Tom Witherow
@tomwitherow.bsky.social
News and special projects reporter for The Times. Uncovering scandals - the Post Office, gambling sector, NHS and more.
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ICYMI - here's a picture of the front page on Monday:
July 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
ICYMI - here's a picture of the front page on Monday:
Huge congrats to my close friend Rupert Dastur on the release of his debut novel, Cloudless!
Waterstone's named him out as one of the most exciting new authors to watch.
He's a fantastic writer, the loveliest man and the book has been in the works for many years so it's well deserved (1/2)
Waterstone's named him out as one of the most exciting new authors to watch.
He's a fantastic writer, the loveliest man and the book has been in the works for many years so it's well deserved (1/2)
February 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Huge congrats to my close friend Rupert Dastur on the release of his debut novel, Cloudless!
Waterstone's named him out as one of the most exciting new authors to watch.
He's a fantastic writer, the loveliest man and the book has been in the works for many years so it's well deserved (1/2)
Waterstone's named him out as one of the most exciting new authors to watch.
He's a fantastic writer, the loveliest man and the book has been in the works for many years so it's well deserved (1/2)
Act of total self harm by the Government 👎
February 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Act of total self harm by the Government 👎
Any tips on how to get faster broadband speeds?
We're in central London and Vodafone (in this case) can only guarantee 6-7 Mbps.
No fibre to the house available here - so it's all BT infrastructure
We're in central London and Vodafone (in this case) can only guarantee 6-7 Mbps.
No fibre to the house available here - so it's all BT infrastructure
February 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Any tips on how to get faster broadband speeds?
We're in central London and Vodafone (in this case) can only guarantee 6-7 Mbps.
No fibre to the house available here - so it's all BT infrastructure
We're in central London and Vodafone (in this case) can only guarantee 6-7 Mbps.
No fibre to the house available here - so it's all BT infrastructure
Just over 530 final settlements have been processed in the last ten months.
At that rate it will take until 2029 to process the remaining claims - suggesting we're only about half way.
That can't be acceptable to the government.
At that rate it will take until 2029 to process the remaining claims - suggesting we're only about half way.
That can't be acceptable to the government.
November 15, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Just over 530 final settlements have been processed in the last ten months.
At that rate it will take until 2029 to process the remaining claims - suggesting we're only about half way.
That can't be acceptable to the government.
At that rate it will take until 2029 to process the remaining claims - suggesting we're only about half way.
That can't be acceptable to the government.
Headlines:
🚩 As of October 31, 2,765 out of about 5,700 possible victims had received full compensation, totalling £438 million.
🚩 That's just a quarter of the £1.8bn put aside.
🚩 Political delays, complex schemes, legal wrangling and bureaucracy have been blamed for slow progress
🚩 As of October 31, 2,765 out of about 5,700 possible victims had received full compensation, totalling £438 million.
🚩 That's just a quarter of the £1.8bn put aside.
🚩 Political delays, complex schemes, legal wrangling and bureaucracy have been blamed for slow progress
November 15, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Headlines:
🚩 As of October 31, 2,765 out of about 5,700 possible victims had received full compensation, totalling £438 million.
🚩 That's just a quarter of the £1.8bn put aside.
🚩 Political delays, complex schemes, legal wrangling and bureaucracy have been blamed for slow progress
🚩 As of October 31, 2,765 out of about 5,700 possible victims had received full compensation, totalling £438 million.
🚩 That's just a quarter of the £1.8bn put aside.
🚩 Political delays, complex schemes, legal wrangling and bureaucracy have been blamed for slow progress
Tickets to the Lords tests next year have gone up a crazy amount.
The same seat I sat in this year for £120 will be £175 for England v India in July 2025 - up almost a third.
That would be over £1,000 for the same group of family to go. Madness.
The same seat I sat in this year for £120 will be £175 for England v India in July 2025 - up almost a third.
That would be over £1,000 for the same group of family to go. Madness.
November 14, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Tickets to the Lords tests next year have gone up a crazy amount.
The same seat I sat in this year for £120 will be £175 for England v India in July 2025 - up almost a third.
That would be over £1,000 for the same group of family to go. Madness.
The same seat I sat in this year for £120 will be £175 for England v India in July 2025 - up almost a third.
That would be over £1,000 for the same group of family to go. Madness.