Alison smith

@LaikaTone @ChrisGPackham Red kites currently nesting in Sherwood Forest! Amazing as once considered extinct 😮

@ChrisGPackham It's not a fox and I'm not a photographer but I was amazed to see this on the trail cam on my roof. It's a red kite and thought it was worth sharing. Love the fox too

A beautiful portrait taken by Tim Clifton for today's #FoxOfTheDay - top work Tim !

@EaracheRecords @terrorvision absolutely!

Let's hear it then...

@SoVeryBritish Polly put the kettle on

Okay, in honour of Internationl Tea Day, what’s the best song that mentions tea?

@TheRyanHamilton How heartbreaking, how barbaric to be treated like that. Love to you all ❤️

My heart is broken💔: As friends & family know, my wife was pregnant with our 2nd child, & about to begin her 2nd trimester. A few days ago she had severe pains, & bleeding, and had to go to the emergency room. There, it was discovered that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Devastated doesn't come close to what that feels like. Unfortunately for people like us, because of the current laws in the state of Texas, that was only the beginning of this nightmare. Jess (my wife) had an "incomplete miscarriage", and what needed to happen, what was best for HER, and her health, was to terminate the pregnancy, and get the baby out. The doctor gave her a medication that would move this process along, and sent her home. Where, apparently we would be handling it ourselves. We were told it might take a couple of attempts before it worked. I'll let you decide how you feel about that. After a long, painful night of the equivalent of early labor, the baby was still with her. So, we went back to the Emergency Center to get the 2nd dose. A new doctor was on call. He was an older man. You could hear him in the hallway as he said, "I'm not giving her a pill so she can go home and have an ab*rtion!". Being well aware that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Then, he came into the room to say, and I quote: "Considering the current stance. I'm not going to prescribe you this pill". Then, just sent us on our way. The "CURRENT STANCE"?! Did he really just say that?! No one should ever have to hear their wife say: "Get this dead baby out of me!". Can you even imagine how that must feel? The pain, and the bleeding continued. So, we decided to go to another hospital, about an hour away. There was a female doctor on call there, and we thought we might have better luck. I should probably mention, the procedure to get the baby out is called a D & C. It's scary, & traumatizing, but sometimes necessary in situations like ours. Especially in emergency circumstances. So we get to the next hospital. They take Jess in, ask her a bunch of questions, do a new scan... confirm that the baby is still there, with no heartbeat, and then disappear... for hours. Only to come back in and keep asking the same questions over and over. It's becoming clear that they're primary concern is NOT my wife's health. Instead, they seem to be worried about the legalities involved. So, they decide it is not "enough of an emergency" to perform the D & C. They do, however, prescribe another, stronger, final dose of the medication for us to try again... at home. So, we go home to try again. Another long day/night of early labor pains. Only to discover my wife UNCONSCIOUS in the bathroom. Having to pick my wife's cold, limp body off of that bathroom floor, not sure if I was about to lose her, is something I will NEVER forget. She had to be rushed to the hospital. By this point she had lost so much blood, and bodily fluid, her body gave out. They were able to stabilize her, give her the fluids she needed, and we came back home yesterday afternoon. We were also able to confirm that our baby was no longer with her. Now, not only do we have to live with the loss of our baby... we have to live with the nightmare of what we just experienced because of political and religious beliefs. MY WIFE'S HEALTH SHOULD HAVE COME FIRST. PERIOD! God knows what mental and emotional damage this has done. If you consider yourself a staunch "pro-lifer" ... 1) You've never been through what we just went through, and 2) You should take a long, hard look in the mirror and reevaluate your reasons for supporting such a cold, barbaric, ignorant point of view. It's not that black & white, and it's never going to be. If you think your "Pray To End Ab*rtion" sign in your yard is "Christian", I suggest you revisit the teachings of Jesus and try again. If you support these laws that make ab*rtion illegal, and result in people being put through what we just were, you should be ashamed of yourself. I've never been so angry, or heartbroken... and the devastation I'm feeling must pale in comparison to what my poor wife is feeling.

@babblingbates Sweet peanuts and foam shrimps and bananas 😋

Bring an eternal child I have my own large jar of sherbert lemons in my office, my favourite childhood sweet I used to get from the sweet shop under my nan’s flat. What was your favourite sweet?

@andyjlennox @wonky_table We closed 1st Jan after 19 years

It's incredibly sad to see now the almost hourly closures on my social feeds. I reckon I've seen 18 restaurants shutter in the last 24 hours. I hope the Hospitality industry finally uniting around VAT is not to late! @wonky_table has been campaigning for this for years and it's so great to finally see. We must however now bring the pressure to bear on our other vocal Hospitality elements. We need our celebrity chefs, our TV stars our influencers to, our magazine, Marketing our PR companies to bring pressure to bear... so if you know someone.. send this to them, if you have a contact send this to them.. if you got a PR company send this to them.. we need it everywhere. Share the petition. change.org/p/lower-vat-to… Send a letter ukhospitality.eaction.org.uk/lowerVAT #hospitality #vatcut #cutvat #vat

I’m tweeting this to almost 300,000 people. If everyone donated £1 now, we’d reach this goal in less than 5 minutes!😮🌟 Please click to donate £1, then retweet this! Can we do it?💙💙💙 👉 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-us-run-…

@ChefWillH I bet he loved every minute with you. ❤️

Fly high my boy

@fredsirieix1 Polestar 2. Love it

Best electric car on the market?

Had a lovely time MCing @LaunaysR for @NCFComedy last night. Thanks for having. It was great to introduce @jaynealecomedy to headline the night, love that man 👏👍🙏

@kdanielcomedy @NCFComedy @jaynealecomedy Absolutely lovely to see you again!!

Just in from a comedy night at @LaunaysR (which has to be the finest place around these parts). First time at a comedy night, and the first act was somewhat - odd. Rest of the acts were pretty good, and the headliner was the standout. Would deffo recommend this place.

@LaikaTone Here’s Ralph. We’ve no idea how old he is, he’s a rescue and we love him ❤️

Thanks for all the cat pictures yesterday :D today we can improve this app with puppies please :D :D

@MichaelsCoDub Heartbreaking after all the work you’ve put in.

We have been let down/ stiffed by what we believe to be a large fake booking for today They strung us along all week with queries and increased the numbers over n over. It was deliberate and calculated We spent so much time trying to accommodate them, rebuilding the table plans, ordering in extra food, especially for them, turning away genuine bookings for regulars and locals in the meantime, and then when it came to taking a deposit, they just tried to bluff it Only for a bit of intuition would we be left with an empty restaurant and lots of food left over, and a demoralised team It’s so hard. We try so hard to make our guests happy, only to get shafted Yes, it’s our fault. We should have got a deposit from the get-go But they were so convincing they had us focused on menus and allergens etc It’s so tough to swallow after a long week Anyway, we let our guard down, not even that we were trying to be hospitable. It’s in our nature My own belief is that it was somebody in the trade being a snake 🐍 and I’ll get to the bottom of it, but for now, it’s time to try and save the day It would be great to fill those tables, so if you fancy a nice bit of nosh today, you’ll be doing us a solid michaels.ie I’ve just released the tables now, and we’ll do a full rejig when we get in It’s a sickening way to start a Sunday, I couldn’t sleep I was so upset But we’ll pump on the music and get stuck in To dickhead bluffer, I’ll get ya ya prick

Beginners luck 🍀!! Lovely to see you at last! 😁

@MickeyMcCartney I was there. Best ever 💜

#Prince night on BBC2 innit. Was lucky enough to see him in 1988.

@seismicshed AFD as we say 😰

@jrmallcock Absolutely the worst May in our 18 years.

I think this is a fair thing to do in the current cost of living crisis.... Heavy handed tactics that I feel are too aggressive from someone who should be making people's lives easier.