Alex McIntyre
@alexjmcintyre.bsky.social
BBC West Midlands online journo 💻📱
12 years in local news 📰 ✍️
Guitarist 🎸
Gig-goer 🎫
12 years in local news 📰 ✍️
Guitarist 🎸
Gig-goer 🎫
Uni of Staffs confirmed plans to shut the art shop as part of its cost-cutting measures.
Staffordshire students call for arts shop to be spared from cuts
More than 850 people sign a petition opposing the closure of the campus art store.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Uni of Staffs confirmed plans to shut the art shop as part of its cost-cutting measures.
Pete Doherty playing in Nantwich last night 🎶🎤
May 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Pete Doherty playing in Nantwich last night 🎶🎤
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We've been talking an awful lot about how the Trump tariffs will hit the big players: the UK, China, Canada, France, Germany etc
But it's time to talk about the ones who DON'T have loud voices. Because some of the poorest countries in the world are going to be crippled by what happened last night
But it's time to talk about the ones who DON'T have loud voices. Because some of the poorest countries in the world are going to be crippled by what happened last night
April 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
We've been talking an awful lot about how the Trump tariffs will hit the big players: the UK, China, Canada, France, Germany etc
But it's time to talk about the ones who DON'T have loud voices. Because some of the poorest countries in the world are going to be crippled by what happened last night
But it's time to talk about the ones who DON'T have loud voices. Because some of the poorest countries in the world are going to be crippled by what happened last night
“They are going to deliver!” 🎤🎶🎸
Eurovision: Remember Monday's teacher says UK is 'in safe hands'
Voice coach Jenni Luperi says the three band members are
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March 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“They are going to deliver!” 🎤🎶🎸
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James Webb Satellite took a fantastic shot of the Planet Saturn with it's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). This is just an Amazing shot that shows the planet and the rings in brilliant detail.
February 24, 2025 at 6:16 AM
James Webb Satellite took a fantastic shot of the Planet Saturn with it's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). This is just an Amazing shot that shows the planet and the rings in brilliant detail.
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Byline Times is facing major DDOS (malicious traffic-flooding) issues on our site apparently after this article went live...
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Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename 'Krasnov' Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief
A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited by them in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman
bylinetimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Byline Times is facing major DDOS (malicious traffic-flooding) issues on our site apparently after this article went live...
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
Always a pleasure to speak to Charmaine about the important work she’s doing to preserve Britain’s Romany heritage
Nantwich Romany Gypsy says culture is 'at risk of being lost'
Charmaine Abdul-Karim says Romany culture is an
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February 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Always a pleasure to speak to Charmaine about the important work she’s doing to preserve Britain’s Romany heritage
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The @Telegraph, @thetimes, @MailOnline & @TheSun publish corrections to their scaremongering on undocumented migrants in London.
Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers.
The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.
Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers.
The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.
February 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The @Telegraph, @thetimes, @MailOnline & @TheSun publish corrections to their scaremongering on undocumented migrants in London.
Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers.
The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.
Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers.
The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.
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Energy firm Cuadrilla has announced it will start work on plugging the UK's only two shale gas wells in February - around two months after the deadline for doing so passed.
Blackpool: Energy firm to begin work on closing fracking site
Cuadrilla says work will start in February - around two months after the deadline set by the council.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Energy firm Cuadrilla has announced it will start work on plugging the UK's only two shale gas wells in February - around two months after the deadline for doing so passed.
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Heartbreaking. Inexcusable. Infuriating.
Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it | Nesrine Malik
There is no way to rationalise the horrors inflicted on Gaza’s innocent children. Now is the time to mourn them fully, says columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Heartbreaking. Inexcusable. Infuriating.
“Sometimes you'll only get paid what your phone bill is and sometimes it will only cover your travel and food.” 🎶🎙️
How the cost-of-living crisis is affecting grassroots music
Rising costs are making it harder for both performers and venues to survive, they say.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Sometimes you'll only get paid what your phone bill is and sometimes it will only cover your travel and food.” 🎶🎙️
“We're just there to have fun but we can't give the contenders an easy time." 💪👊
Gladiators: Diamond says being powerful role model is 'wonderful'
Diamond says the response to the first series of Gladiators has been
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January 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“We're just there to have fun but we can't give the contenders an easy time." 💪👊
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What’s particularly galling about this story for me is that I was in Strangers Bar less than 24 hours after this chatting with an MP about their concerns over how rampant and unchallenged sexual harassment is in Westminster
This is the heart of our democracy, it’s sick
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This is the heart of our democracy, it’s sick
news.sky.com/story/spikin...
'Spiking' incident in parliament investigated by police
The Metropolitan Police says it is investigating an alleged spiking incident on 7 January. It is reported that it happened in Strangers' Bar, one of the venues in parliament that serves alcohol.
news.sky.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
What’s particularly galling about this story for me is that I was in Strangers Bar less than 24 hours after this chatting with an MP about their concerns over how rampant and unchallenged sexual harassment is in Westminster
This is the heart of our democracy, it’s sick
news.sky.com/story/spikin...
This is the heart of our democracy, it’s sick
news.sky.com/story/spikin...
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Obsessed with this accidental zoom-in on Sky News.
January 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Obsessed with this accidental zoom-in on Sky News.
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Almost 100 strikes in the IDF's unilaterally designated "humanitarian zone" in Gaza - and this figure doesn't take into account the many reported strikes which didn't have imagery from the scene for us to verify. W/ @richib.bsky.social and @paulybrown.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Almost 100 strikes in Gaza 'humanitarian zone', BBC Verify finds
The area in Gaza which Israel's military has told people to go to
www.bbc.co.uk
January 15, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Almost 100 strikes in the IDF's unilaterally designated "humanitarian zone" in Gaza - and this figure doesn't take into account the many reported strikes which didn't have imagery from the scene for us to verify. W/ @richib.bsky.social and @paulybrown.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“Cheshire used to be near the equator and there was this big tropical salt water lagoon in the area and water used to flood in and would then evaporate and then reflood, laying down layers of salt.”
Cheshire salt mines: The ancient lagoon that keeps us safe on icy roads
Cheshire's salt mines play a key role in keeping motorists safe when temperatures drop below zero.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
“Cheshire used to be near the equator and there was this big tropical salt water lagoon in the area and water used to flood in and would then evaporate and then reflood, laying down layers of salt.”
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BBC Verify has examined 24 hours of Elon Musk's timeline and found a wave of misinformation amplified in the posts.
Watch the video by @bbcrosatkins.bsky.social here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Watch the video by @bbcrosatkins.bsky.social here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Ros Atkins on...24 hours on Elon Musk's X timeline
The BBC's Analysis editor, Ros Atkins, investigates Elon Musk's recent posts on X about grooming gangs - and looks at how one day unfolded on his timeline.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
BBC Verify has examined 24 hours of Elon Musk's timeline and found a wave of misinformation amplified in the posts.
Watch the video by @bbcrosatkins.bsky.social here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Watch the video by @bbcrosatkins.bsky.social here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
“It’s nice to have an excuse to go out, have a rave and put all your troubles behind you.” 🎤🎶
Goldie Lookin Chain member says success 'defies analysis'
Chris Edge, aka Mystikal, says the band continues to attract a diverse audience at their shows.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“It’s nice to have an excuse to go out, have a rave and put all your troubles behind you.” 🎤🎶
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"My life is a mess... this last week, I have been retraumatized..." by Elon Musk's antics, victims of UK grooming gangs told ex-Chief Prosecutor for North West England @nazirafzal.bsky.social, who locked up a lot of grooming gangs (both brown & white!).
He tells me Musk is "rewriting history."
He tells me Musk is "rewriting history."
Elon Musk Is ‘Retraumatizing’ the Victims of Rape Gangs, Says Ex-UK Prosecutor
In a Zeteo Town Hall, Nazir Afzal, who prosecuted members of ‘grooming gangs,’ debunks many of the far-right myths and tropes around rape, race, and religion.
zeteo.com
January 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"My life is a mess... this last week, I have been retraumatized..." by Elon Musk's antics, victims of UK grooming gangs told ex-Chief Prosecutor for North West England @nazirafzal.bsky.social, who locked up a lot of grooming gangs (both brown & white!).
He tells me Musk is "rewriting history."
He tells me Musk is "rewriting history."
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As Musk interviews the AfD's leader, here is a recent #BBCNews investigation into the party - Going to the extreme: Inside Germany’s far right
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Going to the extreme: Inside Germany’s far right
A BBC investigation uncovers links between opposition AfD party figures and extremist networks.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2025 at 6:27 AM
As Musk interviews the AfD's leader, here is a recent #BBCNews investigation into the party - Going to the extreme: Inside Germany’s far right
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-e...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-e...
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NEW: Andrew Norfolk broke the grooming gang story, 15 years ago. His exclusive interview on today’s News Agents
is deeply powerful, not least for his anger about those political figures now exploiting it and the victims for their own purposes.
Listen 👇
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is deeply powerful, not least for his anger about those political figures now exploiting it and the victims for their own purposes.
Listen 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
The journalist who exposed the grooming scandal breaks his silence
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 07/01/2025 · 32m
podcasts.apple.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
NEW: Andrew Norfolk broke the grooming gang story, 15 years ago. His exclusive interview on today’s News Agents
is deeply powerful, not least for his anger about those political figures now exploiting it and the victims for their own purposes.
Listen 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
is deeply powerful, not least for his anger about those political figures now exploiting it and the victims for their own purposes.
Listen 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Elon Musk, who supports the GOP and
* Donald Trump, found liable for sexual abuse
* Matt Gaetz, investigated for sex trafficking
* Peter Hegseth, accused of rape
… is going to save the UK from rapists, apparently. 🤷🏽♂️
* Donald Trump, found liable for sexual abuse
* Matt Gaetz, investigated for sex trafficking
* Peter Hegseth, accused of rape
… is going to save the UK from rapists, apparently. 🤷🏽♂️
January 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Elon Musk, who supports the GOP and
* Donald Trump, found liable for sexual abuse
* Matt Gaetz, investigated for sex trafficking
* Peter Hegseth, accused of rape
… is going to save the UK from rapists, apparently. 🤷🏽♂️
* Donald Trump, found liable for sexual abuse
* Matt Gaetz, investigated for sex trafficking
* Peter Hegseth, accused of rape
… is going to save the UK from rapists, apparently. 🤷🏽♂️