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Hannah Al-Othman
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Journalist @guardian. Northern Powerhouse, running bore 🏃🏽‍♀️, MUFC 👹. Send news: hannah.al-othman@theguardian.com. DM for WhatsApp/Signal
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We’re not in Kansas anymore latest:

Green + Reform 57%
Labour + Conservative 38.6%

In 2024 (18 months ago!) Lab + Con was 81.6%
Fletton & Woodston (Peterborough) Council By-Election Result:

➡️ RFM: 29.4% (New)
🌍 GRN: 27.6% (+16.2)
🌳 CON: 21.8% (-11.8)
🌹 LAB: 16.8% (-31.2)
🔶 LDM: 4.4% (-0.7)

No TUSC (-1.9) as previous.

Reform GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.
February 13, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Just updating my calendar and Shrove Tuesday 🥞, Lunar New Year 🧧, and the start of Ramadan 🌙 are all set to fall on the same day this year (February 17th), which feels pretty special.
February 1, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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This is happening a lot to female journalists. So here is a modest proposal for the White House press corps: Stand together. No one should ask another question until the President answers the question that was ignored.
January 31, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Can’t help thinking that it’s a real shame that the AV referendum didn’t go the other way.

If it had, Labour and the Greens might be fighting this by-election on policy and vision, rather than “who can beat Reform”.
February 1, 2026 at 8:40 AM
What in the Liberal Democrat is this advert from the Greens?
January 31, 2026 at 8:32 AM
As a resident of this constituency, let me say this: Labour’s entire hopes of hanging onto the seat depend on whether or not this proves to be true as the campaign progresses.
January 28, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Really excited to see how badly the lobby write about my ends.
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
We never go out for Valentine’s Day (or really do anything), so I just assumed nobody else did either and turns out I’m… very wrong?!

Tried to get a table for a weekend away that happens to coincide with Valentine’s, and all the restaurants are booked up!

Got a 9pm table at the 4th place I tried 😯
January 10, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Any recommendations for a nice sherry that’s good enough for gifting but not too expensive? (The glasses are the main gift.)

I don’t ever drink sherry, so I have no idea.
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
This at Manchester cathedral is very nice — collecting socks for homeless people in continuity of a hundreds years old tradition. Runs until January 21st.
January 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Sharing this because everyone I’ve told about it had never heard of it!

No council tree collections in your area? Don’t want needles all over your car taking it to the tip?

This charity organises tree collections, & volunteers will collect & recycle it in return for a donation: just-helping.org.uk
Just Helping Charity
Recycle your real Christmas tree in aid of UK charities. Our hassle-free, eco-friendly collections raise vital funds for community organisations, bring people together through volunteering, and help t...
just-helping.org.uk
December 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Me - not heard from @hannahalothman.bsky.social in a while, wonder what she's been doing with herself?

Hannah - www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
With numbers of abandoned cats soaring, we somehow found ourselves with 11
How our two-bedroom terrace become something of a cat rescue centre is illustration of nationwide crisis
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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This is one of those ‘well that escalated quickly’ stories by @hannahalothman.bsky.social

They live in a 2 bed terrace…
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
With numbers of abandoned cats soaring, we somehow found ourselves with 11
How our two-bedroom terrace become something of a cat rescue centre is illustration of nationwide crisis
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Were you on Gallagher Hill in the summer? I’d love to talk to you for a feature for The Guardian if so! *Especially* if you’ve got a t-shirt. Please get in touch, shares very welcome!
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Robert Purkiss has appeared in court as extradition proceedings began in the case of Agnes Wanjiru, a Kenyan woman who was killed near a British army base in 2012:

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Former British soldier accused of murdering Kenyan woman appears in court
Robert Purkiss faces extradition to Kenya to face charges after Agnes Wanjiru killed near army base in 2012
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A London coroner found Georgia Barter’s death was caused by years of violence and coercive control by Thomas Bignell.

Her family want justice, but the CPS won’t charge him and the police can’t find him.

www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
Georgia’s story: how a domestic abuse victim’s suicide was ruled an unlawful killing by her partner
A London coroner found Georgia Barter’s death was caused by years of violence and coercive control by Thomas Bignell. Her family want justice, but the CPS won’t charge him and the police can’t find hi...
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Mirror chicken is a mood.
October 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
If only twitter threads were still a thing because I have quite the story to tell about how my destiny of being a cat rescuer is literally being forced upon me.

I currently have seven (7) cats in my house. I’ll tell it one day. Maybe I’ll write it.

But for now, good morning from not my cats:
September 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
A court in Kenyan has this morning granted an arrest warrant for a British national in connection with the murder of Agnes Wanjiru

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Kenya seeks arrest of former British soldier over alleged murder of Agnes Wanjiru
High court judge issues arrest warrant, saying a suspect has been charged in relation to 2012 death of 21-year-old
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
When you have a joint bank account…
September 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Since I got married the algorithm has not stopped offering me pregnancy shit. It’s absolutely relentless, and was pretty much immediate — I’m being advertised fertility treatments, solo pregnancy retreats, folic acid supplements.

How do I turn it off?!
August 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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What the hell is wrong with me?
August 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Sliding into your DMs like
August 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Any Hannahs out there marrying a Michael?! I’m looking to find this a new home!
August 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM