Russell and Carol - hayle and hearty

Officials say almost two-fifths (38%) of particulate matter comes from
domestic wood burners and open fires, which just 7.5% of homes have.

[https://news.sky.com/story/pollution-proposals-aim-to-curb-emissions-from-wood-burning-stoves-11381351 ]

Interesting statistic!

"How you burn wood is important. In London, 69% of people who burn wood
are doing so in open fires, a practice banned in the capital by the
Clean Air Acts of 1956 and 1968. New stoves pollute far less than open
fires, but a recent report found that the limits for Ecodesign wood
burners allow six times more particle pollution than the exhaust of a modern heavy goods vehicle, equivalent to 18 new diesel cars."

via https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/08/pollutionwatch-log-f...

Consultation document - https://consult.defra.gov.uk/environmental-quality/clean-air-strategy-co...

Since 1 Jan 1950 RPI has risen average 5.4% a year. £1 then equal to £31.39 now. On CPI rise is 4.9% a year. £1 then equals £23.33 now.

Since 1 Jan 1950 RPI has risen average 5.4% a year. £1 then equal to £31.39 now. On CPI rise is 4.9% a year. £1 then equals £23.33 now.

— Paul Lewis (@paullewismoney) December 15, 2015

2) wow, what a map! Graphically shows the problem with secrecy jurisdictions http://t.co/u37lU3bWWH pic.twitter.com/1iPxYbjlec

— Naomi Fowler (@Naomi_Fowler) September 30, 2015

@killerkai3 @jdportes @Gilesyb @helenlewis Roughly the same in real terms, but roughly halved relative to earnings .. pic.twitter.com/8lY5ek9Ghr

— Michael O'Connor (@StrongerInNos) September 29, 2015

Govt claims 250k fewer people claiming JSA than in 2010. They probably don't want this too widely known: http://t.co/QEdI7vlfKb

Good spot by @FlipChartRick: employment regulation at a glance http://t.co/Lr2AQG9vUS #ukemplaw

— Richard Dunstan (@Wonkypolicywonk) June 26, 2013

Via http://flipchartfairytales.wordpress.com/2013/06/26/regulation-at-a-glance/

I was struck by some of the numbers in the recent Guardian article on plans to lift radioactive contamination controls on UK sheep farms

From the Guardian
Phoney and Boney
guardian.co.uk, Thursday September 9 2010
In December the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) reported that, between 2000 and 2006, UK 15-year-olds fell from seventh to 17th place internationally in reading skills, and from eighth to 24th place in mathematics. Now we learn from the OECD (Report, 7 September) that between 2000 and 2008 Britain's graduation rates fell from third to 15th.

Things to make you ponder

As a side report in today's report about the tangible effects of loneliness on heaalth:

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