✳️ ADSO Shared Learning: Why governance matters most in times of political change. James McLaughlin (Deputy Chief Exec of Sandwell Council) highlights the key priorities for local democracy officers & leadership teams during periods of political change... 👉 https://ow.ly/ynic50Z9iAy

Alan Partridge knew what Monty Don was up to years ago.

Best of luck to Hull City today. Treated terribly in the last week in the fallout from Southampton’s cheating. M’bro Association FC, established in 1986, should not be there regardless.

Southampton are clearly guilty of spying on multiple counts, but the fact that Steve ‘Supergrass’ Gibson has dobbed them in to the EFL means they should be totally exonerated.

The war over Omagh’s gold: the £21bn mine plan tearing a community apart

This looks excellent from @adso-uk.bsky.social - really good to see passionate local democracy specialists thinking about how they respond to the changing needs of councillors and the environments that they operate in within their communities, neighbourhoods & council www.adso.co.uk/councillor-i...

The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement

Hard to believe that it is ten years since Ronnie Pickering announced himself in a Picasso in Hull. youtube.com/watch?v=SXS-...

This sounds impressive on the face of it. Not sure it is where it claims to be and not sure it would ever come up with verbatim quotes. If it managed the latter then my memoirs of committee meetings over 20+ plus years and however long I’ve got left become slightly less interesting.

Well, had a great holiday back in Tyrone over this past week. You can’t go wrong with access to creamy pints, peppercorn sauce and tobacco onions wherever you go. These lads just down the road in Glenelly have the right idea during the holidays

An interesting reflection from Fergal Keane. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nothing is as certain in life as death, taxes and Glenn McGrath’s Ashes prediction www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...

Incredible win for the Lions!

Happy Black Country Day! Black Country Day has been celebrated for over a decade to honour and celebrate the heritage, history, culture and uniqueness of the people of the Black Country. youtu.be/kMR_vF1cAws

The highlight of Glastonbury for me.

A classy end to Match of the Day from Gary Lineker. He was a decent replacement for Desmond Lynam after all.

A new attraction at the home place

The City: Where workers get a vote for the council www.bbc.com/news/article...

How London's boroughs were named 60 years ago www.bbc.com/news/article... Timely content given the present local government reorganisation discussions

Really looking forward to this session - moving to an enabler mindset where councils create conditions for communities to thrive #NotWestminster

Great to be in Huddersfield this morning for #NotWestminster The theme today is Connected by Hope. Looking forward to meeting and hearing from democracy enthusiasts and great people today #localdemocracy

Hello.👋 We have an amazing day of inspiring workshops, lightning talks and activities coming up at #Notwestminster. It’s all about local democracy, citizen power & civic action. Last few free tickets available now. Please share if you can. Thank you 💚 notinwestminster.wordpress.com #ConnectedByHope

Omagh bomb dead to be remembered as inquiry opens www.bbc.com/news/article...