Sheffield community volunteer-tweets are my own views of course. Charity trustee and past director. Retired councillor,bank officer,community worker, IT nerd.
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A few facts
Asylum Seekers can't claim benefits.
Asylum Seekers can't work.
So why are all the complaints about the two things they can't do?
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'There are serious issues at stake in this general election, and the Tories have just released nonsense figures with fake attribution and given it to newspapers who took it on trust. I’m really not sure that this will help their chances very much.'
✍️ Fraser Nelson
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Sheffield’s long-delayed Container Park development could be dismantled after just eight weeks of operation, The Star understands
thestar.co.uk/business/sheff…
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Ofgem's job with the cap is to ensure the purple section on this graph does not get too high. They're not there to keep anything affordable.
We need urgent government action not supplier regulation.
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Just a reminder with the Energy Crisis, 25% of our Electricity right now, Liz Truss wants to replace with cows.
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On Mon 10 May, btwn 7am & 7pm we continue road resurfacing on Carpenter Gdns, Hollybank Ave & Hollybank Cres. There will be no on-street parking or vehicle access. Thank you for your co-operation. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. @Eastsheff #SAEast
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Hey, Nether Edge cycle people!
Somebody stole my ancient but trusty bike from my front yard last night.
If you see a 20+ year old grey Subway, possibly with a U-lock locked around the frame, and a home made carrier box abandoned somewhere, then it's mine!
@CycleSheffield
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Managed to take the drone up to see yesterday's snow before it melt too much.
Had to cut the flight short before I and the drone became engulfed in the fog.
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GB Grid: Last Week's #Wind generation.
Wind generation: 1.38TWh (26.54%)
GB total: 5.20TWh #WindWeekCharts #GridWeekCharts
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GB Grid: The current #Coal free run has now passed 1,000 hours.
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Yes - tune in! – at Glasgow, Scotland
Tune in later to hear @JonHargreaves5 talk about some of our online activity on @BBCRadioScot @BBCRSAfternoons!
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CONSERVATIVES GAIN BLYTH VALLEY
CON 42.7% (+5.4)
LAB 40.9% (-15.0)
BRX 8.3%
LDEM 5.3% (+0.7)
GRN 2.8% (+0.6)
3/650 constituencies reported.
Projection: Conservatives Majority
#GE2019
ALT Blyth Valley Result #GE2019
ALT Full UK Projection #GE2019 3/650
ALT Full UK Projection #GE2019 3/650 - Hex Map
ALT Changes in seats for #GE2019 3/650
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Last 3 Year's GB National Grid #Coal generation.
ALT Chart showing Year on year change in cumulative time with no generation for Coal
ALT Chart showing Year on year change in cumulative total generation for Coal
ALT Chart showing Year on year change in average weekly generation for Coal
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This #Coal free run ended at 5 Days 13 Hour 30 Minutes.
Generation during this time was met by: Gas 48%, Nuclear 21%, Imports 10%, Solar 9%, Biomass 7%, Wind 4%, Large Hydro <1%, Storage <1%
ALT Chart of Coal generation during the Coal Free Run and prior week
ALT Chart of GB Grid Generation during the Coal Free Run (Absolute)
ALT Chart of GB Grid Generation during the Coal Free Run (Percent)
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This #Coal-free run ended at 90 Hours 45 Minutes.
This is a modern record for Great Britain
Generation during this time was met by: Gas 42%, Nuclear 23%, Wind 12%, Solar 11%, Imports 7%, Biomass 4%, Large Hydro 1%, Storage 0%
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A wonderful response from our supporters yesterday at Hillsborough, providing @S6Foodbank with an amazing 75 crates of food.
Thank you to everyone who brought donations, they will make a huge difference #swfc
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July sets new modern records for #Coal.
Most time with no coal generation: 444 hours, beating June's 298 hours.
Lowest total coal generation: 143GWh, less than June's 171GWh. This record has now been lowered 3 months in a row.
Last Month's UK National Grid #Coal generation
Coal Generation : 143.40 GWh (0.64%)
UK Generation 22.25 TWh
Time with no Coal Generation: 443 hours, 50 minutes
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Yesterday's UK National Grid #Coal generation
Coal Generation : 4.55 GWh (0.71%)
UK Generation 639.33 GWh
Time with no Coal Generation: 12 hours, 20 minutes
