This is a staggering FOI that shocks me. There appears to be procedural irrationality in decision making by factoring in an irrelevant "expedient" consideration. TPO does not automatically block development, so development is not relevant in law to issuance of TPO is it?

An extremely important judicial review has been launched to protect trees and the process of fair-minded TPO protection orders. Quite extraordinary that the decision was hidden throughout most of the period in which a legal challenge could be brought.

Thread 1/6 Lost amongst much other bad news about University Hospitals Birmingham, this recent story from Emily Townsend is an important read Richard Fitzgerald 💙 🦀 Ken Lownds David Drew Derek Richford Rhiannon MBE & Richard MBE Dr Shivam Sharma Valerie (Val) Humphreys Andrew Ward Claire M Dee 💙 Claire Spencer 🐙 Burnt Toast

This supplementary question was unlawfully censored by the chair of Cambridgeshire County Council at today's county council meeting.

Hi South Cambridgeshire District Council, Does anyone at the council have an alternate version of events for the complaint about the head of paid service submitted on 6 October? We have heard nothing but silence from the council. Are any of the allegations denied? Many thanks, Fews Lane Consortium

Martha's rule is already changing treatment and saving lives in NHS according to initial data. A simple idea - but one that will give families like mine a voice when you feel no-one is listening. Thank you to Merope for your courage and love. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Merry Christmas and a happy new year from everyone at Newsnight #Newsnight returns on January 6

Solicitors' Regulator knew for more than a year that it had no proper basis to bring a prosecution against a Solicitor. Chillingly, it didn't reveal its report identifying its own "improper" actions to the victim even when seeking to withdraw the case. lawgazette.co.uk/news/sra-order…

NEW: A police investigation into allegations of preventable harm at an NHS trust is now looking into more than 200 cases BBC File On 4 ran reveal. The claims centre on the care provided by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust between 2015 and 2021. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

"Don't overdo it, Steve" . bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c5…

NEW BLOG: With headlines this week about possible 25% council tax rises, our guest blog by Andrew Hill asks: What happened to residents’ right to vote on ‘excessive’ council tax increases? researchforaction.uk/council-tax-ri…

"How can they sleep at night?" Lisa Kenevan tells #BBCLauraK that TikTok is breaching its own rules as she and three other parents sue the platform over the deaths of their children bbc.in/4aUYicw

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BBC News - Enjoy sushi? An amazing story about an amazing woman who changed the world! bbc.com/news/articles/…

1/2 Still failing after all these years University Hospitals Birmingham: recurrent basic errors from a department that remains unsafe Caitlin Tilley Michele Paduano Preet Kaur Gill MP Wes Streeting Ken Lownds PG11 Richard Fitzgerald 💙 🦀 EMMANOUIL NIKOLOUSIS - Richard Burden Zoe Wyrko

Sad to hear there's more issues at UHB.

Care of climatereanalyzer.org For the record, the anomaly of 6.818 standard deviations in a normal distribution would correspond to an event with frequency of about 1-in-216 billion. These are not normal times. Collapse incoming.

The Housing, Communities & Local Government Committee select committee report says England’s broken council tax system risks undermining local democracy. committees.parliament.uk/committee/17/h…

According to Greater Cambridge Shared Planning, the use of AI can drastically reduce the time required to process thousands of pages of public consultation responses—in one case, down to 16 minutes versus 60 hours previously. cambridge.gov.uk/news/2025/07/2…

The key reason why so many councils are effectively bankrupt - the scrapping of the audit commission in 2015 removed the last check-and-balance to "market chaos". Not all quango red tape was bad...some saved us fortunes. theguardian.com/business/2025/…