Do we know true scale of pollution in UK waters?

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In case you hadn't seen it, here's the briefing doc obtained by Channel 4 News from the EA to the SoS of Defra UK explaining how to fiddle bathing water quality reports.

Read it and weep.

And here's part 2 of that briefing note where the EA are explaining to the SoS how they can deflect the public's attention by changing the wording; to 'better present' the bathing reports

IE change 'Pollution Risk' to 'Water Quality Forecasts', etc, etc.

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Some options for improvements included changing language to “adopt more positive descriptors, replacing ‘Pollution Risk’ with ‘water quality’ forecasts. Though they warned this could be “construed as ‘greenwashing’”

Exclusive: Documents obtained by @channel4news show the government discussed with the regulator how pollution warnings could be “Better presented” There was concerns they were “adding fuel to the persistent negative narrative from the media and campaign groups around raw sewage'

We started with the accounts of serving cops - on the unseen consequences of GMP’s promise to double arrests.

But while working on this, another question came up:

When is a strip search not a strip search?

Police are running sessions to educate women...

on challenging attitudes.. towards women.

Seatbelt news….
From Lancashire Police.

Exclusive investigation by Rob Windscheffel on mental health services.. and the consequences when people don’t get the support they need.

This is not an easy watch. But the devastating stories from families we spoke to need to be heard.

No beds, delays in care, not enough staff, not enough training.
Our investigation into coroners warnings over failures in mental health care. Mind say the findings should be seen by government to bring change
Thank you to the families for sharing their powerful stories

I guess I’m gonna have to buy an FT subscription then….

A jury has found Ghislaine Maxwell

Count 1: Guilty
Count 2: Not Guilty
Count 3: Guilty
Count 4: Guilty
Count 5: Guilty
Count 6: Guilty

At a press conference yesterday @LordKPatel said that a copy of the Azeem Rafiq report had been sent to Julian Knight MP as the Chair of the DCMS Select Committee. Today Julian Knight MP has told the Commons that he still doesn't have the report.

And here's Julian Knight MP calling on Yorkshire CCC to release the report to him today - which @LordKPatel said yesterday had already been sent to him.

An autistic 10-year-old boy was assaulted by a police officer in school - a relative tells Clare Fallon 'it's devastating' and calls for officers to receive mandatory training on how to deal with children with similar conditions.

Got into my hometown at 4.30am.

This is Keyham. Where I went to primary school.

Where the word disbelief doesn’t remotely cover it this morning.

Some patients have had to be moved due to a fire at Trafford General after the roof was hit by lightning.

And this is why Dr Chand was ace.
Kind, considered, considerate and many more words I’m a bit too stunned to find.