'Significant weaknesses' at Tower Hamlets Council, external auditor finds as @towerhamletsnow.bsky.social again receives critisism of Aspire mayor Lutfur Rahman www.bbc.com/news/article...

UK @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social criticises Gaza aid delays by Israel as tents take year to arrive - www.bbc.com/news/article...

Lighthouse Reports is hiring two part-time fellows in 2026. The fellows – one focused on open source intelligence and the other on reporting – will work with us from 23 March 2026 to 25 September 2026.

My grandfather Col. Howard Starr coached @colgate.edu to a championship and many wins. The ice hockey rink that bears his name is now a temporary b'ball court

A pass by beautiful Lake Pleasant, in New York's Adirondack State Park

Romania deposit return scheme dramatically reduces litter, boosting #recycling of soft drink & alcohol containers. Great example for other states -- www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Study finds children in east London borough of Tower Hamlets amongst most obese in country @theslicetowham.bsky.social @towerhamletsnow.bsky.social -- towerhamletsslice.co.uk/borough/year...

The great migratory route for animals (Masaai Mara) may soon be gone forever as developers build hotels on the banks of the river that animals cross. Kenyan activist tries to block new Ritz-Carlton safari lodge opening.. www.reuters.com/business/env...

International arrivals at the gateway to the capital of the richest country in the world, #Dulles Airport #IAD

The Thames' muddy banks continue to delight registered mudlarkers at low tide, as @theslicetowham.bsky.social reports on Nicola White's mudlarking along the shore of London's ancient seaway - towerhamletsslice.co.uk/poplar/mudla...

4km kayak water Womble clearing all manner of litter from Regents & Hertford Union canals

Productive 4km kayak water Womble clearing all manner of litter from Regents & Hertford Union canals

4km kayak water Womble clearing all manner of litter from Regents & Hertford Union canals

Britain records Europe’s biggest increase in asylum claims as @oecdstatistics.bsky.social indicate global surge in protection requests in developed countries www.thetimes.com/article/9c9e...

Film highlights villagers' life on crumbling cliff #Norfolk 🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...

London's Olympic Loop is a fab paddle boarding circuit any time of year but the autumn colours were unbeatable today

Classified U.S. State Department report finds backlog of hundreds of possible Israeli human rights violations that would take years to investigate - www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Classified U.S. State Department report finds backlog of hundreds of possible Israeli human rights violations that would take years to investigate - www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

London's Olympic Loop is a fab paddle boarding circuit any time of year but the autumn colours were unbeatable today

Paddle boarding along east London's Hertford Union Canal today. Tower Hamlets is fortunate to have so many historic docks and waterways l

Congratulations Maria Corina Machado for being named Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2026! A great achievement for Venezuela #Nobel

A grey heron keeps watch at east London's Old Ford 19 lock along the Lee Navigation

Congratulations Maria Corina Machado for being named Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2026! A great achievement for Venezuela #Nobel

Paddle boarding #SUP down the Regent's Canal to Limehouse Basin - formerly Regent's Canal Dock - and up the Cut to the Lee Navigation. Discovered the middle pound of the Hertford Union Canal drained

Kudos to @chicago.suntimes.com photographers & editor Ashlee Rezin for impressive coverage of resistance to militarised behaviour of masked officers

UN @unhcr.org Filippo Grandi tells governments that US deportation practices violate the law while lamenting loss of contributions to support global displacement needs - www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Somali-Led Cartels Are Fueling Kenya’s Real Estate Boom With Minnesota Fraud Money from American 🇺🇸 social welfare programs - Kenya Insights - kenyainsights.com/a-pattern-em...

UN @unhcr.org Filippo Grandi tells governments that US deportation practices violate the law while lamenting loss of contributions to support global displacement needs - www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Another belated #BigPaddleCleanUp below Lock 8 along the Regents Canal & Hertford Union today.🙏

Opening tonight in Three Rooms, Walthamstow, Usaydh Agha, Irina Prentice, & Kate Brooks "Reality Check" exhibition of paintings, sculpture, & photography

A belated #BigPaddleCleanup with @paddleuk.bsky.social along the Hertford Union and Regents canals

A brilliant day out from Southend-on-Sea on the world's only surviving ocean-going paddle steamer, the Waverley, paddling up the River Thames, passing Gravesend, and under Tower Bridge

The clipper Stad Amsterdam leaving London's Docklands this evening

Cuts to humanitarian aid budgets by UK FCDO, USA & other donors mean hospitals lack vital medicines + fuel for generator's , leading yo higher mortality rates in pregnancy by @katlay.bsky.social - www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

#BBCNews - Police break up ring trafficking Kenyans to fight for Russia in Ukraine www.bbc.com/news/article... #UkraineWar

Cuts to humanitarian aid budgets by UK FCDO, USA & other donors mean hospitals lack vital medicines + fuel for generator's , leading yo higher mortality rates in pregnancy by @katlay.bsky.social - www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

HM King Abdullah II of @jordanfirst.bsky.social Jordan delivered a prescient address before the UN General Assembly this week calling out decades of abuses faced by Palestinian civilians. His measured words should be listened to by everyone - www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jXp...

Humanitarian aid cuts by EU and USA have left asylum seeking women and children on the streets in Athens, 🇬🇷 www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

HM King Abdullah II of @jordanfirst.bsky.social Jordan delivered a prescient address before the UN General Assembly this week calling out decades of abuses faced by Palestinian civilians. His measured words should be listened to by everyone - www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jXp...

✅ Here’s the alternative crude supply route from Croatia to Hungary and Slovakia: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

As Ethiopia bans the import of petrol & diesel vehicles, consumers and transport companies examine options to go electric as power grid adapts -- www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

As USA reportedly weighs sanctions on entire International Criminal Court ICC, body pays staff in advance -- www.reuters.com/world/europe...

The only fisher permitted within 25 meters of a canal lock are creatures like this Blue Heron, deep within the Limehouse Basin lock onto the Thames

The only fisher permitted within 25 meters of a canal lock are creatures like this Blue Heron, deep within the Limehouse Basin lock onto the Thames

As Ethiopia bans the import of petrol & diesel vehicles, consumers and transport companies examine options to go electric as power grid adapts -- www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Britain's canals are a 'linear' national park but dramatically underfunded; stronger UK government support needed to sustain crumbling Victorian network overseen by Canal River Trust, says Inland Waterways Association -- www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Serene Horsey beach, North Norfolk with a few curious seals from the nearby rookery. A lovely evening walk before an evening in the Nelson Head pub

An well-researched report from US National Public Radio on how the Biden Administration failed to address the humanitarian needs of Gaza's and sufficiently weigh-in with PM Netanyahu's government to protect civilians - www.npr.org/2025/08/28/n...

After 22 months of relentless conflict, over half a million people in the Gaza Strip are facing catastrophic conditions characterised by starvation, destitution and death. Another million people are in Emergency and 396,000 people are in Crisis phases - www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-webs...