The idea that digital ID cards will stop people working in the shadow economy and thus reduce small boat crossings is baffling The very nature of the shadow economy (the only way asylum seekers can find work) is employers don’t check documents.. That would obviously continue with ID cards

This is a excellent intiative from @hopenothate.org.uk - I've signed up to do my area and would strongly encourage everyone else to do so as well

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.

BREAKING: The Scottish Government has confirmed it opposes Labour's plans to introduce compulsory Digital ID

🧑‍🎨Fancy something a bit different & getting on your creative side? ✍️An introductory workshop to nature writing at the beautiful Paxton Pits Nature Reserve next week. Book a spot here www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2025-...

If we get digital ID cards, could there be physical alternatives for people who struggle with digital? We’ve been working with adults with learning disabilities who are trying to retain cash for local services they have to pay for. I’m guessing they’d prefer a card rather than a digital document.

Took time out for a wander today. Great-crested grebes and cormorants were diving on the lake. A very scary-looking giant mushroom... And signs Christmas is coming! Loving West Sussex...

Bu farw'r bardd Cymreig #RSThomas 25 ones #ArYDiwrnodHwn yn 2000. Dyma'i gerdd 'Swallows' (cyhoeddwyd yn ‘No Truce with the Furies’ gan @BloodaxeBooks)

If this intends to make it legally compulsory for every adult in Derry to carry something called a "Brit Card", then I'm willing to offer some high-paid consultancy on why this plan might be flawed.

"Well, there's your problem..." #DonaldTrump #Escalator

Poppy Field (Giverny) - 1890/1891 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/1222182

Rewilding in action! 📸 NTS

Going to view a house today. Probably totally unsuitable but it's a first step to get out of the move/extend question we've been spiralling around in for about 10 years now.... The secret village compost heap I found out about yesterday might prove a decisive moment in propelling me outta here...

Very wise words

Trump pushed Kimmel into going full resistance lib for the biggest audience he will ever have. Another masterclass from the president.

Well someone's got to oppose Reform and it's certainly not Labour atm...

London is also: ✅ 100% autocrat-free ✅ not trying to kill its inhabitants with actively-dangerous medical advice ✅ unlikely to start a war with Hertfordshire or invade Kent

For anyone concerned there may be something to the Tylenol-autism BS, I present:

Last night I knocked a bloke's Brompton bike over in Greggs at Three Bridges station. He was lovely about it. So we talked about bikes and his plan to ride from Lands End to John O'Groats on his carbon bike. "If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough," he said. What a brilliant guy.

People say "autism never used to exist" and then you go to the Natural History Museum and the exhibit has a caption like "Born in 1762, The Revd [name] was famously irascible, steadfast in his routine, and dedicated his life to collecting 25,000 rare beetle specimens".

Found out this morning there's a secret communal compost heap in a hidden corner of the allotment site. I've only had the allotment for about 15 years and been in the village for 20, so I guess I was too much of an incomer for anyone to tell me... I feel really upset.

Under one last morning star, the last hot day of the contracting year.

This is how much the price of food has risen in 5 years in the UK. 🥛Milk, eggs and cheese: +47% 🍖 Meat: +35% 🧈 Oil and butter: +60% 🍞 Cereal and bread: +34% 🍓 Fruit: +26% 🥦 Vegetables: +35% www.trussell.org.uk

Trump again just implied that the MMR vaccine causes autism. Many studies have shown that there is no relationship between MMR vaccine and the development of autism. This one followed every single child born in Denmark from 1991 through 1998 (n=537,303). There was no association.

BBC push alert tomorrow: ‘The Rapture is here. Why this could be good news for Reform UK’

"Absolutely shocking that this would even be considered." 💬 RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Prof Nicola Ranger spoke to ITV news this evening about Reform UK's plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain for migrants.

BREAKING: France recognizes a Palestinian state at a United Nations meeting to revive the Mideast peace process.

Disney says Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return to the air on Tuesday

Excited to see this guy again after a three-year gap. He is the Large Maple Spanworm, and he wins, hands down, the award for Most Likely To Blend In With The Autumn Leaves. Moths are amazing. #Leptember #Moths #MothsMatter #TeamMoth

Fabulous Buckeye (Junonia coenia) in the prairie today Nature is amazing #Leptember #Butterflies #NativePlants #Naturephotography

The Reform Party policy of abolition of indefinite leave to remain is supported by 3% of the public

Just one example of the real-world consequences of the far-right drift by Reform, Labour etc. This person will be one of very many people feeling the same...

Nail, head. Why can't Starmer find the balls to say this?

Reform will apparently pledge today that they'd abolish indefinite leave to remain - including retrospectively, to people already granted it. Obviously this is a moral abomination but it is also a practical and legal impossibility.

Another terrible call by our beloved Labour government. Gatwick doesn't have adequate transport links as it is. And who needs more planes in a climate change age?

Fred Brown is a sand artist and he re created Banksy art on the beach of Scarborough

It's not every day you find a Nightjar in your garden! 😮 Thanks to Sharon for sharing photos of their amazing unexpected visitor. Nightjars are summer migrants, sometimes appearing in coastal areas around this time of year before starting their long journey back to Africa. 🌍 📸© Sharon Webster

UK recognition of the State of Palestine was a promise made to my great grandfather decades ago. While on its own, recognition won’t solve anything without further action, it is a down payment on peace. Today we have just a little more hope, and hope is contagious. 📻 on BBC world service this AM:

Israel bombed a Houthi-aligned newspaper office in Yemen, killing at least 31 journalists in the second largest targeted killing of media workers CPJ has ever recorded. One more expansion of Israel’s claimed right to bomb anyone, anywhere, any time with impunity. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

On Friday, Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmiya left his family home for a shift as the director of the Al-Shifa hospital. A day later, the bodies of six family members arrived while he was still on duty.

Cycling isn’t just good for the planet, your wallet and your fitness. Choosing this form of transportation for your errands instead of driving or taking the train may also help you prevent cognitive decline, a recent study found.

Pause your doomscrolling and listen to this story.

The data is in -- tourism to US dropped after Trump came in, while tourism recovered in rest of world...foreign arrivals at American airports down 3.8% compared with 2024, or 1.3m fewer people. With more Americans going the other way. See charts via @economist.com www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

Everyone needs an editor on.ft.com/47NzFij Donald Trump suit against New York Times dismissed for being too long

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...

NEW: An Israeli conductor for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra has been arrested at a protest near the Israel-Gaza border after calling for an end to the genocide

Tropical storm #Gabrielle to become a hurricane this weekend and then crossing the Atlantic during week. It will weaken and remnants of it could influence our weather next weekend but lot of uncertainty at present.

Power is the rock on which truth founders. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital. Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...