#M4J15Swindon Congestion busting scheme which will improve journey times on the busy M4 J15/A419 gyratory is starting to take shape. The scheme has been funded by Highways England, Swindon Borough Council, SWLEP and Persimmon and Redrow

I’d take the four day week please!

As Simon S McCoy has said he is leaving BBC News, here is a thread of his best bits. Starting with this iconic Royal Baby announcement:

Hello, do you have a moment to talk about our lord and saviour? 😸

Chief Constable Andy Marsh has announced plans to stand down when his contract expires at the start of July 2021. He said leading the force he first joined as a new recruit in 1987 has been “the honour of a lifetime”. The Chief’s full statement ➡️ ow.ly/VO0t50EisRg

We have awarded a £328 million contract to design and deliver an upgrade to the #A358 between the #M5 at Taunton and the Southfields roundabout on the #A303 to Taylor Woodrow ➡️gov.uk/government/new…

#NationalPetDay 🐾🐾

Thursday briefing: Only 3% of world’s ecosystems left intact theguardian.com/world/2021/apr…

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Email of the week... "Hi Liam, Sorry, just pooed to the bathroom."

.@WiltsAirAmbu New pawamedic reporting for duty. 🐾🐾 Lovely to meet your crew near Southmead hospital! 🚁🚁

Wanted to do this for years! Makes voting all the more worth it 🐾🐾 #dogsatpollingstations

Nearly 25,000 votes for a bloke with a bin for a face?!? What a world we live in. He’s get my vote.

"Hiya love, you nearly done? I'm busting for a shite." #Eurovision

RT if you’d like me to represent the UK at #Eurovision 2022.

This is Digby. Today he did something amazing and helped save a young woman who was thinking of taking her own life on a bridge over the M5 near Exeter (thread👇)

Pre-cast concrete sections have helped us and our partners to save millions of pounds and cut 12 months off the construction time of a new congestion busting scheme. We're using 29 pre-cast pieces that will act as both bridge supports and eventually a subway at M4 junction 15.

My peoples, the time has come for a MEGATHREAD. In 40 tweets I will explain another 40 concepts you should know. Strap in. Here we go:

I've started a google doc with some suggestions open / middle / closed. Please add to it - I'll continue to add some suggestions already being sent across docs.google.com/document/d/1QV…