The inevitable loop of finding out what you opposed might be quite useful. 2022: We don't want a phone mast here say residents. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e... 2026: Internet off. Poor alternative wireless signal so businesses suffering. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

"Traffic is really bad" Also: "Both Jersey and Guernsey have some of the highest vehicle ownership rates in the world, with 1,234 and 1,402 registered vehicles per 1,000 people respectively." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Penelope Keith as a leather-clad, motorbike-riding, lesbian au pair from Hamburg with a sideline in mud wrestling? Yes please.

"I dream of a day when motorists, cyclists and pedestrians exist in sweet harmony but I suspect that dream will outlive me, and humankind." www.ft.com/content/ba1d...

Driverless cars seem to be learning to emulate human drivers well. Soon you'll be able to be run over by one on a street near you.

HEATWAVE HITS GAS POWER? Amid tight GB supplies, looks like gas plants cutting output due to heat? Carrington – unplanned 16% reduction due to "ambient conditions" Keadby 2 – 34% due to "weather" Staythorpe – 18% due to "ambient conditions" Grain – 12% "environmental" cause 1/2

Reform in Sunderland 👇🏻

Pretty sure I recall a previous Labour leadership battle involving Andy Burnham where another candidate was nominated to broaden the debate.

Happy birthday to the heatwave of 1976 which began today 50 years ago, peaking at 35.9°C. If a comparable heatwave happened in the current climate it would be 3-4°C hotter, peaking at 38-39°C. And the actual forecast is for temperatures of 38-39°C in the next few days with a red heatwave warning.

According to Reform in Sunderland "Council policy should be driven by evidence, affordability and local priorities, not by ideological targets and net zero". I think they may have got ideology and evidence mixed up a bit. Their timing is spot on though.

It seems to have become commonplace to blame net zero for Britain’s high energy bills and/or weak job market… … and I guess I’ll have to explain again why there is very little evidence of this. Britain has plenty of economic problems; net zero is not high on that list (though climate change is) 🧵

Last night I cycled up to Holy Island to celebrate the solstice.

As it's forecast to reach nearly 30°C in Newcastle next week I've dug my heatwave counter measures out of the cupboard. Very effective, easy to deploy, and cheap to run. Inside seems to be about 2°C cooler than outside currently.

🚨 New research by us! 📣 Most British drivers don't know how dangerous SUVs are to other road users, but adding information to SUV marketing materials seems to do almost nothing to change people's plans to buy SUVs Here's a 🧵 on why harder action is going to be needed 1/10

The attack was 110 days ago. It probably doesn't seem 'a long time ago' to the parents of the children.

If you see this post a pic from your device with no explanation.

Car used in murder attempt. No calls for restrictions on their use yet though. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Wes Streeting really needs to engage his brain a little bit before he speaks... Walking/cycling: £4.5bn *over 5 years*. Defence: £60bn *per year* (in 24/25, rising to £73.5bn by 28/29). Active travel walking/wheeling announcement therefore less than 1.5% of defence budget.

Drivers doing their best to make sure you're not safe from them even when you're inside very large buildings. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A good message to see from Northern Stage about tomorrow's planned march.

For. Fucks. Sake. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If drivers are going to insist on using cycle lanes can the road be closed and used for walking and cycling safely, away from drivers?

That case is heartbreaking - as are the other recent ones. But they are not unusual. We worked out last year there was an average of 10 people injured every week in collisions in #Newcastle alone.

Violet Stannard was standing on the pavement just outside Durham train station when she was struck by a small van. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e... This is just one of 7 articles about different crashes, deaths or deliberate acts of violence involving a car on the local paper's home page.

Absolutely awful tragic news. Hit by a driver as she stood next to a marked police car at an existing collision. No one is safe on UK roads. Absolutely no one. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Aye. There's also probably something to reflect on, being elected with a massive majority, on a promise of "change" and then failing to be able to articulate what actually changed. It wasn't Local Government finance. It wasn't really anything tangible people could put their finger on. Cont.

He clearly didn't listen to the bit where the local party deselected their leader, replaced him with one that only lasted a couple of years, then continued infighting resulted in the party putting itself into a minority administration with its third leader. Probably worth considering that Wes.

We’re bringing the National Emergency Briefing to Gosforth. Tickets are free, but please book early. Time: 6pm (for a 6:30pm start) until 8:30pm Venue: @gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk (Please share.) @nebriefing.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/national-e...

There needs to be a nation campaign to get people to go and vote at the next general election. Apathy is a friend to racism and the far right. Even better, make voting compulsory.

Everyone thinks it won't happen to them: they're a Good Driver. That they're only checking their phone for a second: 'Detective Sergeant Matt Davidson said: “Here I find myself leading yet another investigation into the death of a person caused by a driver using their mobile phone whilst driving...

There is a direct line from "not immediately condemning hooligans marking out their territory with flags as wrong 'uns" to "pogroms on the streets of the UK". One was always going to lead to another. The best time to stop this was then, the next best time is now. Not holding my breath though.

As it's the 9th June we've added some extra cameras to our website so you can see if there's anybody going along the Scotswood Road to Blaydon this evening. 7:15pm would be a good time to check. View them at sensors.spaceforheaton.com/cameras

Those pesky renewables causing electricity to be free tomorrow if you're on the right tariff.

Top trolling, superb stuff www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Quite glad not to be in a record breaking part of the country today.

I passed this yesterday. I didn't stop!

I managed to motivate myself to catch the morning Chathill train (5:46am) to go and cycle round north Northumberland. I had a long climb with views over Beadnell Bay on one side and the Cheviots on the other and miles on deserted lanes

Each figure in this poignant display represents a person injured or killed in a road crash in Northamptonshire during 2025 — 1,354 injured, 331 seriously injured and 26 killed. Utterly devastating! We hope it raises awareness, improves driver culture and influences safer travel policy. #RoadSafety

I've been out on the bank holiday roads in north Northumberland. There were ewes everywhere.

This is worth reading, for excellent communication & story-telling. “I’m driving less. I don’t want to see the world through a driver’s eyes any more. Before I began driving less, I had long had a melancholic sense that the city lifestyle I lived was cut off...” #UrbanTruth From @irishtimes.com

Newcastle Airport, where parking a car for a short term pickup still costs less than a return Metro ticket. “Needless tax” or another stealth subsidy for drivers? You decide. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Britain, 2335: The budget ceremony begins with the traditional Announcement of the Fuel Duty Rise. Two months later, there will be the traditional Postponement of the Fuel Duty Rise, continuing a ritual begun centuries earlier by Chancellors in the Fossil Fuel era

One of the many advantages of being on a bike is the ability to avoid being delayed as men with large cars argue about who should reverse because their cars are too big to fit down the road at the same time.

A very good afternoon to the absolute hero who organised and parked this beauty in the middle of little Tommy’s far-right hate march. ❤️

What’s also quite staggering is that almost all of this new generation came from solar and wind. China generated 340 TWh more electricity from solar than the year before. That’s more than our two home countries, the UK and Spain, generate from all sources each year.

Good news - more cycle lanes coming for the city centre. “long term aspirations to continue to provide cycling links through the city centre”. Let people know you support plans like this so we get the cycle network the city deserves. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

It's clear what the cause of air pollution on the Coast Road and Stephenson Road is. A barrier alongside a pavement isn't going to solve the problem. Air pollution has been greatly reduced in London through strong leadership addressing issues sensibly. We need the same to happen in Newcastle.

"In Twickenham and Richmond Park, we now have every single councillor, but we don't have every single vote. We'd welcome electoral reform in our councils, where we are overrepresented." Lib Dem leader @eddavey.libdems.org.uk calls for a fair voting system in his response to the King's Speech:

it’s such shibboleth of modern politics to blame politicians for failing town centres when the primary driver is - surely - all of us buying more and more stuff online