Watch some familiar faces explain why they support Labour’s plan to improve access to the arts 👇

Hospital admissions for waterborne diseases in England up 60%. Consequence of raw sewage dumped in rivers/seas for more than 3.6m hours. Water company profits and exec pay boosted for inflicting harms. No one prosecuted. theguardian.com/environment/20…

. Feargal Sharkey this is just UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!! What a national scandal the water companies are…rinse profit, under invest and dump sewage!!! It’s disgusting

We'd like to give a big THANK YOU to local artist Elizabeth for stepping in and working with Swalecliffe School to make sure they're #Whitstable carnival ready by the end of the school year! Check out her work here etsy.com/uk/shop/Elizab…

Great nature walk around #Swalecliffe #Tankerton this morning with andy taylor of eco group of CT5 People’s Forum - as well as loads of migratory birds - we saw these amazing caterpillars of brown tail moths on local sea buckthorn bush - Next walk at 0800 Sunday 12 May!

Come to our, very topical, meeting this Wednesday… facebook.com/10006477441842…

But seriously , what has nature ever done for us ? You know , apart from the air we breathe , the food we eat , making us healthier . . . Brilliant new ad from Zero Hour @zero-hour.bsky.social to promote their Climate & Nature Bill campaign , take action at zerohour.uk #EarthDay

Traffic 🚗calming 🧘‍♀️trees🌳 Fact: cars drive more slowly on a tree-lined street. These 3 interventions show the positive use of trees in the roadway: 🚸As part of a narrowed crossing point (Top) 🏎️ Within a chicane (Left) 🧑‍🤝‍🧑At a wide junction, narrowed to make it more

🚨 BREAKING: London Mayoral results in Greenwich and Lewisham 🔴 Khan 46.5% 🔵 Hall 26.2% 4.5% swing from Conservative to Labour

Its now been confirmed 500,000 are affected. No wonder I'm hearing of people having bounced payments, being unable to charge prepayment meters. And still no update from HM Revenue & Customs on when it'll be resolved.

The June CT5 People’s Forum Eco groups free Guided Wildlife Walk at Longrock is this Sunday 9th. Meet at Swalecliffe Skate Park 08.00 .All welcome group Photos by Alex Hare @whistablemaritime #coasttrail #whitstablecoastaltrail Whitstable Live tweettankerton Go Whitstable

In other news South West Water has announced a new chairman. Not to be outdone by the CEO, 58% pay rise the new chair will be paid £250,000 per year. That by the way is for chairing 6 meetings, yes 6, £41,666 per meeting. And you get a car thrown in. thebusinessdesk.com/south-west/new…

"Taps turned on for water chief's pay despite company blamed for vomiting bug outbreak." Each of the households poisoned by South West Water last month is to get £265 compensation. The CEO's household got £860,000 for making it all happen. thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/…

Sympathies to all the decent Icelandic people who are as utterly appalled as the rest of the civilised world that MFA Iceland 🇮🇸 Office of the President of Iceland have granted another licence to murder whales . Beyond words . bbc.com/news/articles/…

Gary Gibbon, "Basically, the tax cuts come from welfare cuts" Laura Trott, "Yep" Not even hiding it. Shamelessly saying they will cut taxes and fund that by making the poorest and most in need people in our society, poorer and more in need. How can this be anything other than

“Living on a croft and being close to the land and weather, I see first-hand the results of the decades of destruction companies like #Shell have caused to our climate. Climate change is no longer a distant threat, it’s now a reality here in #Scotland” energyvoice.com/uncategorized/…

CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN FOR WILD ABOUT WHITSTABLE - please support, no donation too small. Let’s celebrate nature in 2024. ct5peoplesforum.org/post/crowdfund…

!! NOW - PARK LANE - LONDON !! We're impossible to ignore - and it's not just #ExtinctionRebellion! In our thousands, different groups, different people. Together: Louder, bigger, stronger in our call to #RestoreNatureNow

So I tweet “We owe it to them: all our female ancestors who were denied that democratic right [to vote]. Patriarchal forces still attempt to hold us back…” and:

The Southern Water CEO, Lawrence Gosden, has been paid a £183,600 bonus, raising his annual salary to £764,000. This is despite releasing 317,285 hours of sewage in 2023, double the year before, and putting our bills up by 44%. Beyond parody. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…