France's biggest wildfire since 1949 moving more slowly but not yet under control reut.rs/4m4ZYVn

New data reveals that 40% of corporation tax due from small businesses isn’t being paid. It’s a hidden crisis that costs the UK £15 billion a year — and HMRC has quietly lost control. buff.ly/5Ah4fP4

In Scotland, 'The heaviest burden of [alcohol] harm & costs fall on our most deprived communities, further entrenching economic & health inequalities'. Imp blog from @alcoholfocus.bsky.social A more preventative strategy is def needed - it also needs to be more joined up with socio-economic policies

Scotland is in the grip of an alcohol emergency. There’s no time to lose. The Scottish Government need to take action now.#AlcoholDeaths

Is it any wonder people don’t want to visit.

Comes to something when you first glimpse this photo and think it might be the US

The EU Entry/Exit System (EES) will replace current passport stamping, requiring visitors from outside the European Union to register fingerprints, a photo, and passport details to enter the EU. - Another Brexit benefit we can all enjoy soon! www.bbc.com/news/article...

🚗💨 EVs are holding up better than combustion cars, says ADAC. In 2024, ICE cars aged 2–4 years were 2.5x more likely to break down than EVs. EVs on the road ↑ 97% EV breakdowns ↑ only 46%

Rise in alcohol deaths in England is an "acute crisis", finds new study in @thelancet.bsky.social Almost 4,000 additional deaths occurred than was expected since the pandemic. Lead author @melissaoldham.bsky.social said: “The sharp increase in alcohol deaths... www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

1. Whenever you see really vicious and widespread "spontaneous" attacks on scientific findings that challenge powerful economic interests, you can be assured that corporate lobbyists have been busy behind the scenes. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It seems the links between the Conservatives and Reform run deep

Confirmed cases of measles in the US. 2020: 13 2021: 49 2022: 121 2023: 59 2024: 285 Total cases: 527 (5-years) 2025: (first 90 days) 628 confirmed cases of measles, and 3 deaths.

The 2022 summer in UK saw temperatures hit 40°C for the first time and left firefighters stretched, with London Fire Brigade having its ‘busiest day since the Second World War’ We know climate change is not a future threat but current reality www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

"Research by scientists from the RSPB and University of Cambridge... ...has found that UK solar farms managed for nature could benefit birds, including threatened species like Corn Buntings, Greenfinches, Yellowhammers, and Linnets." 💚

The government is busy - but the work is not being reported. From banning toxic pesticides to funding green jobs, here are 20 things that happened last week.

If Brexit had never happened… …we’d be much wealthier, with more investment in public services, better trade - and with our parliament & govt having spent the last decade doing far more productive things. 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺

It costs money for GB News to pump hate into Britain's homes. Much of that money comes from Sky, which also makes much play of being a force for good. We've made it so easy for you to write and politely ask Sky's Chief Executive to stop funding hate. action.goodlawproject.org/sky-stop-fun...

New Unison survey finds that quarter of migrant care staff were paid less than the minimum wage + over 50% were not paid for time spent travelling between visits. Visa system for care workers creates power imbalance and leaves very little room for recourse for workers. www.ft.com/content/703f...

What has happened to the alcohol treatment sector over the past decade?🍷⚕️ Watch our latest Explained film to find out. ➡️ Lack of joined up care ➡️ Lack of early diagnosis ➡️ Failures of the 2012 Health & Social Care Act youtu.be/2bH7ENlper8 @aha-uk.bsky.social

In case anyone needed reminding how urgent it is for the UK government to put forward its plan to improve air quality. The words around the review of the Environmental Improvement Plan are positive and we need to see this turn into action & support (£££s & political) for local delivery ASAP.

1/3 The next phase of our #AlcoholisToxic campaign launches today – supported by @cancerresearchuk.org Like tobacco, alcohol is a group 1 carcinogen which causes 7 types of cancer – including breast and bowel cancer. Watch our @RTS_media award-winning advert here 🔽

They took our money while letting the environment go to hell. Now we customers have to pay to clean up the filth and fix it. Thames customers are being told their bills will rise by between £16 and £19 a month this year alone www.theguardian.com/environment/...

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Monday. Last of the extreme warmth (for this week anyway), with daily record high temperatures at Eagle and Northway. #weather #akwx @climatologist49.bsky.social

www.bmj.com/content/388/... Ending gambling adverts could prevent harm to millions of adults and children in the UK Very much this Tell me why this isn't the most no brainer of no brainers!! @profkevinfenton.bsky.social @endgamblingads.bsky.social

Flea treatments for cats & dogs mean their hair is full of toxic pesticide fipronil, or imidacloprid, both banned for agriculture The hair is shed into wider environment, used to line birds' nests There were more dead chicks in nests with high pesticide levels www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Based on 300m MOT tests worldwide. EV last as long as petrol cars and longer than diesel. Terrible news for the anti EV lobby. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Scottish child abuse gang members jailed for between eight and 20 years

Listening to James O’Brien talk to Laurence Rees (writer of The Nazi Mind: 12 Warnings From History) is terrifying. The parallels between now and then are stark. Dehumanisation of targeted groups, using conspiracy theories to propel propaganda. Playing on innate fears. It’s happening again.

It's easy to get lost in the negativity of our right-wing media. A timely reminder from the Byline Times that Labour is doing loads of good that isn't being reported on.

News out today that Donald Trump will demand access to the UK market for US hormone-pumped beef & pork in return for a trade deal. That's why voters in every constituency in England, Scotland & Wales want to prioritise trade with the EU. Tell your MP 👇 www.bestforbritain.org/back_eu_trade

Do 60 family businesses really employ 14 million people? Of course not. If not obvious, what Dyson does here - whether deliberately or ignorantly - is conflate family businesses owned by *very* rich people, who might have to pay more IHT, with the *vast* majority of small businesses who won;t.

One day to go until the #launch of Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco! Listen to this preview of Professor Anna Gilmore discussing the huge health, economic and societal harms caused by the #tobaccoindustry. Learn more: bath.ac.uk/campaigns/de... #NewPodcast #DeadlyIndustryPod

I wonder why this story received next to no media coverage.

This is one of the vilest things he did yesterday!

Thames Water released raw sewage into a chalk stream for more than 1,000 hours over the past 6 weeks. Execs will get a bonus. The company wants to pay higher dividends, record hike in customer prices. Regulators do nothing. Govt can end the scam by nationalisation, but won't. archive.ph/k7b60

Anglian Water passed thousands of pollution tests at sewage plants that weren’t carried out. That's what happens when companies self certify. Sewage dumping under stated. Will get worse, regulators required to promote growth i.e. keep quiet, fewer fines. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

An estimated 100,000 people took to the streets across Slovakia today, protesting against Fico's government and its pro-Russia stance. Crowds chanted that 'Slovakia belongs in the EU' in one of the largest demonstrations since the 1989 Velvet Revolution.

Very funny and very true!

PEPFAR is *currently providing* lifesaving HIV treatment for 20.6 million people, including 566,000 children, as of Sept. 30, 2024. That treatment is now in serious jeopardy. I'm sure people in the administration don't want half a million kids on their conscience. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...

“I have joined more than 370 millionaires from 22 countries in signing a letter calling on our political leaders to tackle the cost of extreme wealth by taxing the super-rich – people like me” Dale Vince 👍 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Rupert Murdoch has now spent around £2bn in keeping the truth about the way his news organisations operate out of the courts in the UK and US. Please don’t shrug and say it’s normal. It’s not. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

2/ Like tobacco, alcohol is a group one carcinogen and is a direct cause of at least 7 types of cancer including breast, bowel and mouth cancer. There is no safe amount of alcohol. NE people want to see clearer labelling on alcohol products. #AlcoholisToxic youtu.be/oq-RR5IzKKw

Like the tobacco industry did for years, alcohol companies are hiding the fact that their products increase the risk of a range of cancers. People deserve to know. Time for label warnings

✍️ GB News: provocateur or broadcaster? GB News has had record breaches of Ofcom broadcasting codes in its mission to sow division and boost ratings By Granville Williams

Hardly worth debunking this xenophobic garbage from Telegraph. FWIW they seem to to have taken the (implausible) upper bound of @pewresearch.org's old, completely debunked estimate (1.2 m) and then assigning a % of those to London. And then got London's actual population wrong! archive.ph/a8MHX

Here’s the full apology by Murdoch’s NGN to the Duke of Sussex Prince Harry and Lord Tom Watson read out in court