Other work of the Ladybird artists. Winter Landscape Artist: Rowland Hilder

The UK's warmest year (for now) And introducing a ‘causal chain’ for changes in extreme UK heat climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-uks-wa...

I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war

(🚨) BREAKING NEWS: Trump Posts Photograph of Captured, Blindfolded, Disheveled Nicolás Maduro Aboard U.S. Helicopter Post-Kidnapping; Per Prior Trump Order, Maduro Is a Prisoner of War, Making the Photo a Violation of Geneva Convention (Article 13 of the Third Geneva Convention)

Alex Colville (Canadian, 1920–2013) "Moon and Cow", 1963. Oil and Synthetic Resin on Hardboard, 68.5 × 91.4 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt #HappyNewYear

None of these facts about @fao.org surprise me, but its existence for 80 years does. Who among the early organisers would have thought that whole governments in the 2020's would be hell-bent on destruction of food safety and security to favour profit above all?

In case you missed it ... The idea that farmers voted overwhelmingly for Brexit is a bit of a myth. The data shows that in some parts of the UK, they were more REMAIN than the local population, while in others (like Scotland) they were more LEAVE than the locals. Overall, they were about the same.

“and in other news, President Trump has ordered the bombing of Venezuela” “Caracas?” “not according to his doctors”

Our citizens in Venezuela need made safe. A clear picture of events needs focused. *Then* will our PM give US DESPOTUS Trump a suitable earbashing. Just don't take too long ovver it!

Roger Boyes, Diplomatic Editor The Times, this morning, prophetic: #Venezuela #Trump #regimechange

Tomorrow, ze Nobel Peace Prize

Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela. Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe. Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.

Venezuela’s vice-president Delcy Rodríguez has said the whereabouts of President Nicolás Maduro are not known and demanded Donald Trump to provide 'proof of life'. Follow live updates: ft.trib.al/tzRgB32

"So Mr Trump, what was it that first attracted you to the country with the world's largest oil reserves?"

Get ready for Phase Two: a raid on Oslo to seize the Peace Prize.

Conversation in Rovers Return : Eeh, for that bad calving in t'bottom field we had to ring ' Yorkshire Vetnery to come over from Chanel 4 ...

2025 has broken historical climate records, with provisional Met Office figures showing it has been both the warmest and sunniest year on record for the UK. Find out more: www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

The PCR positivity map is out with Scottish data up to the 28th. England is blank because there's no UKHSA data for last week, and there will be none until next Thursday. So this is a Scotland-only update, with thanks to Public Health Scotland for the data. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/2

A good apple of a programme, wi' nowt taken out 👏 (Likely Führtrage, true to form, knows only lyrics of an old Osmonds' song that slants the original saying 🙄 )

Colder air will move south across the UK from tomorrow, bringing a marked drop in temperatures, severe gales in the north, and an increasing risk of snow and ice. Several National Severe Weather Warnings have been issued. Read more 👇

⚠️ Yellow weather warnings issued ⚠️ Snow & ice across the UK Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning Stay #WeatherAware⚠️

🟠⚠ Amber Cold-health alerts have now been issued across England until January 6. Forecast weather is likely to cause significant impacts across health & social care services. 🔗 https://ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/weather-health-alerts/cold

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What did Kent County Council spend £11k on this year, prompting complaints? It’s the Private Eye Quiz of the Year! ➡️ Watch now: youtu.be/iEGhU8bgZNQ

Beautiful 😍

Polite request to mekkers of teabag tea : MEK BAGS THAT TASTE OF ' TYPE OF TEA IN T'BAG !!!! Fed up of tastin' nowt but 'bag when made a cup of tea in a household that uses teabags 🙁

Thanks to Führtrage and general ignorance of a question setter, Britons muddled ovver difference between foxhunting (banned for twenty years) and trail hunting 🙄

Foreign meddling wi our food security and food production standards 🙄

A change is on the way! Cold Arctic air arriving by New Year, with an increasing risk of snow showers for some ❄️

And cue lefty / remainer farmer bashers howls against victims of targeted Brexit campaigns doing Führtrage's job for him as the point of the post goes ovver their heads 🙄

All the news you’ll never need. You can bet on it: @philtinline.bsky.social ‘The company's co-founder,Tarek Mansour,says its "long-term vision is to financialise everything+create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion",optimistic that this can resolve differences of opinion on anything"’

“None of us can guess how the Trump assault on the BBC will play out, because he wields unprecedented power, unchecked by personal dignity or decency.” No. We can’t. But we can condemn forever the repulsive British politicians and media gobshites who would side with him instead of us.

Love this. The sheer joy of a dog.

Treasury to cover Bayeux Tapestry loan to UK for estimated £800m

Beautiful to hear the Ukrainian choir at the end of the King’s Speech. As for the speech itself, wouldn’t it be good to hear more of that generous, compassionate and hopeful language in public life?

Carol of the Bells in # Kyiv subway. Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine. Thankful to everyone who stands with us!

Merry Christmas all 🎅

The older I grow, The more I know, The significance of these little tales.

Looking at this post, and the responses, is profoundly depressing. Wall to wall ignorance of the reality of agriculture which keeps every one of them fed and alive. The disconnect between urban people and the food system is huge and only getting bigger. Some of this is down to lack of education,

@jarlov.bsky.social: [Conservative MP Denmark] “Let's get the facts straight regarding #Trump's newest statements about #Greenland:” 1/

The funding cuts putting young kitchen workers' lives at risk trib.al/dlTDMnP

a good time to remember that Brand was chosen to give the keynote address (“Eloquent Rant”) at the MAHA summit, speaking alongside Vance, RFK Jr, Makary, Bhattacharya, and a host of fringe antivax and biohack players plus several biotech leaders

Snow Bunting! This species is predominantly a winter visitor to Britain & Ireland, with the North Sea coasts from the Tees to Norfolk a popular place to spot them. 📷 Snow Bunting by Allan Drewitt / BTO

I've farming relations with land in agrienvironmental schemes that have lost income. It has not been topped up by the schemes. Payments delayed (all paid in arrears), increased input costs without uplift in schemes payments, and unable to shift to updated schemes. Government used them for politics

Are these imported from Italy, or exports from British manufacturing before we lost our manufacturing base? Interesting story, nonetheless.

Details will matter on this. If Treasury missed that family farms are not necessarily under simple married couple ownership, there's still family farms that will be stuffed. Same wi small and medium family businesses outside farming.

A Winter Scene with Skaters near a Castle by Hendrick Avercamp 1608 Oil on Panel (National Gallery) #Bauble

BBC Radio 3 Essential Classics Now Playing Johann Sebastian Bach, Leopold Stokowski, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Matthias Bamert Sheep may safely graze (Cantata No 208) arr. Stokowski

Never forget, consequences of not following fine tuning is not a new phenomenon. Scholars find just how not new it is 🤗

Ex-BNP leader accused of stirring up racial hatred with X cartoon