Nicki Lygo

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Acute medicine resident doctor Spine Race Systems & Performance Lead European Proud to be woke Science Van tripper She/Her Love is love 🧷 #EndDuchenne

A collage of 3 photos of fruit trees laden with apples, plums and pears
Three people on paddle boards on a calm lake by the side of the old citadel in Berlin
Josh Kerr making history with the fastest mile
A group of people on Penny Farthings, cycling through the town
The Holocaust Tower. Dark, tall, angular and daunting. Lit by a single shaft of light. A room that feels disturbing and moving
The stark architecture of the Libeskind building that houses the Jewish Museum in Berlin, in a room called The Memory Void, where there is an installation called ‘Shalekhet’ or ‘Fallen Leaves’. 10,000 iron faces cover the floor and when walked upon, make this eerie clattering sound
This is Cathy. She is known as the Walltown fairy and supplies snacks and fresh cardboard to sleep on for the Spiners. She was a godsend, readily making phone calls to locate ice for me and nipping off to top up supplies ❤️
Josh Wade & Ben Rothbury - pacers for leg one out of Kirk Yetholm
Keeping up with the suncream as evening approaches and temperatures remain at an unpleasant level
Jack taking in some cool milkshake in Bellingham
Cooling Jack with ice at Steele Rigg
Jack at the Border hotel in Kirk Yetholm, the northern end of the Pennine Way
Jack Scott in Greenhead this evening, on his Pennine Way record attempt in extreme heat. We have used several kgs of ice to cool him down
Jack Scott and the pacers for the next leg, set off from the Byrness road head on the Pennine Way
Jack Scott starting his Pennine Way record attempt
Jack Scott eating breakfast on the green in Kirk Yetholm before beginning his Pennine Way record attempt
A photo of storage drawers in the back of my van. They are labelled: tech, headgear & waist belt, socks, flasks and hygiene
Jack Scott standing outside the Border Hotel at the Northern end of the Pennine Way in advance of his record attempt, which starts tomorrow at 0700
A sawfly caterpillar takes a stroll around the town
Damian Hall on Greendale Bridge with Matt Neale and Beth Pascal, who paced on the last leg
Damian Hall finishing his Joss Naylor Challenge in 9:20:34 (not yet confirmed) and smashing almost 12 minutes off the record. Paced on this last section by Beth Pascal and Matt Neale 🙌🏻
Somewhere in the lakes. Hilly and green. No idea where I was!
Damian Hall, Carol Morgan and Ben Rowley leaving Dunmail Raise on the Joss Naylor Challenge
Damian, Ben McGovern & Kim Collison leaving Kirkstone Pass on the Joss Naylor Challenge
Damian Hall sets off on his Joss Naylor Challenge
Damian Hall at Pooley Bridge with Kim Collison & Phil Rutter pacing on the Joss Naylor Challenge!
A radar image of storm activity over north England. The storm between Hexham and Rochester makes a cock n balls shape (sorry)
A view on a narrow track in a broad bean field, of a hare, jumping happily towards me directly in front. He notices me and just sits. Eventually I scrap my foot a little so he knows I’m not a scarecrow 😂 and he calmly turns and hops off again
A view over a crop field of yellow-green to a grassy hill beyond and a blue sky peppered with clouds
My dog, Murph, lying on our living room floor with his fluffy highland cow toy. He’s not breaking eye contact with me because he’s waiting for breakfast!
A video from my walk showing flowing grasses, a grazing horse, sheep and cows running away and cows showing curiosity, crops, wild flowers and ending on a cloudy sky
BBC Complaints Dear Nicki, Thank you for getting in touch with us about our recent news coverage of Reform UK. BBC News is committed to providing our audiences with fair and impartial coverage of all relevant political parties. Whenever we invite representatives of any political party to take part in our coverage, we are careful to ensure that views are appropriately challenged and analysed, over an appropriate period of time. Our Editorial Guidelines make it clear that: "Evidence of past electoral support and current electoral support should be taken into account in making judgements about appropriate levels of coverage and prominence." Traditional voting patterns across Britain have been shifting, providing a challenge to established political parties, especially Labour and the Conservatives. Since the last general election, Reform UK appear to have been the main beneficiary of this shift. Our assessments of "past electoral support" include both representation (ie how many MPs are elected) and also vote-share (ie how many people actually vote for a party overall). Although they have eight MPs currently, Reform UK won more than four million votes in the 2024 general election, making them the third largest party in terms of vote share (more than 14%), behind Labour and the Conservatives, but ahead of the Liberal Democrats, who nevertheless returned more than 70 MPs.
Farage is yet again widening division & inciting violence Genocide is now common place, much of it at the hands of Israel that has the unfathomable support of the West Trump has attacked or threatened 1 in 13 countries in the world Those openly criticising Israel are being denied entry to the UK, presumably owing to the power of the Israeli lobby Corruption is now the norm in governments that previously had a modicum of accountability Those with obscene levels of wealth pay next to no taxes and hold control of mainstream media There is untold international interference in elections, principally via social media channels in the hands of a few tech billionaires If this continues, we are all fucked
A glass of rose wine with the bottle standing next to it on a wooden coffee table
A Strava screenshot of my walk today south of Melton Mowbray
A video showing the tracks, fields and lanes I walked along on my walk today. Featuring a rather lovely hummingbird hawk moth too!
Vibrant poppies in a wooded area
A screenshot from the bird app, Merlin, showing some of the birds singing in everyone’s gardens this morning: Dunnock Eurasian Blackbird European Robin Eurasian Wren Goldcrest Eurasian Jackdaw
A glass of Pimms on a garden table
5 enormous bags of garden waste from having some skilled help a couple of weeks ago. We had to decant the soil and weeds into double this number of bags and then did 6 trips to the tip!
A huge bowl of fresh salad with different types of bean, leaves, pepper, celery, radishes, sweetcorn, baby plum tomatoes and cucumber
A chilled, gluten-free Peroni on my battered coffee table
TPB post-bake!
Tuna pasta (pre) bake in a white ceramic dish with lashings of sauce and extra cheese on top
Rolling parkland covered in buttercups
Physical activity reduces mortality and morbidity • Dementia by up to 30% Hip fractures by up to 68% Cardiovascular disease by up to 35% Regular physical activity reduces your risk of type 2 diabetes by up to 40% Depression by up to 30% Colon cancer by 30% Breast cancer by 20% All-cause mortality by 30%
A view down a pathway with symmetrical flower bed planting on either side and trees overhanging the path in the distance
A B&W photo of me and my sister at dinner this evening
A photo showing the Mornington Crescent Station sign
My RCP conference badge with delegates in the background
Retro photo of a dessert trolly packed with lots of puddings including the obligatory trifle, jelly and fruit salad. For some reason, the Black Forest gateaux, a regular on all trollies, appears to be absent
Three flamingos 🦩 standing in an oblique row on a gravel surface next to a small pond at a rescue centre
A freshly cooked shepherd’s pie with the gravy running down the side of the dish onto the tray underneath. The mashed potato is going crispy on the top
A puffin standing on vibrant green grass with his head turned to one side staring straight at the camera
Furry feather plant with damaged leaves
Me standing in my home just heading out for a walk on a beautiful day. There’s an ailing furry feather plant in the background (which I’m hoping someone can help me cure!) and a bookcase in the wall
Murph as a pup ❤️ 13 years ago running around our garden What a cutie!