Appalled and horrified by every aspect of this crime. As one of the daughters of the perpetrator and victim said, this case demonstrates once more just how “well-integrated” predators and perpetrators of violence against women are in our societies. These were not marginalized

🧱Some house builders push back against policies and standards to improve the quality of new homes, wrongly citing higher costs and slower delivery. 📰Our new fact sheet explains how delivering #HealthyHomes is both: ✅ Technically feasible. ✅ Viable. 👇tcpa.org.uk/resources/heal…

⏰Last chance to apply to transform your road into a Play Street for Car Free Day. Applications need to be submitted by Sunday 8 September.👇

⌛️Next week is the early-bird registration deadline for the Healthy City Design 2024 Congress. 🏙️Join Healthy City Design 2024 International Congress in Liverpool on 15-16 October & explore innovative approaches to urban design that prioritise health, equity & sustainability. 🎟️Register: healthycitydesign.global/registration

Your weekly TREE watering REMINDER ⏰💧🌳 A big thank-you to Peter from #Hillingdon, who has pledged to look water this street tree for its first 3 seasons - May to September. #WateringWednesday #WateringChampions

❌‘Dysfunction’ in the English planning system is leaving new housing development vulnerable to flood risk. 🌊New TCPA research identifies a catalogue of operational issues which show how the system is failing to secure long-term climate resilience. tcpa.org.uk/english-planni…

Today's Grenfell Tower inquiry report presents an important opportunity to renew the conversation about fire safety. It highlights the urgent need to enforce regulations and condemn practices that prioritise profit over people’s lives. 🗣️ New blog: tcpa.org.uk/ensuring-all-h…

The final report from the Grenfell public inquiry is damning. It cites “decades of failure” by the Government and "dishonesty" from cladding manufacturers. This is the story of how the state not only failed to regulate the building industry but actively encouraged deregulation

We talk too often about politics and policy as though they are abstract concepts that live in Westminster. They are not. What happens in Westminster and, crucially, what doesn't happen has an impact on people's lives. In this case, the impact of a deregulation agenda was fatal.

Hazel Appleyard No this is disgusting. No men ever should be buying babies. No one should be buying babies. Separating babies from their mothers creates life-long trauma. I hate this.

Rebecca Cheptegei (1991-5 Sep 2024) Ugandan cross country runner, long distance & marathon runner. An exceptional athlete & Olympian she won the Padova Marathon in Italy & finished second in the 10,000-meters at the Ugandan Championships. #WPUKIcons #SayHerName #EndFemicide

👇 Register now for our September webinars ▫️ New Communities Group: Who will live in the new community?  ▫️ Securing healthy homes locally ▫️ Planning for healthy places: a practical guide for local authorities on embedding health in Local Plans 🔗tcpa.org.uk/events/

🧵💚On the 14th of June 2017 I was a correspondent on the Today programme at BBC Radio Four. A colleague called in the early hours and asked me to rush to Grenfell Tower. I will never forget the scale, trauma, bravery, generosity, confusion, kindness, fear, horror, 1/

Then and now. Aug 2010 / Aug 2024. Up over Here East Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park #aerialphotography #London jasonhawkes.com

A passing thought that there are people out there who will be reading the inquiry report and quietly knowing they were on the right side of history, even though it made them unpopular, cost them opportunities and saw their views dismissed. If faced with the choice, be like them

Excellent news from Welsh Gov 👏 Key to giving children a happy, healthy start in life is access to healthy, nutritious food🥦🍅🥕. We would like to see the #Gvt adopt universal school meal provision for ALL primary & secondary school children🍽️ itv.com/news/wales/202…

Can we please stop using black women as an excuse for not enforcing sex categories in sports? It is out-and-out racism. Black female athletes lose out and are placed in danger when they are forced to compete against men. It’s shameful that in 2024, we need to say that black women

Schoolchildren living in London's ultra-low emission zone were nearly four times as likely to switch to walking and cycling after its introduction compared with those outside the zone, new research suggests. bbc.in/4e2iV6O

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Colin Ward was the conscience of the TCPA throughout the 1970s. Last month, the Town & Country Planning Journal featured a number of special essays paying tribute to the 'gentle anarchist' and radical urbanist. These are now free to view on our website: tcpa.org.uk/sample-journal…