"While Britain was redefining what a woman is, China was building five nuclear reactors," says Kemi Badenoch. I cannot be the only person curious about how these two things are related

This from the @pressgazette.co.uk morning newsletter raises such an important point. Local news outlets get ignored and overlooked all over the internet, even when they're doing a great job of covering their patch. All we want is a level playing field, and a fair slice of the pie!

A brilliant piece on what the UK's Climate Change Act does, why it's inspired action around the world, and how the Tories were key to creating it - despite their current leader now wanting to destroy it bsky.app/profile/drsi...

Haringey Council - which remains infamous for the role it played in the death of 'Baby P' in 2007 - has been slammed after an ombudsman discovered more than 1,100 unread emails in the council’s social work inbox “including 500 police reports”. Read more👇 haringeycommunitypress.co.uk/2025/10/04/c...

Ipswich Town's 6,013-day wait for a win over Norwich City is over. Cedric Kipre's goal from a corner, Jaden Philogene's wonderstrike and Jack Clarke's close-range effort earn Ipswich derby victory for the first time since 19 April 2009.

Changing the law to fix the problem they created when they changed the law.

For the first time in generations, public access has been restored to the area underneath Rendelsham Viaduct, known as "Fourteen Arches" to Enfield locals of a certain age. This route is also now part of the London Loop, and improves access to the capital's largest tree-planting project!

"The fighting, which is fuelled by foreign powers, has raged in the absence of a concerted international effort to end it." This is a harrowing account of the genocide taking place in Sudan 👇 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

This weekend's @theipaper.com cartoon

Bullshit health cures and conspiracy theories have consequences. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Massively frustrating. Thousands of people in insecure accomodation while acres of space next the the Elizabeth Line wasted. No more excuses - build or lose the land.

This morning our CEO, David Mooney, appeared live on BBC Breakfast to share exciting news. 🌿 London Wildlife Trust is co-producing Sir David Attenborough’s upcoming BBC documentary Wild London, made by Passion Planet and airing on BBC One and iPlayer later this year. Read more 👉 ow.ly/ECOs50X5tl8

The October issue of Enfield Dispatch is now out! We lead on news Crews Hill is set to become a 'new town', plus North London Hospice's bereavement volunteers are celebrated and Enfield Ignatians launch first-ever women's rugby team. Get your free digital copy here: enfielddispatch.co.uk/download/

People are now understandably worried about their livelihoods. Enfield Council should have made far more effort to work with these businesses towards a joint future, and to try to reassure them and their staff. The council's approach seems unnecessarily callous and disrespectful.

I've spoken to business owners in Crews Hill about the government's plans a 'new town' of 21,000 homes centred on the area. They're not happy. My story for @enfielddispatch.bsky.social: enfielddispatch.co.uk/crews-hill-b...

Crews Hill business owners express anger over 'new town' plans The firms all say they've had no contact from the council and are being "left in limbo" over the fate of their livelihoods enfielddispatch.co.uk/crews-hill-b...

Enfield (again) made national headlines this morning after Crews Hill was named as one of the government's twelve proposed 'new towns'. But if you want local reaction, you need a local newspaper, so here's my in-depth report on the news for Enfield Dispatch: enfielddispatch.co.uk/more-than-20...

More than 20,000 homes proposed for Enfield 'new town' by government Green Belt areas of both Crews Hill and 'Chase Park' recommended for "accelerated" development with construction set to start in four years enfielddispatch.co.uk/more-than-20...

Plan to build 12 new towns in England to be unveiled at Labour conference

Enfield Council probably thought this story would go away. But now the Daily Telegraph has obtained more info, revealing the borough's dodgy ex-mayor Mohammad Islam sought to help bring *41* people to the UK from Bangladesh and abused his office in doing so. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

This is quite an extraordinary story about Hillingdon (a borough I used to cover many moons ago). Looks like someone in the council's own finance department has spoken to this reporter to basically say "there's no money left". Reform UK can't believe their luck! www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...

If you see this, post a concert pic you took.

A man has been charged with attempted murder and arson following the huge fire in Enfield on Monday. It was a minor miracle no-one was seriously hurt or worse. enfielddispatch.co.uk/man-charged-...

A 12-foot statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein frolicking and holding hands appeared on the National Mall in Washington, DC on Tuesday, September 23. A plaque under the statue states that it has been erected “In Honor of Friendship Month."

We're incredibly relieved that Alaa Abd el-Fattah has finally been released from prison. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to everyone who has supported Alaa and his family over these difficult years. www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...

Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain. They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city. Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.

Enfield block of flats goes up in flames as arson suspected All residents were able to escape the fire safely although three children were treated in hospital for smoke inhalation enfielddispatch.co.uk/enfield-bloc...

Thanks to George Monbiot for mentioning Waltham Forest Echo in this excellent piece on the state of journalism, as one of a number of new(ish) local newspapers "speaking truth to power"!

Anyone who agrees to this is no longer a journalist

After the far-right mass rally in London, Britain must learn lessons from abroad – and fast | Cas Mudde

RIP

It was fun!

Crews Hill likely to be named 'new town' by the government Designation by the New Towns Taskforce would mean at least 10,000 homes being built on the Green Belt enfielddispatch.co.uk/crews-hill-l...

We're back!

European leaders speaking the truth to Trump, and not enabling his terrible lies, is a great thing and should be encouraged.

Mate, Putin invaded Ukraine having expressly said he wouldn’t. I think you can probably skip over the stage where you give him the benefit of the doubt.

A western Pennsylvania man and his emotional support alligator took a shopping cart spin around the local Walmart, where he claims they've never had a problem — but this recent trip earned them orders to stay away, the retail giant confirms.

Journalists working in Yemen are being deliberately targeted by warring parties. In a new report, HRW documents violations against journalists and media institutions, including the use of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, and torture. Read more: https://t.co/v5wUz1HJiw

The whole purpose of democracy is to enable disagreement without violence. I’m praying for the Kirk family today.

Before 2029. Probably 2026.

Keir Starmer is not good at politics.

“The thought that any media business can afford to shed hundreds of talented journalists to secure its future makes you wonder what sort of future that will be” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Reach to cut editorial headcount by 186 in ‘biggest reorganisation’ yet: 'For our editorial teams, we will need to adopt a different way of working from top to bottom, as we match our resources to our ambitions' Proposes 321 redundancies + 135 new roles. pressgazette.co.uk/news/reach-t...

I finished the Great North Run! It was exhausting but exhilarating. I hit my target time and, more importantly, smashed my fundraising goal, raising £620 in total. Thanks to everyone who supported me!

Big scoop from OnLondon - Crews Hill in Enfield looks likely to be named by the government as a 'New Town' where 10k+ homes could be built. Implications for Enfield Council's Local Plan (still awaiting final approval later this year) could be huge! I will follow-up for the Dispatch on Tuesday.

Angry residents are up in arms about this. Reckon they've probably slammed it too. I spent my formative years on local newspapers. Some of it was daft ("witchcraft fear over slaughtered rabbits"). Some of it was absolutely essential…

"In 2007, the local [journalism] sector employed about 9,000 journalists and had revenue of £2.4bn. By 2022, those figures had declined below 3,000 and £600m" theconversation.com/reform-v-the...

city of london is the best skyscraper district on earth because seemingly the only planning rule they have is “you can build whatever you want so long as it looks stupid and different to everything else”. it works so well!

Farage having a go at "inexperienced" ministers for not knowing about the departments they work for, while his party literally puts teenagers in charge of local councils.

“Farage claimed last year to have “bought a house” in his constituency but the property is actually owned in the name of his partner, meaning he legally avoided higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional home – given he already owns other properties” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...