Progress towards a unified #railway, at last and for me as a passenger, hooray to this: - Bring fares and ticketing into the 21st century. Purchase tickets through a new website/app - replacing 14 existing operator ticketing platforms. Yes 14! gov.uk/government/new…

Wrexham, Shropshire & Midlands Railway tries again bit.ly/4aJ2Cx8

Happy New Year for users of our local park 'take a seat'! greenfieldscommunitygroup.org/post/new-year-…

Interesting to see 'entrepreneur' ranking high on this list: linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin…

Tragic decline in design quality (1846 Huddersfield on the right)

The view from my deck tonight. It’s very quiet here. Really quiet. The occasional coot (they’re like ducks) making a noise, but otherwise, all I can hear is the ringing in my ears.

A little bit of civilisation on Orpington station

'Delay Repay' #Railways has long needed reform c.org/VGQXxrfyxV

We used to have lots of places in the UK where you could get most of what you needed within 15 minutes walk: school, GP, grocer, butcher, church, pub, children's playground, sports club. We called them "towns" and "villages". Then along came central and local government. They

Swifts are disappearing but Scotland has just passed a simple law to revive them. They will install swift bricks on all new buildings. Tiny cost. Huge ecological impact. Imagine if every country legislated for life like this.

My local town's hero #CharlesDarwin Born in Shrewsbury 12 February 1809 darwinday.org

Well that’s put a cat amongst the pigeons!

Over 5.1 million views on X alone within 12 hours of launching. The reaction has been incredible, I have never seen anything like this in British politics. So proud and grateful to be part of this really important movement.

Rupert Lowe is the leader this country needs as our next Prime Minister. He has my full support, and I urge everyone to join together and unite behind Restore Britain before it is too late.

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In South Korea 🇰🇷, the solar panels in the middle of the highway have a bicycle path underneath - cyclists are protected from the sun, isolated from traffic, and the country can produce clean energy.

every time I watch daytime tv these days, every other advert seems to be about being cremated cheaply. Lots of smiling faces saying what a wonderful deal they can get. For me the best deal would be not to be cremated for many years to come. I think most people would feel the same

This from Geoffrey Cox KC MP was titanic - a truly beautiful speech. He outshone those sat opposite. They could only watch. And nervously laugh. This should be seen by every new MP to understand what they do, & every new barrister to understand what we do.

This was one of the greatest speeches I’ve heard from today’s politicians. It was, as has been said, titanic. Please do listen to it. It is difficult to understand how anyone could have still felt, after hearing it, that removing a fundamental protection we all have against our