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Video shows the aftermath of the Israeli strike on a tent for media workers that assassinated five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza City.
Watching Al Jazeera news tonight. The channel calls out the Israeli govt's actions for what they are: acts of genocide. The targetted assassination of journalist Anas Al Sharif is despicable. My prayers are for him and for his 3 AJ colleagues murdered, and for what remains of their families. 💔🙏🙏🙏🙏
Ten-year-old British chess prodigy dazzles at women's event
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ironic to be reading this whole I'm stuck on a train which can't move forwards, backwards, nor diagonally ... at Leamington Spa station - where the chess event took place!
Congratulations to Bodhana Sivanandan! 👏
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ironic to be reading this whole I'm stuck on a train which can't move forwards, backwards, nor diagonally ... at Leamington Spa station - where the chess event took place!
Congratulations to Bodhana Sivanandan! 👏
Bodhana Sivanandan: Ten-year-old chess prodigy dazzles at women’s event
Bodhana Sivanandan wins the UK Women’s Blitz Championship, putting her in the top 50 women in the world in the category.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Ten-year-old British chess prodigy dazzles at women's event
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ironic to be reading this whole I'm stuck on a train which can't move forwards, backwards, nor diagonally ... at Leamington Spa station - where the chess event took place!
Congratulations to Bodhana Sivanandan! 👏
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ironic to be reading this whole I'm stuck on a train which can't move forwards, backwards, nor diagonally ... at Leamington Spa station - where the chess event took place!
Congratulations to Bodhana Sivanandan! 👏
#JimmyCliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
RIP Jimmy Cliff 😥
RIP Jimmy Cliff 😥
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
#JimmyCliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
RIP Jimmy Cliff 😥
RIP Jimmy Cliff 😥
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When Rishi Sunak made the Vaccine deal with Moderna as Chancellor, he had up to £530m invested in Moderna.
Now Michelle Mone is desperately bringing it up.
Like if you want Mone on trial.
RT if you want them both facing the music.
Now Michelle Mone is desperately bringing it up.
Like if you want Mone on trial.
RT if you want them both facing the music.
November 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
When Rishi Sunak made the Vaccine deal with Moderna as Chancellor, he had up to £530m invested in Moderna.
Now Michelle Mone is desperately bringing it up.
Like if you want Mone on trial.
RT if you want them both facing the music.
Now Michelle Mone is desperately bringing it up.
Like if you want Mone on trial.
RT if you want them both facing the music.
So sad to hear this news.
Mum is in tears. She saw him when he visited her college some decades ago. Dharmendra is one of the biggest stars of Bollywood and one from the Golden Age of the 70s in films like the monumental Sholay.🇮🇳
RIP Dharmendra.😔🙏
Mum is in tears. She saw him when he visited her college some decades ago. Dharmendra is one of the biggest stars of Bollywood and one from the Golden Age of the 70s in films like the monumental Sholay.🇮🇳
RIP Dharmendra.😔🙏
Dharmendra Death News: Dharmendra passes away at 89 at his residence in Mumbai, Karan Johar posts: 'An end of an era' | - The Times of India
Veteran actor Dharmendra, Bollywood's 'He-Man', has passed away in Mumbai at 89 after a brief illness. Renowned for his six-decade career and over 300
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
So sad to hear this news.
Mum is in tears. She saw him when he visited her college some decades ago. Dharmendra is one of the biggest stars of Bollywood and one from the Golden Age of the 70s in films like the monumental Sholay.🇮🇳
RIP Dharmendra.😔🙏
Mum is in tears. She saw him when he visited her college some decades ago. Dharmendra is one of the biggest stars of Bollywood and one from the Golden Age of the 70s in films like the monumental Sholay.🇮🇳
RIP Dharmendra.😔🙏
Lord Cameron reveals he had #ProstateCancer
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sorry to hear this. Glad he's able to share this to raise awareness.
"Around one in eight men will develop [it] ... research showing it has overtaken breast cancer as the most commonly diagnosed form of the disease in the UK."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sorry to hear this. Glad he's able to share this to raise awareness.
"Around one in eight men will develop [it] ... research showing it has overtaken breast cancer as the most commonly diagnosed form of the disease in the UK."
Former PM David Cameron reveals he had prostate cancer
The former PM is calling for more men to be screened for the disease, which is the most common cancer in males in the UK.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Lord Cameron reveals he had #ProstateCancer
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sorry to hear this. Glad he's able to share this to raise awareness.
"Around one in eight men will develop [it] ... research showing it has overtaken breast cancer as the most commonly diagnosed form of the disease in the UK."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sorry to hear this. Glad he's able to share this to raise awareness.
"Around one in eight men will develop [it] ... research showing it has overtaken breast cancer as the most commonly diagnosed form of the disease in the UK."
Important to keep track of the tracker.
Government Tracker – Full Fact
Full Fact is monitoring the government’s delivery on its promises
fullfact.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Important to keep track of the tracker.
Girl, 13, released after murder arrest as woman who died named
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Such an awful tragedy.
RIP Sarah Forrester 🙏
Thinking of her family and friends, and all those who worked with her and benefitted from her help and support at The Kelly Foundation in Swindon.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Such an awful tragedy.
RIP Sarah Forrester 🙏
Thinking of her family and friends, and all those who worked with her and benefitted from her help and support at The Kelly Foundation in Swindon.
Girl, 13, released after murder arrest as woman who died named
Sarah Forrester, 55, has been named as the woman who died in a house in Swindon on Friday.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Girl, 13, released after murder arrest as woman who died named
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Such an awful tragedy.
RIP Sarah Forrester 🙏
Thinking of her family and friends, and all those who worked with her and benefitted from her help and support at The Kelly Foundation in Swindon.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Such an awful tragedy.
RIP Sarah Forrester 🙏
Thinking of her family and friends, and all those who worked with her and benefitted from her help and support at The Kelly Foundation in Swindon.
Remembering the great C.S. Lewis who passed away on this day in 1963 aged just 64.
I read The Problem of Pain, A Grief Observed and Mere Christianity as a student. Incredible works.
RIP Clive Staples Lewis 🙏
I read The Problem of Pain, A Grief Observed and Mere Christianity as a student. Incredible works.
RIP Clive Staples Lewis 🙏
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Remembering the great C.S. Lewis who passed away on this day in 1963 aged just 64.
I read The Problem of Pain, A Grief Observed and Mere Christianity as a student. Incredible works.
RIP Clive Staples Lewis 🙏
I read The Problem of Pain, A Grief Observed and Mere Christianity as a student. Incredible works.
RIP Clive Staples Lewis 🙏
Today is the anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
62 years ago today.
Still a shocking event.
RIP JFK 🙏
62 years ago today.
Still a shocking event.
RIP JFK 🙏
November 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Today is the anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
62 years ago today.
Still a shocking event.
RIP JFK 🙏
62 years ago today.
Still a shocking event.
RIP JFK 🙏
Fantastic evening of entertainment from @nikkershaw.bsky.social / @nikkershawhq.bsky.social at Birmingham Town Hall. Such a great venue for a more intimate set. Loved the acoustic versions of the hits. Loved They Were There - very poignant this year. Wouldn't It Be Good brings back happy memories.🙏
They Were There
YouTube video by Nik Kershaw - Topic
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November 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Fantastic evening of entertainment from @nikkershaw.bsky.social / @nikkershawhq.bsky.social at Birmingham Town Hall. Such a great venue for a more intimate set. Loved the acoustic versions of the hits. Loved They Were There - very poignant this year. Wouldn't It Be Good brings back happy memories.🙏
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This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
Judge Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb refers to Gill "allowing money to corrupt your moral compass constitutes a grave betrayal of the trust vested in you by the electorate."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wale...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wale...
Mormon faith is important to me, says UKIP's Nathan Gill
UKIP's leader in Wales leader Nathan Gill describes his Mormon faith as very important to him.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Judge Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb refers to Gill "allowing money to corrupt your moral compass constitutes a grave betrayal of the trust vested in you by the electorate."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wale...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wale...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Covid inquiry live updates: UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more Covid deaths, says inquiry
Damning report findings on Johnson and his wretched govt.
Gutwrenching to read that 23000 deaths could've been prevented, had a lockdown come 1 week earlier.
Covid inquiry live updates: UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more Covid deaths, says inquiry
Damning report findings on Johnson and his wretched govt.
Gutwrenching to read that 23000 deaths could've been prevented, had a lockdown come 1 week earlier.
Covid inquiry live updates: UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more Covid deaths, says inquiry
The inquiry says an earlier lockdown could have saved 23,000 lives in the first wave in England - and lockdown could have been avoided altogether with earlier interventions.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Covid inquiry live updates: UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more Covid deaths, says inquiry
Damning report findings on Johnson and his wretched govt.
Gutwrenching to read that 23000 deaths could've been prevented, had a lockdown come 1 week earlier.
Covid inquiry live updates: UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more Covid deaths, says inquiry
Damning report findings on Johnson and his wretched govt.
Gutwrenching to read that 23000 deaths could've been prevented, had a lockdown come 1 week earlier.
On this day, 19th November, in 2012. I paid off my mortgage, several years earlier than planned, saving me quite a bit. I did that by switching providers on a range of utilities, plus being frugal whilst food shopping and cutting down on non-essentials.
Fortunate to buy when house prices were lower!
Fortunate to buy when house prices were lower!
November 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
On this day, 19th November, in 2012. I paid off my mortgage, several years earlier than planned, saving me quite a bit. I did that by switching providers on a range of utilities, plus being frugal whilst food shopping and cutting down on non-essentials.
Fortunate to buy when house prices were lower!
Fortunate to buy when house prices were lower!
Guardian front page 17th Nov 2020 featuring two former residents of Stevenage. The pride of the town!
My parents knew the Younge family quite well as they lived close by. All three sons are a huge credit to their late indomitable mum.
My Dad had a passing acquaintance (pubs!) with Lewis's father.
My parents knew the Younge family quite well as they lived close by. All three sons are a huge credit to their late indomitable mum.
My Dad had a passing acquaintance (pubs!) with Lewis's father.
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Guardian front page 17th Nov 2020 featuring two former residents of Stevenage. The pride of the town!
My parents knew the Younge family quite well as they lived close by. All three sons are a huge credit to their late indomitable mum.
My Dad had a passing acquaintance (pubs!) with Lewis's father.
My parents knew the Younge family quite well as they lived close by. All three sons are a huge credit to their late indomitable mum.
My Dad had a passing acquaintance (pubs!) with Lewis's father.
Pauline Quirke still funny and recognises us say family, in dementia update
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I think of Pauline Quirke often. Have grown up watching her from Pauline's Quirkes through to Birds Of A Feather, still shown on U&Drama. Empathise with what her husband & son are experiencing.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I think of Pauline Quirke often. Have grown up watching her from Pauline's Quirkes through to Birds Of A Feather, still shown on U&Drama. Empathise with what her husband & son are experiencing.
Pauline Quirke still funny and recognises us say family, in dementia update
The family of the Birds of a Feather actress say
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Pauline Quirke still funny and recognises us say family, in dementia update
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I think of Pauline Quirke often. Have grown up watching her from Pauline's Quirkes through to Birds Of A Feather, still shown on U&Drama. Empathise with what her husband & son are experiencing.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I think of Pauline Quirke often. Have grown up watching her from Pauline's Quirkes through to Birds Of A Feather, still shown on U&Drama. Empathise with what her husband & son are experiencing.
Fantastic to see @roxannemusic.bsky.social perform as support for Howard Jones at Symphony Hall Birmingham. Deeply moving to hear her sing accompanied by a recording of her grandfather. As a German teacher, hearing 99 Luftballons was amazing! Echt super! Danke! 😊🙏
November 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Fantastic to see @roxannemusic.bsky.social perform as support for Howard Jones at Symphony Hall Birmingham. Deeply moving to hear her sing accompanied by a recording of her grandfather. As a German teacher, hearing 99 Luftballons was amazing! Echt super! Danke! 😊🙏
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#GeorgeLewis was excellent tonight at the Town Hall in Birmingham City Centre! His videos of two toddlers chatting and navigating being a dad of three kids have huge viewing figures. He delivers his absorbing comedy monologue with great skill. The audience loved it!
#GeorgeLewis was excellent tonight at the Town Hall in Birmingham City Centre! His videos of two toddlers chatting and navigating being a dad of three kids have huge viewing figures. He delivers his absorbing comedy monologue with great skill. The audience loved it!
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#GeorgeLewis was excellent tonight at the Town Hall in Birmingham City Centre! His videos of two toddlers chatting and navigating being a dad of three kids have huge viewing figures. He delivers his absorbing comedy monologue with great skill. The audience loved it!
#GeorgeLewis was excellent tonight at the Town Hall in Birmingham City Centre! His videos of two toddlers chatting and navigating being a dad of three kids have huge viewing figures. He delivers his absorbing comedy monologue with great skill. The audience loved it!
I switch off/over if the likes of Badenoch, Farage, or any MPs or representatives from these two ridiculous sects show up on my screen.
Looking for my remote, Badenoch got through, annoyingly, referring to govt "chaos" and "irresponsibility"! 🤔 What idiotic self-denial of 14 yrs of Tory shambles!🤦♂️🤪🤡
Looking for my remote, Badenoch got through, annoyingly, referring to govt "chaos" and "irresponsibility"! 🤔 What idiotic self-denial of 14 yrs of Tory shambles!🤦♂️🤪🤡
November 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I switch off/over if the likes of Badenoch, Farage, or any MPs or representatives from these two ridiculous sects show up on my screen.
Looking for my remote, Badenoch got through, annoyingly, referring to govt "chaos" and "irresponsibility"! 🤔 What idiotic self-denial of 14 yrs of Tory shambles!🤦♂️🤪🤡
Looking for my remote, Badenoch got through, annoyingly, referring to govt "chaos" and "irresponsibility"! 🤔 What idiotic self-denial of 14 yrs of Tory shambles!🤦♂️🤪🤡
The Barking Dog quiz cheating: BBC visits pub - and sees the questions
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
😲 😡
Great the cheaters got rumbled and more of the locals and regulars are coming back.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
😲 😡
Great the cheaters got rumbled and more of the locals and regulars are coming back.
The Barking Dog quiz cheating: BBC visits pub - and sees the questions
The weekly pub quiz at the Barking Dog in Urmston returns after a cheating team was rumbled.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The Barking Dog quiz cheating: BBC visits pub - and sees the questions
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
😲 😡
Great the cheaters got rumbled and more of the locals and regulars are coming back.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
😲 😡
Great the cheaters got rumbled and more of the locals and regulars are coming back.
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Happy 80th Birthday to Frida!
What a wonderful voice!
Have a listen to this lesser-known track. It's beautiful! 🙏❤
Happy 80th Birthday to Frida!
What a wonderful voice!
Have a listen to this lesser-known track. It's beautiful! 🙏❤
Gonna Sing You My Love Song
YouTube video by ABBA - Topic
youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
youtube.com/watch?v=ToVR...
Happy 80th Birthday to Frida!
What a wonderful voice!
Have a listen to this lesser-known track. It's beautiful! 🙏❤
Happy 80th Birthday to Frida!
What a wonderful voice!
Have a listen to this lesser-known track. It's beautiful! 🙏❤
"A ceasefire without accountability under international law is hollow to me. No meaningful peace is achieved by stopping a genocide that should never have been allowed to happen."
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"A Gaza ceasefire without justice or Palestinians at the table is a betrayal" - Ruth James, Oxfam's regional humanitarian coordinator in @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social
A Gaza ceasefire without justice or Palestinians at the table is a betrayal
Palestinian families have been starved and bombed for two years, their lives and livelihoods shattered. Without true accountability, there can be no healing
www.middleeasteye.net
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
"A ceasefire without accountability under international law is hollow to me. No meaningful peace is achieved by stopping a genocide that should never have been allowed to happen."
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13 years on and this story remains just as belly-achingly hilarious!
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November 14, 2025 at 6:43 AM
13 years on and this story remains just as belly-achingly hilarious!
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Touching stories! 🥲
Love the simplicity of these powerful moments caught in photo-booths and the emotions they stir decades on.
Love the simplicity of these powerful moments caught in photo-booths and the emotions they stir decades on.
‘I found it 35 years later and dissolved into tears’: readers’ favourite photo booth moments
‘I found it 35 years later and dissolved into tears’: readers’ favourite photo booth moments
As the photo booth turns 100, people share their best snapshots – including a private kiss and a chaotic proposal
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Touching stories! 🥲
Love the simplicity of these powerful moments caught in photo-booths and the emotions they stir decades on.
Love the simplicity of these powerful moments caught in photo-booths and the emotions they stir decades on.