⚽ THE DECISION TO CANCEL A GAME! 🌧️💨 With Storm Austen and Storm Boelo bringing heavy rain, strong winds and weather warnings across the UK, it's looking like a difficult weekend for grassroots football. And you can almost guarantee what's coming next... "Why's the game off? It's not even raining here!" Before jumping on social media to criticise, just think about what goes into making that decision. Is the pitch playable? Will it drain? What's the forecast? Are weather warnings in place? Is it safe? How far are teams travelling? Are hundreds, potentially thousands, of people going to be affected? Sometimes games are cancelled early, sometimes at the very last minute. And yes, sometimes the weather improves and, with hindsight, the game could have gone ahead. But hindsight is a wonderful thing, isn't it? We've made these decisions ourselves plenty of times. It's not an exact science, and nobody has a crystal ball. What people don't see are the volunteers up late checking forecasts, out first thing inspecting pitches, and worrying about making the right call for everyone. They're not cancelling games for the fun of it. Believe me, they'd much rather the football went ahead! So before giving someone a load of grief because your game is off, remember they're doing their best with the information they've got. A little understanding wouldn't go amiss. To everyone making those difficult calls this weekend, we appreciate you. 🙌🏻🙌🏽🙌🏿

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Mystery of where Yorkshire Stone Age monuments came from solved - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0re…

Often it’s only many decades later that people feel able to speak and often want to put on record what their person was like and meant to them… it has many parallels with how many war survivors only come forward at 60 and even 70 years….

#JusticiaParaFoppa Al grito de "justicia", el sepelio de Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa estuvo lleno de muestras de solidaridad durante el 19 de octubre en ciudad de Guatemala

When you are in the path of a named storm it’s time to do a few things - put away your trampoline, secure loose outdoor items, charge your storm lamps and phones, and get the snacks handy. Power outs highly likely in some areas

Did you know about this bookshop in London, perfect for anyone who loves travelling? 🧳✈️🌍 This is Stanfords Travel, the world’s largest map and travel bookshop retailer. They specialise in travel books, guides, maps, globes and more, and they were established in 1853,

Para la memoria, para que los jóvenes sepan quién fue Digna Ochoa, para que las nuevas generaciones existan más abogados y abogadas como ella … a 25 años de su asesinato . comitecerezo.org/spip.php?ar…

🗓️ A 25 años, hoy 19 de octubre recordamos a Digna Ochoa y Plácido, su memoria y su incansable labor como defensora de derechos humanos.

Hello staff @sheffielduni. There is still time to fill in the latest staff survey. It's not seen a lot of take up so far (🤔) and the deadline has been extended 👍. You might like to consider the following from @sheffielducu as you fill it in.

'Caring for dad was so emotionally draining but the hospice helped us' ➡️ bbc.in/4efwz92

De buenas noticias y sorpresa nos llenan las investigaciones en los sitios arqueológicos de nuestro país. El Instituto de Antropología e Historia corroboró esta semana la existencia de un observatorio solar prehispánico, de más de 2,500 años, en Teteles de Ávila Castillo, en la Sierra Norte de Puebla. Este complejo arquitectónico y astronómico, también conocido como #Tetelihtic, constituye el más antiguo de Mesoamérica, fuera de la región maya. El observatorio, entre otras funciones, de acuerdo al boletín emitido por el @INAHmx, “servía para fijar el inicio del calendario prehispánico mesoamericano en febrero, y la cosecha en octubre, lo cual es un elemento complejo y único” y “la orientación de sus estructuras piramidales se basa en el conocimiento de los astros”. A otro nivel, “podrían encontrarse los principios de la cultura totonaca la cual florecería en esta región serrana y el norte de la Costa del Golfo”, y señala que “los pobladores originales eran antepasados de los grupos totonacos” que se asentaron en lo que ahora son Cuetzalan, Puebla y El Tajín, Veracruz. Además, las investigaciones aportarían datos e información en relación a los vínculos culturales entre los antiguos huastecos y mayas. Estas investigaciones nos reafirman el avanzado conocimiento científico de las grandes civilizaciones que son pilares de México.