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[Adam Hibbert @adhib]

The £2.25bn, 13,000 employee Environment Agency has no resource available to act when illegal landfill sites are reported to it, but does have time to threaten volunteers who act to clean up its mess...

https://t.co/pqwguMNFJF

[Richard Seiler @richardseiler]

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦

Jeremy Clarkson has never pretended to be anything other than exactly what he is

Brutally honest. No oil painting. A pot belly, a lifelong smoker, a drinker. Not exactly the modern alpha male or is he?

And somehow that is the whole point

I have watched him for most of my life
First as a motoring journalist who could make you want a car you would never own and never need
Then as something bigger
The loudest, funniest, most unfiltered mouthpiece the ordinary person ever had
A man who said the thing everyone was thinking while the rest of television tiptoed around it

From Top Gear he built something that should not have worked
Three middle aged men, The Stig, a track and a chemistry you cannot manufacture
James May the patient one
Richard Hammond the brave one
And Clarkson the force of nature dragging both of them into chaos and somehow back out again

When it all fell apart at the BBC he could have disappeared
The fracas was not his finest hour and he never pretended it was
He owned it, apologized and carried on
No reinvention, no groveling tour, no carefully managed comeback
He just kept being himself and let the work speak

The move to Amazon and The Grand Tour proved something I think a lot of people missed
The format was never the magic
The men were
You can take three friends out of a studio and drop them anywhere on earth and the loyalty between them travels with them

But it is Clarkson's Farm where the whole picture finally comes into focus

Here is a man with nothing left to prove walking into a field he barely understands and refusing to fake competence he does not have
He has run that farm at break even and then at an outright loss in full public view
No editing it into a success story
No pretending the numbers work when they do not
His farm manager hands him one brutal truth after another and he sits there and takes it

A whole season swallowed by drought even after he leaned into robotics and the most advanced farming money could buy
Technology was supposed to be the answer and the weather did not care
He showed that too
Most people would have cut it

And through all of it he has done something quietly remarkable
He has dragged the plight of the British farmer into the light
The paperwork, the council, the margins that vanish, the weather that ruins a year of work in a week
People who had never thought about where their food comes from suddenly cared because he made them care

And then there is the part nobody warned me about
Men who raise animals for meat and still love them
Who name them, worry about them, sit with them
Who treat them with respect and dignity right up to the moment they cannot keep them
And feel the full weight of sending them off

He does not hide that
He lets the camera sit in the discomfort of it
The grief of a man who knows the deal he made and still finds it hard

That is not weakness
That is honesty most people are far too afraid to show

We live in an age that rewards the polished, the curated, the carefully built personal brand
And here is a scruffy, swearing, chain smoking farmer who has done the opposite of all of it and won
He stayed exactly who he was while the world begged him to become a product

That is the whole secret
There is no act
There never was

And that is exactly why we keep watching

Praying for a full recovery mate, looking forward to another season of Clarkson's Farms!

[Enezator @Enezator]

A man was singing out in a field when something truly beautiful happened. This is why music will always feel like a universal language of love for humans and animals 🥹 Via jumesofficial, Things You Didn’t Know, Axel Vasa

[Beauty of music and nature 🌺🌺 @Axaxia88]

When she found this green sea turtle, the unbelievable part was that it was already 2:40 PM… which meant the turtle had been lying on its back on the beach for a very long time. Sea turtles usually come ashore to nest at night or just before dawn, so this poor turtle had likely been stuck in that position for hours!

She knew it needed help, so she ran about half a mile until she found a family who could assist her (adult sea turtles can weigh hundreds of pounds, and she couldn’t flip it over by herself). Together, we worked to safely turn it back onto its right side. Then, we watched as it quickly made its way back into the ocean 🐢🌅

[Lee Hurst @LeeHurstComic]

❤️❤️❤️

[Restoring Your Faith in Humanity @HumanityChad]

Kind man waiting his turn

[leilani dowding 🌸🚜 ☮️ @LeilaniDowding]

Remember when they wanted to punish us for refusing the poison. @afneil

[Missing Pets GB @MissingPetsGB]

Seeing heartbreak like this is so hard....
Mouse's owner is absolutely frantic to find his boy 💔
Just one phone call with Moose's location... please🙏🙏

Moose has been missing since 18 February 2026 in Airedale #Castleford #WestYorkshire #WF10

[Michelle Dewberry @MichelleDewbs]

🚨BREAKING

The scum who orally raped this precious little baby boy to death, has just been sentenced.

Jamie Varley has been given a WHOLE LIFE ORDER. He will stay in prison until the day he dies.

This is despite Varley’s KC arguing that these sentences should only be for “exceptionally serious cases” and suggesting that factors in this case should instead mean a sentence short of that.

He went on to clarify that the ‘factors’ he was referring to, was that Varley did not have an "outright intent to kill" but instead a sexual motive….

Jamie Varley has previously said “I’m going to hell”.

Yes Jamie, yes you are and that can’t come soon enough. In the meantime, I hope every remaining day of your sick existence is made to be literal hell on earth.

RIP dear Preston Davey. You can forever play in heaven now baby boy and nobody will ever be able to hurt you again. My sister will give you a big hug from me👼🏼🙏🏻💔

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

Before & After…

If anyone doubts the power of community action over the @EnvAgency’s spineless inertia, you can walk to the outskirts of Ilford & walk along an ancient lost river to see for yourself.

With 10 days of intense effort by dedicated volunteers, the river River Roding Trust managed to clean up & restore 250 metres of the Aldersbrook (about 1/3 of the brook). This allows a direct comparison between the parts of the brook we restored & those we haven’t got round to yet.

These photos & videos are all from May 2026. The first is on a part of the Aldersbrook still to be restored & shows the old flood defences which are no longer needed & are killing the river but which the EA won’t remove unless we volunteers pay them £50,000 just for surveys. These defences have caused 2-3ft of stinking sludge & silt to build up over 70 years, such that the water in the brook is just a few centimetres deep. Combine with huge amounts of rubbish & and out of control knotweed infestation & the river ecosystem is essentially dead. A river that is older than England destroyed by official indifference.

A hundred metres away, and it’s a different story. The rubbish & the invasive species (I sprayed the knotweed myself last autumn) are gone. The silt that used to clog the river is now spread on the banks & rapidly providing fertile ground for native plants. Instead of sludge, there’s 2-3ft of water, so fish have returned to the brook for the first time in decades, along with dragon flies, herons & a nesting moorhen. We river guardians knew our intervention would make a difference, but have been shocked at quite how quickly nature has come back. The restored Aldersbrook is now a rare jewel: pretty much the last fully natural tidal brook in London.

The EA now has a choice. It can salvage some good from this situation & work with us to restore the remaining sections of the brook, or it can continue to do nothing. If the latter, river guardians *will* be back this winter to finish the job & the EA can see how well prosecuting volunteers for restoring a river without permission goes for them.

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

Nelson does not know that the big black animal he shares a field with once carried a rider down the Mall through a wall of sound and never flinched.

Nelson does not know about the state funeral, the slow march, the drums, a nation watching through its tears.

Nelson knows that the big one is warm to stand beside on a cold morning, that he does not hog the good grass, and that he goes oddly soft when a particular man appears at the gate.

Nelson has assessed Hector thoroughly, the way a donkey assesses everything, and filed him under: fine. Large, but fine.

It is the highest honour Hector has ever been paid, and the only one that asked nothing of him in return.

[North Yorkshire @visitnorthyork]

Still Here, Still Selling 🍎

Not every street keeps a traditional greengrocer going.

This Wellington Road shopfront feels like a small reminder of the everyday businesses that give places their character.

[Dailymeow @Dailymeoww1]

An elderly and ill woman is no longer able to take care of her daily needs on her own. So, her daughter takes care of everything for her; she prepares her meals, gives her medication, and is always by her side. However, the woman's loyal companion of 13 years is very protective of her owner.

Whenever her daughter approaches to give her medication or help her in any way, the cat thinks she is going to harm her and steps in, refusing to let her get close.

The woman's daughter explains the situation like this: "I was giving my mother her medication. When she became a little uncomfortable because of her illness, her cat thought I was hurting her."

"It immediately ran to my mother's side and tried to stop me from getting near her." ❤️🥹

[ruth jones @JonesRuthtre]

https://t.co/LpIOE3rHfc

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

So appears I'm not liked by at least 1 senior govt adviser.

That's a badge I'll happily pick up off the floor and wear with dignity and honour. Here's a hint. Sort out the water industry, fix our rivers and you need never speak my name ever again.

Massive thank you once again to Patrick Galbraith @PaddyGalbraith and all at the @Telegraph for the coverage and support.

https://t.co/gcBOdGsxAy

[Beauty of music and nature 🌺🌺 @Axaxia88]

Two elderly horses, Leo and Lou, were worked to the point of exhaustion and abandoned by their former owner when they could no longer work. Thin, frail, and close to death from starvation and illness, they were rescued by a dedicated rescue team.

Thanks to loving care and an incredible recovery journey—especially with the help of an underwater treadmill—Leo gained more than 136 kilograms (300 pounds) in just three months. Today, the two best friends are enjoying a happy retirement together, living side by side on a lush green farm, running freely, and finally receiving the love and kindness they have always deserved.🐴❤️🐴

[Allison Pearson @AllisonPearson]

Huge credit to Peter Hitchens who was a lone voice championing the very unfashionable cause of Lucy Letby.
Experts are pretty clear that a very poor maternity unit was responsible for the deaths of babies LL is supposed to have killed.
The case must be urgently reopened.
@ClarkeMicah

[Hedgehog Cabin @HedgehogCabin]

This post is mainly to help other rescues, but I know a lot of you will be interested as well.
This sweet boy is Merlin.
Merlin self admitted, but aside from his scabby nose from a bit of ringworm, he appeared fine.
But I knew by his behaviour that he was sick.
Healthy hedgehogs don't self admit to a hospital pen. Especially boys at this time of year - they are out chasing girls.🥰
I tested his poo in the lodge, where he booked himself into an open pen, and it was clear.
I admitted him into hospital where he stayed overnight and left me 6 lovely poo samples.
Every single one was clear.
And yet his behaviour, his aggitation, the way he dug the corners of the pen, even his smell, told me through years of experience that he was sick.
So I started treatment anyway.
And as his condition improved, as he became hydrated and nourished, and the first antiparasitic administered, just like magic the confirmation appeared!
A diagnosis needs to be made on observed behaviour and history (either your own or of the finders); the poo sample is *confirmation of the diagnosis*.
So a hedgehog making unhealthy breathing sounds but producing clear poo samples is still unhealthy.
You can't always rely on a sick hedgehog to produce parasite larvae or eggs in their poo sample, for several reasons, but the main reason is:
Parasites, like all living organisms, have to preserve energy in order to stay alive and thrive.
So when they find themselves in a hostile environment - a host who has become starving and dehydrated - they reduce their energy expenditure by temporarily shutting down systems that are not neccessary for life, like reproduction.
They stop laying eggs and go into a sort of stasis, until conditions become welcoming again.
Also of course, parasites don't constantly churn out eggs. They have a reproduction cycle. So not every sample will contain eggs.
It's so frustrating when people contact me saying they have been sent home with a hedgehog who is clearly in audible respiratory distress, because the poo sample the rescue took was clear.

As for sweet Merlin - at first it was a trickle; his poo showed just a few parasites, so microscope samples had to be very carefully scrutinised.
But very quickly it became apparent that this poor boy was in fact full of deadly fluke, lungworm, and roundworm.
He's only on day 3 of his treatment, so is still very sick, but clever Merlin got himself the help he needed just in time.

[Ffortescue @Ffortescue3]

Please leave clean water out for wildlife, especially in dry spells.
Ensure that it's fresh & clean to avoid parasites building up.
Merlin's story highlights this issue.

[Paul Dove @pauldove247]

@SamaHoole Most dairy goats (80% in the UK) are “zero-grazed'' with no access to pasture or any outdoor space whatsoever. Grotesquely cruel. Organic production is free range but it's very expensive and still involves the male kids being destroyed at birth.
https://t.co/SEQAwOd7kz