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15 yrs ago the govt ⬆️ taxes on councils for burying waste, to ⬇️ landfill gases 🔥But councils turned to incineration (which produces as much greenhouse gas as coal) Now nearly ½ of UK rubbish is incinerated - a “disaster for the climate” say scientists bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Microsoft Excel enters its 40th year - "It even has its own world championship in Las Vegas, where spreadsheet wizards pivot, concatenate and VLOOKUP their way to victory." economist.com/business/2024/… via The Economist

“Deadly nitazene drugs found in fake medicines” - Alex had tried to buy Xanax for sleep: Nitazenes were only detected after his mother queried with police why earlier tests had not looked for them. I think many cases may have been missed as not tested. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

🚨 A Dangerous New Threat 🚨 Deadly synthetic opioids stronger than heroin and fentanyl are found in counterfeit medicines across the UK. This BBC investigation reveals the hidden dangers of nitazenes. 👉 Read more: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… #Kaleidoscope #Nitazenes #OpioidCrisis

Applications are now open for six trainee community reporter roles in a further phase of the Community News Project 🗞️ Roles are aimed at people from diverse backgrounds without prior journalism experience. Reporters will work towards the NCTJ diploma. nctj.com/news/recruitme…

Do I need to post on here as well as on bluesky? Worryingly strong nitazene, found in 7 "Oxycodone" pills sent to WEDINOS Project since August, and now last week an 8th sample sent as a yellow powder, from someone in Newcastle-upon-Tynewho had tried to buy "isotonitazene".

We're delighted to welcome six trainee community reporters to the new phase of the Community News Project 🌟 The new recruits are: Jennifer Cartwright, Yorkshire Evening Post Evie Flynn, Southwark News Emily Gray, The Chronicle Dorota Lukasik, Kent Messenger Grace Price, Monmouthshire Beacon

A national policing unit has been called an "authoritarian censor" for the way it told local forces to block the release of information under laws designed to safeguard the public's right to know. #FOI #ddj bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Nearly 1/3 of people who had Disability Living Allowance (DLA) had claims rejected when they re-applied for PIP aged 16 - including thousands with cancer, blindness, psychosis, deafness and epilepsy #ddj via Joanna Morris #benefits bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Thousands of sites potentially contaminated with toxic chemicals have never been checked by councils, ⁦Paul Lynch⁩ and ⁦Tomos Morgan⁩ have discovered #foi #ddj #toxictown bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Government loses legal battle over Covid ‘VIP Lane’ #FOI via ⁦Jenna Corderoy⁩ ⁦Peter Geoghegan @ democracyforsale.uk⁩ open.substack.com/pub/democracyf…

BBC Breakfast's version of my QR scam story saw Naga and Charlie introduced to the word 'quishing' for the first time

Do you want to train as a journalist, but are worried about the costs? Could you bring diversity to a newsroom? Apply to the Journalism Diversity Fund (JDF) by 30 April for an opportunity to receive funding for your NCTJ journalism training. Apply here👇 nctj.com/journalism-div…

A pleasure to host #ddjuk25 with the #BBCSharedDataUnit team and Birmingham City University Events today and a big thank you to all of our guests, keynote speakers, panellists and to those who delivered workshops at the event. #ddj #foi

A national policing unit which I revealed in March, advised local police forces to block the release of info under #FOI also told PSNI to "neither confirm nor deny" holding any info on tech it used to hack a journalist’s phone, even though it was in the news and on its website.

9 takeaways from the #BBCSharedDataUnit conference #ddjuk25 we hosted alongside Birmingham City University Events via Paul Bradshaw onlinejournalismblog.com/2025/06/04/9-t… #ddj #foi #journalism

Thousands of prosecutions collapsed due to missing or lost police evidence bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… latest #ddj from the #BBCSharedDataUnit via Paul Lynch & Sima Kotecha #foi

“Look at Mr. Frog! He’s so grumpy.” Wait, why are so many frogs boys? Melanie Walsh explores how we gender animals in kids’ stories—and why it matters. pudding.cool/2025/07/kids-b…