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The trees felled so a housing development in Peel could go ahead may be gone but active campaigner Trevor Cowin has not.

Trevor sends me a copy of an email in which he points out to DEFA how he believes it has broken its own rules by sanctioning the creative forestry on the fringe of Peel. It seems a persuasive argument and you would think given the Islands biosphere status much trumpeted by DEFA and COMIN someone would take it seriously.

More than a few raised eyebrows in Ireland as new Garda boss Drew Harris told recruits last week to be ‘honest coppers’ and show ‘empathy’.Harris himself comes from a background in the RUC and PSNI and there are enough skeletons in the cupboard of that force to fill a graveyard or two:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/be-operationally-honest-ga...

Breton language activist group AI’TA! is to cooperate with reunification campaigners of 44=Bzh over bilingual signage in Loire Atlantique.

Bilingual signage is now being placed in Brittany but Loire Atlantique which was hived of from historic Brittany is not included in the bilingual signage programme although many Breton speakers still live their.

Balaclava clad members of An Garda Síochána (the Irish Police) have brutally evicted homeless protesters from a house they were occupying in Frederick Street Dublin. The police secured the area for a group of private security men, also masked, who evicted those in the property. It is an illustration of how police forces facilitate business interests and are used to oppress peaceful protest in a phenomena not simply peculiar to Ireland.

Interesting documentary here I came across on S4C about the Welsh soprano Gwawr Edwards and a tour she made of the Welsh community in Ohio. It was made sometime ago and is getting a rerun on the online platform of S4C on BBC iplayer.

The future of the Old West Kirk  in Greenock (Scottish Gaelic: Grianaig) has been uncertain for some time. It is a building of historical importance. It was built by Johanne Schaw for the people of the town after the granting of a Royal Charter by King James VI of Scotland and was opened for worship in October 1591.  As such it was the the first church built in Scotland after the Reformation in the 16th century. As the population grew and new churches were built, the Old West Kirk was closed in 1841 and the congregation moved to a new West Kirk.

The future of the Old West Kirk  in Greenock (Scottish Gaelic: Grianaig) has been uncertain for some time. It is a building and of historical importance. It was built by Johanne Schaw for the people of the town after the granting of a Royal Charter by King James VI of Scotland. and was opened for worship in October 1591.  As such it was the the first church built in Scotland after the Reformation in the 16th century. As the population grew and new churches were built, the Old West Kirk was closed in 1841 growing and the congregation moved to a new West Kirk.

Although you can count on Manx Radio News to bore us rigid with what transpires at the Isle of Man Chamber of Commerce AGM later this week it will be something of a feat of journalistic genius because the AGM itself lasts just 90 minutes and for part of that time they are stuffing their faces. Yes you heard it here - the Chamber are pigging out as Manx food banks ‘thrive’!

I see this on Manx Radio News and right adjacent online is their we love the Chamber of Commerce strapline:

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/promoting-the-constructi...

I muse is this an unpaid advertorial. Indeed does the Isle of Man population really care that five guys who seem to be some sort of advert for differing styles of ‘pilot shirt’ have come together!

Despite clear objections from the Welsh public, 100,000 signing petitions against it, demonstrations and the matter being the subject of a forced debate in the Welsh Assembly. It has now been revealed that energy company EDF has confirmed it has started to dump mud from the Hinkley Point nuclear power station in the Severn Estuary off Cardiff.