New suicide figures for the final 3m of 2023 are published by Office for National Statistics (ONS) today, giving us rates for last year as a whole.

It is not good news.

The suicide rate rose 6% from 2022, the first substantial rise since 2018.

The rate was 11.1 per 100,000 people, highest figure since 1999.

FUNGUS IN SPACE!!! 🍄🚀

Equal parts cosmic horror and nature being metal, let's talk about the lichen that grew on the OUTSIDE of the International Space Station!

Get your tea and curl up, because I PROMISE you wanna hear about these fungal cosmonauts 🧑‍🚀
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Two months today, buses in GM start to go back under public control and the cost of combined bus and tram travel will be cut by 20%.

24 September should signal the beginning of a public transport revolution across not just GM but the whole of England.

#BeeNetwork

'Nobody uses ticket offices any more...!'
Over 100,000 people have taken part in the #SaveTicketOffices consultation - have your say before July 26
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What happened to treating “essential workers” as essential? Ie valuing and properly paying them? Hospital workers outside of UCLH: claps don’t pay bills.

The Government promised us “London-style” public transport.

To be fair, our trains are starting to look like the Underground at rush hour.

A very lively morning on the picket line at UCLH.

📣 Keep our NHS alive!

Members are striking for the safety and future of the profession and the NHS. #FairPayForNursing and #SafeStaffing is needed NOW.

Beautiful scenes outside UCLH today! Thank you forever to our wonderful nurses. Up The RCN!❤️✊🏼

Quite unbelievable. The lack of respect for own staff. Shocking to say the least. Perhaps paying their own nursing staff this rate would have resulted in them being able to afford to live.

BREAKING 🚨 | Up to a dozen Grenfell firefighters have sadly been diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Any sign of the train companies being required by law to provide a minimum level of service on any day? 🤷🏻‍♂️

'Unlike their neurotypical counterparts, workers with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder often find themselves left behind.' We all need to be aware of the negative impact of self-judgement resulting from a lack of understanding of neurodivergence.
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As we approach 2023, I wish every member of our nursing staff a happy and healthy New Year. We will continue to work night and day to have your voices heard at the highest level. You deserve respect. You deserve a decent pay rise and you deserve to have safe staffing levels.

A final parting gift from Avanti in 2022. I cannot wait to nationalise the lot of you

The fantastic lan Byrne MP at our The RCN Greater Liverpool and Knowsley RCN Branch picket’s yesterday, bringing shelter & food & then we were able to make a donation to FANS SUPPORTING FOODBANKS #RightToFood, an amazing group of folks helping our communities. Great to have your support Ian! Thank you. 💙✊🏻

'Clapping doesn't pay our bills.'

#NursesStrike St Thomas' hospital, London

📍Great Ormond Street

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'It's a symbol of a broken system. The government needs to come to the table now and settle this dispute because because I refuse to live in a society where nurses are using foodbanks.' Thank you MP for Liverpool West Derby lan Byrne MP for your support.

Clapping doesn’t pay the bills! Day 2 #nursestrike Great Ormond St nurses have pulled another blinder on the picket. Patients are bringing gifts and sharing their gratitude. Stunning atmosphere. RCN London #SafeStaffingSavesLives