Walsall Leather Museum closing, well, maybe moving but nobody knows to where... 'Council releases statement defending ‘difficult’ Walsall Leather Museum decision' www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-countr...

Lord Alf Dubs - keep on reminding us www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

This anti-Digital ID petition is moving so fast 👀 Should pass 1 Million by tomorrow petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

I was sorry to read about the death of Angi Naylor, one time Black Country Social Worker who was active in the Social Workers Against Austerity- here participating in the Austerity poetry session at the Wolverhampton Literature Festival in 2019

Starmer just doesn't seem to like his Party's best performing reps. - 'PM compares Burnham's economic proposals to Truss 'disaster'' www.bbc.com/news/article...

Childrens Care system soaking up additional cash www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/09/24/c...

Black Country doctors 'angry' at pay cuts for extra hours work - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jhoots Pharmacies ‘Patients told ‘change your pharmacy’ after 'considerable ongoing issues' ‘ www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

So, a new independent bookshop In Stafford! #booksky www.facebook.com/p/That-Littl...

Celebrating having completed 20 rounds of Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer by playing Kraftwerk's Radioactivity...

Latest LeCarre read The Little Drummer Girl. A take on Israel/ Palestine publ in 1983, but more about spycraft: using Actors learning a role. Publ when more sympathy toward Israel in wake of PFLP hijackings & Munich Olympics shootings. Interesting Palestinians using the term ‘Genocide’ then #booksky

Hope Not Hate: "On 18-19 October, thousands will take to the streets with a simple message: our communities are stronger together" "Hate is on the rise. From Tommy Robinson’s march to racist graffiti on local businesses, these actions were designed to spread fear. We’re answering with HOPE instead"

Interesting that @yourparty.bsky.social not having old age as a concessionary factor despite the UKs low Pensions. Wander why they don't offer a concession plus donation for those who want to pay more... Not joining on current terms at least yet...

Homes2inspire -' Girl who died on M5 after escaping police 'was failed', mum says' . One question is Are residential homes still calling the Police when they can't manage the children they are well paid to support. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Does anybody get a Postal Delivery more than the once a week i'm getting?

Bernie Sanders www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Big cuts in the local NHS organisation but money handed to private consultants? What are you doing @wesstreeting.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Amazing that Country lobbyists don’t like there being any open space in Towns, where such spaces probably are more valuable to local people … www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Errol Musk has been accused of sexually abusing five of his children and stepchildren since 1993, a Times investigation found. He also fathered, at least, one child with his stepdaughter, the article mentions two www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/w...

NEW: Private equity is reshaping U.S. hospitals into financial assets, often at the expense of patients. Our new investigation reveals how a deal with a real-estate investment trust helped drive a major hospital chain further into financial ruin: www.occrp.org/en/investiga...

' Families accuse care home of 'neglect' and 'cruelty' after secret filming' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So Social Services could become regionalised under Mayors…. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Further evidence of the malicious hand of Big Tech? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Implies it will not open this year, as previously said at archive.is/jWzBw “Construction work is scheduled to finish at the end of 2025 [...] after which West Midlands Trains can start training” Found this picture at www.skyscrapercity.com/threads/mose... Been waiting 20 years, can wait a bit more!

The Times ventures to Bilston hiding its findings beyond the paywall……

Massive cutbacks and chaos in local NHS www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

I’m a British MP, a doctor and Jewish. This is what happened when I tried to pass through Israel, on my way to the West Bank.. As parliamentarians, we have a responsibility to be as informed as possible. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Binstrike Rally tomorrow 'Hundreds' expected at Birmingham bin strike rally as union condemns council www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

Good see @dailymirrornews.bsky.social focusing on Social Care.

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery won’t fully reopen until 2031…. www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

Wandering if 50% of crime locally really does occur within 400m of an HMO- is this a real /verified statistic? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wandering why UK media is leaving the proper questions for Trump to eg Australian repieters .. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...

Our #BuildNotBreak event at #Lab25 will explore fixing the care system so all children have lasting, loving relationships. New Minister Josh Macalister will speak alongside care leavers Salma and AJ, @cathyashley.bsky.social, Jo Casebourne from Foundations and Cllr Marion Atkinson, Sefton Council.

Dudley Council appoints five new directors, on combined salary of 'up to £675,000 a year' | Express & Star share.google/BRFqsGhEux9V...

Conkers or Bonkers 'Drivers told to place conkers in car in September or face £2,500 fines' - A correction' www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

Wedgwood in trouble too www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The West Midlands, already Reform minded will never forgive the government if they dont support Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) thru the cybercon crisis. And why havent government clammed down on the cyberscammers? ( The influence perhaps of US tech billionaires?) www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

Print version showing its superiority with cartoons such as this- from @theguardian.com

The law commission have now published their review of the law around social care for disabled children in England & Wales cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/site...

Ben Jennings on Elon Musk at the Unite the Kingdom rally – cartoon

‘A Duty to Assist’ or two years in Jail www.theguardian.com/football/202...

The rotting heart at the centre of Starmer's Labour even if it is from the Daily Fail www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

The rotting heart at the centre of Starmer's Labour even if it is from the Daily Fail www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Reading Saturday @theguardian.com Uni course ratings. Good to see Wolverhampton's Art school refusing to die. With Fine Arts 6th in the Country and Graphic Design 12th! And the Uni is 7th in Physiotherapy!

Watching England V South Africa Cricket on @channel5bluesky.bsky.social . Takes me back- Well watching the rain was mainly what I got watching live cricket anyway in the past….

Fighting fascists : Battling Oswald Moseley's Blackshirts thehistorypress.co.uk/article/figh...

The man, who did not give his name, identified himself as a former criminal from Kent who has spent 26 years in prison. “Keir Starmer needs to be assassinated,” he said. “Someone needs to shoot Keir Starmer.”

I wander why this is not higher up the News Agenda www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Where’s the best place to see/read coverage of the House of Lords debate on Assisted Dying?