Howard Partridge 🍐
@HowardPeartree
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It was fun while it lasted, but we can't look after nice things / planets. RT or ❤️ ≠ recommendation. If views or opinions slip out, they're very much my own.
Cumbria
Joined December 2011
Bad news for anyone thinking of responding to the consultation on the new electric vehicle duty. The consultation opens today, and closes last March.
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Brilliant piece by Richard Partington about the Rachel Reeves AI bot which will be analysing the budget
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Jack-up barge Sandpiper off the Lincolnshire coast – a Combifloat C-5 operated by Lankelma for near-shore geotechnical and CPT survey work. 27 m legs and a 215 m² deck help it stand clear of the waves. #Lincolnshire #NorthSea #Sandpiper #JackUpBarge #Aerial #image
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UEA Ziggurats today in Norwich. Built 1964–68, designed by Denys Lasdun in bold brutalist style. Grade II* listed for their pioneering stepped design facing the lake. Closed since 2023 due to structural concerns #UEA #Norwich #Brutalism #Ziggurats
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Always the toys, rarely the batteries. So many projects of all kinds are unveiled with great fanfare but without a plan or the revenue funding to keep them going. In this case that is quite literally a matter of life or death 💓
Defibrillators are crucial, life-saving devices. Yet my latest investigation for @ObserverUK highlights how defibrillators are often neglected, faulty and inaccessible leading to preventable deaths. https://t.co/R4TfT7i6mM
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Turns out, it only takes one buried sentence to make the whole internet nervous about where their files end up. Of course, for @WeTransfer, it was just 'poor wording'. We call it 'getting caught'. Read more here: https://t.co/UEhfqIpVFj
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Map Of The Largest Towns And Cities Of England In 1377 More about them: https://t.co/PVcCBCAtqf
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"Green building: How ambitious ‘forest city’ plan for England could become a reality. Cross-party coalition behind proposals hope eco-friendly scheme for million people could begin before end of decade." @horton_official reports 👇 https://t.co/HXRTc9L2Do
theguardian.com
Cross-party coalition behind proposals hope eco-friendly scheme for million people could begin before end of decade
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I live on LinkedIn. Unless he's passionate about serial disruption and thought leadership in the zero-click economy we're not chatting...
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The UK has the biggest tax rate difference between top earners and average earners in the developed world, writes @jburnmurdoch
https://t.co/LdQro5JEj9
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Yet more Gemini winning. Government spending is the majority of the economy in the UK outside of the South of England.
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My wealth as an entrepreneur was down to my undeserved good luck argues Julian Richer. The socio-economic structures that prevent others from enjoying similar luck must change.( full declaration: I chair the Fairness Foundation’s editorial advisory board)
theguardian.com
I have been fortunate, and I know it. Now I’d like more successful people to admit that meritocracy is a myth, says Julian Richer, founder of Richer Sounds
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The government has hit back at "false" claims that "misrepresent" Active Travel England's latest road safety guidance, that after a weekend of press headlines claiming UK roads are to be made narrower to prevent motorists overtaking cyclists. https://t.co/P4ogfUWltn
road.cc
Tabloid meltdown and condemnation from motoring organisations, but Department for Transport insists "there has never been legally binding standards for road widths" and coverage was "false and...
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Free bike schemes in deprived communities improve people's health, wellbeing and social mobility, report shows https://t.co/2wRin4cnYB
road.cc
The trial took place in three areas across the UK and found the scheme also resulted in healthcare savings in relation to preventable deaths and disease
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Aerial view: CEfas Endeavour passing through Lowestoft’s Bascule Bridge. Built in 2002 for £10.5m, the 74-metre research vessel supports UK fisheries surveys, seabed mapping & environmental monitoring across the North Sea and eastern Channel #Lowestoft #CEFAS #ships #aerial #view
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Scroby Sands wind farm aerial view: WaveWalker 1 jack-up barge removing the nacelle, blades and upper tower the fire-damaged turbine at Scroby Sands, off Great Yarmouth. T06 was gutted by a nacelle fire in August 2023 #ScrobySands #WindFarm #Norfolk #aerial #image
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Thorpeness aerial view - with Sizewell in the distance. A striking stretch where fast-retreating cliffs show just how vulnerable this coast has become. Centuries of shifting shingle & today’s accelerating erosion tell the story in one frame. #Thorpeness #Sizewell #aerial #image
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Scroby Sands aerial pic. The shifting sandbank laid bare at low tide. First commissioned in 2004, the site sits just off Great Yarmouth and is one of the UK’s early offshore wind farms #ScrobySands #WindFarm #Norfolk #Aerial #image
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