Is UK Water Infrastructure Fit For Purpose? Water Companies Don’t Even Know Where The Pipes Are - UK Column News - 21st June 2024

- Financial Times: Two UK water companies lack complete maps of sewage networks
- BBC: Monster fatberg found blocking Sidmouth sewer
- Statista (2022): Chart: Fatbergs: The Growing Menace Under Our Streets
- CNN: Sewage-covered beaches risk turning England into the ‘dirty man of Europe’ 
- UK Column content (2022): Back to the Past—A Reemergence of Victorian Diseases
- World Health Organization (WHO): Strengthening the global architecture for health emergency prevention, preparedness, response and resilience
- The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: Centre for Epidemic Preparedness and Response
- The Telegraph: E. coli blamed on weather as food poisoning doubles
- BBC: UK E. coli outbreak put at least 86 people in hospital
- GOV.UK: E. coli advice issued amid rise in cases
- GOV.UK: Shigella: guidance, data and analysis
- NHS: Dysentery
- World Health Organization (WHO): Dysentery 
- World Health Organization (WHO): Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals (Shigella Vaccine)
- GOV.UK: Warning after rise in extremely drug-resistant Shigella
- National Institutes of Health (NIH 2012): Tabletop scenarios for realism in bioterrorism and threat preparedness 
- National Institutes of Health (NIH): Antimicrobial-resistant Shigella: where do we go next?
- Dr James Gill (YouTube): Is it Dysentery? How to Know When to Seek Medical Attention 
- NHS inform: Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157
- Eternal Truth (YouTube 2022): Catastrophic Contagion

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Residential Sewer Floods: Climate Changes Gets The Blame - UK Column News - 21st June 2024

- Dances With Bears: Buzzer Beater—Russian General Staff Aims At Ending The Ukraine By Electric War
- Barron's: Zelensky, After Strikes, Calls For Solar Panels In Hospitals
- Newstalk: Domestic solar power output up 80% in a year
- National Institutes of Health (NIH 2018): Infectious Diseases After Hydrologic Disasters
- ITV: Reducing sewage in UK waters is a 'public health priority', warns Chris Whitty
- GOV.UK (2021): Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2021: health in coastal communities 
- GOV.UK: Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) in the UK: 2023 report—Chapter 3. Climate change, flooding, coastal change and public health
- Sky News: Shellfish industry on a 'knife edge' as sewage dumped in designated waters for 192,000 hours last year
- Corporate Watch (2017): South West Water: pollution, floods and profits
“Flooding remains a problem for some residents. There were 165 incidents of internal sewage flooding reported to South West Water last year, with 56 incidents in the Par area alone.”
- Daily Mail (2012): Sea too dirty to swim in after heavy rain, admits water chief (whose company pumped sewage there 42 times last year)
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas): (EC Regulation 854/2004) Classification Of Bivalve Mollusc Production Areas In England And Wales: Sanitary Survey Report Fowey Estuary (Cornwall) 2010
- ITVX: Feargal Sharkey takes fight against sewage spills to Cornwall
- Feargal Sharkey (on X): Feargal Sharkey’s post
“What a totally awe inspiring 3 days that was. From Monmouth to Salisbury, Bradley Stoke to Plymouth, Falmouth to Perranporth—12 constituencies in 72 hours. 12 utterly brilliant candidates, the best people I've ever met and all with a united aim. End the sewage scandal. NOW”
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2021): Extreme rainfall and catastrophic floods in western Europe
- Ofwat (2022): Customer experiences of sewer flooding: A joint report by CCW and Ofwat 

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MyLifeMySay Exerting Control Over The Political System - UK Column News - 21st June 2024

- Tony Blair Institute for Global Change: Future of Britain Conference 2024
- Freuds Group (LinkedIn): Freuds Group’s post
“Over 4 million young people are not registered to vote in England and Wales—together they would make up the second-largest UK city.”
- Mete Coban MBE (on X): Mete Coban’s post
“He will never take credit for it, but @campbellclaret helped me set up @MyLifeMySay 11 years ago and has since opened so many doors that has enabled so many opportunities for young people.”
- Schwarzman Scholars: Homepage

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UK Column Live - 16 June 2024

Another chance to watch the UK Column's recent virtual event.

If you missed the Livestream last Sunday, you can now watch all the UK Column Live presentations.

- Introduction
- Diane McAdie
- Ben Rubin
- Charles Malet
- Debi Evans
- Vanessa Beeley
- Mark Anderson
- Mike Robinson
- Brian Gerrish
- The Future

All: www.ukcolumn.org/event/uk-column-live-16-june-2024

UK Column Live - Introduction
Brian Gerrish and Mike Robinson introduce the UK Column Live event which took place on Sunday, 16 June 2024.

UK Column Live - Diane Rasmussen McAdie

UK Column Live - Ben Rubin

UK Column Live - Charles Malet

UK Column Live - Debi Evans

UK Column Live - Vanessa Beeley

UK Column Live - Mark Anderson

UK Column Live - Mike Robinson

UK Column Live - Brian Gerrish

UK Column Live - The Future

Caucasus: Attacks On Russia’s Southern Frontier - UK Column News - 24th June 2024

- 301 Military (Telegram): Following a shootout on the Russian-Abkhaz border near the Psou River, initial reports suggest one fatality and one person injured
- 301 Military (Telegram): Unknown individuals opened fire near the checkpoint "Psou" in Abkhazia on the border with Russia. There are also reports of gunfire in the area of Novy Afon, Abkhazia.

Full news and all the source links: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-24th-june-2024

NATO Weapons In Ukraine - UK Column News - 24th June 2024

- BBC: Ukraine Drops To Sixth Place and Occasional Articles
- Kyiv Post: Ukraine’s Use of Western Weapons on Russian Soil Becomes a Gamechanger Within Hours of US Approval
- Kyiv Post: Ukrainian Drone Swarms Swamp Russian Air Defenses—Oil Refineries and Airfield Hit
- The New York Times (2023): Russian Troops Cede Ground and Strike Back, Frustrating Ukraine’s Counteroffensive
- RBC-Ukraine: Ukrainian military uses 'elastic band' strategy to buy time before arms arrive
- Military Summary (YouTube): FAB–3000 Strikes Are Intensifying | NATO Mission in Ukraine 2024.06.21
- Remix News: ‘Treason’—Slovak defense minister says his predecessor betrayed nation by transferring jets to Ukraine, files criminal complaint

Full news and all the source links: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-24th-june-2024

US Presidential Debate Will See Muted Microphones And No Studio Audience - UK Column News - 24th June 2024

- The New Yorker: What Can We Expect from the Biden-Trump Debate?
- ABC News: Why RFK Jr. didn't qualify for the first presidential debate
- Team Kennedy: Kennedy Exclusion From CNN Debate Stage Is ‘Undemocratic, UnAmerican, and Cowardly’
- AP News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. files complaint over rules for CNN’s presidential debate next month
“If the American people could hear what all three candidates had to say about the critical issues facing our country, the choice between these three men would be clear: Kennedy would become the 47th President of the United States—Lincoln Chafee, former Governor of Rhode Island”

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Farage Remarks: Media Pretend To Interpret Understanding A Position As Endorsing It - UK Column News - 24th June 2024
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- Daily Mail: Now Putin's propagandists leap on Nigel Farage's claims the West 'provoked' the Russian invasion of Ukraine—as Kremlin attack dogs praise his 'complimentary' remarks
- The Guardian: Farage doubles down on claim west provoked Ukraine invasion
- Daily Mail: Boris Johnson: Unless Keir Starmer revokes his endorsement of a Corbyn premiership, he is simply not fit to be Prime Minister
- Military Clip (Instagram): Former British prime minister Boris Johnson pictured with three soldiers from the Azov battalion and the flag of Azov during a delegation inside the British Parliament

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Meta-laws: How Judges Rule Against The Letter Of The Law - UK Column News - 24th June 2024

- The Times: A Surrey oil well tied up in lawfare—next it will be Labour’s hopes for growth (archived)
- Dutch “Supreme Court” (2019): Dutch State to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by the end of 2020
- Reuters: Swiss parliament snubs European court climate ruling
- United Nations: States Must Step Up Commitments to Combat Hatred, Promote Diversity, Says Secretary-General, Marking Day for Countering Hate Speech

Full news and all the source links: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-24th-june-2024

Even Wikipedia Now Sees Through The ADL - UK Column News - 24th June 2024

- i24news: Wikipedia declares ADL 'unreliable' on Israel-Palestine conflict, antisemitism
- CNN: Trump floats ‘migrant league of fighters’ in latest dehumanizing rhetoric against migrants 
- CNN: Trump's anti-immigrant comments draw rebuke
“It is a very sad thing for our country. It’s poisoning the blood of our country. It’s so bad, and people are coming in with disease. People are coming in with every possible thing that you can have.—Donald Trump”
- Military Times: Southern border mission has no military value, Guard chief warns 

Full news and all the source links: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-24th-june-2024

Two Young Essex Policewomen Issue Man A Harassment Warning From The BBC - UK Column News - 24th June 2024

- TV Licence Resistance (YouTube): BBC TV Licensing harass the public but look what happens if we knock on their door!

Full news and all the source links: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-24th-june-2024