EXCLUSIVE: The UK govt is preparing for a winter energy crisis ‘reasonable worst case scenario’ that could see >>
— peak demand surpass capacity
— emergency measures for 4 days in January
— including organised blackouts for industry and even households
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-09/uk-braces-for-blackouts-gas-cuts-in-january-in-emergency-plan
HELP: just rescued this little beauty from the sea in Devon. What do I do next? It was unable to take off from the water so lifted it out
BBC news is reporting that virtually no Devon dentists are accepting new NHS patients.
The reason? The cost of treatments have not fully been covered by funding, for years.
Hopefully Devon MPs will now take action on this #NHSdentistry
One in five households where adults are classed as key workers has children living in poverty.
Meanwhile the wealthiest 10% of households own 43% of all wealth in Britain.
https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/bills/child-poverty-in-key-worker-households-increases-to-almost-one-million-research-finds-1781162
At @StPetrocks we are receiving a growing number of calls every day from people worried about imminent #homelessness. We desperately want to be able to do more to help, but the team's already stretched.
Any #funders out there able to help us meet this growing need?
👨🌾 Farmer Tim Williams has gone cold turkey on conventional farming, instead focusing on his soil health.
🐄 His cattle graze on different pastures every day, he never uses chemical fertiliser, and he never ploughs his land
🌱 We need to talk about the way we’re treating our soil ✋
🍏 It supports 95% of our food production
🐛 A quarter of all species on earth live in it
💀 And it has the uncanny ability to turn decomposing organisms into new life…