2023 May Day marches and rallies in the United Kingdom

In a bank holiday weekend of celebrations, workers took to the streets in traditional May Day events. Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) walked out at 8pm Sunday evening, and it is expected to prompt widespread disruption. The strike was initially planned to continue on Tuesday, but the six-month mandate to strike given

The Guardian headlines about nature for September

About ice sheets

The Independent looking at the 3rd week of August 2022

August 15 Keir Starmer unveils £29bn Labour plan to freeze energy price cap Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer today unveils his plan to freeze the energy price cap, vowing that his party “wouldn’t let people pay a penny more” on their gas and electricity bills this winter.   Halting price rises in both October and

Mourners paying their respects

Until late at night, mourners came to pay their respect and queued for many hours.

How America Plans to Cut 4 Billion Tons of CO2

By Zahra Hirji The climate community breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona finally agreed to support a historic climate legislation package for the US. That makes passage of the Manchin-Schumer bill a whole lot more likely. With a vote in the Senate possible as soon as this weekend, researchers are working out

A possible Quakers’ extinction crisis

A look at the Quakers or Society of Friends

How Johnson explains not announcing further Covid restrictions now

Here is the opening statement that Boris Johnson delivered at the start of his pooled TV interview after cabinet. It sums up his position, which is that he is not announcing further Covid restrictions now, but clearly warning that such measures may be coming shortly. He said: We’ve had a long discussion in cabinet for

October Torrential downpours

Last night we heard the wind blowing and the heavy rain we heard splashing down on the windows. This morning on my morning walk, I could see the effects of the damaging storm in the hollow road and the causeway. Southern parts of England suffered torrential downpours overnight after a storm moved in from France.

London an exaggerated microcosm of the UK at large

English: Ladbroke Grove Looking north towards the railway bridge. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The city where I loved living in but could not afford it any more has even become more impossible to reside for many. People who have lived there for generations, who are born there have no alternative to leave the city and look

Europe and much-vaunted bastions of multiculturalism becoming No God Zones

Cristina Odone for the Daily Telegraph looking at the situation in Europe about religious groups remarks that Jews are not alone envisioned to be mocked at. or endangered for life In some parts of the world, wearing the label “Christian” also carries a death sentence. Whether executed for the crime of apostasy in Pakistan, or