
My latest podcast episode is out! Episode 17 tells the story of Melissa Compton who swam the whole length of the River Severn 🏊🏻♀️👙 🥽 youtu.be/eAGXShZAAZc?...
Sabrina River Folk Podcast Episode 17 ~ Swimming the length of the River Severn with Melissa Compton
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The River Severn has witnessed many many significant historical events, I've covered some in the podcast already and will continue to do so. But this post is absolutely fascinating ⚔️ ⚔️ ⚔️ #riversevern #afonhafren #history #gloucesterhistory www.britainuntold.co.uk/articles/the...
The day King Edmund Ironside and Cnut divided England with their swords
Picture this: two exhausted kings standing knee-deep in the muddy waters of the River Severn, their swords glinting in the autumn sun of 1016. Around them, the
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The peace and relaxation you can find in nature is priceless and no price is too high to protect it. The way we treat nature is the way we treat ourselves. It is worth thinking about this, dear governments and decision-makers worldwide. We only have this one wonderful planet.💚
Herne the Hunter is a folkloric figure much loved by modern pagans, but his origins are mysterious. Andrew Anderson explores that mystery in his book Herne the Hunter. I was lucky enought to read it before it went to press and I've blogged about it. www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/07/endo...
Book Endorsement: Herne the Hunter - God of the Forest
Herne the Hunter is a folkloric figure much loved by modern pagans, but his origins are mysterious. Andrew Anderson explores that mystery in...
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In Sept '25 the Council voted unanimously to act on river sewage. On Tuesday, Cllr Matt Dimond-Brown pressed the Leader on progress - citing SafeAvon's 2,443 hours of discharge from 3 sites in 3 months. Huge thanks to our citizen scientists at SafeAvon & Winchcombe Green Town. 🌍 (Q&As not verbatim)👇
Artist Sue Austin, British artist who created a series of underwater performances in her specially adapted wheelchair #WomensArt
Many cultures have revered mountains as sacred beings, bridging earth and sky. Water falls from their clouds, feeding rivers that nourish all on the way to the oceans. Mountains play a mighty and important role in our web of life. Now the law is catching up.
From outrageous sewage dumping, to huge price increases to really general unethical control of our water 'industry??' Now Martin Lewis is calling out their penalising our vulnerable community members by making accessing social tariffs even more difficult ...... www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Martin Lewis blasts water firms over baffling language blocking help for millions
Martin Lewis, the founder of MoneySavingExpert, told the Public Accounts Committee that he still did not know what the term meant.
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Worcester Cathedral, River Severn https://www.wikiart.org/en/david-cox/worcester-cathedral-river-severn
I forgot #WaterWednesday again yesterday as I'm on holiday so instead of our beloved Severn, here is the majestic Loch Lomond and Ben Lomond! 🩵 Magickal 💙 #lochlomond #water #sacredwater
#WyrdWednesday The Devil was taking an apron full of stones from Ireland to Shropshire to fill in a valley known as Hell's Gutter. Exhausted, he paused to rest; the apron strings broke, spilling stones everywhere & forming the Stiperstones, part of which is called the Devil's Chair ... 📷© surfnslide
Misleading headline. Wealthy millionaires are intending to litter our countryside with monstrous warehouses and nuclear power stations so they can make even more money. None of this is necessary but fresh water, which they will siphon off, is essential for life. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Billionaire to invest £35bn in small modular nuclear reactors roll out across UK
A consortium led by Michał Sołowow is planning to build enough SMRs to power the equivalent of 8m homes for more than 60 years
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