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One of our most read articles of February 2025....... Restoring British Rail class 50 F: part 1: origins Volunteers tackle the revival of a class 50 diesel F, dormant since 1992; discover its origin and the challenges it overcame

The great 2025 Bylines Christmas Quiz Take the quiz, check your results, and cheat to your heart's content | Gemma Gould @gemmagould.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk

We need journalism which isn't owned by billionaires.

Take the quiz, check your results, and cheat to your heart's content | Gemma Gould

I'm a well known Christmas Grinch, so was pleased with my score of 13 out of 30 😂 But I did know that the Japanese love a KFC on Christmas day! It's a good quiz if you have the time!

Merry Christmas everyone...... Here's the great 2025 Central Bylines Christmas Quiz @gemmagould.bsky.social

In 1800, around one in three children died before their fifth birthday, compared to four deaths per thousand births by 2020 | Amanda Ellison

I got 13 out of 30 which being a bit of a Christmas scrouge I was surprised it was that high, but did know the Japanese like a KFC on Christmas day 😂

At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater need for citizen journalism Who funds us? No one...except you. Become a friends of Bylines supporter:

Urgent review ordered into foreign influence in UK politics.

1/ The Monday night volunteers In praise of Sussex Bylines’ editors| Mick Channon

Fixing Brexit’s damage isn’t ‘betrayal’ Every attempt to limit Brexit’s damage is branded a “betrayal” – but it’s the broken promises of 2016 that still haunt Britain | Sue Wilson @yorkshirebylines.co.uk @suewilson91.bsky.social

Brexit didn't have to mean the end of Erasmus+, and the government has now announced we will join the scheme again | Sascha Stollhans

Trump unveils new dystopian visa plans, but where will it end? centralbylines.co.uk/opinion/trum...

Trump’s dystopian fakery - an unhinged dictator in full swing. centralbylines.co.uk/opinion/trum...

Our prayers and thoughts go out to friends and family at Mani's funeral today in Manchester. Mani, symbol of the ‘90s Manchester music scene, will be sorely missed @northwestbylines.co.uk @markcunliffe.bsky.social

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Trump unveils new dystopian visa plans, but where will it end? The Trump administration intends to make visitors provide five years of social media, a decade of email addresses and DNA, where will this all end? | Mark Cunliffe @markcunliffe.bsky.social

I'm planning a huge foodbank collection with the Scouts as we speak.....

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Ah, Reform 'We want young people to have families, oh, and we are going to make it even harder to do so'

Good luck Mark.👍

£90bn a year is too much to ignore in the next election The harsh financial reality of Brexit and what it means for Labour in the next election @cliffmitchell.bsky.social

1/ Shattering the silence: a survivor speaks out In the first part of a two-part series I talk to Calleigh who tells her story of trauma and the night everything changed | Gemma Gould @gemmagould.bsky.social centralbylines.co.uk/society/shat...

Farage’s Reform UK attack on the young: austerity revisited Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK Ltd is taking aim at the young over the minimum wage, voting age and mental health support | Mark Cunliffe @markcunliffe.bsky.social

I'm planning a huge foodbank collection with the Scouts as we speak.....

The voice of the nation – who speaks for Britain? The wrong people are telling the story of Britain, and the story they tell is exhausted | Gerry Mitchell @gerrymitchell.bsky.social

The Trump administration intends to make visitors provide five years of social media, a decade of email addresses and DNA, where will this all end? | Mark Cunliffe

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Trump unveils new dystopian visa plans, but where will it end? The Trump administration intends to make visitors provide five years of social media, a decade of email addresses and DNA, where will this all end? | Mark Cunliffe @centralbylines.co.uk @markcunliffe.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social

Trump unveils new dystopian visa plans, but where will it end? The Trump administration intends to make visitors provide five years of social media, a decade of email addresses and DNA, where will this all end? | Mark Cunliffe @markcunliffe.bsky.social

Trump unveils new dystopian visa plans, but where will it end? The Trump administration intends to make visitors provide five years of social media, a decade of email addresses and DNA, where will this all end? | Mark Cunliffe @markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk

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'On “X”, Doyle followed Elon Musk, Nigel Farage, Andrew Tate, and a random small time, seemingly right wing commentor, as well as several cryptocurrency accounts. He only followed 11 accounts, half of which were far right.' @penhemingway.bsky.social @northwestbylines.co.uk

Farage’s Reform UK attack on the young: austerity revisited centralbylines.co.uk/politics/far...

Farage’s Reform UK attack on the young: austerity revisited Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK Ltd is taking aim at the young over the minimum wage, voting age and mental health support By me.......

Farage’s Reform UK attack on the young: austerity revisited Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK Ltd is taking aim at the young over the minimum wage, voting age and mental health support | Mark Cunliffe @markcunliffe.bsky.social

Farage’s Reform UK attack on the young: austerity revisited Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK Ltd is taking aim at the young over the minimum wage, voting age and mental health support By me.......

One of the founders of Bylines Network explaining the importance of the new Friends of Bylines Network scheme to sustain citizen journalism.

The voice of the nation – who speaks for Britain? The wrong people are telling the story of Britain, and the story they tell is exhausted | Gerry Mitchell @gerrymitchell.bsky.social @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk

"The Bylines Network is tremendously inspiring…it's crucial that journalism speaks truth to power, but the great majority of it unfortunately speaks with the voice of power…it’s really inspiring to see networks like yours filling that huge gap and doing what journalism ought to do.” George Monbiot

Farage’s Reform UK attack on the young: austerity revisited Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK Ltd is taking aim at the young over the minimum wage, voting age and mental health support | Mark Cunliffe @markcunliffe.bsky.social

During the #Bradford Council meeting on Dec 9, the local Conservatives proposed to cut Council Tax Support for the most vulnerable in the district. Green Councillor Matt Edwards (@greenmattbfd.bsky.social) had this brilliant reply:

NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors. The full requirements will end tourism in the United States. Below is the full, mind-blowing list. 🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨 1/

Farage’s Reform UK attack on the young: austerity revisited Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK Ltd is taking aim at the young over the minimum wage, voting age and mental health support | Mark Cunliffe @markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk

Community leaders in East Staffordshire have called for two county councillors to resign following allegations of racist social media posts @centralbylines.co.uk

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🔥 The “Friends of Bylines Network” scheme… …and how citizen journalism can break the grip of mainstream media on the news mix we consume. Community roots go deeper than broadcasters. Check it out, share & get involved—> bylinesnetwork.co.uk/friends-of-b...