Britain’s marine life is under threat thanks to this Conservative Government.

Labour will stop destructive bottom trawling destroying ocean ecosystems.
theguardian.com/environment/20…

Great insightful read by @ccdaviesMark Bolland: the PR guru whose job was to ‘make Camilla more presentable’ theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/f…

Indescribable horror: “Dad, please don't go out': The Gazans killed as Israel freed hostages bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

“A long list of people bear responsibility for Navalny’s persecution and ultimately his death, and we need to work to hold each and every one of them responsible,” says @HRW. Beginning you know where. hrw.org/news/2024/02/1…

Barack Obama Rise, Russia.

February on course to break unprecedented number of heat records theguardian.com/environment/20…

UK cancer patients forced to go private while King Charles begins treatment theguardian.com/society/2024/f…

Young, old and marvellous: how a care home built a nursery – and everyone thrived theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

“We need an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.

To ensure sufficient aid gets to where it is needed.

To facilitate the release of the hostages.

To tamp down the flames of wider war.”

— António Guterres on crisis in Middle East. un.org/sg/en/content/…

Tories urged to end ‘idiotic’ £1.8bn tax break for UK fishing fleet theguardian.com/environment/20…

Tories urged to end ‘idiotic’ £1.8bn tax break for UK fishing fleet theguardian.com/environment/20…

Emissions from Israel’s war in #Gaza have ‘immense’ effect on climate catastrophe

- First months of conflict produced more planet-warming gases than 20 climate-vulnerable nations do in a year, study shows

Story by Nina Lakhani
theguardian.com/world/2024/jan…

2023 smashes record for world’s hottest year by huge margin

- Planet was 1.48C hotter in 2023, finds Copernicus ECMWF

- Rapid cut in fossil fuel burning urgently needed to preserve a liveable climate, say scientists

#ClimateCrisis
Story by me
theguardian.com/environment/20…

Great read by my colleague Patrick Butler The hidden life of Camila Batmanghelidjh: why was her exoneration so widely ignored? theguardian.com/society/2024/j…

The number of journalists killed during Israel’s war on Hamas is appalling and unprecedented.

79 in just three months, according to Committee to Protect Journalists

Journalists in Gaza are our eyes and ears for the truth, and must be protected, like civilians, under the laws of war.

#ClimateCrisis - 2023 was UK’s second-hottest year on record (and v v close to the 2022 record)

- Such a warm year would have occurred once in 500 years without global heating, Met Office scientists say

Story by me theguardian.com/environment/20…

Leaders of some of the best-known humanitarian organizations on planet earth say they have seen nothing like the siege of Gaza and urge Biden to stop blocking calls for a ceasefire. One of them is a former Biden administration official. #mustread

nytimes.com/2023/12/11/opi…

We are helpless: we have nothing to lose'

Sister of headteacher who killed herself condemns Ofsted chief’s ‘crass’ comments theguardian.com/education/2023…

RIP Shane MacGowan, Pogues songwriter and Irish music legend theguardian.com/music/2023/nov…