I’m hosting a new round of Coffee Afternoons, and I’d love to see you there. It’s a relaxed space to share your views, raise local issues, or just have a natter about what’s going on in our town. 📍Check out the upcoming dates and locations, and sign up here: 👉

The clean energy sector is growing fast, and it’s exciting to see local people like Tyler leading the way. A real example of what investing in skills means for Basingstoke.

Evidence shows that rolling back our climate ambitions would do nothing to win back voters from Reform, but instead risk losing crucial votes to the Liberal Dems & Greens On net zero, Labour must take the fight to Badenoch and Farage, writes Luke Murphy MP politicshome.com/opinion/articl…

My position on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill following today’s report stage in the House of Commons.

Question: Do you wonder why - when the econ is bigger than it used to be - the salaries and wages of working people are in long term decline & our services are being cut Answer: Greed at the top! Today we discovered that the richest 350 families are now worth £772 billion

See this Instagram video by @prof_alice_roberts instagram.com/reel/DJuQQmfMW…

Breaking news!The government has just voted against the same swift brick amendment they voted for 2 years ago. We can only save our swifts if we all act. Email your MP. Ask them to sign edm.parliament.uk/early-day-moti… MEET your MP. Tell them how much this matters or we’ll lose them

UK Government promised voters they would “protect nature” and “ensure…new towns and housebuilding include nature at their heart”. So why are new planning changes weakening environmental protections for developments? 😕🧵 (1/5)

What a treat when you stay patiently hidden in one spot for a couple of hours and this beautiful long eared owl flies right past you unnoticed while on the hunt. 😍 Durham Bird Club RSPB BBC Wildlife BBC Springwatch Canon UK and Ireland #longearedowl

a dream came true this week .. my first (ever) encounter with a Duke of Burgundy butterfly .. in Hampshire .. excuse the blurry pics

yesterday I met a chestnut coloured beauty .. a Roe deer doe at the edge of a wood in Hampshire

2 more Manchester Dates. Tickets on Sale Now! livenation.co.uk/ricky-gervais-…

🗣️ Jeremy Corbyn

Wild: The US is so opposed to a Palestinian state that it is now threatening "diplomatic consequences" against *Saudi Arabia and France* (and the 150+ more nations who voted to have this conference dedicated towards a Palestinian state and achieving peace).

I found a fresh parasitic Oak Bracket fungus yesterday .. oozing rubies

a fallow deer doe beside a lake in north Hampshire.. 08/06/2025

a June male Silver-studded Blue butterfly nectaring on bell heather in north Hampshire

yum! .. a Roe deer doe yesterday in north Hampshire

Nectaring on Bell Heather, one of several female Silver-studded Blue upper wing colour variations noted at Preece Heath Common, 11/6. Gary Hobbs West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Conservation 🦋