More rain is expected across the North West today and over the weekend. We will be issuing flood alerts and warnings so make sure you are signed up to receive them for your local area and check your risk of flooding 🌧🏠🏢🌧 #PrepareActSurvive #Flood 👉 gov.uk/check-flooding

More rain is forecast overnight tonight across the North West. Sign up for flood warnings and check the flood risk in your local area 🌧🏢🏠🌧 #PrepareActSurvive #Flood 👉 gov.uk/check-flooding

Here’s another for you. The Boat Inn on the Severn near Ironbridge has helpfully been marking every flood on its door since 1929. The recent increase in flood events is startling and very worrying. Photo by George Wall.

♻️ We’re introducing a new system making firms supplying household packaging responsible for the costs of dealing with the waste. 🗞️ Read about the next stage of its introduction: gov.uk/government/new…

Some of the charts in today’s IPCC report are particularly hard hitting. We’re currently on course for 2.7°C of heating. This would make huge swathes of the globe unliveable for animals, plants and humans. Even an optimistic 2° is catastrophic.

Don’t forget to register for our next patient meeting will be held in Leeds on Friday 6th October 2023. There will be lively presentations and it will be a great opportunity to meet with other GIST patients and their families Register now gistcancer.org.uk/events/ #gistcancer

It was great to see so many of you in attendance at our patient and carer meeting in Leeds yesterday, here’s a few pics from the day #gistcanceruk #pawsgist #gistcancer #patientmeeting

Flooding is still affecting many areas of the county. Please do not attempt to walk through, play in, drive through, or enter flood water and rivers. If you see someone in trouble call 999 immediately.

Our Area Duty Manager, Martin Christmas, takes us inside the #StormCiaran Environment Agency incident room for #Yorkshire. They're overseeing the operation to help reduce the risk and impact of #flooding.

Great to hear our Founder Andy Hall, chatting with Roy Vibe Bio sharing innovative approaches that can accelerate breakthroughs in rare cancer research, opening up new avenues for treatment. #rarecancer #cancerresearch #clinicaltrials #HealthTech

Thanks RareCan for inviting me to talk at Bionow Oncology & Precision Medicine Conference to give patient’s perspective & flag the invaluable support of PAWSGIST. Exciting to hear from those involved in cancer research & those advocating rare cancers @Oracle_Cancer & Bone Cancer Research Trust

Research is key to improving treatments and outcomes for people with rare cancer. Empowering patients, working together with patient support groups like GIST Cancer UK & PAWSGIST and connecting them to researchers quickly gives hope to many. #togetherwecan

You know the phrase spinning out of control ..

We head back to Manchester Magistrates Court on Monday for our final three day hearing. We’re hoping to remove the Noise Abatement Notice (NAN) MCC Environmental Health Officers served on us over 2 years ago.1/8

On this special day PAWS-GIST unites with all who raise awareness, improve education and galvanise action to reduce the devastating impact that cancer has on the world.

#WorldCancerDay gives us all the opportunity to stand together with our friends and family, our members and our partners to help accelerate rare cancer research and improve treatments and outcomes in cancer care that will impact everyone 🌎.

We are proud to celebrate that 64% of the team at RareCan are women! They include our founders, our main board and support teams as well as a number of our partnerships in the rare cancer space. Happy International Women's Day! #inspireinclusion #IWD2024 #togetherwecan

This time last year global sea temperatures entered uncharted territory. Since then the increase has been frankly unbelievable! Yet this chart receives very little media attention. We’re just awaiting the inevitable consequences. Which will come as a surprise to most.

All is not well in the Atlantic. There will be wider consequences.

Always a joy to see the Scottish gritters back on duty. Track them all here traffic.gov.scot/gritter-tracker