Jo Williams

Rambling thoughts on travel, the tourism industry and places that I have been able to call home. Views are my own.

[BBC Sussex @BBCSussex]

People have until Sunday to give their comments on plans for devolution across Sussex and Brighton & Hove.

Tap below to read more: https://t.co/AOHwJSI8UM

[East Sussex County Council @EastSussexCC]

🚶‍♂️Did you know East Sussex has 2,000 miles (3,218 km) of Rights of Way network?

Join the conversation about our county’s network of footpaths, bridleways and byways and help lead the direction our new Rights of Way Action Plan.

💻Have your say here: https://t.co/Nv3A1ShchN

[East Sussex County Council @EastSussexCC]

Are you a rambler or weekend walker, a horse rider, cyclist or motorist that uses the county's footpaths, bridleways and byways?

We'd like to know why our Rights of Ways are important to you.

💻Help shape the new Rights of Way Action Plan here: https://t.co/dgDN8YVGHW

[Sussex Dolphin Project 🐬 @SussexDolphin]

Thank you to everyone who has reported sightings of a humpback whale 🐋 over the last few days, across East #Sussex 👏

We’ve received sightings from Rye, Pett Level, Fairlight, Hastings, St Leonards, Bexhill, Pevensey & Eastbourne.

📸Kevin Burchett
🎥 Ricky Martin
#Hastings

[Sara Wahedi @SaraWahedi]

Last year at the UN, I warned the Taliban would gradually reintroduce decrees from their first regime.

Today, two more were announced: women can’t be visible through windows, and NGOs will be monitored for employing women or so-called "illegal acts."

[Malala Yousafzai @Malala]

Exactly 12 years ago today, a Taliban gunman pointed his gun at my head and shot me for daring to speak up for girls’ right to go to school.

I want to thank every person for your solidarity and support, from praying for my recovery to helping me in my work for girls’ access to education, both in my home country of Pakistan and around the world.

Most years, I spend October 9th like any other day, with gratitude for having lived another year. But today, I am in New York to address the American Society of International Law (ASIL), a prestigious group of legal experts who have chosen to honour @MalalaFund and its work alongside Afghan activists fighting to protect the right to education for girls in Afghanistan. These women worked tirelessly before the fall of Kabul in 2021, and fearlessly since, to keep girls learning under the most impossible circumstances. It is humbling to stand alongside them and gratifying to see them receive the recognition they deserve.

The Taliban continue to point literal and metaphoric weapons at girls and women in Afghanistan every day, from public beatings to ruthless edicts that ban them from learning, working and living freely. The brutality of the Taliban’s oppressive system against women is so extreme that Afghan activists and human rights defenders are calling it gender apartheid.

Right now, Afghan women and girls need more than words of sympathy. I call on governments and influential institutions to leverage their power, and through international law, hold the Taliban accountable. I especially call on Muslim leaders and institutions to play a leading role in challenging the Taliban’s misuse of religion and culture.

Just as people stood with me and my friends more than a decade ago, I hope people will stand in solidarity with Afghan girls and women now.

❤️ @Hmosadiq @zarqayaftali @deemahiram @metra_mehran @RahelaHSidiqi @SHalaimzai

[Search Dogs Sussex @SDSussex]

Recognising the service of @LowlandRescue @searchdogmillie who is retiring after 10 years service. We wish her a her a long and happy retirement full of tennis balls and walks on the beach. Thank you Millie for your service, happy retirement. Stand-down, Retired Search Dog Millie

[Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace]

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT! 🚨
From 15 Nov, to protect our internationally important site, we'll be limiting the number of visitors to the palace to 20,000 per day.

Apologies if we have to turn people away. (In which case you could always visit @pompeii_sites - we've heard they're Ok).

[Jo Williams @Southdownsjojo]

UK ‘falling behind’ on sewage pollution regulation while EU tightens rules https://t.co/8RxUCu5JRy

[Jo Williams @Southdownsjojo]

#floodthestreets #MARCHFORCLEANWATER because water matters for everyone.

[Jo Williams @Southdownsjojo]

#MARCHFORCLEANWATER with @Mike_Batt and the wombles

[March for Clean Water @MarchforWater]

TODAY’S THE DAY! 💧🌊🪧
Are you ready? ⬇️

✅ Blue outfit
✅ Placards
✅ Banners
✅ Marching boots

We'll see you all from 11AM at Albert Embankment ready to #MARCHFORCLEANWATER at 11:45.

It's time to #RescueBritainsWaters!

[Jo Williams @Southdownsjojo]

#MARCHFORCLEANWATER because water matters for everyone

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

It’s the #MarchForCleanWater and we’re off ! If you’re in London come on down and join in , we must stop poisoning Britain’s rivers and seas .

@MeganMcCubbin | @MarchforWater

[Sussex Dolphin Project 🐬 @SussexDolphin]

Up to 6 bottlenose dolphins were seen just outside Shoreham Harbour entrance on October 23rd by Julia Ravan.

This sighing was filmed 30 minutes after the sighting shared earlier this week from James Stewart in the same area.

Huge thanks to Julia for reporting this sighting. 👏

[Sara Wahedi @SaraWahedi]

Happy Halloween to the Taliban –

because nothing haunts them more than educated Afghan women. And we're only getting smarter. And fighting back.

[Jo Williams @Southdownsjojo]

Wildlife Trusts buy Rothbury estate in largest land sale in England in 30 years https://t.co/HD2qvmv9DJ

[Jo Williams @Southdownsjojo]

I don’t expect stone-cold truths from a chatshow, but Saoirse Ronan delivered one https://t.co/GqCYMX7eLs

[Jo Williams @Southdownsjojo]

‘It is about people’s love of the river’: swimming group fighting for rights in the Avon https://t.co/ihjuFU73Rh

[Sussex Dolphin Project 🐬 @SussexDolphin]

🚨Supertrawlers return to the channel‼️

The Afrika, a 126-metre pelagic freezer trawler, has been tracked off #Sussex over the last 24 hours.

We've also been monitoring the Zeeland and Willem Van Der Zwan, which have passed through the channel.