Steel Valley Radio Official🇺🇦

Breakfast Guy Doncaster Radio, evenings on Rotherham Radio. Dad/Stepdad. Mexican Dogs Lord. Views mine except for those about walkies treats & tummy rubs.

[Met Office @metoffice]

There is the potential for an Aurora across the northmost part of Scotland tonight

However the time of year will limit any favourable viewing conditions due to limited extent of darkness in the higher latitudes

[terry christian @terrychristian]

If England do win the World Cup it will be all down to Jude Bellingham , Harry Kane and this legendary English hero who fed 1.7 million hungry kids and because of this is hated by tories and racists everywhere #marcusrashford #rashford #worldcupfootball

[Benonwine @benonwine]

REVENGE IS SWEET: 👌👏✊🤭🤣

Wigan farmer dumps 400 tyres back on fly-tipper’s doorstep, Stuart Baldwin had been hit by fly-tippers 25 times in a year on his Wigan farm.

The latest scumbag dumped 400 tyres.

Stuart set up CCTV, caught him red-handed, then loaded every tyre up and dumped the whole pile straight on the culprit’s own doorstep.

Absolute legend.

Who else is cheering this on? ✊🇬🇧

[Sean Davids @MancTotter]

Haigh admits phone fraud and resigns.

Badenoch admits hacking an MPs computer and is made Leader of the Tory Party.

Remarkable

#R4today #bbcbreakfast

[Mr Trebus aka Treebs 🐶🌈BoBoes aka Bear Cub🐻🌈 @trebus_mr]

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[Liza Clinical Wizard @lizaclinwizard]

Important read, long but worth it🙏🏻

I HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY MAD AT THE WEST FOR THE LAST 6 MONTHS...

Mad at politicians because they decided to treat ruzzia like a boiling frog at the price of the lives of the best Ukrainians. For the fact that there are still no F-16s in Ukraine and that we had to do our counteroffensive later than planned and without support from the air.

Mad at those ordinary Westerners who are "tired" of Ukraine, Ukrainian war, "inconveniences" caused by the sanctions (e.g. high utility bills). Who have never cared and will not care until ruzzian so-called soldiers will walk down the streets of their cities and villages.

I was also mad at some Ukrainian politicians who are not righteous and care about themselves only.

I was mad at "people" who earn money from this war: steal humanitarian aid and then sell it, organize fraudulent fundraisings in cold blood, manipulate with supplies for our Forces of Defense, our gods. Both Ukrainians and foreigners.

I was mad at Poles (those who did what they did) for doing a 180, being so aggressive to us and forgetting that they are the next to win this bloody lottery.

I was mad at Ukrainians for our internal fights about our war which get worse and worse.

I was mad at myself that I'm still in the city, not in the trenches.

I wouldn't say that I was mad at ruzzians. Because the feeling of absolute disgust is much stronger than hatred in me.

That's why I stopped posting my "Insights from the last week". They kind of stopped making any sense to me since these are the main insights I have for today, and they don't change every week. I'm at the stage of their acceptance but I'm not happy about it at all.

WE WILL BE THE NATION WHICH WILL BE FACING ALL OF THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS FOR DECADES, IF NOT FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS:

1️⃣We are and will be the nation of people with amputations, serious permanent physical and mental health issues.

2️⃣We are broken from inside. Especially those who lost their beloved ones or home. Time doesn't heal these wounds.

3️⃣Women with children (refugees) will not come back after the Victory. Most of them. Thousands of couples divorced or will divorce.

4️⃣The best young men and women are dying every day. Many kids become orphans. Hence, there will be all kinds of the demographical issues connected to this fact.

5️⃣Everyone put their lives on hold. On a long-long hold. No serious decisions, no long-term planning. Not even month-long or week-long planning. This makes it impossible to build a house, to create a family. I'm 32 and if this war will last 10 years more (quite realistic), then I'll be 42 and it will be too late for many things (mind our patriarchal society).

6️⃣Many towns and villages no longer exist. Someone's childhood or youth memories were erased forever. It feels like a piece of your heart was taken out and torn.

7️⃣Kids who witnessed some atrocities or were victims of any attack but survived, will grow up and deal with the consequences for the rest of their lives.

8️⃣Huge economic crisis which is yet to come.

I'm still kind of young and I have a lot of love and care to give. However, from what I see in our society, it is almost impossible to create a family and have children right now. Families and serious relationships were put on hold. Together with long-term planning, new beginnings, new projects, dreams, new career opportunities...

I can't even sell my beautiful and posh land in Kyiv (I used to earn a lot of money in clinical research and my ex-husband used to earn a lot too) because nobody wants to buy land and build a house in wartime. Because once you build it, a ruzzian missile or drone will come and destroy it. I bought it for 135K USD. Now I can't sell it even for 53.5K USD. I need this money to have bread on my table, to keep donating to the Army, and to invest in my young start-up. But no. Thank you ruzzia.

I used to travel abroad at least once a year in 2022 and 2023. Today's Liza has become that person who doesn't have the desire to travel anywhere except within the country. Simply because of the solidarity with my people. They die in trenches. Plus, most civilian men are not allowed to travel abroad. I know it's only ruzzia's fault and not mine, but I want to be in solidarity.

I always say this to everyone openly, but I want to repeat it again. Even if Kyiv will be under siege, I'm not going anywhere. I'll be staying inside it, living, fighting, and volunteering. I'll live in Ukraine until I die and until it exists as a country. I lived abroad long enough to appreciate what I have here.

Last, but not least, I'm looking forward to the day when all of you will have no reason not to come here as our guests💙💛 To see the country in all its beauty and to see why we are still fighting for it so hard.

Glory to my beloved Ukraine!

Maybe I forgot about some of the consequences of the war. Let me know👇🏻

P.S. Even though I don't like borscht, I feel happy when I cook it for someone. Because I'm a true stereotypical Ukrainian housewife and even this war can't kill it.

[Paul Chantler @PaulChantler]

Happy 50th birthday to commercial radio 🎉 I’ve spent 40 years of my career at stations such as Invicta, Southern, Chiltern, Galaxy, Essex, Vibe, Wireless, TalkSport, Hallam, Metro and now Fix and Podcast Radio. It’s still a great industry!

[📻 David Lloyd @DavidLloydRADIO]

So looking forward to this!

https://t.co/C86OFEwP5p

[Larry & Paul @larryandpaul]

🇬🇧 REMINDER: Trains in the UK are great. #UKTrains 🚂

[Steel Valley Radio Official🇺🇦 @SteelValleyHQ]

@Phil_Sledge Besties 🦊❤️🦊❤️😍

[Prof Alice Roberts💙 @theAliceRoberts]

Notes from a civilised country…

[Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 @DefenceHQ]

Today is Battle of Britain Day, 83 years since the pivotal moment in WWII when the RAF faced the Luftwaffe over British skies.

They were young, an average age of just 20.

They were few, just 2,945 aircrew.

But thanks to their courage and skill, they were victorious.

[alan rusbridger @arusbridger]

People died for a fair & representative parliament. That’s why Boris’s chum, 'Baroness' Owen (a blank sheet of paper – said/done nothing of note, & is uncontactable) is a scandal @CatNeilan My column https://t.co/DZtpQsixZ0

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

Quite astonishing…

The first time I’ve ever been on a show and another panellist has simply refused to engage with me.

[Anna Soubry 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇦🇪🇺🖤🤍 @Anna_Soubry]

This is a lie.
It’s yet more proof of how the Conservative Party has sunk to the lowest level - desperately fishing for votes in the depths of British politics.
We can’t go on like this.
We need change.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

I hope you'll all join with me in providing a thunderous round of applause for all of the team at @WildFishCons, leading where other eNGOs fear to tread. 👏👏👏👏

[BBC Tees @BBCTees]

The Saltburn Cliff Tramway has beaten off the Blackpool Tower to be crowned winner 🏆

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

“You have trashed what last shred of credibility and sincerity you had, and it’s quite obvious you were prepared to sacrifice the environment at the altar of political gain.”

https://t.co/rxxYNzWJWE

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Bravo @RachelReevesMP 👏👏👏@UKLabour are prepared to get serious, to start cracking down, to start properly holding water companies and their fat cat bosses to account.

Gets my vote, every time. 👏👏👏

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

In the early 1990s, Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado was stationed in Rwanda to cover the genocide, an experience that left him traumatized.

In 1994, upon returning to his home in Minas Gerais, Brazil, Sebastião hoped to find solace in the lush green forest of his childhood. Instead, he discovered that his home had transformed into a dusty, barren land stretching for miles, devoid of any wildlife.

"The land was as sick as I was. Only about 0.5% of the land was covered in trees," he remarked.

At this time, his wife, Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado, proposed that they embark on the ambitious journey of replanting the entire forest. Sebastião supported the idea, and together, over the course of the next 20 years, they planted an astonishing 2.7 million trees.

Their efforts resulted in the rejuvenation of 1,500 acres of rainforest, and the site eventually became home to 293 plant species, 172 bird species, and 33 animal species, some of which were on the brink of extinction.