Red Ducks

Great to see them back in the UK.

Mae galwad i gysylltu â'r heddlu am droseddau treftadaeth wedi difrod i briordy yn y gorllewin newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/galw...

Looks like yesterday was the calm before the storm. #MontgomeryCanal

Mae'r dŵr yn dechrau dychwelyd i'r 'winding hole' yn Llanymynech, #cymru. Water is returning to the winding hole in Llanymynech. #Wales #UKCanals

This really affected my mum. #CofiwchAberfan #Aberfan #Aberfan60 #cymru

Not a #LibDem here but here's hoping the party can do a bit better than this. It's hard to cut through at the moment but we need some more serious politics and policies being discussed.

A joy to join the German Embassy marking 75 years of UK-German relations. As a former Erasmus student, I know what close ties with Europe can do for a young person. But young people have had those opportunities taken away by a decision made a decade ago, before they were old enough to have a say.

Heat pumps and insulation would cut UK living costs more than new oilfields, study suggests Warm homes plan would create 50,000 jobs, compared with about 1,100 for Rosebank oilfield, thinktank finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Mae cerdded neu olwynio i'r ysgol yn helpu ni i ymdawelu, canolbwyntio'n well a theimlo'n barod ar gyfer y diwrnod. Cymerwch ran yn ein cystadleuaeth Mis Rhyngwladol Cerdded i'r Ysgol i ennill sgwter 'Sprite Neochrome' gwerth £139.95 gan Micro Scooters. livingstreets.org.uk/Hydref

Canal & River Trust has shared this impression of the new bridge in Carreghofa with us. We are looking forward to seeing the vegetation regrowing by the hedges and towpath - not to mention seeing the George Watson Buck be the first boat to pass along that stretch of the Montgomery Canal in 90 years.

Nature's seasonal - or are they early #Christmas - decorations are putting on a good show on the Montgomery Canal towpath near Pant in #Shropshire. #UKCanals

A local political party formed two years ago has won a stunning by-election victory in a village right on the English border, securing its seventh seat on Flintshire County Council ✍️ Martin Shipton

A £1000 award from our We Love the Moorlands fund will help the Beatrice charity offer more canal trips to children with special needs by training 4 new skippers. Community Foundation trustee Judy Scott-Moncrieff and Michelle Cohen from the fund's panel visited the Beatrice to celebrate the award.

Must remember to check headroom on the first visit! #UKCanals

Looking forward to being able to cycle under there. #UKCanals

Depends what the translation is for. Simple communication might be easily achievable but for anything artistic or human, perhaps we need humans. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A wee moment can make a big difference to blind and partially sighted people. If you're a cyclist, will you ride on the road or cycle path, and park out of the way? That's all it takes to help Ken get where he's going, confidently and independently.

Welsh Labour leader Ken Skates has branded Brexit a “disaster” and backed Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s efforts to secure closer ties with the European Union

#RecipeOfTheDay is the comforting Welsh fruited tea loaf, Bara Brith, to be eaten spread so generously with butter that the Danes would call it tandsmør, which is to say, butter spread thickly enough that you leave teeth marks in it after taking a bite! www.nigella.com/recipes/bara...

Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr Labour MP Steve Witherden has led a group of nearly 60 councillors, parliamentarians and MSs in writing a joint cross-party letter demanding the testing of chemical dump sites ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-1v5T

Proposing our armed forces open fire against unarmed civilians is disgusting. It is all an attempt to go deeper into the gutter than the Tories and distract from the sleaze Reform is drowning in. The British people will reject this toxic politics of division. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Shropshire Union Canal Society Work party report 1st to 4th October 2026 Blessed by kind weather, more outstanding progress on multiple fronts. “With the high volunteer numbers that have now become something of a norm, it is not unusual to report progress on www.towpathtalk.co.uk/shropshire-u...

A Reform UK MS who sees himself as a crusader against wasteful public sector spending has had a taste of his own medicine after it emerged that he had claimed more than £500 for a hotel stay in the area he represents ✍️Martin Shipton

On 9 November, I will be introducing the film 'Fatherland' ('Vaterland') at Storyhouse in Chester. The film centres on the relationship between writer Thomas Mann and his daughter. In the summer of 1949,They embark on a road trip across a Germany in ruins. www.storyhouse.com/whats-on/fat...

People across Wales are being urged to prepare for flooding after a summer of drought and wildfires, with the Met Office indicating an increased likelihood of wetter and windier conditions this autumn

Andy Burnham will tell MPs it would be a ‘dereliction of duty’ not to seek a new deal with the EU

It has been long recognised that a key element in solving the housing crisis is to encourage elderly individuals to move out of large houses to make way for young families. Badenoch's headline policy would ensure they either stay put or trade up to much bigger houses. Genius 🤪

Thou Shalt Not Livestream Executions And Call Yourselves “Pro-Life” open.substack.com/pub/thegodpo...

Standing out from the crowd. This post box near the Empire Theatre in #Liverpool must have seen many crowds in its time. #PostboxSaturday

Congratulations to Sagal Abdi-Wali, Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras!

'Pocket park' opens next to medieval abbey #Shropshire #Salop

Two brilliant Labour & Co-operative wins, with a hold in Lambeth and a gain from Reform in Newcastle-under-Lyme! 🌹🐝 Congratulations to our new councillors Molly Hartill and Andrew Fox-Hewitt, and to the local teams who worked so hard to elect them.

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

Dear American public. Please have a rethink. Two wrongs won't ever make a right, as we say over here. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today, Chancellor Merz & PM Burnham 👉 finalised #KensingtonTreaty ratification 👉 launched an Industrial Tech Corridor 👉 agreed a Counter Hybrid threat partnership 👉 expanded space ties 👉 advanced quantum tech links 👉 convened Regional Growth Forum Strong 🇩🇪🇬🇧 relations in action!

Tierbestände weltweit schrumpfen drastisch. Ein WWF-Bericht kurz vor der UN-Artenschutzkonferenz in Jerewan zeigt aber auch Erfolge für die Natur.

The streets we enjoy today are safer because people before us took action. This #FreeWillsMonth, help create a lasting legacy for future generations by supporting Living Streets. Write your will for free through Farewill: livingstreets.org.uk/join-and-donate/leave-a-legacy

Absolutely. The death penalty is hideous. The fact it exists shows it no deterrent.

The Rock’n’Roll Doctor is IN

What a small world. Queuing for a concert in Liverpool last night, stood right next to someone we know from Oswestry. Didn't think we were both allowed out of #Shropshire at the same time.

Welsh speakers from across the country are being encouraged to share their stories as part of this year’s Shwmae Su’mae Day celebrations on 15 October

Remembering Barbara Castle (1910-2002), born on this day in Chesterfield, raised in Pontefract and Bradford. MP for Blackburn. Held several cabinet roles under Harold Wilson and is the only woman to have been First Secretary of State. Painting by Ruskin Spear (Walker Art Gallery).

So #SteepleSaturday is a thing. How is St. Oswald's in Oswestry looking today? #Shropshire Croesoswallt

Der Tag der Deutschen Einheit ist für die meisten Menschen kein besonderer Tag. Angesichts der politischen Entwicklung ist er aber wichtiger denn je.

"This morning, Germany is one nation again." This is how BBC Breakfast News reported on German reunification on 3 October 1990.