From President Zelensky's official telegram account.

As a multi-agency project reintroduces 300,000 native oysters to the Humber estuary, volunteer citizen scientists play a vital part By Laura Welton

A+ trolling from Zelenskyy

Right to roam: taking the next step for access to the countryside An event in Hebden Bridge celebrating 25 years of the CRoW Act spurs on the movement for further land access rights in England and Wales By Andrew Bibby

The very same commentators that spent years condemning anti-semitism in UK politics as a major national scandal, have suddenly lost interest now that it implicates one of their own www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...

Alistair Smith, editor of The Stage: F-o-H deserves to be in the spotlight: www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/fron...

Lyn Gardner celebrates F-o-H: Supported by an army of more than 100 volunteers, the front-of-house team at the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds plays a critical role in fostering a positive experience for guests at the venue. www.thestage.co.uk/long-reads/a...

Please sign the petition urging members of the House of Lords not to block the assisted dying bill: id.38degrees.org.uk/clicks/link/...

Bristol City Council defends plans to cut Culture Investment Programme despite it being ‘the biggest issue in the city’. Likely to be replaced from February by utilising Community Infrastructure Levy funds imposed on developers in the city. www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/bristol...

Please remember this next time you hear Nigel Farage and Reform say we must leave the ECHR to control our borders

Pantomime is “an absolute bedrock” for regional theatre. ✨ This BBC article, featuring Arts Council England CEO, Darren Henley, highlights how panto builds audiences, supports local venues and gives many families their first theatre experience. Read or listen 👇 buff.ly/aXzRVWH

OMG we only went and bloody won!! 🎉🎉 In barely two years Democracy for Sale has gone from nothing to winning a British journalism award Am absolutely blown away!! Thanks to everyone who reads D4S and supports us. Couldn’t do it without you all 😊

Big Oil companies have spent 25 years running deceptive advertising campaigns to falsely reposition themselves as partners in the fight against climate change. As climate accountability lawsuits make their way through the courts, Big Oil's deception demands "further scrutiny and investigation."

This is “Plygain”. It’s an old Welsh form of harmonic carol singing. It’s the most Christmassy thing you’ll see today.🎄 Goosebumps. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️

🗽Robert Reich Dec 12, 2025 Let me make it clear I’m against Netflix acquiring Warner Bros Discovery. That would concentrate corporate power in ways that harm consumers and distort American politics. But Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros would be worse. robertreich.substack.com/p/what-happe...

What is contributing to the staffing crisis in adult social care? Social care providers say the main cause is better pay elsewhere. Learn how the Government can make the proposed Fair Pay Agreement and Adult Social Care Negotiating Body a sucess ➡️ buff.ly/veEOJFN

Marina Hyde on Infantino abd Trump’s shakedown on the 2026 World Cup. On top of the ESTA hurdles, who can afford £6K for a final ticket: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The UK Government has been accused of redirecting £86 million of Wales’ regional funding allocation to a Whitehall-designed programme that the Welsh Government has no control over ✍️Emily Price

In a normal administration, this would be a career-ending, weeks-long scandal

Reform UK used this graphic during the Local Elections to criticise Councils. Now the councils they control are raising Council Tax by the same or more. Reform UK lie their way in to power. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Farage says, "I didn't wear them (masks) last time, and I won't wear them this time" and dismisses mask mandates as "rubbish". Here's Farage in 2020. Man's a dangerous idiot.

Corporate welfare is out of control. One example - Drax produces electricity by burning trees, most expensive electricity, UK's biggest single polluter. In 2024, Drax had £1.06bn operating profit, paid £100m dividend, £300m in share buyback. Received billions in subsidies for decades. Why?

🚨🚨This is worse than we could have imagined: Full version of #Trump's national #securitystrategy reportedly calls for “pulling Poland away from #EU”. 🧵 notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/10/f...

What is going on at the BBC?

The US voted with Russia, China and N. Korea against most of the civilized world. This is where we are at.

YES YES YES thank you @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 🙏 😩AT LAST someone rasiing the alarm about what Europe's plummeting brith rates really mean!! "In reality, without immigration there will be no Europe, no civilisation and no one left to argue about it."⚠️ It's. that. simple.

If handing someone their arse, was a video clip

‘Soil is more important than oil’: inside the perennial grain revolution

Everyone seems to forget that when councils want to avoid capital renewal & maintenance costs, the venues still need it. Aberdeen venues out to procurement for new cost-saving operators: www.thestage.co.uk/news/council...

🚨 “Can I tell you how many times in the last 45 years the European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the UK when it comes to deporting people from this country - only 13 times - in 45 years” Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏

A dignified response from the school. Makes Farage look even more repulsive. And racist.

Nigel Farage's new strategy is to call the childhood victims of his racism liars while lashing out at any journalists who dare to report his actions. This is just a small taster of how he would act if he ever got any power www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The UK Government has been accused of redirecting £86 million of Wales’ regional funding allocation to a Whitehall-designed programme that the Welsh Government has no control over ✍️Emily Price

I used to work for an American company and there was always the possibility of moving out there. You honestly couldn't pay me enough to even try to visit there now

Another great letter by #PeterPackham chair of #LeedsForEurope in the #YorkshirePost

Football Supporters Europe (FSE) demands that FIFA freeze ongoing World Cup 2026 ticket sales in the latest expression of outrage over the controversial pricing strategy pursued for the globe’s largest sporting event. Prices in the US 7 times those in Qatar 2022: www.ticketnews.com/2025/12/worl...

Poll from 38 Degrees on whether like Australia we should protect our children by banning social media for kids and teens: surveys.38degrees.org.uk/to/E3q1egz3

I have called on my MP to back press reform and get Keir Starmer to start Leveson 2: Please consider writing too www.hackedoff.org/campaign-act...;

ACE warns any action on Halifax’s Square Chapel will involve ‘cost and risk’ www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/ace-war...

Inconsistency across UK councils ‘majorly’ impacting live events industry, sector leaders claim www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/inconsi...

While England’s showcase is ‘paused’, ACW supports a 2026 Welsh Edinburgh Fringe showcase of theatre, dance, circus, etc. www.thestage.co.uk/news/news/we...

Trump’s pardon of Tim Leiweke didn’t just erase a criminal case but yanked away the Justice Department’s campaign to rein in Live Nation/Ticketmaster from his own antitrust team, central to fixing the modern ticketing market, as detailed in a WSJ report: www.ticketnews.com/2025/12/golf...

Temporary Marble Arch ‘pop-up’ theatre proposed, for while the Arts Theatre closes for 2-year development project www.thestage.co.uk/news/arts-th...

While the US is keen to get back to the moon, Channel 4’s Apollo 1: Destination Moon instead looks back to the late 60s/70s and the devastating failures that killed so many astronauts. Sadly reflects what it must feel like, atop a rocket, knowing every part made & supplied by the lowest tenderer.

Last night’s BBC One Dr Who spin off The War Between the Land & the Sea, cont. next Sun., launches us spectacularly into debating devastating human pollution of the seas, climate change, etc. Russell T Davies’ passionate best, great perfs from Russell Tovey & Gugu Mbatha-Raw Excellent Must See tv.

Lyn Gardner on the challenges of arts sponsorship: www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/thea...

New statements from RSC executive team on the consultation on their future plans for the Music Dept. & music www.thestage.co.uk/news/rsc-pla...

I really don’t see why these highly profitable, bonus & dividend paying companies shouldn’t pay to clean up their nightmare messes themselves. Not customers. Please sign the petition: 38d.gs/water_mess_e...

Senior DWP civil servant blames victims for carer’s allowance scandal. Ridiculous. People punished for providing unpaid care. Complex rules and cliff-edge limits result in benefits withdrawn for going over by pennies. Thousands prosecuted. Meanwhile, no one charged for the Post Office scandal.