Jillian Ambrose for the Guardian about the plans to close Britain's last coal-fired power station, Ratrcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire: When Ratcliffe was opened in 1968 by the Central Electricity Generating Board, the very first series of Dad's Army was about to be broadcast, the Beatles were topping the charts and coal power was in its heyday. Coal-fired stations mushroomed through Britain's mining heartlands in the late 1960s and 1970s to provide baseload power for Britain's electricity network. The 2,000-megawatt Ratcliffe broke up the skyline for drivers on the new M1 motorway, and provided power to heat and light 2m homes. It ...
Embed from Getty ImagesYou'll love this Trivial Fact of the Day, particularly if you remember county cricket from more than 50 years ago and TV talent shows from the early years of this century. Here's Cricinfo: Roger Davis was the fielder who nearly caught Garry Sobers during Glamorgan`s Championship match with Nottinghmashire at Swansea in 1968 when the great West Indian all-rounder became the first man in cricket history to hit six sixes in an over in first-class cricket. Davis was fielding on the long-off boundary and off the fifth ball of Malcolm Nash`s historic over, Davis caught one of ...
"In their very different ways, these stories centre on the same key ideas: a rejection of any idea of natural places and spaces being off limits, and the joyous democracy of gathering together to experience something more nourishing than concrete and tarmac." John Harris senses the spread of a new, radical British politics rooted in nature. Brian Klaas argues that we need objectivity, not 'balance', from the media: "If someone says the sky is green and another person says it's blue, you shouldn't have a blue/green panel on the Sunday shows. But when it comes to election denialism, the media ...
In the latest of the Green Book podcasts we've looked at health, not from the usual angle of the NHS itself but at the health of the UK population. If you missed it last month, you can still catch up. Why is it that we have one of the unhealthiest populations amongst developed countries? What might that mean in terms of demand and costs in the NHS, apart from all the wider social and economic consequences? It's not as if this is news, as it has been covered in detail by people like Sir Michael Marmot, with his reports going ...
Liberal Democrat Newswire #183 takes a look at both lessons from the 1920s for the Liberal Democrats, and what a successful general election looks like for the party.
Fancy pants graphics on the SSE Energy website but appalling service behind the scenes. I am writing this whilst waiting for SSE Energy Solutions to respond to my phone call. As I start the blog I after 22 minutes I ... Continue reading →
New research from More in Common includes this question about what people are interested in seeing people running for Parliament mention in their leaflets.
There is no better sign that a ship is sinking than if all the rats start deserting it. The only question is how long Rishi Sunak can stay on the bridge before facing up to reality and going to the electorate in search of a refit. The Observer reports that a cohort of Conservative MPs standing down before the next election have netted jobs worth millions of pounds and have taken dozens of all-expenses-paid trips funded by foreign governments and lobbyists. The paper says that sixty-four serving Tory MPs and four independent MPs who lost the Tory whip have announced ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 22 APRIL 2024 Blinshall Street (Douglas Street to 50 metres south) - closed until 27 May 2024 for road safety concerns. Douglas Street (Blinshall Street to Brown Street) - temporary traffic lights until June 2024 for construction works. Brown Street (south of Douglas Street) - closed until December 2024 for construction works. Seafield Road, Dundee - closed from its westmost end (in cul-de-sac) extending for a distance of no more than 20 metres in an easterly direction to facilitate a site access for ...
