You have to say what an extraordinary job MattStaniek
and the team at #savewindermere have done, utterly brilliant.

Steve Coogan explains how corporate greed is poisoning lake Windermere.

thetimes.co.uk/article/driver…

A timelapse showing the incredible movement of a growing vine, exhibiting both nastic movement to find, and then a thigmotropic response to grasp and hold.

STOP Needless Destruction of our Coast & Countryside by National Grid - Sign the Petition! chng.it/LcfqjWXS via Change.org UK

BBC News - Boat Race: Oxford rowers criticise sewage levels in River Thames
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-687014… Feargal Sharkey

Boat Race Rowers told not to enter Thames due to river pollution! bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Do we get infrastructure, services and amenities along with new housing…? (Do I need to ask the question…?!)
My latest piece:
telegraph.co.uk/money/property…

@communityplann1

'Millions of the dwellings sold through the scheme are now in the hands of private landlords who rent them out for more than if they’d remained in public ownership' theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I’m taking a stand with CPRE The countryside charity for a countryside everyone can afford to live in. Join the call for a new generation of genuinely affordable homes, starting now. Add your name. takeaction.cpre.org.uk/page/142286/pe…
Link 'affordability' to local wages 4 truly affordable housing

'Trying to solve the UK housing crisis while right to buy remains on the statute books is like trying to fill a bath with the plug out.'
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Before she left her loved ones behind to fly to Dignitas to die, Paola left an important message urging Party leaders to listen to dying people.

Please sign Paola’s open letter and join us in calling for a Parliamentary debate on assisted dying.

dignityindying.org.uk/paola

The planning system, along with health and education, is a major post-WW2 achievement in social welfare and collective action. It is now seen by Labour as well as the Gov as a 'barrier to growth' to be 'bulldozed away'. Steven Boxall Steve Kemp Town & Country Planning Association Rosie P 🍃💚🍃🌳🚲💧 Just Space

bbc.com/news/business-…

Surrey is so lucky to have a FREE online newspaper that tackles such a wide range of issues. Well done The Guardian for highlighting this fabulous community resource theguardian.com/media/2024/mar…

So, my BT BT bill is going up by almost £10 a MONTH! The explanation is 4% for inflation plus 3.9%??? My question is WHY? If anyone can nominate an alternative provider that isn't fleecing its customers, please let me know!

France set to allow terminally ill people to end their lives at home msn.com/en-gb/news/wor… A step in the right direction #DignityInDying #AssistedDying

'We call on the government to redefine ‘affordable’ in line with local incomes, not market rates, set and deliver ambitious targets for new, genuinely affordable and social-rent rural housing' cpre.org.uk/news/our-react…

Water firms allowed to dump sewage into rivers using permits from the 1950s inews.co.uk/news/sewage-pe…

All-in-all lots of excellent recommendations, if one or two less excellent. And has very much listened to the 'need vs demand' argument we submitted. Plus has reined itself back in scope of recommendations - I was worried before - see my blog: linkedin.com/pulse/unintend…
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