Dr Carol Thomas B.E.M., D.Univ - Lioness # 22

Proud & Humbled Hullensian Awarded the British Empire Medal by the late Queen & presented by the King Inducted as the 59th Honorary Freeman of the City of Kingston upon Hull Awarded a Honorary Doctrate from the Univeristy of Hull For my @Lionesses teammates 👍👏⚽️⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️ @Feargal_Sharkey BBC News - 'Don't swim' at 12 of 14 river bathing sites, as more locations announced - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

And here's the real challenge for the big environment charities. They got played by govt during the passage of the Planning Act, played by govt during the Cunliffe Review and now they're going to get played again by the Water Bill or are they for the first time going to be prepared to stand up for themselves? 🤔

🎉 Join us for the Donna Nickolay Foundation Charity Event! 🎉 A Family Fun Day & Night to remember Donna Nickolay, who is always in our thoughts 💜 📅 Saturday 6th June 2026
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@theenglandcapt @Lionesses True Gill, found the system that worked for the players he had, & then got the very best from that system/players eg. '84 EURO'S showed it perfectly :- Pl-10 W-9 L-1 F-28 A-3 A placid exterior indeed, a real gentleman. Those who met him were better for it 👍👏👏⚽️⚽️⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@First_2_Fifty @Lionesses Gave me my chance in 1981 a lovely man very placid and got the best out of his players

Remembered fondly by this @Lionesses captain Retained me on his appointment & a partnership that delivered a EURO's final ('84) & a Mundialito victory ('85) in 31 games over 5 years Absolute gentleman with an interior of absolute granite - hated losing 👍👏👏⚽️⚽️⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@marieannespacey @Lionesses Thanks Marieanne 👍👏⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

And don't overlook his WW2 actions & accomplishments in the battlefields of Europe as a Tank Commander He may have been small in stature but he was huge in achievement, generosity and respect in everything he did Sadly missed by all who knew him

"Fish farms and pollution in Scotland." Meanwhile in that idilic paradise north of the border..... Atlantic salmon are on the brink of extinction yet salmon farms in Scotland are still allowed to dump the equivalent of 2.5 million people sh*tting directly into the sea, all of it untreated. theguardian.com/environment/20…

To honour little Ted’s big legacy his owners have set up a fundraising page with all proceeds going to various dog rescue charities 🙏🐾❤️ justgiving.com/crowdfunding/t…

Gone on this day, 11 May 1996; Scott Fischer, American climber, died high on Mt Everest during the deadliest disaster in the mountain’s history at the time. He was 40 years old. Born in the United States, Fischer built his reputation through bold ascents in the Himalaya and Karakoram. He climbed Lhotse in 1990, K2 in 1992, Everest in 1994, and Broad Peak in 1995, becoming known for his strength, energy, and larger-than-life personality. In 1996, he returned to Everest leading a commercial expedition under his company, Mountain Madness. On 10 May 1996, Fischer successfully reached the summit of Everest for the second time. But during the descent, exhaustion, altitude, and worsening weather overtook him high above the South Col. He was last seen alive near the Balcony area, unable to continue descending as a violent storm engulfed the mountain. His body remained on Everest. The tragedy became world famous through Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, which portrayed the events of the 1996 disaster from the perspective of a client on the mountain. Fischer was remembered in the book as a bold but physically exhausted leader pushing himself despite signs of illness and fatigue during the expedition. Later, Anatoli Boukreev, Fischer’s lead guide on the expedition responded with his own account in The Climb. The book defended decisions made during the storm and offered a different perspective on Fischer, portraying him as an experienced climber facing the immense pressures of guiding clients on Everest during the rise of commercial expeditions. Thirty years later, Scott Fischer is remembered not just for the 1996 Everest tragedy, but also for his brave spirit, big dreams, and deep love for the mountains. Photo ©: Scott Fischer Archives.

A strong domestic, clean, safe, non polluting water industry is vital not only for our economy but the very existence of humanity itself, every bill player, customer, voter, every resident of my street, your street, the next street over. That’s why we’re introducing a Bill... ah, no, sorry, wrong industry... 🤔

As @FAWNL clubs, players & supporters wait to learn their fate, interesting & unfortunate considerations re their views & comments. Mix of disillusionment of being ignored anyway & being afraid to “speak out” in fear of “putting 🎯 on backs”. Hardly inspiring is it? @TomJGarry

@clemente_carl The Boss #YNWA 👍👏👏⚽️⚽️⚽️♥️♥️♥️♥️

On this day in 1939,Bob Paisley signed for #LFC from Bishop Auckland for a transfer fee of £10, earning £5 per week in wages. He went on to make 277 appearances before later joining the coaching staff and eventually becoming the most successful manager in English football history

Yet another example of the big lie, Yorkshire Water's shareholders and not investing a penny over the next 5 years it's all coming from customers, funded directly from bill payers pockets. Next time someone tells you otherwise show them this.

GAME OFF❌ Our Development Team’s final game of the season due to be played this Sunday against AFC Fylde is off. If the game is rescheduled an update will be posted in due course.

@FootballInT80s The Boss YNWA 👍👏👏⚽️⚽️⚽️♥️♥️♥️♥️

7/5/83 Bob Paisley’s final season & Liverpool are champions again. There’s a gentle dignity to it all - an excellent side, guided by a truly exceptional man. You listen to him speak & are struck not by triumph, but by humility. No grandstanding, no fuss - just quiet authority.

"The government has missed its own deadline for bringing enforcement action against water companies polluting rivers and seas." And yet again there we have it. All of the promises, all of the empty, vacuous words, all of the failed commitments. Worthless, meaningless, nonsense. thetimes.com/uk/environment…

Yes, EA bosses ordered me to downgrade serious, highly damaging pollution incidents to a lower no impact, nothing to see here grade simply to get it off the books and safeguard their own reputation. Rivers in crisis – how water companies dodge prosecution featuring Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Alex Thomson, EA whistleblower Robert Forrester and me. The Fourcast. Today's big listen. channel4.com/news/rivers-in…

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Feargal Sharkey, "Water companies... The fines don't work, it's time we actually started upholding the law, and sending some of these executives and directors to jail" Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "You think we should put them in jail?" Feargal Sharkey, "If we put one water company boss in jail for six weeks the whole industry would transform itself"