⚽️ It's England vs Croatia! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇭🇷 But who wins this #WaterQuality fixture? 👀 As England prepares to take to the pitch, we thought we'd compare a different kind of performance.. If countries can compete for trophies on the pitch, why shouldn't we compare how they're looking after one of our most precious resources off it? Who do you think wins this fixture? Let us know in the comments 👇 #England #Croatia #WorldCup #Football #WaterQuality

RT @RiverActionUK: 🌎🌊 World Oceans Day 2026: healthy oceans start upstream. Rivers are the arteries of our planet, linking land to sea. Wh…

🌍 World Environment Day 2026 We cannot have a healthy planet without healthy rivers. Rivers provide drinking water, support wildlife, nourish our landscapes and connect communities to nature. Yet across the UK, they are being treated as dumping grounds for sewage, agricultural pollution and industrial waste. If we want thriving wildlife, climate resilience and healthy communities, we must restore and protect the rivers that sustain them. This World Environment Day, take action for your local river. Write your councillor and urge them to support stronger action to tackle river pollution. ⏱️It only takes two minutes. Contact your local councillor today: bit.ly/3REu7jX #RescueOurRivers

Dear @labourlewis I have experienced several miscarriages, run two marathons to raise money for baby-loss charities and supported organisations such as Tommy's. I am also quite sure that I am a woman - not a "birthing person". Only women can become pregnant and give birth, regardless of how they identify. The term "birthing person" is therefore neither necessary nor genuinely inclusive. In practice, it erases the very people it is intended to describe. Pregnancy, childbirth and miscarriage are profoundly significant experiences for many women. We deserve to be spoken about accurately and respectfully. Please show pregnant women - and all women - that respect by using clear and accurate language. Yours sincerely, A woman who has experienced miscarriage

AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.

🎓 A Cambridge student who challenged “modern LGBTQ activism” at the Cambridge Union says a growing number of young people are privately rejecting gender ideology. Maeve Halligan argues women’s rights, gay rights and safeguarding concerns have been sidelined by a culture of ideological conformity on campus 👇 telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05…

I read everywhere about the 'hard right' This the term used to describe people who are Islamosceptic - that is, people who are doubtful about the merits of a religion that demands child marriage, the beating of women, and death to all who oppose it Perhaps 'sensible right' would be a better description

People can argue about J. K. Rowling all they like, but one thing nobody can take away from her is this: She has spent years using her wealth, influence and voice to support women, vulnerable children, survivors of abuse and causes most celebrities are too frightened to even speak about. Nearly £19 million donated in just the last year alone to charities supporting women and disadvantaged children. That matters. In an age where many wealthy public figures hide behind PR teams and silence, Rowling has been willing to risk her reputation, friendships, Hollywood backing and endless abuse because she believes women deserve protection, dignity, privacy and a voice. You may agree with her. You may disagree with her. But courage is standing by what you believe when it costs you something. And whatever history says about the Harry Potter books, I genuinely believe the work she’s done fighting for women’s rights and supporting vulnerable women will end up being even more important than the stories she wrote. Books can inspire generations. But helping real women in the real world changes lives forever. A lot of powerful people abandoned women because they were scared of backlash. J.K Rowling didn’t.

British police arrested a woman for holding a sign saying “Hamas is terrorist.”

As my wife points out, in this cesspit of male egos, there is one person who has been sent to prison A woman

Another day, another Girlguiding article that looks more like activism than journalism - this time from the Guardian. The piece uses she/her pronouns throughout - for a 10-year-old boy. Who can no longer attend the Girl Guides. Because he is a boy. It's built around a single emotive case study and one activist voice, with no meaningful independent reporting. The case also bears similarities to recent coverage in Metro - a single emotive account, activist framing and little evidence the claims have been properly tested or set in their legal context. Even the sole “counter” quote (Katie Alcock) appears to be recycled from a previous Telegraph article. Rigorous reporting would draw on multiple sources, test claims against evidence, clearly explain the legal and safeguarding context and include independently sourced opposing views. This isn’t balance. It’s ideologically driven narrative construction. Link below 👇

When journalists use phrases like “her penis”, something has gone badly wrong. I’ve written for spiked on the rise of activism in journalism - and what happens when accuracy and impartiality are treated as optional, particularly on issues like sex and gender. This isn’t just about one article. It’s a pattern - and one that’s becoming harder to ignore. And it doesn’t start in the newsroom. It starts in universities. If they’re too afraid to hire journalism lecturers like me - who would challenge this kind of language - we shouldn’t be surprised by the standards we’re now seeing. Link to article in comments 👇

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 New from me in this week’s Sunday Telegraph: Girlguiding is facing a legal challenge over its decision to allow existing trans-identifying male members to remain until September. A mother is preparing legal action - arguing that allowing biological males to stay poses a safeguarding risk to girls. Lawyers say the delay raises serious concerns, particularly around summer camps - where girls may be expected to share tents or washing facilities. 🔗 Link to read below (free gift link) 👇

Today's ruling by the IOC means a welcome return to fair sport for women and girls, but I'll never forget the scandal of Paris 2024, when people who consider themselves supremely virtuous and progressive publicly cheered on men punching women.

It is almost unbelievable that the government is on the brink of allowing the water companies to scam the British people *once again* by letting them get away with serious criminal offences without any actual plan & commitments for fixing illegal outfalls. I will use one of the most polluting outfalls on the Roding to illustrate why this is a terrible idea. The aptly named ‘Cascades’ combined sewer overflow (CSO) discharges almost every time it rains (even lightly) for more than a few hours. It discharges more than 400 hours per year, the majority of which hours of spilling are completely illegal. Worst of all, my testing of the outfall over the past year has shown that the volume (over 80 litres a second) and concentration (up to 50ppm ammonia) means this CSO is highly damaging, effectively turning the whole river into a sewer for over half a mile downstream. What will be the effect of letting Thames Water off fines for this illegal outfall? 🧵

Well colour us surprised… 🙃 South West Water has admitted 18 pollution offences across Devon and Cornwall after years of illegal sewage spills affecting rivers, beaches and protected wildlife habitats. The charges relate to incidents between 2015–2021 and come after the same company was fined £2.15m in 2023 for 13 similar offences. And here we are again. Still swimming in sewage while polluters continue to profit. 💩💩 📢The government must STOP pandering to polluters. 👇 ✍️ Please sign the petition with @surfersagainstsewage and tell Keir Starmer to end the #sewagescandal. Head to the link in their bio. 🔗 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24d… #EndSewagePollution #RescueOurRivers

📢 It’s International Women’s Day, and we’re celebrating the incredible women standing up for our rivers. ✊💙 From swimmers to scientists, campaigners to community organisers, paddlers to citizen scientists, lawyers to storytellers - women across the UK are leading the charge to hold polluters to account and clean up our rivers, lakes and seas. To every woman raising her voice for our waterways: your leadership, passion and determination are driving the movement to #rescueourrivers. #InternationalWomensDay

“This isn’t an abstract policy debate. This is our home.” For years, local people have watched the Wye deteriorate: toxic algae blooms, disappearing wildlife, water that no longer feels safe. Every summer, the water turns thick and green - fuelled by excess nutrients from intensive poultry units in the Wye catchment. More chickens mean more manure, and when that manure spreads on already saturated land, it washes into the river. In November 2025, Natural Resources Wales approved three new poultry unit expansions, but failed to consider where manure goes once it leaves the farm boundary.  So we've taken legal action to challenge them. Because pollution doesn’t stop at the farm gate - and regulation shouldn’t either. #SaveTheWye #RescueBritainsRivers

Can catch up with me at The Gathering for water and Nature. 2 of our films will be shown at Stratford Upon Avon. 1st being the Flow Of Life which delves into rivers beneath the surface including the pressure's they are facing with pollution and the 2nd is Waters Of Life 1/3

Sorry mate but to cast ALL Env charities as failures/cons is just wrong & disrespectful (& not btw what that article claims). A great many people involved (incl some you’ve worked with) drive massive positive change for our environment. They just don’t shout on X or TV about it