Yvonne Fox

[Lancaster University @LancasterUni]

Congratulations to our Professor Louise Heathwaite CBE FRS on her new role heading the UK’s leading funder of environmental science 👏

[Natural Environment Research Council @NERCscience]

We’re delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Louise Heathwaite as the new Executive Chair of NERC.

Prof Heathwaite, who's currently Pro-Vice Chancellor Research and Enterprise at @LancasterUni, will take up her new role in March 2024. More: https://t.co/59pb8WdrBf

[REF 2029 @ref2029]

Following the REF initial decisions consultation, we're announcing some updates - most importantly that the next REF will be REF 2029. This is in recognition of the complexities for HEIs in preparing for the exercise.

[Lancaster University @LancasterUni]

Fantastic news! We welcome this major step towards decarbonising our campus thanks to the latest government investment🍃🔋

Find out more 👇

https://t.co/KjvhhE1u1W

[Moz Perkins⚓️🇨🇶🇬🇧 Author 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @MozPerkins]

On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme.

None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why.

The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise. Once there, the bodies were draped with the union flag.

Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a Colonel Gell selected one body at random. The other three were reburied.

A French Honour Guard was selected and stood by the coffin overnight of the chosen soldier overnight.

On the morning of the 8th November, a specially designed coffin made of oak from the grounds of Hampton Court arrived and the Unknown Warrior was placed inside.

On top was placed a crusaders sword and a shield on which was inscribed:

"A British Warrior who fell in the GREAT WAR 1914-1918 for King and Country".

On the 9th of November, the Unknown Warrior was taken by horse-drawn carriage through Guards of Honour and the sound of tolling bells and bugle calls to the quayside.

There, he was saluted by Marechal Foche and loaded onto HMS Vernon bound for Dover. The coffin stood on the deck covered in wreaths, surrounded by the French Honour Guard.

Upon arrival at Dover, the Unknown Warrior was met with a nineteen gun salute - something that was normally only reserved for Field Marshals.

A special train had been arranged and he was then conveyed to Victoria Station, London.

He remained there overnight, and, on the morning of the 11th of November, he was finally taken to Westminster Abbey.

The idea of the unknown warrior was thought of by a Padre called David Railton who had served on the front line during the Great War the union flag he had used as an altar cloth whilst at the front, was the one that had been draped over the coffin.

It was his intention that all of the relatives of the 517,773 combatants whose bodies had not been identified could believe that the Unknown Warrior could very well be their lost husband, father, brother or son...

THIS is the reason we wear poppies.

We do not glorify war.

We remember - with humility - the great and the ultimate sacrifices that were made, not just in this war, but in every war and conflict where our service personnel have fought - to ensure the liberty and freedoms that we now take for granted.

Every year, on the 11th of November, we remember the Unknown Warrior.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.

[Yvonne Fox @foxy0412]

Hurrah!!!
BBC News - UK rejoins EU research scheme Horizon
https://t.co/JCMoTUWAM1

[Yvonne Fox @foxy0412]

@SoVeryBritish Barking

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

Surely this is just asking for trouble

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

If everyone who has been grateful for the NHS over the past 75 years followed and retweeted we’d reach a million by midnight.

Please take just two seconds to show you care.

[Lancaster University @LancasterUni]

We’re pleased to have risen 24 places to 122 out of 1,500 global universities in the new QS World University Rankings, and very proud of our result for sustainability – 24th in the world, and 5th in the UK!

@TopUnis | #QSWUR

https://t.co/DJS1dJlb74

[Yvonne Fox @foxy0412]

@OdetteDewhurst Beautiful!

[The Royal Society @royalsociety]

Professor Louise Heathwaite FRS becomes a Fellow of the Royal Society. She is a hydrochemist who combines field and modelling research to understand the environmental impact of land use on freshwater quality. #RSFellows https://t.co/rezkW3VCT8

[Lancaster University @LancasterUni]

🎙️ @LancsUniSciTech's Prof Michael Kosch, joins 'This is Lancaster', sharing his passionate belief in pursuing the research we love and an insight into his fascinating career

🔊 Discover the full episode of 'Blue Skies science tackles forest fires' 👉 https://t.co/7cOnGW5wj5

[National Zoo @NationalZoo]

❄️🐼 Slides, somersaults and pure panda joy. Happy snow day from giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian! 🌨🐾
. . .
#SnowDay #PandaStory

[Yvonne Fox @foxy0412]

@SimonRKerridge They are adorable!

[Karen Miller @kfjmillerphoto]

I had so much fun sitting watching "my" woodland squirrels today. Do put the sound up for their adorable little squeaks!

#redsquirrels
@RSPBScotland @brsquirrel
@ScotSquirrels @Mammal_Society @Natures_Voice
@ScotsMagazine #thephotohour
@BBCSpringwatch @BBCEarth

[Yvonne Fox @foxy0412]

@mkhokhar Just think of all the fun you will have with that!

[Yvonne Fox @foxy0412]

😄

[Rgirvan @RobGirvan]

Kinda ironic that people think this Rebecca isn't as good as the previous one.

[BBC Springwatch @BBCSpringwatch]

All of the twinkles 🦊✨

Red foxes are known to be one of the most adaptable species not only in the UK, but in the entire northern hemisphere! They are opportunistic omnivores but also stealthy hunters! 🦊

📸 Thomas Winstone on Flickr #Autumnwatch 🍂