The announcement that funds are to be withdrawn from the iconic Jodrell Bank is bound to be anathema to many of us, whether scientists or not. The research carried out there has done so much over so many decades to help us understand better the workings of the universe of which we are part. Call for a reversal of this pointless policy. It won't even save much money. Everyone is affected by lack of understanding of our place in the world/solar system/cosmos in these increasingly divisive and troublesome times. Trump is trying to shut down science in the US (in the name of the 'great god dollar'), we must not allow right wing influences to do the same here in Europe.

We spent 4 to 5 months building bike jumps and trails in our local park and the council have knocked them down continuously. We kept rebuilding them time after time after time, but this time they knocked them down and said if we get enough signatures on our petition they will think about building us a bike track at our local park.

Don’t sink our ferry! The West Lynn Ferry is under threat, with an estimated £1.8m needed for essential works to make the landing stages safe and keep the ferry running. The borough council has allocated £800,000 to the ferry from the Community Infrastructure Levy – a charge paid by housebuilders when they undertake new developments. But another £1m is needed from the two local authorities – King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council and Norfolk County Council. Records show there has been a ferry running between Lynn’s town centre and West Lynn since 1285. The ferry is a vital service, providing a sustainable transport link for residents and tourists and reducing the number of unnecessary car journeys. The Borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk has demonstrated its commitment to the ferry crossing by including it in its Masterplan and it is hoped it will fund its share of the works.  This petition calls on Norfolk County Council to commit £500,000 which will be crucial in order to complete these works so the ferry can keep operating for generations to come. 

Lincolnshire Police are now rated worst Police Service in England and Wales.   Marc Jones was responsible for appointing Paul Gibson as Chief Constable of Lincolnshire, between them the force has continued to fail catastrophically. Marc Jones has been catastrophic as Police and Crime Commissioner. The performance and service of Lincolnshire Police is appalling to the people of Lincolnshire. Since 2016 Marc Jones has done nothing to improve our Police Service and has had lots of complaints lodged against him with soft touch punishments from the very weak Lincolnshire Police and Crime Panel.  We require someone who cares about our Police Service and will make sure the Chief Constable will deliver the service and performance expected by the residents of Lincolnshire and His Majesty's Inspectors of Constabularys.

EVERY time our data is harvested and sold, each citizen must be provided: • full transparency on who is selling it and to whom • notification with the option to withdraw permission, stopping the sale • payment when the data is sold • payment when the data is used • compensation when the data is stolen or misused Every day, tech companies harvest everything about us: what we click on, what we watch, where we go, who we communicate with. This data is one of the most profitable resources on Earth. Tech companies and online data brokers didn't build that resource: we did. Every data point is a reflection and result of of our own behaviour, our own attention, our own lives, and right now, we have no say in how it's used, no visibility into who's buying it, and no share of the billions it generates. Andy Burnham has scrapped the national digital ID scheme - proof that when a data grab is unpopular enough, government will back down. But the online age-verification and surveillance software that will scan every message and photo on our phones will remain fully in place, while the companies actually harvesting and monetising our personal data face no equivalent scrutiny. We're still being asked to prove who we are to platforms, while those platforms are never asked to prove what they're doing with our data, or share the profit they’re making out of us. A NEW LAW: REAL OWNERSHIP OF OUR DIGITAL FOOTPRINT. Give every citizen a statutory property right over their own data, using laws modelled on the kind of protection Denmark has already introduced to protect people's likeness from AI deepfakes. Any company that wants to use, sell, or profit from our data should need our permission, every time, and should have to pay us ever time for the use of that data. Citizens get paid. Citizens get control back. The exact mechanism that gets the money to you is a detail to be refined but not a reason to wait. A national fund paying an annual dividend is one option, as are a direct licensing fee per company, a data trust that negotiates on your behalf, or a hybrid of all three. The principle remains the same: nobody profits from your data without your permission, and nobody profits from it without you seeing some of the money. New Job Creation. This will require the creation of a new, dedicated regulator - an Ofcom for our data, which will create a new jobs and put new guardrails around an industry hugely resistant to regulation. This body must have real powers to audit companies, enforce licensing, and hold data pirates accountable when they take without asking or profit without paying. When - not if - your data is stolen - the data brokers and companies responsible for keeping it safe must be forced to financially compensate every individual whose data was compromised. Right now, when a company loses your data to hackers or unscrupulous brokers, you bear the risk, the cost and the fallout. That has to change.  Big tech companies have grown richer than most countries, using data most people didn't know they were giving away and never agreed to sell. If a new Prime Minister can find the will to scrap one unpopular data scheme, he can find the will to back this one too. Sign if you're tired of being the product.  Sign if you want to be paid like the shareholder you’ve always been. Big Tech and data brokers have turned consumers and customers into product, and UK citizens deserve something that returns us to feeling as if we are worth our government investing in us, not bleeding us dry. In a digitally-driven world that evolves at breakneck speed, we need a modicum of control and choice again, and a system of permissions and compensation that actually pays us some respects, plus a flow of passive income, may represent a few steps in that hopeful and fair direction. In addition, an entire regulatory body - and therefore thousands of jobs - will need to be created to make this idea work.    

After spending the last 7 weeks extremely unwell with shingles, I would like to try make a difference and get vaccination age changed!  This is the second time I’ve had shingles and unfortunately this time round I was very poorly. It was on the left side of my face which cause swelling and I lost sight in my left eye for 10 days, the shingles had spread and I suffered a seizure and also had brain inflammation. This led to a 2 weeks stay in hospital with iv antivirals and pain relief. I’m no longer able to drive and struggle with pain still.  As this is a virus that lays dormant I will likely have another flare up. Now as I’m under the age of 50 I’m not entitled to the shingles vaccination, I’m only 33 and my belief is that anyone who has suffered in the way I have should be entitled to have this vaccination!  Thank you for taking the time to read my brief story and I’m hoping you can show your support.  Thanks again  Natalie Franklin. 

I am asking for your support to help save my tiny 165cm x 70cm garden outside my front door. My housing association has given me just 12 days to remove it after a single complaint. To many people it may look like a few pots and some artificial grass. To me, it is my lifeline.  I live with multiple long-term disabilities, including Classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Spina Bifida, M.E., Fibromyalgia, Endometriosis, ADHD, anxiety and depression. I work just 15 hours a week for the NHS because that is all my health allows. The remaining 149 hours each week I spend mostly at home.  My bed is in my living room, only a few steps from my front door. For the last ten years, the view from that door has been an abandoned, mould-covered Peugeot that has been left to rot. The owner no longer even lives on this side of the building and parks their current car elsewhere, leaving this one untouched.  After years of looking at a decaying vehicle, I created a tiny wildlife garden. It gives me a reason to get out of bed on difficult days. Sometimes all I can manage is walking the few steps to my doorway to see what has bloomed or to watch the bees, butterflies and dragonflies that now visit every day.  It has also improved my safety.  Before I laid the artificial grass, loose gravel was regularly scattered outside my door by off-lead dogs. Because Ehlers-Danlos syndrome causes joint instability and I wear NHS-prescribed hinged knee braces, uneven gravel significantly increases my risk of falls. The plant pots have also stopped dogs fouling directly outside my entrance.  This tiny space has become part of my daily therapy. It encourages me to get fresh air, supports my mental health and gives me a sense of purpose during long periods confined to my home.  It has also meant a great deal to my mum, who is currently undergoing treatment for breast and lung cancer. Visiting my little garden after her hospital appointments has given us both moments of happiness during an incredibly difficult time.  Neighbours, NHS colleagues and visitors regularly tell me how much they enjoy seeing the flowers and wildlife. One complaint should not outweigh the positive impact this small garden has on so many people. The housing association havn't added any plants to the grounds or turned the soil in the bedding areas for 14 years.  I am not asking for special treatment.  I am asking for reasonable compassion and understanding for a disabled tenant whose tiny accessible garden improves both physical safety and mental wellbeing.  Please help me ask the housing association to allow this small garden to remain.  Sometimes something that seems insignificant to one person can mean everything to someone else. Thank you for your time & help.  Ria 

We, the undersigned, support the following: • full and faithful restoration and reinstatement of the Glasgow School of Art building, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh; • no erosion of Mackintosh’s original design intent.  We urge that: • Building Standards are not used as an excuse for a pastiche or a compromise collection of ‘Mackintosh best bits’; • original materials must be used to preserve authenticity; • discrete, state-of-the-art fire suppression must be incorporated throughout, at all stages.  To achieve this, the following measures will be required: • permanent ownership of the building and its site must be transferred to an independent organisation, specifically designed to deliver the reinstatement and secure the building’s long term future; • the building should be made available on a lease-back arrangement to GSA to ensure that it continues as a working art school; • the support, either directly through financing the works, or ensuring the availability of finance, of the Scottish and/or UK governments as required, which will be key to delivering this internationally important project. There has been inaction for far too long.  We urge the Scottish Government and/or the UK government to take immediate action towards an early start on this project.  The future international credibility of Glasgow and Scotland in the fields of architecture, education and culture will depend on the delivery of an accurate, faithful and honest restoration of Mackintosh’s masterpiece.  We owe it to the world to get it right.

Kevin won the English first division, FA Cup, and the European Cup with Liverpool.FC. At one point he became the worlds most expensive player when he was transferred from Liverpool to Hamburg, and he holds a very, very special record as an Englishmen to have won the Balon D’or - the worlds best footballer award, twice, and collate under 50 players in the entire history of football have won, and he’s 1 of only 3 Englishmen to have ever won it.  Not only was he a great player playing for Scunthorpe, Liverpool, Hamburg, Southampton, and Newcastle, and of course England but he was an amazing manager too. His turnaround of Fulham, Man City and of course Newcastle, where he nearly won the premiere League, confirmed his status as one of Englands most loved football professional. He also had the top job for a while, England Football Manager.  Kevin Keegan was my first hero. He was up there at the time with Sir Ian Botham and Daley Thompson. They were our sporting heroes and Kevin was at the very top. Not only that but he was a lovely man. I met him very very briefly when I was in Southampton 80’s as a young boy and it stayed with me forever. Just a quick hello and he ruffled my hair as he walked past. Their are thousands of stories about his generosity, kindness, and acts of selflessness that you don’t hear often enough about superstars.

For many families in Potters Bar and South Mimms, choosing Nicholas Breakspear School was based on the promise of a safe, direct and reasonable school bus route. The 355 and 356 services have been reliable for years, giving children a manageable 15–20 minute journey and giving parents confidence that their children could travel safely and independently. That has now changed overnight. Without any consultation with the families affected, these buses have been withdrawn for our area. Children have been reassigned to the 330 route, increasing their journey from around 15–20 minutes to over an hour each way, with 07:00 pick‑ups and 16:20–16:30 returns, leaving many students waiting at roadside stops in darkness throughout autumn and winter. From September, students will be standing at roadside stops in complete darkness at 07:00, returning home as late as 16:45, exhausted before they even begin their homework. The new journey adds 1 hour 40 minutes of travel every single day - the equivalent of an extra transatlantic flight every week. This is not a small inconvenience. It affects children’s sleep, safety, wellbeing, learning, routines, and family life. It affects parents’ ability to work. It affects the whole community. Families were not asked. We were not informed until the last day of term. Many had already paid nearly £1,000 for annual bus passes that no longer serve our area.  We are asking for a safe, direct and reasonable school transport option to be reinstated for Potters Bar and South Mimms - something comparable to what children had before, and something that protects their wellbeing and educational prospects. This matters because no child should have their school day extended by nearly two hours of unnecessary travel, and no family should be left without a voice in decisions that affect their children’s safety. If we stand together, we can push for a fair and workable solution.

This proposal isn't just about building another data centre – it's about fundamentally changing the place that my family and I call home. Like many of my neighbours, I worry about the constant background hum from cooling equipment, increased pressure on local infrastructure, the loss of Green Belt land, and the impact such a development could have on the value of our homes. For most people, their home is their biggest investment and the place where they expect to enjoy peace and quiet. We should not have to accept the prospect of living next to a massive 24-hour industrial development that primarily serves global technology companies while local residents bear the environmental and social costs. This development would industrialise land adjacent to established residential communities, threaten the Green Belt, create unacceptable noise impacts for nearby residents, place additional pressure on energy and water resources, and provide limited long-term local employment.  This isn't just my concern. Thousands of people in Bishopbriggs and the surrounding communities could be affected by the long-term consequences of this development. Once Green Belt land is lost and a project of this scale is approved, there is no going back. We are not opposed to technology or investment, but development must be in the right place and put communities first. Local residents deserve to have their voices heard before irreversible decisions are made. Decision-makers must put local people first by protecting Bishopbriggs from inappropriate industrial development and preventing this proposal from progressing any further.  If you believe our homes, our environment and our community should come before inappropriate industrial development, please sign this petition and help us protect Bishopbriggs.

If there is a plane accident then the Air Accident Investigation Branch fully investigates. Likewise if there is a train crash the Rail Accident Investigation Branch looks into it. But what happens if things go wrong in Health Care?  The much delayed Thirwell Inquiry, looking into the Countess of Chester Hospital,  is believed to recommend that the police get involved much earlier when things go wrong in health care settings. But with due respect to the police they do not have the expertise, competence  or manpower to actually investigate what really happens. This matters to me because there have been a miscarriages of justice in the Health Care sector where the police got involved when it was a breakdown in the system. We can see this at the moment with the case of Lucy Letby, a neonatal nurse, who was found guilty of murdering many young babies. The police got involved when a proper independent medical investigation, that looked at the whole hospital setting, was not carried out. To put this type of investigation onto the police, who are not experienced in medical matters, is not fair to them nor to those accused. That is why police don't investigate air or train crashes - because there are independent, expert qualified professionals to do this.