Former blogger for Community Care magazine and freelance on the erstwhile College of Social Work's digital magazine, Social Work Matters. Now lurking on Twitter
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29 October 1929. “Black Tuesday”. This was the day the Wall Street Stock Market suffered its most devastating fall. It was followed by the “Great Depression” of the 1930s which had a huge impact on trade and international upheaval around the world.
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Do watch:
It proves a point my wife Bunty has always made about big tough Robert Jenrick.
Whenever he gets found out or gets really addled, his voice suddenly goes much higher!
It literally goes up an octave like a schoolboy.
Here is a prime example. 😂
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29 October 1967. 35-year-old London criminal Jack (”The Hat”) McVitie (left) was murdered by the notorious London gangster twin Reginald Kray (right), who was found guilty of the murder in 1969 and sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Remembering the brilliant English singer-songwriter and guitarist Peter Green (Peter Greenbaum) who was born on this day in 1946. He was the founder of Fleetwood Mac. He died in 2020. #PeterGreen #FleetwoodMac #Albatross #ManOfTheWorld #OhWell #BlackMagicWoman #TheGreenManalishi
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Another International 50 for Tom Banton, his 5th in just 6 games for England 🔥
Some form he's in, as his opening partnership with Duckett goes past 110 🤝
#YouAreSomerset
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Didn’t take long, did it?
Does anyone one else think Israel might
have had a hand in the train crash in Spain?
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Transport officials determined the crash was caused by a computer failure in the rail safety system and human error by controllers who authorized one train to proceed at full speed into a stationary one. apnews.com/article/train-… reuters.com/world/two-high… bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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This isn’t intended at a dig at Wisden, but does anyone really want to hear more about the growth of franchise tournaments? It’s all we ever seem to hear about. Frankly, I’d love to hear a less about it.
In the new edition of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out now, Matthew Hayden discusses the growth of franchise tournaments around the world.
Order your copy here 👇
Print: thenightwatchman.net/shop/wi…
Digital: pocketmags.com/wisden-cricke…
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🚨 NEW ANALYSIS!
Our latest modelling finds that without urgent action on the cost of living, this will still be the worst parliament on record for living standards.
Our analysis shows that households across the income spectrum will suffer the hit 👇
ALT Graph showing how under current projections this will be the worst parliament on record in the UK for living standards
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Donald MacLeod's picture of the remarkable then 82-year-old Alex Steele keeping wicket for Rossie Priory against The XL Club was shortlisted in the amateur category of the 2022 Wisden Photograph of the Year competition. Steele, who played 14 first-class matches for Scotland between 1967 and 1980, has idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis which necessitates him carrying an oxygen tank. He manages about ten overs at a time. He has since been awarded the MBE and was still playing in 2026
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This is also an admission that last few governments failed to do the work everyone agreed was urgent after the last time they had to do this. They could have built the data architecture to enable much better targeting. But clearly didn’t. So we’re stuck still with the choice…
NEWS ENERGY PAYMENT: £100 payment to all households in Council Tax bands A to D for England (and funding for same in other nations). That's 20m homes.
Translation: This is the support for the huge rise due in January price cap. Its expected to be 27% up. Which equates to roughly £100 from Jan to March alone.
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Often called Old Man’s Beard it is exceptionally sensitive to air pollution, so their presence on Hangman indicates high air quality & clean air in the local #environment. #Lichen is a symbiotic partnership between a fungus & an alga working together.
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28 October 1794. Medical pioneer Robert Liston was born in Ecclesmachan, Scotland. He was known for the swiftness of his surgical procedures and for carrying out the 1st British medical operation with the aid of anaesthetic.
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In an ideal world yes. But in terms of priorities I prefer the government to focus its attention on bringing the water industry into public ownership, rather than a letter delivery service which will have less and less relevance to our daily lives with every passing decade.
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The Chancellor should give surplus public land to councils for free so that they can build council houses. My piceve for @zeteouk
Read his piece: zeteo.uk/p/what-i-want-to-se…
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28 October 1962. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev informed the US government that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. It was the beginning of the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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A single mature tree can be 50, 80, even 100 years old—quietly building a world for birds, insects, fungi, and mammals.
In minutes, modern machines erase decades of growth.
What took nature a lifetime to create, we destroy in a heartbeat. 🌳💔
