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Also, if he enjoys design or drawing (alongside his maths & tech) he might like the Greenpeace competition for a poster (see Lounge post) - 5 days left to enter. Something more for some time at home, but ...

Deadline in 5 days! Important Dates 🗓 Submission deadline: 25 July 2025 🗳 Public voting opens: 7 August 2025 🚢 Winners announced: 15 August 2025 Time is running out! There are only 5 days left to submit your design for Greenpeace’s poster competition. This is your chance to help send a powerful, creative message across Europe: We must stop fossil gas, oil and coal and move toward a fossil-free future. No matter your skill level, everyone is welcome. Whether you're sketching by hand, designing on a screen, or crafting a collage, we want to see your vision. 🎨 The 3 winning designs will receive: A printed full-size poster of your artwork 50 postcards of your design An exclusive Greenpeace campaign t-shirt How to enter Design your poster Use any style you like – hand-drawn, painted, digital, collaged. Just make sure it’s original and fits our message. Submit your design Upload a photo or file using the form on this page. You’ll need to include your name and contact email. Vote for your favourites After the submission deadline, we’ll shortlist poster designs that you can vote for! Share the voting page with your friends so you have a better chance to win. Your poster in the European Parliament and on the Arctic Sunrise The top-voted design will be sent to all members of the European Parliament as postcards. The three designs with the most votes will be printed as posters and postcards, and will be part of the Arctic Sunrise ship tour this fall. As a winner, you will get printed versions of your poster and a Greenpeace t-shirt. Direct link: https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/send-your-poster-design/?utm_campaign=fff-ban-new-fossil-fuel-projects&utm_source=hs-email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=fff-poster-design-contest-3rd-email-2025-07-20&utm_term=2025-07-20-poster-design-contest-3rd-email-button-2&global_project=fossil-free-future Time is running out! There are only 5 days left to submit your design for Greenpeace’s poster competition. This is your chance to help send a powerful, creative message across Europe: We must stop fossil gas, oil and coal and move toward a fossil-free future. No matter your skill level, everyone is welcome. Whether you're sketching by hand, designing on a screen, or crafting a collage, we want to see your vision. 🎨 The 3 winning designs will receive: A printed full-size poster of your artwork 50 postcards of your design An exclusive Greenpeace campaign t-shirt The deadline is 25 July 2025. After that, we’ll shortlist the top designs and the public will vote for the winners. Don't wait and join today! Join the competition now

Remarks of Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, at the Hague Group Emergency Conference of States in Bogotá, Colombia (15-16 July 2025): https://progressive.international/wire/2025-07-16-francesca-albanese-a-revolutionary-shift-is-underway/en

Still waiting for live feed to start, but here are a couple of Guardian articles about the conference: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/08/governments-stand-up-to-israel-colombia https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/15/united-nations-francesca-albanese-colombia-conference-israel-palestine Live feed now started at 1740c

Direct link to livestream of closing ceremony and joint statement: Today, the conference comes to a close with a joint statement — a historic declaration of collective action in defence of international law and human dignity. At 10:30 Bogotá, 11:30 New York, 16:30 London, 17:30 Paris, 21:00 New Delhi, join the closing ceremony live from the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The ceremony will feature Gustavo Petro, President of Colombia; Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories; Zane Dangor, Director General of South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation; Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, Executive Secretary of The Hague Group; and Fillemon Wise Immanuel, Minister of Justice and Labour Relations of Namibia. The centrepiece of the ceremony will be the reading of the Joint Statement — the result of deliberation among participating governments. This statement will echo far beyond Bogotá. It marks a turning point in the global campaign to hold Israel accountable, protect the Palestinian people, and restore the rule of international law. Join us to witness this historic moment. In solidarity, The Progressive International Secretariat

Update: 'Dozens of Members of the European Parliament are gearing up to nominate Francesca Albanese for the Nobel Peace Prize, and several Nobel Laureates are already standing behind her and Gaza doctors!' https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/stand_with_francesca_and_gaza_doctors_sa/?copy&utm_source=copy&utm_medium=social_share&utm_campaign=54842&share_location=campaign_page

Direct link (sorry duplicated!): Today, more than 30 states from around the world will gather in Bogotá, Colombia, for the “Emergency Conference” to halt the Gaza genocide: the most ambitious multilateral response since Israel began its campaign of devastation two years ago. Bringing together a broad coalition of governments — from Algeria to Brazil, China to Spain, Indonesia to Qatar — the conference aims, in the words of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, “to move from condemnation to collective action.” At 10:30 Bogotá, 11:30 New York, 16:30 London and 17:30 Paris, we invite you to join this historic gathering's opening ceremony live from the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. You will hear testimony from Dr. Thaer Ahmed, who will recount his experience of working in Rafah and Khan Younis amidst Israel’s genocide. Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, will detail her government’s concrete commitments to uphold international law. After she was sanctioned by the Trump administration, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese will deliver a powerful message about the failure of the international system to protect the Palestinian people — and urge immediate and coordinated action by principled states. “Here in Bogotá, a growing number of states have the opportunity to break the silence and revert to a path of legality by finally saying: enough. Enough impunity. Enough empty rhetoric. Enough exceptionalism. Enough complicity,” Albanese will say. Today, the call from Bogotá will echo around the world. Join us. In solidarity, The Progressive International Secretariat

Direct link to campaign webpage: https://www.bigissue.com/poverty-zero/?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--gvbH5yjN7LWYG4abcRCGB6qB1Bkd0t3yPpzbRlr7Groflj2lHcA1epRp25XwOhA7XOlt8p0C8Mvt_st-2cBpLJqBMEg&_hsmi=96588606&utm_content=96588606&utm_source=hs_automation 'Ask Keir Starmer for a Poverty Zero law Poverty in the UK is higher now than at any other point in the 21st century. This has to change – sign the Big Issue Poverty Zero petition today. Big Issue wants to see a new law that requires every future UK government to set poverty reduction targets. Will you sign the petition to ask Keir Starmer to pass a Poverty Zero law? It’s time to hold government to account on poverty once and for all.' Direct link to petition: https://win.newmode.net/bigissue/askkeirstarmerforapovertyzerolaw

https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/stand_with_francesca_loc/ Hi! I just signed the urgent open letter to stand with UN human rights expert Francesca Albanese. The Trump administration just issued sanctions against her, because she stood up for people in Gaza! We can't stay silent — join me here to show Francesca people around the world have her back ✉️ ✍️ - https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/stand_with_francesca_1_1/?whatsapp&utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social_share&utm_campaign=54794&share_location=post_action

More warnings from the RSPCA https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pet-owners-given-heatwave-warning-after-dog-rescued-from-hot-car-b2787212.html

In the proud spirit of stating the bleeding obvious (!) here is some more RSPCA advice re dogs in hot cars and a downloadable leaflet which contains emergency first aid for heatstroke: https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/pets/dogs/health/dogsinhotcars https://www.rspca.org.uk/documents/1494939/7712578/Dogs In Hot Cars Leaflet.pdf/ade4c043-90ee-7091-c97f-02f047f7b4b3

RSPCA advice on keeping dogs safe in the heat: 'Dogs die on hot walks Dogs are 10 times more likely to suffer heat-related illnesses from exercising in hot weather than from overheating in cars. Learn how to keep dogs safe and help us raise awareness of this deadly problem.' https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/pets/dogs/health/hotwalks?utm_source=Campaigns_Hotwalks_10072025&utm_medium=email&utm_content=button1&utm_campaign=Campaigns_Hotwalks_10072025&campaigncode=25STNFDIGVXA1

https://stoptrump.org.uk/petition-trump-iran/ 'Donald Trump has just joined Israel’s war on Iran, by dropping US bombs on the country directly. This is an extremely perilous moment for the world. The UN call it a “dangerous escalation”. Trump does not intend to stop here. He is already threatening “far greater” attacks on Iran unless it gives in to his demands. In response, Keir Starmer called for Iran to “return to the negotiating table”. This is not a response that meets the moment. The UK must urgently call for the US to stop bombing Iran and oppose Trump’s war.'

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Apparently they are doing some engineering work on Freeview at the moment including Crystal Palace, so this might be why . Advice is not to rescan,but to wait. https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/2055401/Freeview-TV-issues-signal-do-not-retune Also for problem check: https://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/problems-freeview-reception/#/Freeview

As well as Shelter England you can try Cambridge House Law Centre: (https://ch1889.org/law-centre) Call 020 7358 7025 Email: [email protected]

We had a couple of surprise visitors on Underhill this morning - arrived in their horse box and went for a patrol before returning.

Just spotted this in the Indy100: 'Elon Musk haters given chance to ‘smash the utter f***’ out of a Tesla in ‘safe and legal’ London stunt' https://www.indy100.com/politics/elon-musk-tesla-stunt-london

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2025/mar/21/hayes-substation-fire-heathrow-airport-live-updates-power-cut-outage 'Travellers warned to stay away amid ‘significant disruption’ after fire in Hayes causes power outage'