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The 2024 Cheshire East Council annual report by the Director of Public Health titled ‘the commercial determinants of health’ stated that 5 industries are responsible for more than half of all global deaths. The 5 industries are food, tobacco, alcohol, gambling and fossil fuel
Ultra Processed Food, and the system that produces it, has overtaken tobacco in terms of health and economic harms, and is also the leading cause of plastic pollution, loss of biodiversity and deforestation, and the second leading cause of emissions.
This week @TheLancet published a landmark three-part series on the science, policy and politics of #UPF. thelancet.com/series-do/ultr…
Check out this post about climate change on Nextdoor: nextdoor.co.uk/p/nKbfG5LY-WZ…
This morning I have been at the Nantwich civic service. This afternoon I will be at the Co-op Wind Band concert at 3pm in St Mary’s Church Hall in Sandbach
At the Cheshire East Council meeting today one speaker opposing the Peak Cluster pipeline said “there is no clear evidence that CO2 is responsible for climate change” and claimed that climate change is due to water vapour in the atmosphere. The disinformation is worrying
Cllr David Jefferay has announced that weekly food waste collections will start in Cheshire East in February 2027. The Christmas period always brings challenges with holidays and extra waste. Implementing changes in February gives time to resolve current issues with staffing.
The One World celebration is a lovely annual event at the civic centre in Alsager - on today until 12.30 - with stalls showcasing food from the different countries represented in #Alsager
Andy Burnham referred in his speech to delivering the common good. Here is the document entitled The Common Good that set out Catholic social teaching in England & Wales cbcew.org.uk/plain/wp-conten…
A big thank you to everyone who joined @MikeKaneMP and our team this Sunday in Liverpool for mass in Liverpool. Enjoy the rest of Labour Conference!
Andy Burnham refers in his speech to delivering The Common Good. This is the document that out Catholic social teaching in England & Wales cbcew.org.uk/plain/wp-conten…
It’s great to be at a Christians on the Left event at #LabCon26 talking about Faith in Development
This afternoon I went on a guided tour of the Queen’s Theatre in Burslem. There are plans to reopen this magnificent venue for rock and classical concerts; fundraising is underway gofundme.com/f/lemmys-legacy…
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As Bank of England governor, Carney gently but firmly spelled out the economic consequences of Brexit, but the mob just jeered. The result was obvious. Now, as Canadian PM, he is pursuing the logic of his argument. And the result will be as obvious.
👍🚨 Listen to Mark Carney dismantle the central Brexit myth!
Canada 🇨🇦 is deepening its economic, defence, energy, industrial and research alliance with Europe because it will make both sides:
“More sovereign, more resilient, more independent, as well as more prosperous.”
Isolation is vulnerability.
Sovereignty comes from trusted alliances, shared capabilities, alternative markets and the bargaining power to resist coercion.
Canada has learnt that lesson from Trump.
Brexit Britain still refuses to learn it.
Knights jousting on Sandbach Little Common. Come down to see the next tilt at 11.30am. The Sandbach Market Town Festival is on today until 3pm
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“The interviewees detail the secret methods used by the Israeli military in Gaza, including AI-based systems built to identify low-ranking Hamas targets, who were then bombed in their homes at night, in the knowledge attacks would also kill their families” theguardian.com/world/2026/s…
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Archbishop John Sherrington, Lead Bishop for Life Issues for the Bishops’ Conference, has urged Catholics in England and Wales to contact their MPs ahead of the Bill’s Second Reading and vote on Friday, 11 September, asking them to oppose it.
Giving out awards in #Sandbach library for those who have completed the summer reading challenge is a joyful event. Most of the children receive their certificate and then dash off to take out more books to read!
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📢New @UNHumanRights report: Destruction of Palestinian refugee camps in northern West Bank
Between Dec 2024 and Jan 2026, Israel’s “Operation Iron Wall” expelled the entire populations of Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps, killed 102 Palestinians, including 21 children, and largely destroyed the emptied camps, making them uninhabitable.
The Operation raises concerns of crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, and appears aimed at entrenching the Israeli occupation and undermining the viability of a Palestinian state.
Read the report: 🔗ohchr.org/en/documents/thema…
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“They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks” (Is 2:4) is the theme of Pope Leo XIV’s Message for the 2026 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.
cbcew.org.uk/pope-leo-xivs-m…
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British activist defending W. Bank village in court after settlers abduct him haaretz.com/west-bank/2026-0…
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The Ebola outbreak in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is still spreading without a vaccine or approved treatment.
We work with local partners as they fight the spread of the disease. In Bunia, Fr Chrysante has seen the impact of the virus.
cafod.org.uk/news/emergencie…