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Acoustic bass player Danny Thompson has died aged 86

The musician was a founding member of the British folk-rock band, Pentangle, and worked with the likes of Kate Bush, John Martyn and Roy Orbison.

Evening Standard

‘Legendary’ bass player Danny Thompson dies aged 86

The musician worked with the likes of Kate Bush, John Martyn and Roy Orbison over the course of his career

The Independent UK

Experts warn microplastics could be in your salad

Previous research has also shown nanoparticles in molluscs and fish, suggesting these particles can move and build up throughout the food chain

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Government gives £1.5m to grassroots cricket and decries £35m Tory ‘fantasy’

The government has watered down a Conservative pledge of £35million for grassroots cricket, describing it as a ‘fantasy’

The Guardian - UK

ECB chief sees new cricket dome as important in ‘plans to break down barriers’

The venues are scheduled to open next year.

The Independent UK

“I never thought his music would be my bag. But he never plays the same thing twice and your mind is blown”: The Pretenders’ James Walbourne on discovering Richard Thompson (who happens to be his father-in-law)

Walbourne details the folk-prog veteran’s Robert Johnson-like magic, and draws a comparison with Chrissie Hynde

Louder

Delegates from 100 countries meet for last-chance talks to reduce plastic pollution

Delegates from 176 UN member states, NGOs, scientists and industrialists are meeting in Geneva until 14 August to negotiate an international treaty to reduce plastic pollution.

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UN plastic pollution talks must result in ambitious treaty, leading expert says

Professor Richard Thompson, a marine litter expert, says delegates must act decisively to ‘look next generation in the eye’

The Guardian - UK

“I hate guitar jams because they usually get competitive. You have to breathe, be true to yourself and think, ‘This has to be music’”: Folk icon Richard Thompson on tuning revelations, keeping his chops up, and why you won't find him in a guitar jam

We meet Thompson to find out how he’s preparing to go head-to-head with Tommy Emmanuel, chat about the end of his touring days, and talk about how fresh tunings yield fresh ideas

Guitar World

Up to five more regions could face drought this year, Environment Agency says

Modelling shows drought conditions could spread to the Midlands and central southern regions under the watchdog’s reasonable worst case scenario.

Evening Standard

These are the UK areas where a new hosepipe ban is predicted by September

Three water companies have announced hosepipe bans following a record dry spring

The Independent UK

“I’m finding that new gear can actually sound really good, and that old gear can be really overrated”: Why folk legend Richard Thompson is embracing new guitar gear – but drawing the line at digital

Thompson may be impressed with modern guitar gear, but he’s explained why he doesn’t like digital amp simulations

Guitar World

No sanction for doctor found guilty of misconduct in Martha’s rule case

Tribunal says consultant’s failings in treatment of Martha Mills ‘single lapse of judgment in an otherwise exemplary career’

The Guardian - UK

No disciplinary sanction for doctor’s ‘grave’ failures in care of Martha Mills

Professor Richard Thompson did not refer the 13-year-old to intensive care despite her displaying several high-risk indicators of sepsis.

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Senior doctor’s failures in teenager’s care at London hospital ‘amounted to gross negligence’

A medical tribunal found that Professor Richard Thompson’s failures in the care of Martha Mills were ‘particularly grave’

The Independent UK

Senior doctor’s failures in teenager’s care ‘amounted to gross negligence’

A medical tribunal found that Professor Richard Thompson’s failures were ‘particularly grave’.

The Guardian - UK

Doctor guilty of misconduct over case of girl, 13, whose death led to Martha’s rule

Panel found Prof Richard Thompson failed to escalate Martha Mills’s treatment to intensive care or to review her condition directly in person

The Independent UK

Consultant should have referred teenager to intensive care, tribunal rules

Martha Mills, 13, died in the early hours of August 31 2021.

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Doctor ‘doubted judgment’ after death of teenager Martha Mills from sepsis

Professor Richard Thompson denies all the allegations against him.

The Guardian - UK

Senior doctor accused of failures in case that gave rise to Martha’s rule

Prof Richard Thompson accused of wrongly failing to escalate care of Martha Mills, 13, before she died of sepsis

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“We are open to just about anything... I am all for writing anything that sounds like a cavalcade of horses!” Trevor de Brauw and Laurent Schroeder-Lebec are crafting an epic journey, one riff at a time, as Pelican's original lineup takes flight again

Flickering Resonance is the first Pelican album since the return of Schroeder-Lebec, and it finds the Chicago post-metal institution's sound on an evolutionary path to destinations unknown

Louder

Fairport Convention and The Stranglers is one of the more unlikely collaborations you'll hear this year!

Hugh Cornwell hooks up with members of Fairport Convention for a charity single cover of Tobacco Road

Louder

“I thought, ‘This is boring. I play these songs all the time! Where’s the audience to cheer me up?’” Richard Thompson’s battle against barking dogs, overhead planes and leaf blowers to make Acoustic Classics

Richard Thompson thought 2014 solo album Acoustic Classics would just be a nice product for his merch stall – until he’d got over his reluctance to make it

The Independent UK

ECB: Near £1bn from Hundred auction will protect cricket for generations to come

Investors from around the world have poured lavish sums into the game in return for stakes in eight city-based teams.

The Guardian - UK

England will not boycott Afghanistan game despite Taliban ‘gender apartheid’

ECB chair Richard Thompson condemned ‘oppression of women and girls’ in Afghanistan but insisted a ‘unilateral boycott’ was not the right policy

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