Labour are on the attack against Reform UK in the run-up to the Runcorn by-election/local elections. This is their paid wraparound ad in today's Birmingham Mail - Reform are holding their 'biggest ever' rally in Birmingham later. Expect a lot more of this to come.

Constance Markievicz, the first woman elected to Westminster, was born on this day in 1868. She was a socialist, a feminist and a republican who dedicated her life to Ireland’s struggle for independence.

OK I give up. How do stop all the comic accounts.... I'm nonstop muting or blocking them but all bluesky shows me is comics... Which I've never shown an interest in....