I was pleased to be able to attend the first meeting of the Gateshead Food partnership last Friday. I wasn't sure whether I was there as councillor, farmer, voluntary sector or all 3. I had raised the idea of Gateshead having a conference to bring together food producers, suppliers and voluntary organisations involved with distributing food with the Council Leader Martin Gannon before the
Or, to be precise, a tribute to Timothy West and Bradley Hardacre. There were three seasons of the Channel 4 comedy Brass in the early 1980s. It was written by two Coronation Street veterans, John Stevenson and Julian Roach, in the days when that soap contained some of the funniest writing on British television. Brass was a parody of everything from Charles Dickens' Hard Times, via novels by the likes of A.J. Cronin and Francis Brett Young to the works of Catherine Cookson, which were everywhere at the time it was made. An old Guardian article recommending the boxed set ...
Unsurprisingly given Elon Musk's recent antics, more and more Lib Dems are looking at giving Threads and/or Bluesky a try. There is now an official Lib Dem account on Bluesky. One problem with starting off in a new place is finding other people to follow, so here are a pair of threads where Lib Dems have been introducing themselves on each: Lib Dems on Bluesky, along with a list of Lib Dem MPs on Bluesky and a Starter Pack of those MPs. Lib Dems on Threads. If you are interested in political polling, you may also find this Bluesky list ...
The story soon disappears behind its paywall, but it was enough to win the Shropshire Star out Headline of the Day Award. The judges were particularly impressed by the fact that Mr Wardman comes from Craven Arms and the video above.
For Book Week 2024, Blackness Library has LG Thomson in conversation with Andrew Forrester, discussing her latest book 'Bitter Fruit'. It takes place next Monday - 18th November - at 2.30pm. It is a free event but you must book -
Nation Cymru reports on the view of Care Forum Wales that social care in Wales could collapse as a result of a £150 million triple whammy in the Budget. The organisation, which represents care homes and independent care providers has warned that the controversial measures announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves pose a "greater threat than Covid" to the sector and fears care homes and domiciliary care companies will inevitably be forced to close: The only way to avert the impending crisis, according to CFW chair Mario Kreft MBE, was for the social care sector to be granted an NHS-style exemption ...
