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· Aug 11
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. 💔🙏🙏🙏🙏
Sad to watch the final #PressPreview on #SkyNews presented by Barbara Serra, with reviewers Theo Usherwood and Carolyn Quinn.
It's been for me the most important news programme I've watched avidly the past two years after the demise of BBC News #ThePapers, much missed, which last aired on 2/1/2023.😥
It's been for me the most important news programme I've watched avidly the past two years after the demise of BBC News #ThePapers, much missed, which last aired on 2/1/2023.😥
January 26, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Sad to watch the final #PressPreview on #SkyNews presented by Barbara Serra, with reviewers Theo Usherwood and Carolyn Quinn.
It's been for me the most important news programme I've watched avidly the past two years after the demise of BBC News #ThePapers, much missed, which last aired on 2/1/2023.😥
It's been for me the most important news programme I've watched avidly the past two years after the demise of BBC News #ThePapers, much missed, which last aired on 2/1/2023.😥
Sad to watch #SkyNews #PressPreview for the final time with Anna Botting, who's been one of the presenters for 20 years! Gutted it's ending on Sunday night. After BBC News ended The Papers, this became my go to programme for a news catch-up. The Wrap won't be the same! Congratulations, Anna Botting👏
January 22, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Sad to watch #SkyNews #PressPreview for the final time with Anna Botting, who's been one of the presenters for 20 years! Gutted it's ending on Sunday night. After BBC News ended The Papers, this became my go to programme for a news catch-up. The Wrap won't be the same! Congratulations, Anna Botting👏
Alzheimer's finger-prick blood test could transform diagnosis, experts say
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is huge. Brings hope.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is huge. Brings hope.
Alzheimer's finger-prick blood test could transform diagnosis, experts say
An international trial involving 1,000 volunteers will aim to detect biomarkers associated with the condition.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Alzheimer's finger-prick blood test could transform diagnosis, experts say
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is huge. Brings hope.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is huge. Brings hope.
#SaturdayKitchen
Top chef #TomParkerBowles cuts up some cheese and then licks his fingers.
Doesn't wash his hands! 🤢
A couple of minutes later he's shovelling up some potato.
Is this what chefs think they can get away with in their kitchens?
Gross and unhygienic! 🤮
Unsuspecting guest #CliveMyrie😬
Top chef #TomParkerBowles cuts up some cheese and then licks his fingers.
Doesn't wash his hands! 🤢
A couple of minutes later he's shovelling up some potato.
Is this what chefs think they can get away with in their kitchens?
Gross and unhygienic! 🤮
Unsuspecting guest #CliveMyrie😬
January 17, 2026 at 11:28 AM
#SaturdayKitchen
Top chef #TomParkerBowles cuts up some cheese and then licks his fingers.
Doesn't wash his hands! 🤢
A couple of minutes later he's shovelling up some potato.
Is this what chefs think they can get away with in their kitchens?
Gross and unhygienic! 🤮
Unsuspecting guest #CliveMyrie😬
Top chef #TomParkerBowles cuts up some cheese and then licks his fingers.
Doesn't wash his hands! 🤢
A couple of minutes later he's shovelling up some potato.
Is this what chefs think they can get away with in their kitchens?
Gross and unhygienic! 🤮
Unsuspecting guest #CliveMyrie😬
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In these challenging times someone might need one of them:
Childline: 0800 1111
Samaritans: 116 123
Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247
Mind: 0300 123 3393
Age UK: 0800 169 6565
Alcoholics Anonymous : 0800 9177 650
Cruse Bereavement Care: 0808 808 1677
MH text support: 85258
Childline: 0800 1111
Samaritans: 116 123
Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247
Mind: 0300 123 3393
Age UK: 0800 169 6565
Alcoholics Anonymous : 0800 9177 650
Cruse Bereavement Care: 0808 808 1677
MH text support: 85258
December 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
In these challenging times someone might need one of them:
Childline: 0800 1111
Samaritans: 116 123
Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247
Mind: 0300 123 3393
Age UK: 0800 169 6565
Alcoholics Anonymous : 0800 9177 650
Cruse Bereavement Care: 0808 808 1677
MH text support: 85258
Childline: 0800 1111
Samaritans: 116 123
Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247
Mind: 0300 123 3393
Age UK: 0800 169 6565
Alcoholics Anonymous : 0800 9177 650
Cruse Bereavement Care: 0808 808 1677
MH text support: 85258
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This is a lovely and touching reminiscence.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
Opinion | Stephen King: Why I Hugged Rob Reiner After Watching ‘Stand by Me’
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This is a lovely and touching reminiscence.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
#StanleyBaxter: Scottish comedian with a gift for sketches, mimicry and song
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Very saddened to hear this.😥
What an incredibly talented man. Used to love watching his shows with my Mum. We still talk about them today.
RIP Stanley Baxter. Thank you for the entertainment! 🙏
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Very saddened to hear this.😥
What an incredibly talented man. Used to love watching his shows with my Mum. We still talk about them today.
RIP Stanley Baxter. Thank you for the entertainment! 🙏
Stanley Baxter: Scottish comedian with a gift for sketches, mimicry and song
The actor and impressionist, known for comic parodies and his love of dressing up, was one of the biggest stars of the 1970s and 1980s.
www.bbc.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
#StanleyBaxter: Scottish comedian with a gift for sketches, mimicry and song
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Very saddened to hear this.😥
What an incredibly talented man. Used to love watching his shows with my Mum. We still talk about them today.
RIP Stanley Baxter. Thank you for the entertainment! 🙏
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Very saddened to hear this.😥
What an incredibly talented man. Used to love watching his shows with my Mum. We still talk about them today.
RIP Stanley Baxter. Thank you for the entertainment! 🙏
#NalaTheStationCat
So sad to hear that Nala the beautiful and friendly cat which went viral after his visits to Stevenage Station, has died.
Thoughts with his family.
R.I.P. Nala 😥🙏
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So sad to hear that Nala the beautiful and friendly cat which went viral after his visits to Stevenage Station, has died.
Thoughts with his family.
R.I.P. Nala 😥🙏
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December 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
#NalaTheStationCat
So sad to hear that Nala the beautiful and friendly cat which went viral after his visits to Stevenage Station, has died.
Thoughts with his family.
R.I.P. Nala 😥🙏
www.facebook.com/share/p/1G9M...
So sad to hear that Nala the beautiful and friendly cat which went viral after his visits to Stevenage Station, has died.
Thoughts with his family.
R.I.P. Nala 😥🙏
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"There is an obvious lesson to take from this, that the government seems almost certain to ignore: there is no way for the government to win for as long as it plays this game…The goalposts will be endlessly shifted."
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...
The crazy right will never be satisfied about migration
Keir Starmer slashed net migration as the Mail and Farage demanded - and still got hammered for it
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"There is an obvious lesson to take from this, that the government seems almost certain to ignore: there is no way for the government to win for as long as it plays this game…The goalposts will be endlessly shifted."
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...
Independent review finds government failings in #HarryDunn case
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Truly awful treatment of Harry Dunn's family by the Foreign Office (now FCDO), at the time Tories were in power. Praise for the campaigning of Harry's mother Charlotte Charles and Justice4Harry campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Truly awful treatment of Harry Dunn's family by the Foreign Office (now FCDO), at the time Tories were in power. Praise for the campaigning of Harry's mother Charlotte Charles and Justice4Harry campaign.
Independent review finds government failings in Harry Dunn case
Dame Anne Owers issues a report into the government's response to Mr Dunn's death outside a US base.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Independent review finds government failings in #HarryDunn case
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Truly awful treatment of Harry Dunn's family by the Foreign Office (now FCDO), at the time Tories were in power. Praise for the campaigning of Harry's mother Charlotte Charles and Justice4Harry campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Truly awful treatment of Harry Dunn's family by the Foreign Office (now FCDO), at the time Tories were in power. Praise for the campaigning of Harry's mother Charlotte Charles and Justice4Harry campaign.
'A fearless hero for hapless England' - #RobinSmith obituary
www.bbc.com/sport/cricke...
RIP Robin Smith 😥
www.bbc.com/sport/cricke...
RIP Robin Smith 😥
Robin Smith obituary: 'The Judge' was a fearless hero for England
Robin Smith, who has died at the age of 62, was a fearless hero in a struggling England team, but had to battle his own demons after retiring from cricket.
www.bbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
'A fearless hero for hapless England' - #RobinSmith obituary
www.bbc.com/sport/cricke...
RIP Robin Smith 😥
www.bbc.com/sport/cricke...
RIP Robin Smith 😥
Kidnap and murder of #LesleyWhittle explored 50 years on
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
RIP Lesley Whittle and the three others murdered.
I remember this so well. We'd talk about it in school as it was on the news it seemed for an age. My thoughts are with the victims and their surviving families.🙏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
RIP Lesley Whittle and the three others murdered.
I remember this so well. We'd talk about it in school as it was on the news it seemed for an age. My thoughts are with the victims and their surviving families.🙏
Black Panther: Kidnap and murder of Lesley Whittle explored 50 years on
A new BBC Sounds podcast looks at what happened to Lesley Whittle - and how her killer was caught.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Kidnap and murder of #LesleyWhittle explored 50 years on
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
RIP Lesley Whittle and the three others murdered.
I remember this so well. We'd talk about it in school as it was on the news it seemed for an age. My thoughts are with the victims and their surviving families.🙏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
RIP Lesley Whittle and the three others murdered.
I remember this so well. We'd talk about it in school as it was on the news it seemed for an age. My thoughts are with the victims and their surviving families.🙏
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Glad to see @liamthorp.bsky.social has written about this. The reaction to govt. policy seeking to shrink child poverty has been strange and pretty miserable to see. It needs discussion. www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
The reaction to lifting kids out of poverty tells us a lot
Political Editor Liam Thorp reflects on the reaction to Labour's decision to remove the two-child benefit cap and improve the life chances of hundreds of thousands of children
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Glad to see @liamthorp.bsky.social has written about this. The reaction to govt. policy seeking to shrink child poverty has been strange and pretty miserable to see. It needs discussion. www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
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"Next up, we have Orville and Dean."
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November 30, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"Next up, we have Orville and Dean."
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"The modern conservative is not even especially modern. He is engaged, on the contrary, in one of man’s oldest, best financed, most applauded, and, on the whole, least successful exercises in moral philosophy. That is the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." J.K.Galbraith
November 30, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"The modern conservative is not even especially modern. He is engaged, on the contrary, in one of man’s oldest, best financed, most applauded, and, on the whole, least successful exercises in moral philosophy. That is the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." J.K.Galbraith
Playwright #SirTomStoppard dies at 88
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sad news indeed. What an incredible body of work across theatre and film.
RIP Sir Tom 😥🙏
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sad news indeed. What an incredible body of work across theatre and film.
RIP Sir Tom 😥🙏
Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Playwright #SirTomStoppard dies at 88
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sad news indeed. What an incredible body of work across theatre and film.
RIP Sir Tom 😥🙏
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sad news indeed. What an incredible body of work across theatre and film.
RIP Sir Tom 😥🙏
Not.A.Good.Look! 😡 Pitiful actually.
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
"Asked if they were friends, Mr Corbyn said they were "colleagues in parliament, and we obviously communicate and so on".
The pair appeared at separate events on the eve of the party's inaugural gathering."🤦♂️
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
"Asked if they were friends, Mr Corbyn said they were "colleagues in parliament, and we obviously communicate and so on".
The pair appeared at separate events on the eve of the party's inaugural gathering."🤦♂️
Your Party co-founder Zarah Sultana refuses to enter group's conference hall
Your Party's 'historic' founding conference has descended into chaos on day on as one of its co-founders stages a boycott over claims of a "purge".
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Not.A.Good.Look! 😡 Pitiful actually.
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
"Asked if they were friends, Mr Corbyn said they were "colleagues in parliament, and we obviously communicate and so on".
The pair appeared at separate events on the eve of the party's inaugural gathering."🤦♂️
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
"Asked if they were friends, Mr Corbyn said they were "colleagues in parliament, and we obviously communicate and so on".
The pair appeared at separate events on the eve of the party's inaugural gathering."🤦♂️
Are UK Christmas markets as good as German ones? Here's what we found
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We can get complacent about our amazing Frankfurt market in Birmingham. As I find crowds a problem, I rarely visit, but as a Germanophile & German teacher I realise how lucky we are to host it! 🙏🇩🇪
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We can get complacent about our amazing Frankfurt market in Birmingham. As I find crowds a problem, I rarely visit, but as a Germanophile & German teacher I realise how lucky we are to host it! 🙏🇩🇪
Are UK Christmas markets as good as German ones? Here's what we found
We visited festive markets in the UK and Germany to check which come closest to the real deal.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Are UK Christmas markets as good as German ones? Here's what we found
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We can get complacent about our amazing Frankfurt market in Birmingham. As I find crowds a problem, I rarely visit, but as a Germanophile & German teacher I realise how lucky we are to host it! 🙏🇩🇪
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We can get complacent about our amazing Frankfurt market in Birmingham. As I find crowds a problem, I rarely visit, but as a Germanophile & German teacher I realise how lucky we are to host it! 🙏🇩🇪
GB Olympic hockey gold medallist #ImranSherwani dies
www.bbc.com/sport/hockey...
Such sad news. Huge sporting moment for GB at Seoul Olympics, thanks to his two goals. I didn't realise he had early-onset Alzheimer's and passes away aged just 63. 😥 I feel for his family & friends.
RIP Imran Sherwani🙏
www.bbc.com/sport/hockey...
Such sad news. Huge sporting moment for GB at Seoul Olympics, thanks to his two goals. I didn't realise he had early-onset Alzheimer's and passes away aged just 63. 😥 I feel for his family & friends.
RIP Imran Sherwani🙏
Imran Sherwani: Great Britain Olympic hockey gold medallist dies at age of 63
Former Great Britain hockey player Imran Sherwani, part of the Seoul 1988 gold medal-winning team, dies at the age of 63.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:12 AM
GB Olympic hockey gold medallist #ImranSherwani dies
www.bbc.com/sport/hockey...
Such sad news. Huge sporting moment for GB at Seoul Olympics, thanks to his two goals. I didn't realise he had early-onset Alzheimer's and passes away aged just 63. 😥 I feel for his family & friends.
RIP Imran Sherwani🙏
www.bbc.com/sport/hockey...
Such sad news. Huge sporting moment for GB at Seoul Olympics, thanks to his two goals. I didn't realise he had early-onset Alzheimer's and passes away aged just 63. 😥 I feel for his family & friends.
RIP Imran Sherwani🙏
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Oi you, person of Christian values…
“When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself”
Leviticus 19:33–34
Still feeling holy?
“When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself”
Leviticus 19:33–34
Still feeling holy?
November 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Oi you, person of Christian values…
“When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself”
Leviticus 19:33–34
Still feeling holy?
“When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself”
Leviticus 19:33–34
Still feeling holy?
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The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
English actor #JackShepherd, star of Wycliffe, dies at 85
www.bbc.com/news/article...
RIP Jack Shepherd. I was fortunate enough to see him perform in Murmuring Judges at Birmingham Rep.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
RIP Jack Shepherd. I was fortunate enough to see him perform in Murmuring Judges at Birmingham Rep.
Jack Shepherd: English actor and star of Wycliffe dies at 85
He will be remembered for his roles as TV detective Charles Wycliffe and fictional Labour MP Bill Brand.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
English actor #JackShepherd, star of Wycliffe, dies at 85
www.bbc.com/news/article...
RIP Jack Shepherd. I was fortunate enough to see him perform in Murmuring Judges at Birmingham Rep.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
RIP Jack Shepherd. I was fortunate enough to see him perform in Murmuring Judges at Birmingham Rep.