Dennis Patton
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Inactive conservationist and campaigner. General nuisance. Despise both Labour and Tory.
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2 days ago
How the BBC was under Johnson
pressgazette.co.uk/news/bbc-adm...
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BBC admits ālesson to be learnedā over Remembrance Day footage mix-up which drew 2,000 complaints
The BBC has admitted it has a ālesson to be learnedā after it used years-old footage of Boris Johnson laying a wreath on Remembrance Sunday.
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/bbc-admits-lesson-to-be-learned-over-remembrance-day-footage-mix-up-which-drew-2000-complaints/
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Russell England
about 1 hour ago
This Robbie Gibb?
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Alan Rusbridger
2 days ago
Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBCās entire governance structureārather than individual storiesāthat should cause most concern
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/bbc-news/71517/the-bbc-has-bigger-impartiality-problems-than-its-coverage-of-trump
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Colin Dunn š“ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó “ó æ
about 1 hour ago
BBC director resigns over corporation skewing news, you say? Bitter laughs from Scotland.
youtu.be/TXQYuLUAbyw
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LONDON CALLING: BBC bias during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum
YouTube video by London Calling documentary
https://youtu.be/TXQYuLUAbyw
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6 months to polling day.
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc....
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Labour worries about Senedd election with Keir Starmer as PM - BBC News
One source calls the prime minister "absolutely delusional" about the likely result next May.
https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgk8glkndzo.amp?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17627178202689&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com
about 12 hours ago
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Nolan Principles Matter. End the #GazaGenocidešš
about 13 hours ago
3/ Is
@channel4news.bsky.social
and
@skynewsrss.bsky.social
so frit they won't report anything bad about the felon in charge of the USA too? America is NOT our ally. Dump Trump + stop bowing to his demands, you spineless feckless excuses for journalism
#BoycottAmerica
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Nolan Principles Matter. End the #GazaGenocidešš
about 13 hours ago
2/ Perhaps
#R4Today
will cover the fact that the US government is shut down because Trump doesn't want the Epstein files released? Perhaps Emma Barnett or Trumpy Webb will discuss
#Project25
instead of interviewing the Heritage Foundation? š¤
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Nolan Principles Matter. End the #GazaGenocidešš
about 13 hours ago
BBC bosses resign over Trump edit? Can't wait for
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
- the one which charts
#DementiaDon's
increasing sleep, confusion, memory loss + general aimless walking... Won't hold my breath š¤ 1/
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Dr Paul Dorfman
about 17 hours ago
Germanyās largest battery is rising on a former nuclear site
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Petition: Limit the sale of fireworks to those running local council approved events only
Ban the sale of fireworks to the general public to minimise the harm caused to vulnerable people and animals. Defenceless animals can die from the distress caused by fireworks. I believe that permitt...
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/732559
about 13 hours ago
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Serena Ralston
about 14 hours ago
Fantastic response from
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
on the disgraceful refusal by Government to put money into the tropical forest fund
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Iain Robinson š³
about 14 hours ago
āNothing I have seen or heard gives me comfort that Rachel Reeves understands the importance of nature to economic and social wellbeing, nothing,ā
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Developers met ministers dozens of times over planning bill while ecologists were shut out
Exclusive: Leading ecologists say warnings over threat to wildlife have been ignored in drive to build 1.5m new homes
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/09/developers-met-ministers-dozens-of-times-over-planning-bill-while-ecologists-were-shut-out
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Steve Richards
about 14 hours ago
Itās ironic but predictable that the BBC duo -who tried so hard to please the right wing papers-are removed by the right wing papers.
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Jack Wallington
about 13 hours ago
Not the main reason they should have resigned, they should have resigned for fostering a BBC News that promotes far right propaganda constantly, promoted USA news and values constantly and allows opinion to filter through under the guise of āresearchā
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
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BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign - live updates
Davie says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd9kqz1yyxkt
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Marcus Chown
about 2 months ago
Farage is the biggest threat our NHS has ever faced. He wants to replace it with a US-style insurance system. Most bankruptcies in the US are for unpaid medical bills ā of people WITH medical insurance. What happens to those without medical insurance? You don't want to know.
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Protect the Wild
3 days ago
Agree fireworks should be banned?
www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/ba...
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Ban fireworks for sale in all UK shops update as support soars
The government is set to respond to the campaign to stop all sales except organised displays after it crossed a key threshold
https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/ban-fireworks-sale-uk-shops-36207664
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Wardsend Cemetery Heritage Park
about 14 hours ago
It's about time we had quiet or silent fireworks don't you think? The poor wildlife like our fox friends have to run the gauntlet every night for about a week. I'm sure they must get accustomed to an extent but it doesn't stop them getting spooked by them.
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
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Durand Durand1966
about 15 hours ago
While the NHS is at breaking point, Britain's biggest pharmaceutical companies are receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks - enough is enough, sign the petition calling for Rachel Reeves to end the tax breaks for Big pharma:
38d.gs/5urg
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Sign the petition: End the tax break for big pharma like GlaxoSmithKline at the Autumn budget
While the NHS is at breaking point, Britain's biggest pharmaceutical companies are receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks - enough is enough, sign the petition calling for Rachel Reeves to end the tax break...
https://38d.gs/5urg
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Chaminda Jayanetti
about 15 hours ago
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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Good.
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Tim Davie resigns as BBC's director-general - with CEO of BBC News also stepping down
Tim Davie has resigned as the BBC's director-general.
https://news.sky.com/story/tim-davie-resigns-as-bbcs-director-general-13467527
about 14 hours ago
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Natalie Bennett
about 17 hours ago
One thing to say:
#AxeDrax
No. Cutting down trees, grinding them up, shipping them across the Atlantic and then burning them is NOT "green".
#ClimateEmergency
#NatureCrisis
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/09/drax-still-burning-250-year-old-trees-sourced-from-forests-in-canada-experts-say
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The National
about 17 hours ago
The UK has agreed to provide military support to Belgium after drone incursions on its airspace that are suspected to have been carried out by Russia
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UK to provide military support to Belgium after drone incursions
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25607739.uk-send-military-support-belgium-drone-incursions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1762705109
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Craigie šµšø š©ā®ļøš»Proudly Un-British
about 17 hours ago
Fucking racist flag shagging cunts. Although we should be looking after refugees with empathy and compassion, not sticking them in some run down barracks like a concentration camp.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Protest held over Crowborough asylum seeker military site plan
Crowborough residents say they are concerned about potential safety impact in the town.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c051d80340vo
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Peter Stefanovic
about 23 hours ago
These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child & even worse - these changes were introduced by the government without consultation, warning and no evidence base
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Extinction Rebellion BCP
about 17 hours ago
dorseteye.com/extinction-r...
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Extinction Rebellion Stage Striking Protest in Bournemouth to Expose COP30 "Failure and Hypocrisy" - Dorset Eye
Bournemouth, Sunday 9 November 2025 ā Extinction Rebellion Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole (XR BCP) held a striking silent action this morning on Bournemouth Pier Approach, calling out what they des...
https://dorseteye.com/extinction-rebellion-stage-striking-protest-in-bournemouth-to-expose-cop30-failure-and-hypocrisy/
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/11/08/braverman-praise-for-farage-fuels-defection-rumours/
about 17 hours ago
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Ian Fraser
about 20 hours ago
Would recommend this interview Andrew Mountbatten Windsorās biographer Andrew Lownie gave to
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social
on how power and secrecy work in modern Britain. Particularly interesting on the censoring of history and how the Prince was championed by Peter Mandelson and Tony Blair...
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Inside the Cover-up: How Prince Andrew was exposed
Behind the headlines lies a deeper story of privilege, protection and a public kept in the dark
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the-cover-up-how-prince-andrew
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Adrian Littlejohn
about 21 hours ago
I remember this so well... As the final seconds of a brilliantly funny comedy series, it was shockingly effective. You'd come to 'know' the characters. Nothing could have emphasised the pointless tragedy of it all more effectively. It was a piece of genius.
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Ukrainska Pravda šŗš¦
about 19 hours ago
āļø Former secretary general explains why NATO did not close airspace over Ukraine
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Former secretary general explains why NATO did not close airspace over Ukraine
Former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has explained why NATO did not impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine at the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/11/09/8006533/
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Reform Party UK Exposed
about 19 hours ago
Farage and Reform row back on tax cuts pledge
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Farage and Reform row back on tax cuts pledge
Farage retreats from Reform UKās bold tax-cut vows, casting manifesto pledges as āaspirationsā amid pressure for credibility.
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politics/farage-and-reform-row-back-on-tax-cuts-pledge/
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Robert Saunders
3 days ago
It is both ethically wrong & fundamentally anti-democratic for one man to command this much wealth and power. States spent centuries trying to tame the power of over-mighty subjects. The rise of the global barons is not compatible with democracy as we've understood it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Elon Musk's $1tn pay deal approved by Tesla shareholders
The richest man in the world will get hundreds of millions of new shares if he hits his targets.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyk6kvyxvzo
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Protect the Wild
about 19 hours ago
Wow! Over 25,000 signatures the last 24 hours! Add your name!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Petition: Limit the sale of fireworks to those running local council approved events only
Ban the sale of fireworks to the general public to minimise the harm caused to vulnerable people and animals. Defenceless animals can die from the distress caused by fireworks. I believe thatā¦
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/732559
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www.fbu.org.uk/news/2025/11...
And please dump the Musk toilet.
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Reform leader branded ācaptain chaosā as Kent fire authority in disarray
The Fire Brigades Union has slammed the record of Reformās āflagship councilā as it emerged that Kent and Medway Fire Authority was in disarray following the removal of five councillors, including its...
https://www.fbu.org.uk/news/2025/11/09/reform-leader-branded-captain-chaos-kent-fire-authority-disarray
about 18 hours ago
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Reform Party UK Exposed
about 19 hours ago
Reform leader branded ācaptain chaosā as Kent fire authority in disarray
www.fbu.org.uk/news/2025/11...
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Reform leader branded ācaptain chaosā as Kent fire authority in disarray
The Fire Brigades Union has slammed the record of Reformās āflagship councilā as it emerged that Kent and Medway Fire Authority was in disarray following the removal of five councillors, including its...
https://www.fbu.org.uk/news/2025/11/09/reform-leader-branded-captain-chaos-kent-fire-authority-disarray
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Prem Sikka
1 day ago
UK electricity bills up 163% since 2008. Wages haven't. 6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%. Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty. No govt checks profiteering.
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Electricity bills increased 163 per cent since 2008 as energy price cap rises - research - Insider Media
New analysis of UK energy costs showed that the average annual household electricity bill increased by 163 per cent between 2008 and 2024, reflecting a steep rise in household energy costsā¦
https://www.insidermedia.com/news/national/electricity-bills-increased-163-per-cent-since-2008-as-energy-price-cap-rises-research
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Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz'
about 19 hours ago
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/09/i...
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In Scotland with a GDP half the size of Washington State USA, the ferry service is much more punctual ā 99% to 72% ā but only it is fined?In
Professor John Robertson OBA, Academic Reporter of the Decade The Herald today has the above, and: TheĀ Scottish Government-owned ferry operatorĀ CalMacĀ was fined more than Ā£20 million for failing isā¦
https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/09/in-scotland-with-a-gdp-half-the-size-of-washington-state-usa-the-ferry-service-is-much-more-punctual-99-to-72-but-only-it-is-finedin/
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Met Office - weather and climate
about 19 hours ago
Will it remain mild, wet and windy again this week or is a change on the way? Here are the weather details for the week ahead š
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Remember the heady days of Tory Government?
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc....
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Liz Truss leaves stage in Beccles as 'lettuce' banner unfurls - BBC News
The former prime minister brings a speech to an abrupt end when the banner - which also reads "I crashed the economy" - appears.
https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrlx5yxr60o.amp?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17626988440678&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com
about 19 hours ago
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without qualities
about 24 hours ago
I work in the university sector providing mental health support to students, and changes to immigration mean my department is working with less resources to support people with increasingly complex and high risk presentations, making the work more dangerous and harder to deliver
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Ali
about 22 hours ago
I'm employed in a university which is planning to fire thousands of staff next year, so there's always that shiny Labour silver lining.
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Ed Poole
2 days ago
As a Safety manager in the NHS, Labour is most likely making me redundant, and I could lose my house. Making NHS patients less safe in the process. How are Labour policies changing your life?
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Paul Lewis
1 day ago
60 London Underground staff some who have worked on tube for years could face deportation under tightened visa rules
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Dozens of TfL staff to lose right to remain in visa rule change
āRail travel assistantsā were removed from a list of āshortage occupationā exceptions in July, but the London mayorās office condemns the move
https://bit.ly/3XpfRuZ
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Chris Packham
about 20 hours ago
Iāve just announced Iāll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , itās vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .
@nebriefing.bsky.social
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MAKS 25 ššŗš¦
about 20 hours ago
š²š¼ā ļø Malawian girls in Russia were taken into slavery and forced to make Shaheds in the Alabuga industrial zone. Human Rights Watch confirmed that it is investigating reports of the recruitment of Malawian girls through Alabuga Start program, which promised jobs and trainingā¦
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Mike Galsworthy
about 24 hours ago
š„ Harrods: What do the survivors do now?? The courts, the redress scheme, the police ā all form part of the same legal abyss. ā¾ Survivors cannot access the courts, let alone for trafficking ā¾ Harrodsā āredressā is run by the institution itself ā¾ The Met refuses to name the crimes as trafficking
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When power is untouchable: the legal abyss facing Harrods survivors
Survivors of abuse connected to Mohamed Al Fayedās Harrods empire are discovering what āno one is above the lawā really means
https://sussexbylines.co.uk/politics/human-rights/when-power-is-untouchable-the-legal-abyss-facing-harrods-survivors/
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Natalie Bennett
2 days ago
Deeply concerning: "āThe puppy trade in the UK is inflicting severe and legacy harm on canine welfare"
#AnimalWelfare
#AnimalRights
www.ufaw.org.uk/press-releas...
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New study finds inadequate regulation of the UK puppy trade harms animal welfare, public health
https://www.ufaw.org.uk/press-releases/new-study-finds-inadequate-regulation-of-the-uk-puppy-trade-harms-animal-welfare-public-health
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Jo
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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āEnvironmental catastropheā fears as millions of plastic beads wash up on Camber Sands
Southern Water is being investigated amid concerns the spill could have dire impact on rare sea life
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/08/environmental-catastrophe-fears-as-millions-of-plastic-beads-wash-up-on-camber-sands?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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The Lettuce. What a miserable old baggage.
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about 20 hours ago
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about 20 hours ago
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