Geraint Owen
@geraintowen.bsky.social
Wales Bureau Editor 🏴, BBC News.
Golygydd Newyddion i'r BBC.
News and #FPL obsessive (🌍21st in 23/24 if you must ask).
A bit of cycling too.
Golygydd Newyddion i'r BBC.
News and #FPL obsessive (🌍21st in 23/24 if you must ask).
A bit of cycling too.
I think I saw Jeremy Doku nutmeg two defenders at the same time tonight. What a ridiculously good footballer he is.
October 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I think I saw Jeremy Doku nutmeg two defenders at the same time tonight. What a ridiculously good footballer he is.
Give it to Allardyce until the end of the season.
French PM Sebastien Lecornu has resigned, BFM TV says reut.rs/42rZGQR
French PM Sebastien Lecornu has resigned, BFM TV says
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has resigned, BFM TV reported on Monday citing unidentified government sources.
reut.rs
October 6, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Give it to Allardyce until the end of the season.
Decent wildcard - decent progress. Up to the top 2.5million 🥳 If my subs can repeat this next week on a bench boost I'll be very happy. #FPL
September 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Decent wildcard - decent progress. Up to the top 2.5million 🥳 If my subs can repeat this next week on a bench boost I'll be very happy. #FPL
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I've worked at the BBC for nearly 15 years. People are always talking about a guy called Ed Poll, who I've never met but is across all kinds of big decisions. Last week, I learned it's actually a department called Editorial Policy.
September 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I've worked at the BBC for nearly 15 years. People are always talking about a guy called Ed Poll, who I've never met but is across all kinds of big decisions. Last week, I learned it's actually a department called Editorial Policy.
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Triumph and disaster for you, soft power for the Premier League: fantasy football is back | Jonathan Liew
Triumph and disaster for you, soft power for the Premier League: fantasy football is back | Jonathan Liew
Celebrities play it. Footballers play it. Gradually, insidiously, fantasy football has seeped into the way we consume the game
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Triumph and disaster for you, soft power for the Premier League: fantasy football is back | Jonathan Liew
Very rarely do I offer up #fpl advice but last year I came up with this thread, hot off the heels of finishing 21st overall in 23/24. (have I mentioned that before?).
Anyway, here's a few things I've learnt about this game over the years.
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Anyway, here's a few things I've learnt about this game over the years.
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August 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Very rarely do I offer up #fpl advice but last year I came up with this thread, hot off the heels of finishing 21st overall in 23/24. (have I mentioned that before?).
Anyway, here's a few things I've learnt about this game over the years.
🧵...
Anyway, here's a few things I've learnt about this game over the years.
🧵...
You wouldn't know them, they go to a different school.
$META CEO: THREADS NOW HAS 400 MLN MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS
August 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
You wouldn't know them, they go to a different school.
Benthyg hwn o'r lle arall - achos mae fy nghyfaill @aledscourfield.bsky.social yn crynhoi sefyllfa ddirdynnol yn berffaith.
August 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Benthyg hwn o'r lle arall - achos mae fy nghyfaill @aledscourfield.bsky.social yn crynhoi sefyllfa ddirdynnol yn berffaith.
Top tip: always give your trainers a good shake before putting them on. There might be a surprise inside…
July 28, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Top tip: always give your trainers a good shake before putting them on. There might be a surprise inside…
If we need Gen AI to boil an egg we might well be doomed as a civilization.
July 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
If we need Gen AI to boil an egg we might well be doomed as a civilization.
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How can any news organisation mislead their readers to this extent just to make clickbait?
It means grandparents with full time custody of children but it makes it sound like grandparents helping out. And £79 a week is so much money, they will create and then destroy real hope - just for clicks.
It means grandparents with full time custody of children but it makes it sound like grandparents helping out. And £79 a week is so much money, they will create and then destroy real hope - just for clicks.
July 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
How can any news organisation mislead their readers to this extent just to make clickbait?
It means grandparents with full time custody of children but it makes it sound like grandparents helping out. And £79 a week is so much money, they will create and then destroy real hope - just for clicks.
It means grandparents with full time custody of children but it makes it sound like grandparents helping out. And £79 a week is so much money, they will create and then destroy real hope - just for clicks.
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Former Wales national team coach Rob Page is to return to the dug out as head coach of Liverpool Under-21s.
June 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Former Wales national team coach Rob Page is to return to the dug out as head coach of Liverpool Under-21s.
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Have deleted my earlier chart - clearly bad mistakes but would also like to set out what happened, as a cautionary tale. Although it makes me look extremely silly, it's worth sharing.
This specific doc? I count three mentions of “humber” in the industrial strategy doc, 24 mentions of “Yorkshire” with or without qualifiers, zero mentions of “yorkshire and humber”.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
June 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Have deleted my earlier chart - clearly bad mistakes but would also like to set out what happened, as a cautionary tale. Although it makes me look extremely silly, it's worth sharing.
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The Iran-Israel conflict marks the first time in a war where AI-generated videos and images have been widely shared by supporters of both sides as an effective tool to fight the information war.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel-Iran conflict unleashes wave of AI disinformation
Fake AI videos relating to the conflict have gained over 100 million views online, BBC Verify finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 21, 2025 at 5:01 AM
The Iran-Israel conflict marks the first time in a war where AI-generated videos and images have been widely shared by supporters of both sides as an effective tool to fight the information war.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
