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Ieva Breiteryte retweeted
A win that generations of Geordies have been waiting for.
To celebrate, we are giving you the chance to win a signed @nufc shirt. ✍️
All you have to do is like, share and follow us to be in with a chance of winning 🤞
Winner will be announced this Friday (21st).
ALT A signed Newcastle United shirt is laid out on the Wembley pitch ahead of the Carabao Cup Final.
Ieva Breiteryte retweeted
Did I mention by the way that as part of @NickFerrariLBC's challenge we've been testing E. coli levels in rivers.
Now remember anything above 900 cfu/100ml (colony forming units in 100ml of water), is graded as 'Poor' for bathing water quality and anything above 1,000 cfu/100ml is just getting down right dangerous.
On the River Severn at Worcester we found levels of 48,900 cfu/100ml.
E. coli can cause diarrhea (which can be bloody), abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, weakened immune systems, kidney failure, anemia, and low platelet count, long-term health complications or even death.
You have been warned.
lbc.co.uk/news/feargal-shark…
Ieva Breiteryte retweeted
And here they are 👇 the men and woman responsible for dumping 14,027,654 hours worth of sewage into the environment over the last 5 years and helping pollute every single river in the country.
Ladies and gentlemen I give you the board of @Ofwat.
"In the name of God, go".
Ieva Breiteryte retweeted
Thames Water has been lobbying govt & @Ofwat to "increase bills by 40%, pay lower fines for breaches and keep paying out dividends as part of efforts to avert a taxpayer bailout".
No to bill increase, no to bailout. If it goes bankrupt it goes bankrupt.
theguardian.com/business/202…
Ieva Breiteryte retweeted
So there we have it.
Just 48 hours after the EA restocked the River Weaver with 8,000 fish following a previous pollution incident a farmer is caught on camera dumping what is believed to be 20,000 litres of slurry back into the river.
Guardians of the environment indeed.
Authorities believe that over 20,000 litres of slurry have gone down the drains in Audlem, Cheshire last night.
This is all headed to the Upper River Weaver, again, just as the river was due to be restocked following the last slurry incident in Oct 2023
thenantwichnews.co.uk/2024/0…
Ieva Breiteryte retweeted
"Water firm drives 240 truckloads of sewage a day through town ‘to pump into sea’."
Yep, you read that correctly.
Whatever next @SouthWestWater
inews.co.uk/news/south-west-…
Ieva Breiteryte retweeted
BREAKING: THIS IS BIG! Judgement today in our judicial review with @pickeringfish against @DefraGovUK and @EnvAgency.
WE WON!🎉
In one of the most significant UK rulings affecting water protection policy in years.
Welcome to your new role @SteveBarclay.
A mega thread... 🧵
Ieva Breiteryte retweeted
Your national sewage dumping report for the morning of Friday 3rd Nov 2023.
Each red dot represents sewage being dumping into the environment.
Ieva Breiteryte retweeted
Your daily sewage dumping report. Yes every little red dot is a water company dumping sewage into / onto a beach.
Grrr. 🤬
Ieva Breiteryte retweeted
If you missed it on yesterday's @BBCBreakfast here's the question I asked the Secretary of State for the Environment.
My thanks to all of those wonderful people who attended @ftweekend last Saturday for their participation.
Ieva Breiteryte retweeted
Well said 👏- the huge damage this Govt is doing has to be called out 👇
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Ieva Breiteryte retweeted
I've been told that house builders provided 20% of Tory party funding, not that any of these things are in anyway interlinked you'll understand.
Ieva Breiteryte retweeted
And again. 👇
Everyone should read this. Ps if @RSPBEngland put out a thread like this against a Labour government it would lead the news and lead all the right wing rags who will instead try to turn it into a story about wokery. Liars supported by liars. Viva RSPB!!
Ieva Breiteryte retweeted
And for no other reason than it seriously rattled the right wing Tory think tanks, I see they were all out in force last night trying to defend this shoddy government and the even shoddier policy they want to implement.
Ieva Breiteryte retweeted
Actually Sam most people who actually know about the subject acknowledge that, in the limited places where it applies, additional unmitigated housebuilding will have a significant impact on already damaged rivers.
Context: The Government has announced over £200m in new funding for environmental mitigations to improve rivers.
At the same time, they're removing a blunt ban on housebuilding, that everyone admits, only has a tiny impact on river pollution.
teapaw.org/RSPBEngland/status/169…
Ieva Breiteryte retweeted
20% of your party's funding in exchange for a £643,000,000 increase in your share price in just 17 hours.
Sounds like a deal to me.
Scrapping housebuilder pollution rules is a regression, watchdog tells Coffey.
Scrapping the rules in England will cost taxpayer £140m
Govt will ignore public concerns, subsidise housebuilders as they have provided 20% of Tory party funding.
Corruption.
theguardian.com/environment/…
Ieva Breiteryte retweeted
Quick question Ben: do you agree or disagree with the RSPB that the government have lied about not weakening environmental protections?
Resign !
Whatever one thinks of the government’s policy proposals and their record on nature, these tweets are simply not an appropriate contribution to our public discourse from such an important and highly respected organisation. We can strongly disagree and make our case without calling people ‘LIARS!’. As a trustee I have raised this issue urgently with the CEO and Chair, among others.