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If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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September 10, 2026 at 9:07 AM
If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Completely agree. I’ve been a local gov journalist for 12 years and have reported on the fall of local government in that time. It’s had a massive impact on the fabric of our society, on what makes our communities work. It’s about more than just bins and roads, it’s about a sense of place and pride.
Increasingly convinced the cheapest way to address this is to reverse local government austerity. Returning English local authority budgets to 2010 levels would cost about £7bn. Factor in population and demographic change and you'd want maybe £15bn. Benefits could be seen quickly and felt widely.
"The truly unnerving thing about the fall of Rome (yes, I’m going there again, sorry) was that most Romans probably didn’t notice it had happened."
Morning all!
Morning all!
July 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Completely agree. I’ve been a local gov journalist for 12 years and have reported on the fall of local government in that time. It’s had a massive impact on the fabric of our society, on what makes our communities work. It’s about more than just bins and roads, it’s about a sense of place and pride.
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Your reminder that the Irish government has known about this for YEARS, yet refuses to implement it in Ireland.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
June 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Your reminder that the Irish government has known about this for YEARS, yet refuses to implement it in Ireland.
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And this piece shone a light on those doing their best to fight back and protect those at the sharpest end of the city’s homelessness crisis
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
The fight to stop people dying on Liverpool's freezing streets
The ECHO was invited into Liverpool's emergency rough sleeper hub to meet those sheltering from the cold and those trying to keep them alive
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
And this piece shone a light on those doing their best to fight back and protect those at the sharpest end of the city’s homelessness crisis
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
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This was a special report into the different people caught up in the city’s housing and homelessness crisis as we headed into a freezing winter
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
'I slept in a bin last night': Liverpool's homelessness crisis
Special report: The numbers of rough sleepers and those living in temporary accommodation in the city is soaring, with charities and services at breaking point
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
This was a special report into the different people caught up in the city’s housing and homelessness crisis as we headed into a freezing winter
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
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I’ve been nominated for a number of investigations looking at Liverpool’s homelessness crisis and the reasons behind it
This included a special piece on homeless single mums trapped in a Liverpool hotel
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
This included a special piece on homeless single mums trapped in a Liverpool hotel
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
Scouse single mums trapped in Liverpool's housing crisis
We spent a morning with desperate and traumatised homeless single mothers living in limbo in a city hotel
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I’ve been nominated for a number of investigations looking at Liverpool’s homelessness crisis and the reasons behind it
This included a special piece on homeless single mums trapped in a Liverpool hotel
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
This included a special piece on homeless single mums trapped in a Liverpool hotel
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
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#Hamoaze #Plymouth #Devon
Hamoaze is the stretch of the River Tamar between the confluence with the River Lynher & Plymouth Sound.
#Sunset #Cloudscape
Hamoaze is the stretch of the River Tamar between the confluence with the River Lynher & Plymouth Sound.
#Sunset #Cloudscape
April 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
#Hamoaze #Plymouth #Devon
Hamoaze is the stretch of the River Tamar between the confluence with the River Lynher & Plymouth Sound.
#Sunset #Cloudscape
Hamoaze is the stretch of the River Tamar between the confluence with the River Lynher & Plymouth Sound.
#Sunset #Cloudscape
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As the dust gradually settles let’s remember 80% of Germans today rejected AfD/fascism and told Elon Musk to do one. Thank you Germany
February 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
As the dust gradually settles let’s remember 80% of Germans today rejected AfD/fascism and told Elon Musk to do one. Thank you Germany
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Lviv is crazy pretty, and every shop and cafe in the old town would be a six-time interior design award winner anywhere else.
February 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Lviv is crazy pretty, and every shop and cafe in the old town would be a six-time interior design award winner anywhere else.
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The government is busy - but the work is not being reported. From banning toxic pesticides to funding green jobs, here are 20 things that happened last week.
Government is busy: but the media are not telling you
Despite what the press tells us, the government is very busy, often doing popular things. But you wouldn’t know it from the press coverage
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The government is busy - but the work is not being reported. From banning toxic pesticides to funding green jobs, here are 20 things that happened last week.
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There are many questions that remain about what services did or didn't do regarding Axel Rudakubana in the years before his horrific attack in Southport.
I believe we have not heard anywhere near enough about his contact with NHS mental health services.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
I believe we have not heard anywhere near enough about his contact with NHS mental health services.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
Questions mount over Axel Rudakubana's mental health contact
NHS bosses were not represented at a press conference ahead of today's sentencing
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
There are many questions that remain about what services did or didn't do regarding Axel Rudakubana in the years before his horrific attack in Southport.
I believe we have not heard anywhere near enough about his contact with NHS mental health services.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
I believe we have not heard anywhere near enough about his contact with NHS mental health services.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...