FFS: Bozo has nominated Benjamin Houchen for a peerage. For anybody who has followed coverage of the Teeside freeport in Private Eye and the FT this is genuinely shocking.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65861936
#UKPolitics #BorishJohnson #BenjaminHouchen #Teeside #Freeports #PrivateEye #FinancialTimes
#ukpolitics #borishjohnson #benjaminhouchen #teeside #freeports #privateeye #financialtimes
Hmmm... what's going on around #teeside?
For a third time the #Tory mayor of Tees Valley has been caught (this time via leak to FT) transferring public property to the development corporation he chairs without any scrutiny of the transfer lists or agreements.
Already there is an investigation being launched but given the prospective use by the #privatesector through the development corp., this (at the moment) looks a lot like a corrupt theft of publicly funded assets;
more #Torycorruption?
#teeside #tory #privatesector #ToryCorruption
#Nandy on #Newsnight
"hundred of millions of pounds handed over to private investors with no local scrutiny and no tendering process"
#nandy #newsnight #teeside #Corruption
#Teeside story from #privateeye Any link with the unidentified pollution killing marine life?
Hello loves, latest My Love Letter Time Machine podcast episode out now. CW - Victorian alcohol abuse. Janie’s delight at at the family seaside day out is tempered by Emma’s increasingly unkind behaviour. This week Janie takes us to Cleepthorpes, then as now, probably the nearest bit of sandcastle sand to Sheffield. Absolutely love putting this episode together. Link: https://mylovelettertimemachine.buzzsprout.com/ (you should prob unfollow me if you don't want me bleating on about the pod).
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#Podcast #HistoryPodcast #PodcastHistory #Handsworth #Cleethorpes #Cleethorpeshistory #Sheffield #SheffieldHistory #Yorkshire #YorkshireHistory #ironworks #loveletters #1870s #1880s #19thcentury #1800s #victorianera #victorianhistory #victorian #letterwriting #history #historica #womenshistory #familyhistory #industrialhistory #industrialheritage #TrueStory #Middlesbrough #teeside #letterwriting
#podcast #historypodcast #podcasthistory #handsworth #cleethorpes #cleethorpeshistory #sheffield #sheffieldhistory #yorkshire #yorkshirehistory #ironworks #loveletters #1870s #1880s #19thcentury #1800s #Victorianera #victorianhistory #victorian #letterwriting #history #historica #womenshistory #familyhistory #IndustrialHistory #industrialheritage #truestory #middlesbrough #teeside
Meanwhile in #NorthYorkshire:
the Woodsmith mine project (drilling down to secure deposits of #polyhalite - a new mineral #fertilizer yet to be approved for commercial sale - continues to suck money in & take longer than #AngloAmerican (who rescued the project three years ago) expected... if you were hoping for a mining boom (with major #infrastructure construction) near #Teeside, you'll be waiting a little longer... although for those fearing its #environmental impact that may be a blessing!
#northyorkshire #polyhalite #fertilizer #angloamerican #infrastructure #teeside #environmental
There are increasing concerns that dredging & other work related to the construction of the #Teeside #Freeport may be linked to recent catastrophic die-offs of marine life in the area, also affecting linked livelihoods. #ReclaimOurSeas are campaigning for a halt to work and further investigation of possible associated #pollution. It's clear there's terrible harm being done to the #environment
Info & petition: https://chng.it/T89P28VFKR
#marinedieoff #biodiversity #marinehabitats #northsea #tees #Environment #Pollution #reclaimourseas #freeport #teeside
There are increasing concerns that dredging & other work related to the construction of the #Teeside #Freeport may be linked to recent catastrophic die-offs of marine life in the area, also affecting linked livelihoods. #ReclaimOurSeas are campaigning for a halt to work and further investigation of possible associated #pollution. It's clear there's terrible harm being done to the #environment
Info & petition: https://chng.it/T89P28VFKR
#marinedieoff #biodiversity #marinehabitats #northsea #tees #Environment #Pollution #reclaimourseas #freeport #teeside
As we have a bit of a goblin theme today, here is the tale of a local horror, Hob Headless of Neasham - https://hypnogoria.blogspot.com/2015/11/folklore-on-friday-headless-hobgoblin.html #folklorethursday #lovedarlo #folklore #goblins #teeside
#folklorethursday #lovedarlo #folklore #goblins #teeside
Decades of pollution at #Teeside coming back to bite.
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/teesworks-pollution-a-human-health-cost/
Still playing around with monochrome industrial landscapes.
Pencil, sol graphite and markers on paper approx A3
#graphite #industriallandscape #teeside #solublegraphite #drawing
#graphite #industriallandscape #teeside #solublegraphite #drawing
I finally found Ron's Daughter had uploaded the original!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1rOAMxSLVE&ab_channel=TheKathleg
Ron Angel and the Fettlers - The Chemical Worker's song