UK energy regulator Ofgem has picked 77 "super battery" projects - Li-Ion batteries, flow batteries and pumped hydro storage - to support peaks and troughs in wind and solar power And hopefully, to cut constraint payments to windfarms (£1bn+ in 2024) ofgem-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/super-b...

Exceptional hardship needs to be chucked in the bin. Punishment is supposed to be a hardship and if you get enough points for a ban then your driving is atrocious and you haven't learnt a thing. This driver could well end up killing as he won't have learnt a lesson.

@gazza-d.bsky.social A sage once said, "You don't stop cycling when you get old; you get old when you stop cycling"! 😉

It's weird how Tylenol caused autism (first diagnosed in 1943) before it was even invented (1955). What a clever drug.

Blimey. Next to no metro this morning. Overhead line problem at the train depot. Get on your bikes folks!

When did I become old? It's when you find yourself moaning about some old git farting about, and then realising that they're probably younger than you that's the worst 🤣

The truth: we need migration. The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it. Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality. Reject it. Draw the line.

Love it when the timeline does this. Top post is a driver using their phone. Bottom post is about GB news asking if we need a crackdown on cyclists. Hmm.

Silver lining: Greens up to 13%!

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.

Yep, there's your problem, right there.

This is utterly disgusting. How did we sleepwalk into a position where such a cruel and openly racist and fascist policy can be mentioned and people are ok with it? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Just what the climate emergency needs - more flying. FFS, it's not a malevolent AI that's going to kill humanity it's our own stupidity. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Repeat for the green party too. It's ridiculous how biased the BBC is.

Nuclear waste is a shitshow, but wind turbines are a creative challenge. Bus shelters, bike shelters, street furniture, and - in this link - a bridge on a greenway are just a few of the possibilities. bladebridge.ie/project/midl...

Only bad people.... First puncture on the brompton in almost 2 years. At least it was easy to find.

Hand wringing about how to recycle carbon fibre wind turbine blades. If only there was as much attention on cleaning up after nuclear power. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Lovely.. just lovely.

Great news for anyone with a mortgage - speeding is now legal www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/2547960...

Reform UK’s Darren Grimes chooses naive headline grabbing dogma over sanity. Durham Reform have scrapped a scheme that would have saved £77,000 per year. Reform UK removes Durham council solar panel building scheme

The councillor said the daubing looked like it had been done by "toddlers with crayons". I think that's unfair on toddlers. It's an absolute mess. Shame the culprits won't be caught and prosecuted. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"My door is always open for conversations with Jeremy and Zarah, two people committed to making our country fairer who I really respect. All my energy is focused on what I can do towards that end, and that’s to keep growing @greenparty.org.uk" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Another sad case of our courts, police and gov being too scared to limit drivers freedoms. And another young person is expected to pay the price. 😢 ‘months earlier had also committed an offence of driving while unfit through drink or drugs’ 😬 why no ban? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Remember when Reform reckoned they could save millions by cutting unnecessary costs... well www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The only useful things mentioned are: 1. Radar - Very useful for early warning, esp on quieter roads. 2. German std lighting. They focus the light where it's needed. 3. Gloves. Always wear gloves. If you fall, it's usually the hand that takes the hit and ripped up palms are no fun at all.

“But we’ve given you an alternative bridge down a busy road with no footpath and across the leopard enclosure, what more do you want?”

It's incredible how close the Red Arrows fly together, must take nerves of steel

Perennial, but the best way is the modern way of course, despite what some medieval types would claim

Casualty rates down by 46% 900 fewer injured. 14 fewer fatalities. Lower insurance costs. It's a win win. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I see labour's master plan of copying the Tory policy of shipping asylum seekers elsewhere whilst avoiding due process is working as well as it did for the Tories. The solution is legal, safe routes, and quick processing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How do we fix this mess?

Reform are unfit to run a bath.

Do it.

Share your favourite cover versions: youtu.be/LdMjmEpFo74?...

Has the issue of contamination and radioactive waste been sorted, or will the taxpayer just be expected to pick up that tab. Nuclear is not clean or cheap. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The scenes on our streets are shameful consequences of decades of austerity - government after government fanning the flames of anti migration instead of tackling inequality. We can & must make different choices. Solidarity to all communities under attack. We stand together.

Suggestion for any parliamentarians who see this. Put down a PQ to the Cabinet Office to ask them if an assessment has been made of whether use of X is compatible with GCS propriety rules, the Civil Service Code and the PSED. And if not, why not.

This minister Peter Kyle has stated that yesterday's events are acceptable because "free speech". FFS. Free speech doesn't automatically permit hate speech. This labour government is really starting to disgust me.

It's clear that Starmer doesn't want to upset the far right.. Yesterday's events in London were sickening. Musk's attack on British democracy was sickening.

Brrr. I don't like winter these days.

This is such a wonderful video and always worth a repost. Make sure you watch to the very end though.

Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state. Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.

Just another day on normal island. This will be announced as official govt policy by Starmer within a week. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thicker than school custard.

This. It's why Reform have done so well in the north as so many communities have been decimated then forgotten by the successive govts of both main parties. There is no hope or trust that main parties will do anything positive.

This, I’m told, is from the York Press c.1950, and read to the final line for the sexiest of sexy slang.

Removing racist displays in one city = the cost of 12,000 hours of social care.

Happy breakaway day to those who celebrate.

And so the saga continues... The new T&W metro trains needed to have temporary reinforcements to cope with the numbers of Great North Run participants. The event is hardly a surprise. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...