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Close the "Thisk Gap" and link two of England’s most iconic National Parks : Nosterfield Reserve Cod Beck Farmland margins nr South Kilvington & Bagby Ampleforth–Coxwold corridor Yearsley Woods – a vital wooded stepping stone Sutton Bank escarpment & Boltby Forest @MaryCreagh_

Today, 11.30am, we remember Salford born Tommy Moore, an International Brigade volunteer who lost his life in the Spanish Civil War. Venue: Moston Cemetery, Manchester, enter from Lightbowne Road entrance. Later refreshments at Fairway Inn. ⁦@IBMT_SCW⁩

The proposed "Thirsk Gap" corridor Cod Beck river corridor Railway embankments Ancient hedgerow networks Underused farmland or floodplain areas – reimagined as wildflower meadows or wetland scrapes

The "Thirsk Gap" — a 15–20 km wide stretch of lowland east of Thirsk — separates two of England’s most iconic protected landscapes: the Yorkshire Dales National Park to the west, and the North York Moors National Park to the east. Time to complete the green "Thirsk Gap" corridor

Throughout the summer join Quakers in Britain and Quaker Roots in a range of activities to resist the DSEI arms fair, which takes place at the ExCel Centre London in September 2025. quaker.org.uk/events/war-sta…

Tony Juniper, chair of Natural England, has voiced his support for reintroducing Eurasian Lynx to the British countryside: bit.ly/4f6qg76

A section of the Great Fen in Cambridgeshire will be one of only four sites selected across Europe to trial 'wet farming' techniques as part of an innovative project: bit.ly/4o2LoPv

#RespectTheRiders #TDFF2025 starts today!! @LeTourFemmes

RIP Cleo Lane - one of the great of the greats theguardian.com/music/2025/jul…

Witney V Dulwich Hamlet

❌ A man whose dogs repeatedly chased, mauled and killed sheep has been banned from walking any dog near livestock for seven years. READ MORE: ow.ly/e0pB50Wva99

Taiwanese white dolphin population (Taiwan's only endemic cetacean) has dropped to 40-50, and 60% of them are suffering from injuries. The rapid decline of the critically endangered species is due to development projects & fishing along Taiwan's coast. focustaiwan.tw/society/202507…

Regulator Environment Agency cancels water quality tests: “The work affected by the cuts to testing this year included investigations into the water industry in various parts of the country, and monitoring of protected areas including the River Wye”. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Filmed over a century ago, fascinating scenes of life in Cornwall in 1916.

🚨"We're anti establishment" Farage claims, yet they've accepted SEVEN former Conservative Party MPs, MEPs, MSPs and MS. Reform aren't a brand new party with brand new ideas, they're the same old Tories but wearing a turquoise rosette!

💯 Agree - these huge fungal networks are ecosystem glue - vital in so many ways. And extraordinary theguardian.com/science/2025/j…

The government is right to move to end the use of hotels to house asylum seekers. But be under no illusion. These ‘protests’ are being led and coordinated by fascists. And Nigel Farage & Tommy Robinson are spreading fake news that fuels the fires the fascists are lighting.

Meanwhile in other news the water industry rich list. The men and women that have been paid a combined total of £278 million in just 11 years. That by the way is your money. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

When your select committee evidence session is interrupted- by a mouse!

Great to see the government delivering its commitment to an inquiry into Orgreave. Let’s hope it will deliver justice for the miners and their families who were brutalised by the Police and demonised by the right wing press and politicians 40 years ago.