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A nice way to end 2 days top birding in Norfolk. Eastern Black Redstart, Red Throated Divers, Red-necked Grebe, Red Breasted Mergansers (a lot of red!), Velvet Scoters, Long Tailed Ducks, Scaup, thousands of geese, Marsh Harriers, Grey Plover. The LEO was on the way home

David Lammy has said his sinister plan to slash our right to jury trials is needed to solve the backlog of more than 80,000 cases in the Crown Court. But that’s not true, is it David Lammy? The Institute for Government (IfG) has said in a new report that Lammy’s controversial

Thanks James Rebanks for a very important article Chris Rumming

A good active #BigGardenBirdWatch with 14 species. Highlights being 20 Goldfinch, 3 Greenfinch, 3 Chaffinch, 10 Starling, 6 Rooks

Bit late for #BigGardenBirdWatch (but I’ll count it!) a male Blackcap

Modern Britain…..

Christian Legal Centre cases, Darlington and Jennifer Melle, raised again in the House of Commons. When are Bridget Phillipson and Wes Streeting going to sort this out?

No it 100% does not. It’s a dangerous and risky bill that poses serious risks to vulnerable people, that its proponents have ignored.

A top day out: Ace views of c30 Bramblings in the Glos Cotswolds. Time to drive to Staffs to see 2 Slavonian Grebes before returning to Solihull to see Super York City FC put on a show with a 2-0 win. 4 consecutive away wins for me now: Eastleigh, Brackley, Sutton, Solihull

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Another big haul of litter picked up in Westlea, Swindon this morning with 12 other #litterheroes It was just continuous and so a little dispiriting. But the area and community is better for the effort, and it stayed dry! KeepSwindonTidy

A critical approach to Islam should be described as Islamosceptic The word Islamophobic is emotionally loaded to suggest that criticism of Islam implies mental instablility

What is the point of a debating and politics society if it refuses to debate politics? We are facing a systemic crisis of free speech and academic freedom on university campuses: students ostracised for lawful views, academics hounded out of jobs, and visiting speakers silenced.

Lammy’s “radical” plan to slash our right to jury trials will not fix the backlog, warns the Chair of the Bar Council. Kirsty Brimelow KC has hit out at the Justice Secretary’s plan to overhaul our centuries-old jury trial system, warning it will undermine public trust in the

At Wealdstone yesterday before kick off. I never thought I’d enjoy the day when I see one of my teams (Yeah I support two which is anathema to some I know) win away FIVE consecutive times. Super York City FC always putting on a show

Good conservation task in the rain on Thursday with Wilts Wildlife Trust We cleared a small area of willows. Looks messy now but on the left is a laid hedge that will be in leaf again within weeks: on the right a dead hedge offering great habitat for insects and nesting birds

My latest cartoon for tomorrow's The Telegraph Buy a print of my cartoons at telegraph.co.uk/mattprints Original artwork from chrisbeetles.com