#r4today - interesting commentary from Jeremy Hunt on the previous conservative govt 'plan' to reform the NHS, which sounds the same as every other simple plan to reform it: productivity, efficiency, and digitalisation.

"Experts [...] say Britain could be more immune than other countries because the bulk of its exports to the US are in services..." theguardian.com/business/2024/…

BBC News - 'Our son's inquest showed coroners are toothless' bbc.com/news/articles/…

BBC News - 'I was shocked' by Captain Tom charity, says ex-boss bbc.com/news/articles/…

#r4today 'packaging is a barometer of the economy', sales going down but customers are staying with the supplier... so, why not employ a service‐oriented business model and work around the customers' evolving needs?

No mention of services... theguardian.com/books/2025/feb…

Where so many things are heavily regulated, it doesn't make sense to me that there is 'no evidence' that a sector so fraudulent wouldn't benefit from some oversight: BBC News - bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Hornsea man, 91, lost life savings in rogue roofer scam - BBC News

#r4today re nursery fees, did anyone mention that nurseries seem to have increased their fees to compensate for the free hours? Or the games being played to get additional funding that parents are in the middle of?

I can't remember a news story making me feel ill all day before... BBC News - 'Our daughter was killed at nursery - they need to be safer' - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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BBC News - Plea to parents after aborted air ambulance landing at park - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

"We don’t like being told something that we know or sense doesn’t seem right.” Jean Charles de Menezes’s mother says ‘everyone should watch’ TV drama about his killing theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/a…

Clothes-as-a-serive?...‘You sold it – now recycle it’: the protesters mailing worn-out clothes to the shops they bought them from theguardian.com/environment/20…

#r4today interesting piece about the use of AI by university students, but so far seems to assume it's a problem, but hasn't stated why. As I keep telling my students, you shouldn't come up with a solution until you articulate the problem.

#r4today more talk about 'legislation' to improve life for tenants in rented/social housing. All this extra legislation is just putting good landlords off. Helping vulnerable people enforce existing laws is what's missing.

I imagine JCB services could be equally valuable: Councillor welcomes arrival of specialist pothole repair machine to fix road defects in Lichfield lichfieldlive.co.uk/2025/05/30/cou… via Lichfield Live®

#r4today is this interview for real or did my alarm not work this morning? 😳

NHS keeps public away as patients seen as ‘inconvenience’, new boss says | The Standard share.google/hbkEl4vwWA9BKj…

'A&E nightmare robbed our son of chance to survive': Parents say NHS needs radical change | ITV News share.google/ECiFsgVVPk4UVJ…

Glad to see Al Pinkerton MP is on the case. Dave for Lichfield, Burntwood & the Villages please could you reply to my email about this? We're also in a mess that keeps getting worse. BBC News - Flat owner in limbo over fire safety certificate bbc.com/news/articles/…