'COVID hospitalisations spike. @ukhsa.bsky.social urging people to book vaccinations'. Meanwhile independent modelling teams demonstrate that maintaining universal COVID vaccine policy yields consistent population benefits, reducing hospitalizations & deaths. www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/health/...

There seems to be some *confusion* among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them “But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes” “But, but he was in UKIP” “But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy” So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵 1/14

Since last November, we’ve been tracking Labour’s progress delivering its manifesto commitments. We’re now monitoring the delivery of some 80 pledges. Here’s what we’ve learned 👇

ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION YET? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Neighbours, please spread the word. I hear there's a new app, Start Safe, Stay Safe, for people in York and North Yorkshire, anonymously if they wish, to report street harassment, hate incidents and hate crime and get support. Available from Apple and Google Play. It's good to look after each other.

💊 New antibiotic class Scientists have developed Novltex, a new antibiotic with strong activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria like MRSA. It’s cheaper to make and highly effective in lab tests. 🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #SciComm #Antibiotics #AMR 🧪

This week's small boat crossing numbers. You won't see it on the BBC or GeeBeebies.

🔴 NEW - Why you should leave X Here’s the sad truth: Twitter no longer exists. X is something else entirely. It’s a megaphone for extremism, controlled by a deranged oligarch. 📝 latest Substack 👇🏻

Yes thousands turned out - which is far more than I’d like - but that is dwarfed by the millions that understand real patriotism means loving your country as it actually is, not hating its diversity or trying to exploit its challenges. That’s what our flags actually represent

Britain “will never surrender” flag to those using it as symbol of violence, says PM, after march saw police injured

The Guardian has now completely retracted quotes from an anonymous high school source who had called Tyler Robinson a “leftist.” The source now says they couldn’t accurately recall details of their relationship.

So, OFSTED have a new ‘report card.’ Teachers in England, do you think that will make any improvement upon this situation? @yorkshirebylines.co.uk #EduSky

Perhaps ‘saving Britain from Farage’ can start with the Guardian stopping giving Farage pages of free uncritical coverage? Or doesn’t it work that way? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Vance demonstrates reasoned debate.

That licensed conveyancers do not offer tax advice is no more newsworthy than a fishmongers not offering tax advice.

Things that are *really* unpopular with the median British voter: Internet harms Donald Trump Taking other countries' side over our own

You did it. The neo-Nazi gig planned for Great Yarmouth has been CANCELLED. ❗ Over 34,000 of you emailed the Home Office and spread the word. Local press, councils and police took notice, and under pressure, we have just received the news that the venue has pulled the plug.

This is where the empty headed Flag shagging leads. Race hate.

Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they won’t act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...

www.theguardian.com/society/2024... Late to this one, but this is screening, and there is a very big difference between being able to predict risk and do anything about it. Will also increase over treatment of otherwise healthy people. Needs an RCT, not just some studies on prediction accuracy.

Shouldn't our government ensure that the relevant policy on the management of healthcare associated infections (HCAI) is extended to include monitoring and recording of data on COVID infections spread within hospitals? Please read and support this petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/732047

This graphic is useful for all those “it’s called summer” people!

I’ve mulled over posting this for months now. But yesterday it came to a head. And I’m aware that the people who need to see it will either not be here, or will suggest that I’m lying. I live near an asylum hotel. The reason I didn’t post earlier is that I didn’t want to raise undue attention

🚨🚨HE'S DONE IT AGAIN HE'S GOT LITERALLY EVERYTHING WRONG 🚨🚨 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre....

"Whereas a small change in transmissibility conditions is enough to stop flu in summer, Sars-CoV-2 can basically evolve its way over this barrier" – I spoke to The Guardian about why COVID doesn't seem that constrained by season: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Not one national paper talked about this. That’s how far things have gone.

Excellent to see this commitment to include older adults in research. Cries of ‘wokery’ will be fewer & quieter for the protected characteristic of age, yet the principles of equity and inclusion are the same as with sex, gender, ethnicity & pregnancy status. All matter www.ukri.org/news/committ...

Buried in The Observer yesterday was this: UK police knocking on doors demanding details of social media accounts of people, to pass to a foreign government, simply because they happen to live near where a US politician wanted to have a holiday observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

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UK: What if everyone had masked up? Analysis of app data has the answer: "Respirators would have dropped the rate of COVID transmission by an estimated factor of 9, compared with 0.6 for surgical masks. A factor of 9 is enough to put SARS-COV-2 into exponential decay! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Let me repeat it! 👇🏼👇🏽👇🏾👇🏼👇🏽

What's your sign?

news you can use, if you are a cat

Dear BBC, You ought to be better than this. Clearly, you are not. Obviously, you know RFK Jr. doesn't "have a point". Please don't insult our intelligence, and please don't undermine faith in important public healthcare.

🧵Introducing the Trump Action Tracker website! Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14

A UK wealth tax sounds simple: "tax the super‑rich, fund public services" But it's not. Our 16,000 word deep‑dive shows revenues are fragile, it puts growth, investment and jobs at risk, and there's no revenue before 2029. Here’s the evidence:

Happy 57th birthday to the best occult thriller ever made

“The ultimate democratization of education may reside not in its universal availability but in its deinstitutionalization. If this comes to pass, we may find that the fabric of our lives is Canvas.” Uh oh. But look - at least Instructure is being open about its imperial ambitions!

If the proposed changes to lower the voting age go through and this Parliament runs to its full 5-year term, then my daughter - now 12 - will become one of the youngest women ever to vote in a UK general election. Her name is Emmeline.

And are actually working on something at the moment about our visits there. Flag Fen are looking for people and businesses that can support with labour, materials and donations to help rebuild the roundhouse. So if you or someone you know can help, then please do. flagfen.org.uk/news/iron-ag...

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

This is excellent by Omer Bartov, with serious food for thought for anyone engaged in the study of the Holocaust and Genocide.

Interesting.

The quiet bit, out loud. ~AA

If you're on antidepressants, a little reminder that they can make you alarmingly sensitive to heat - something I didn't know till last week. Hydrate and keep cool, folks! edition.cnn.com/2024/08/02/c...

There's a very easy solution to all of this.

I'm genuinely surprised by how many people and organisations are still prepared to be on there. If you'd asked me 12 months ago whether they would actively stay on a far-right social media platform, I would have confidently predicted no. What a sweet naive child I was.

Greggsit, pursued by off air.

Some people have got in touch concerned "The State Pension will start to be taxed" after newspaper articles. I thought it worth making a few simple points to clear up possible confusions...

Here is the story from KWTV about their radar being vandalised. Conspiracy group thinks they are being used to control the weather and make floods fall on republicans. I’m not joking. www.news9.com/story/686c14...