As a child bereaved by fatal domestic abuse, headlines calling a man who killed three women a “nice guy” and “normal person” have felt personally traumatic.
The media called my father a “gentle man” and “nice chap”, which misrepresented the controlling reality that myself and my family experienced for years. It compounded our trauma.
Reporting like this causes so much damage – both to victims’ families, and to public understandings of coercive control. It has to stop. Now.
We need every single newsroom trained in how to report domestic abuse deaths, and to lobby the regulator for stronger rules. The press has the power to prevent further deaths and save women’s lives.
Please support this crowdfunder I’ve started to support @we_level_up’s crucial work to train journalists in their Dignity For Dead Women guidelines.
This takes all of us ➡️ https://t.co/iPJGFUs7Qn
Last month HIT investigators captured this shocking footage from the Leighton Hall Estate in Lancashire. Diseased birds lay gasping for breath, arching their necks and exposing skeletal and bald bodies.
Please join our calls to close the shoot now - https://t.co/1Yy2VK7csi
**𝗨𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗧: 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁**
In Pakistan, homes, farms and infrastructure have been swept away in devastating floods. Lives have been lost. We are working as part of the @decappeal. Please give whatever you can today at https://t.co/naOH6TjUiW
With wall to wall sunshine and more to come it's especially important to remember to leave out water for wildlife, it can literally save lives in this hot dry weather. Pop a few pebbles in to allow insects to escape should they fall in.
📷 Ian Harris
🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 Let's make this viral - hedgehogs are dying of dehydration - please please share this post and offer some shallow bowls of water for wildlife (pop a few pebbles in to make sure insects that fall in can escape) 🦔 💧
🎥 Paul Bunyard
Do you know someone who was on holiday in Sanday at the end of May, who has now gone home to Ealing in west London? They might - without realising it - have taken a bird tracker with them, which fell off an oystercatcher. And it's been tracking their every move. (1/2)
Ways to say "I won't be coming"
1. I might pop down
2. I'll give you a text
3. I'll see how I feel
4. Sounds interesting
5. I’ll see what I’m up to
6. Let’s play it by ear
7. What time you getting there?
8. I’ll check the diary
9. Sounds good
10. Could do
If you are a refugee from Ukraine or elsewhere and are without means to pay for a hotel or accommodation please seek out the nearest Gurudwara (Sikh House of worship) and they will feed and house you without question. Please pass it on.
Our beloved friend Mark Lanegan passed away this morning at his home in Killarney, Ireland. A beloved singer, songwriter, author and musician he was 57 and is survived by his wife Shelley. No other information is available at this time. We ask Please respect the family privacy