Will Yeates
@wyeates.bsky.social
Climate and enviroskeeting. Strat climate comms & media freelancing: Will@WYeates.com (📍 London, Europe) Permanently deleted my twitter account. So should you.
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election | Conservatives | The Guardian
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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London's increasing "optional" service charges aren't just tipping culture creeping in. They're a tax workaround. Higher employer costs, new tip laws, and card payment tech mean service charges get more money to staff than raising prices, while keeping menu prices looking lower. buff.ly/C2CQSkS
How US-style tipping culture came to London
Plus: Andy Burnham's copy-and-paste pledge to the capital • Dawn Butler's mayoral fundraiser • The ongoing hunt for a luxury children's meal.
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Aston Villa have been warned their new £20m-a-year sponsorship deal with Visit Rwanda will be used by the nation to sportswash its human rights record.
Aston Villa warned over sportswashing after signing Visit Rwanda sponsorship
Aston Villa are warned their new £20m-a-year sponsorship deal with Visit Rwanda will be used by the nation to sportswash its human rights record.
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Giant ‘Frankenchicken’ protests Pret Spitalfields opening
Giant ‘Frankenchicken’ protests Pret Spitalfields opening
An animal welfare charity staged a 'Frankenchicken' protest outside Pret’s new Spitalfields store, protesting the use of fast-growing chickens
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Robert Jenrick: Met investigates donation to Tory leadership campaign - BBC News
Robert Jenrick: Met investigates donation to Tory leadership campaign
The former Conservative, now Reform UK, MP says the allegations are "entirely false".
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At least 11 dead in Spain wildfire as crews battle to contain blaze
At least 11 dead in Spain wildfire as crews battle to contain blaze
A local official says early indications suggest four of the victims of the fire in Los Gallardos, Almería, are British.
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More Europeans die each year from heat related illness than Americans do from gun violence.
HUGE NEWS England's World Cup last-16 tie with Mexico is set to be moved to 19:00 BST on Sunday. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
World Cup 2026: England vs Mexico set to be rescheduled to 7pm kick-off time due to storm threat
England's World Cup last-16 tie with Mexico is set to be moved to 19:00 BST on Sunday.
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The race to understand how and when Thwaites glacier will collapse
The loss of Antarctica’s doomsday glacier would transform our planet. Now scientists are revealing the secrets of this remotest of places, and asking the question: is its demise inevitable?
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Mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic suggests the AMOC is weakening
A patch of ocean south-east of Greenland is the only place on Earth that is cooling, and it could be a sign that the warm water "conveyor belt" in the Atlantic is slowing down
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📣 ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣 I am very excited to announce my new platform and products! 1) The @transitiontimes.bsky.social newsletter, made to promote all the good work being done on the #energytransition! See the welcome note at www.transitiontimes.net/tt-1-welcome... 1/3
TT#1: Welcome to Transition Times!
What this new site is all about, and why I’m doing it.
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Today, the UK recorded its hottest June day on record. At 4pm (now), UK MPs will vote on the UK's 7th Carbon Budget. These aren't separate stories
based on absolutely no insider knowledge whatsoever, Starmer will go this weekend and Andy will call a general election for September. thats my bet
Elon Musk, the world's first trillionaire - his stratospheric rise in charts - BBC News
Elon Musk, the world's first trillionaire - his stratospheric rise in charts
The BBC breaks down how the tech mogul's fortune has grown.
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Technically credible: yes. Economically proven: not yet. Climate silver bullet: almost certainly not. Potentially important niche solution for aviation: maybe. "This new factory just commercialized jet fuel made from CO2 buff.ly/nvhdJaP
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Global brands ‘likely’ using mineral that funds rebels accused of atrocities in DRC, investigation finds
Global brands ‘likely’ using mineral that funds rebels accused of atrocities in DRC, investigation finds
Amazon and Sony among firms that may have sourced coltan, used in phones, from supply chains controlled by the M23 rebels, says Global Witness
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Rosebank is a disaster that we can still stop, but the oil industry will stop at nothing to get it over the line. I've written to my MP to make sure the Government stands firm and rejects Rosebank once and for all. Can you do the same? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Ask your MP to Stop Rosebank for good.
Rosebank is a disaster that we can still stop, but the oil industry will stop at nothing to get it over the line. I've written to my MP to make sure the Government stands firm and rejects Rosebank on...
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Today a London bus deliberately close passed me on a bicycle off the road and then sped through a red light. The police were in a car behind the bus, and they said they would catch up with him and have a word. I decided to follow the police to see if they would honour their word. They didn't...
"Badenoch called for politicians not to stoke division following the outcry about the teenager's murder, and subsequent protests on the streets of Southampton." Also Badenoch...
Jim Ratcliffe will 'burn your house down', Ben Ainslie allegedly told
Jim Ratcliffe will 'burn your house down', Ben Ainslie allegedly told
Backed by a £174 million sponsorship deal from billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Olympic hero Sir Ben Ainslie was set to conquer the waves in the high-tech yacht Britannia.
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Rubio continued, “Although I'm from Miami, there is a humid, hot and then there's this hot but it's like what time it is; it should be getting cooling off by now.” buff.ly/662o8fV
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“It took me a long time to get my head around climate change… you do notice the weather when you’re out and about all day… in the last 7 years it has changed. You know records are broken every day” - TV presenter turned farmer Jeremy Clarkson admits he got it all wrong on climate.
Temperature records “are now broken everyday” says Jeremy Clarkson #farm #farming #climate #topgear
Jeremy Clarkson speaks to Kate McCann and Stig Abell about climate change, the challenges facing British farmers, and the impact of increasingly extreme weather on agriculture. Ahead of the new…
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Shell pumped oil through Nigeria pipeline for years despite pollution evidence, documents show
Shell pumped oil through Nigeria pipeline for years despite pollution evidence, documents show
The oil giant says the documents ignore the critical context of the complex operating environment at the time.
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Maternity staff used offensive shorthand about pregnant women, concerns were dismissed, staffing shortages were chronic, and serious incidents were not always properly escalated. Former staff also reported bullying, discrimination and unsafe working conditions.
'Don't be too kind': Maternity staff used offensive terms to refer to patients
BBC Panorama has seen documents and spoken to former midwives from Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Why $1bn in Balkans energy contracts are going to an obscure company connected to Donald Trump
Why $1bn in Balkans energy contracts are going to an obscure company connected to Donald Trump
Guardian investigation shows how US presidency blurs line between policy and enrichment of American ruling family and those around it
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