Newsletter announcing 2017 short story competition

I just sent out this email newsletter to our 1500+ subscribers, with details of the 2017 competition, opening 1 May. Cheers! (Steve)

Ancient oak felled in South Vale, Harrow

Uh-oh

The tree has already been cut into sections.

Some of the sections

Hard to count the rings where the saw's been

More than a hundred years?

Never noticed anything different about the tree they've felled, so the question now is what was wrong with this tree, and are the other oaks, along South Vale and trees elsewhere in Harrow, in danger now as well? It's been reported from other areas of the country that privatised contractors are felling trees and replacing them with saplings, because it's cheaper than maintaining the old trees. Could that be happening in Harrow?

Hampstead and Kilburn - Tulip Siddiq

Want to know more about me and my home seat of Hampstead and Kilburn? Today I spoke to local constituent @widestreamfilms #PickTulip pic.twitter.com/jZHBaE1cCZ

— Tulip Siddiq (@TulipSiddiq) April 23, 2017

Tulip Siddiq's constituency of "Hampstead and Kilburn" also covers part of Willesden, following boundary changes a few years ago. It was the most marginal constituency in the UK when Glenda Jackson won by just 42 votes in her last term before retirement. Every vote counts! #ge2017

Wildflower

Common Dog-violet, Viola riviniana (no?)