Anthony Head, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso actor, dies aged 72

World Environment Day is celebrated annually on 5 June and encourages awareness and action for the protection of the environment. Here at the Met Office, we recognise the need to promote and protect biodiversity by providing a suitable and sustainable refuge for local wildlife.

If That's Life was still on TV they could award Jobsworth to guard/driver on East Midlands train who wouldn't wait one minute for a late connecting LNER train at Newark Northgate Station yesterday evening at 2011 making a handful of us wait a further hour. Petty spiteful bureaucratic nonsense.

Get set for a painted lady summer: big year for orange butterflies in Britain

Good morning! I'm fascinated by this vibrant yarrow flower. #photography

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Cinnabar moth in the garden. Was landing on everything apart from the ragwort 🙄

Temperatures at Teddington Bushy Park have hit 32.8°C, provisionally equalling the all-time May record🌡️ Temperatures will continue to rise through the afternoon, we'll be giving updates here ☀️

Good morning 👋. One more sunny day until the rain settles in for awhile. Since we can’t really get out too far with the new puppy, here’s another one from the archives. Have a great weekend.

Heat is building this weekend, exceptionally so for late May 🌡️ Several temperature records could be broken: - UK/England hottest May day (currently 32.8°C) - Wales hottest May day (currently 30.6°C) - UK/England hottest bank holiday (currently 33.3°C)

The mattress flolloped around. This is a thing that only live mattresses in swamps are able to do, which is why the word is not in more common usage.

Indy and Chicago! We're coming to see you next month

Have read 11 and 1/2. (1/4 of The Waves. What the hell was that? 1/4 of War and Peace. I had to give up after it had been in my bag so long the front cover fell off.) Loved Catch 22, God of Small Things and Hundred Years of Solitude. Hardy is great but struggle with Dickens.

#SundayYellow from #BodnantGardenNT yesterday. Lovely to see the laburnum arch in its golden stage. #bloomscrolling #DailyFlowers @nationaltrust.org.uk

"Oh God," muttered Ford, slumped against a bulkhead, and he started to count to ten. He was desperately worried that one day sentient life forms would forget how to do this. Only by counting could humans demonstrate their independence of computers.

britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk/butterfly/sp... Speckled Wood

Oh my. Terrifying. Pic my brother took of their cat. 😱

Saw the first few emerged marsh fritillaries(rubbish pic) of the year in Scrubs meadow yesterday. Also lots of peacocks, a red admiral, blues, orange tips, brimstones, commas and a latticed heath.

If you're voting tomorrow under Wales's preposterous new electoral system, you need to try this simulator asap. I had totally missed the votes/(seats+1 bit). What idiot came up with this? Anyway, read before you vote if you care about the outcome! senedd.jaylovell.co.uk?utm_source=s...

Your vote REALLY matters! #GetGreensElected - #VoteGreen "With a fifth of London voters still undecided (19 per cent), and several councils on a knife edge, much is still to play for" www.moreincommon.org.uk/latest-insig...

It will be a chilly night tonight for all of us, especially in the north where a widespread frost is likely ❄️ Temperatures could drop as low as - 4 Celsius in some Scottish Glens 🥶 Gardeners and farmers be warned! 🪴🥕

#TitliTuesday with #butterflies seen in the last week! 😍Small white, green veined, orange-tip, brimstone, holly blue, common blue, peacock, painted lady, small tortoiseshell, red admiral, comma, Duke of Burgundy, speckled wood, dingy skipper. #Lancashire @savebutterflies.bsky.social #joy

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The regular early morning yell of horror was the sound of Arthur Dent waking up and suddenly remembering where he was.

Ne'er cast a clout till May be out! Turning colder for a time this week, so some extra layers may be needed 🧥

A heavy band of rain, with thunder and lightning, will move northwards tonight into much of England and Wales ⛈️ This may cause difficult driving conditions, including spray, poor visibility and some localised flooding so take care if travelling 🚗

Tories are funded by corporations. Reform are funded by the ultra-rich (and try to hide it). Labour have drifted too far right in a failed attempt to be all things to everyone. Our best hope is the Greens. They'll stand up for communities, and the environment we all live in. Vote Green. Vote Hope!

In fact it would be fair to say that he had reached a level of annoyance the like of which had never been seen in the Universe. It was an annoyance of epic proportions, a burning searing flame of annoyance, an annoyance which now spanned the whole of time and space in its infinite umbrage.

On this day 70 years ago-May 1, 1956-the polio vaccine was first made widely available to the public. The vaccine’s developer, Dr. Jonas Salk, did not patent the vaccine so that it would remain available to as many people as possible in the US and internationally. Image: Harvey Georges/AP.

It's over £800 for a vet x-ray on a dog's leg? 😨 I hope Reform voters understand what we are in for if they succeed in abolishing the NHS. Anyone with a pet must surely see how expensive treatments are both with and without insurance. We've got insurance, but the monthly payments go up every year.

We have seen quite a few orange-tip butterflies in our garden this spring. I've just watched one fluttering and feeding on the Jack-by-the-hedge.

Arthur put his hands over his eyes, hung his head and shook it slowly from side to side in sadness and horror at the craziness of things.

"Voon," said the mattress.

Also saw some lovely English bluebell woods and some star of Bethlehem...

Yesterday saw a few speckled woods #butterfly (pictured), brimstones, blues, peacocks. Also saw group of longhorn moths which had never seen before. I initially thought they were flies. Also saw shaggy inkcap fungi and loads of shield bugs (pictured)

So much this 👇 Car dependency traps people in a promise of freedom and independence that is in reality being stuck in growing congestion while paying off huge car loans. Imagine if a fraction of spending on cars was invested in affordable, efficient and accessible public transport?

Poverty and inequality, a broken #FoodSystem, poor housing and #Pollution - the result of terrible political choices. Time for change: #GetGreensElected - #VoteGreen www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Saw 11...what I assume were holly blue #butterflies on my walk! Never seen that many before. 3 orange tips, 3 brimstones, a speckled wood and loads of unspecified whites. The only one keeping still was the speckled wood. No tortoiseshells yet this year! @s4r4h-l.bsky.social

‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says www.theguardian.com/environment/...

There's been a rise in temperature of 24 degrees Celsius in parts of the UK today 🌡️📈 This is known as diurnal temperature range and these extremes are common in spring months. Nonetheless, a tricky day to know what to wear for some of us! 👕🧣

Turning increasingly windy tonight and into Wednesday morning across southwest England The strongest winds are likely around exposed coasts and high ground, with peak gusts of 50-60 mph in a few places and locally higher in the vicinity of Dartmoor

Seems to be a lot of holly blue #butterflies around. More than usual?

Experts call for restrictions on pet flea treatments that harm UK songbirds www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Been watching the new Bergarac. I don't think I am ever particularly good at working out who done it in general but both seasons have seemed very predictable. Still okay to watch though.

Bio-precipitation cycle with fungi: "As wind kicks up, their ice-making proteins are launched into the clouds. They act as powerful "seeds". And industrial agriculture relies on extensive use of fungicide. We need to #Unlearn it www.sciencealert.com/tiny-microbe...

I’ve just signed the petition to ban councils using bailiffs to collect debt. With council tax going up this month, we need to act now before millions of people have the bailiffs come knocking. Can you sign and share? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...

I’ve just signed the petition to ban councils using bailiffs to collect debt. With council tax going up this month, we need to act now before millions of people have the bailiffs come knocking. Can you sign and share? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...

Saw lots of butterflies today. At least 6 holly blues...don't think I have ever seen so many at one time. 4 brimstones, an orange tip, a peacock and a red admiral.