Making the news today....

[BillQ]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c205g21n1zzo

 

I've been waiting to hear about this as I was invited to be part of the trial in the UK. The UK results should hopefully confirm the US results and we will have better and earlier diagnosis of cancer. 

 

Great news !

[Mick Dempsey]

Widow to fight for change over husband's 'senseless' tree death

BBC.COM

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Fiona Hall calls for regular safety inspections after husband Chris was killed by a falling branch.

Just watched this on the news,  unsure whether it’ll come to anything.

[Stubby]

The Grand old Duke of York had 10,000 men , he marched ...no hang on hes not a Duke anymore 😀 Just in time before " the book " is published . 

[Mark J]

3 hours ago, Stubby said:

The Grand old Duke of York had 10,000 men , he marched ...no hang on hes not a Duke anymore 😀 Just in time before " the book " is published . 

Oh, the noncey Duke of York,

He had 12 million quid,

He got it from his now-dead mum,

To hide the things he did.

 

[Mark J]

 

Oil and gas workers offered cash to retrain, in major plan for future clean energy workforce

NEWS.SKY.COM

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Unions welcome the new plan but warn funding for training does not equate to jobs, saying they won't materialise without further investment, nor measures to revitalise the country's dwindling...

https://www.itv.com/news/2025-10-19/government-unveils-plans-to-recruit-400000-new-workers-for-green-energy-sector

[Oldfeller]

 

[Johnsond]

1 hour ago, Mark J said:

 

Oil and gas workers offered cash to retrain, in major plan for future clean energy workforce

NEWS.SKY.COM

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Unions welcome the new plan but warn funding for training does not equate to jobs, saying they won't materialise without further investment, nor measures to revitalise the country's dwindling...

https://www.itv.com/news/2025-10-19/government-unveils-plans-to-recruit-400000-new-workers-for-green-energy-sector

Fantasy vs Reality 

Delivered half way around the world by one of the worlds biggest polluters 😂😂😂😂🤷‍♂️

Edited 2 hours ago by Johnsond

[sime42]

19 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Fantasy vs Reality 

Delivered half way around the world by one of the worlds biggest polluters 😂😂😂😂🤷‍♂️

 

 

So maybe we, the UK, should cash in on the renewable energy industry boom. Rather than buy it all from China. That would make much more sense than fcking around with the big AI con, that's just going to consume more power and water, that we don't have. Surely you agree? It'd be great to have some proper manufacturing in our country again. I fear we may already have missed the boat sadly.

 

 

 

 

[sime42]

I can't decide whether this is a crazy idea or not. It is really, but we are unfortunately, where we are. It's a lot less crazy than doing the opposite, which is what we're currently doing.

 

How ‘Wood Vaulting’ Could Help Slow Climate Change

WWW.SCIENTIFICAMERICAN.COM

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Wood vaulting, a simple, low-tech approach to storing carbon, has the potential to remove 12 billion tons of...

 

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by sime42