James Blake - Trying Times YouTube video by James Blake

Gorgeous.

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Blue sky day!
#blue #sky #garden #Sussex #sunshine #warm #spring #horse #coast #beach #sea

Blue sky day!
#blue #sky #garden #Sussex #sunshine #warm #spring #horse #coast #beach #sea

Reflections.
#Arlington #bluebell #woods #pond #water #reflections #trees #Sussex

Reflections.
#Arlington #bluebell #woods #pond #water #reflections #trees #Sussex

Early carpet of Bluebells Arlington Bluebell Walk April 2024

That unique fragrance as bluebells are fully out. Amazing that it is still April. Back in the 70’s there were virtually no bluebells in April. Having no real winters with weeks of frost and snow, shows how nature has now adapted!

Refreshing morning wandering around the bluebell wood, just a tad early for many of the bluebells at Arlington Bluebell Walk

HAREHOLME & WATERFOOT ROSSENDALE BOROUGH COUNCIL BY-ELECTION WIN GRN: 37.7% RFM: 34.5% LAB: 19.2% CON: 6.8% LDM: 1.8% GREEN GAIN FROM LABOUR Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066 London SE169GQ

🎉 Green WIN! 🎉

🌹 to 💚

💚 Congratulations to Laura Diamond of Rossendale Green Party on being elected in Hareholme & Waterfoot ward!

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Price of first class stamp rises to £1.80 The rise come as the postal service faces criticism over missing delivery targets.

Royal Mail privatisation scandal

Today price of 1st class mail rises to £1.80 - an increase of 10p; 2nd class, by 4p to 91p.

When privatized in 2013 by Tory/LibDem Govt: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p.

Royal Mail hasn't met letter delivery targets, but price still rises.

Regulators do what?

Landlords evicting tenants before law to prevent practice comes into force in England No-fault evictions made up one in three reports made to renters’ union Acorn in January Increasing numbers of landlords are evicting tenants at the last minute before the law changes to outlaw the practice in next month, charities have said. The renters’ union Acorn told the Guardian that no-fault evictions made up one in five of the reports they received from members in October, rising to nearly one in three by January. Continue reading...

Landlords evicting tenants before law to prevent practice comes into force in England

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Camellias still putting on a good show in the back garden. www.driftwoodbysea.co.uk

New growth abounds throughout the garden. www.driftwoodbysea.co.uk

A lovely sunny day in prospect again! www.driftwoodbysea.co.uk

A rare moment as a kagu bird on the brink of extinction meets its own kind

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Europe cannot bet on a post-Trump US turning back to sanity | Rafael Behr If the president’s first term didn’t inoculate the American body politic against tyranny, there is no guarantee that a second dose will work, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Europe cannot bet on a post-Trump US turning back to sanity | Rafael Behr

A map showing Wales with the latest maximum temperatures today. These include 24.8 Celsius in Mona, 24.0 Celsius in Porthmadog and 22.8 Celsius in Valley

The highest temperatures in the UK have been in northwest Wales today 🌡️

Here we've had the warmest 7th April on record and the highest temperature of 2026 so far. We're very likely to see higher temperatures as we move through the rest of spring and towards summer 📈

Burnt Escort Rhondda Valleys, Wales, 2001 Fuji Velvia, 50mm, Nikon FM2 Photograph © Rob Watkins Find me at www.robwatkins.ax

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Burnt Escort
Rhondda Valleys, Wales, 2001
Fuji Velvia, 50mm, Nikon FM2

Photograph © Rob Watkins
Find me at www.robwatkins.ax

US-Israeli strikes 'completely destroy' synagogue in Tehran Footage showed the Rafi-Nia Synagogue in central Tehran reduced to rubble

US-Israeli strikes on the Iranian capital Tehran have "completely destroyed" one of the city's synagogues, which is "one of the most important places for Khorasan Jews to gather and celebrate" in the city, referring to Jews who trace their origins back to the historical northeastern region.

Leonard Cohen released 'Songs from a Room' 57 years ago on April 7, 1969 | Discover where it ranks in our readers' poll here: album.ink/LCohenPoll

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Chris Hawkins

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A wide landscape view of a vibrant yellow rapeseed field stretching across the foreground, each cluster of flowers standing tall and dense. Beyond the field, the distant outline of the Sperrin Mountains sits low on the horizon, softened by atmospheric haze. Above, a dramatic sky dominates the scene—layered with textured, rippling clouds in shades of blue, grey, and white, with subtle sunlight breaking through and casting a gentle glow over the countryside.

Hope everyone’s day is going well. Going to do some #BirdOfTheDay reposts. Sun is shining for a change. The view on my dog walk this morning. #Ireland #photography #ECK

Simon the Sparrowhawk. One of only two Sparrowhawk photos in my collection. #BirdOfTheDay #RareEncounters #birds #photography #ECK

Artemis II crew describe ‘overwhelming’ emotions after soaring past the moon Nasa astronauts begin journey home having collected eagerly awaited photographs of impact craters and ridges Nasa’s Artemis II astronauts have described the powerful emotion felt when soaring over the moon as they photographed impact craters, cracks and ridges and began their long journey home. Among the eagerly awaited images captured by the crew, who worked in pairs at the Orion capsule windows, are those of the Earth rising from behind the moon, a solar eclipse and parts of the 590-mile (950km) wide Orientale impact basin that have never been observed with the naked eye. Continue reading...

Artemis II crew describe ‘overwhelming’ emotions after soaring past the moon

British Medical Association accused of hypocrisy as its own staff strike over pay Union rejected 4.9% pay rise for resident doctors, who are on six-day strike, but its own staff were offered 2.75% The British Medical Association has been accused of the “height of hypocrisy” for offering its own staff below-inflation pay rises while demanding a 26% increase for resident doctors. Tens of thousands of medics walked out of the NHS in England on Tuesday, the 15th time they have staged industrial action since March 2023 in their campaign for “full pay restoration”. Continue reading...

British Medical Association accused of hypocrisy as its own staff strike over pay

Charity Commission Closes Case Against City of Sanctuary UK: No Wrongdoing - City of Sanctuary UK City of Sanctuary UK, a national charity that has spent the last twenty years building welcome, support and opportunity for people seeking sanctuary, has been fully cleared by the Charity Commission f...

Huge congratulations to @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social for withstanding a torrent of toxic misinformation about their work, and getting this positive result following unfounded complaints to the Charity Commission: cityofsanctuary.org/2026/04/07/c...

Garden vista.
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