World in chaos. Reliable info at premium.What’s going on @bbcworldservice? Govt gave WS extra £32.6m 2025-26, yet #BBC cutting 130 more WS jobs to save £6m. Why? #TimDavie told @rogermosey he wants to double investment in WS+govt to pay for it. Why mutilate WS more in advance? 1/
Do people not recognise the utter hypocrisy and absurdity of this? The campaign was for Britain to be out of the EU so that the sovereignty of the UK parliament could be reasserted. And parliament exercises that sovereign power, and what happens? You cry ‘foul’
Please help us save Shepperton Open Water Swim lake. The lake is under threat of having a channel cut through it, as part of the Thames flood relief scheme. This lake brings so much enjoyment to so many.
@Annelovestoswim@MrRobBell@Ailsaauc
https://t.co/wWmsczqWFH
#BigSwimDay#SaveOurPools Pools are under threat because they lose the government energy subsidy in March and some may have to close. Please keep supporting your local pool, like #HamptonPool
There was a rather ill-informed and unpleasant article in the Times last week about cold water swimming and hypothermia. Here's my more gentle take on more ways to avoid it: it's not just about your time in the water: https://t.co/FkRLCs3tod
People rely on these radio language services for fair and balanced news they can’t get elsewhere. Especially in countries where the govt may cut the internet so ‘digital only’ means that at critical moments the service is unavailable.