This piece by Hanna Bowers makes for grim (& no doubt familiar) reading to many women who have given birth in the last decade. Do fill out evenor's maternity survey & let the council know your story, so vital improvements in care can be made. thetimes.co.uk/article/my-nig… evenor23

i think beyonce might get her fashion inspiration from betty white: thread

Here is the Government's LTN Review. It is 79 pages.
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Below is part of the Exec Summary (highlights are mine). It paints a very mixed picture of LTNs & endorses much of their opponents have argued.

Today I am mostly remembering how Humphrey the Downing Street cat had to pose with that day's newspapers to prove Cherie Blair hadn't killed him.

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Something tells me the Opinel steak knife people are relying on AI to write their descriptions. Personally, I like my knives to be completely sober.

Cervical cancer will be almost eliminated in coming decades if HPV vaccination rates are high in children.

In England HPV vaccination coverage in schools is rising again but still below pre-pandemic levels. Please encourage children to get protected.

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Air pollution devastates people's health, and children are particularly vulnerable.

It's fantastic to see that Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children's doctors are considering air pollution when diagnosing illnesses: theguardian.com/environment/20…

Brilliance and fury in equal measure. Thank you Janice Turner

Before you immerse yourself in the weekend, do this one thing: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6393…

Jenny Jones Rosamund Adoo-KD CBE FBSA's 'Ella’s Law' has passed in the Lords, but the House of Commons could delay indefinitely. Sign this petition to make sure it's aired. A UK #CleanAir Law now!

As this week's Private Eye Magazine points out, the simple reason why so many Councils are bankrupt, is because Cameron's Govt abolished the Audit Commission and District Auditors. Since then it's been a Wild West, where grifters and conmen can make millions. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-663409…

This is so sad. JB visited the foundry and the bell design on the cover of ‘Summoned by Bells’ came from bells at the foundry.

Best of luck, Youcef Hassaine 🇬🇧 🇩🇿🇮🇪!

it's quite the final act for Harriet Harman, who will leave parliament at the next election and took on this job only a few months after the death of her husband Jack Dromey

No one puts the counter argument better than Frank McCourt - in one of my favourite ever letters

Well said Cllr Kieron Williams

This is so accurate. We have long said that so-called 'urban professionals' should stop calling their work 'place-making' and say 'place re-making' instead. It is a shocking high level of professional self-delusion.

No serious news outlet should let Johnson say he was forced out, without setting out as Robert Saunders does here, just how untrue that was. Johnson jumped before even responding to the committee before they agreed their final report.

Feel like I missed quite a significant appointment

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