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Next speaker: Jon Herbert of @troy_planning, talking about their work on 'complete #neighbourhoods' in #Southend and #Rochford in #Essex..
Pressure for more #homes, but plans would need to cross boundaries.. @troy_planning asked to analyse and suggest #places for housing growth..
Decided to analyse 'completeness' of #places: which places have the amenities people need and which don't?...
More people walking and cycling regular journeys has many benefits for individuals, businesses, communities and the wider environment.
What does the Active Travel picture look like in the East? – a thread based on our recent report with @Sustrans
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What does the Active Travel picture look like in the East? – a thread based on our recent report with @Sustrans
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Over the last 5 years there are more people walking regularly but cycling levels have declined – this is a similar trend to the rest of England.
Levels are particularly low in #Thurrock and #Southend
Image: Sustrans/Transport East
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Levels are particularly low in #Thurrock and #Southend
Image: Sustrans/Transport East
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But the benefits of building activity into regular journeys are notable.
Inactivity costs the @NHS up to £1bn per year and regular activity reduces the risk of many diseases.
Image: DfT Gear Change
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Inactivity costs the @NHS up to £1bn per year and regular activity reduces the risk of many diseases.
Image: DfT Gear Change
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Something demented happened to me today but first a little context.
I come from an upbringing of abuse. For 21 years I suffered it, me and my sisters. So naturally my woke breaking point was when I started noticing a certain type of language aimed at children.
I come from an upbringing of abuse. For 21 years I suffered it, me and my sisters. So naturally my woke breaking point was when I started noticing a certain type of language aimed at children.
So about 3 years ago I took a deep dive to find out what it was. I came to discover it was critical theories. A kind of umbrella term for an ideology that has many tentacles that applies marxian conflicts theory to just about anything but mostly sex, gender and race.
I read about it for hours a day and watched hours of podcasts. Watched the meltdowns and destruction happening online all the while escaping it in real life. The things I had noticed aimed at children were online too. Until today.
We're at the beginning stages of a surge in #COVID19 cases. That’s why we’ve spent the last several weeks preparing for how to protect and care for all our residents, especially our homeless population.
Here is a breakdown of the over 1,000 beds for homeless individuals we've added so far. ⬇️
We are repurposing a dormitory at @Suffolk_U to provide at least 172 beds, to help reduce congestion and increase social distancing in our existing shelters.
Another 70 beds are available at 1515 Comm Ave at the site of a former long-term acute care hospital in #Brighton.
Another 70 beds are available at 1515 Comm Ave at the site of a former long-term acute care hospital in #Brighton.
Tonight I'm @UKIP's "Brexit SOS" event in Chelmsford. It's standing room only as the crowd waits for a talk from former @Conservatives MP for Peterborough Stewart Jackson
.@oflynnmep who's hosting the event delivers his assessment of #Essex @Conservatives MPs on Brexit. He praises @JWhittingdale, @JamesDuddridge who he says "put his head above the parapet last week" & @patel4witham who he describes as "passionate about delivering Brexit".
But @oflynnmep is scathing about @Conservatives Party Deputy Leader @JamesCleverly: "I wasn't happy with what he had to say at Tory Party Conference" and Castle Point MP @RebeccaHarrisMP "I thought she was pro Brexit but we haven't heard a peep from her".
