Southport attack: report shows ‘systemic failure of the state’ to prevent atrocity, says Home Secretary Meanwhile in Parliament Square the UK state continues to try and prevent other atrocities 🤪 #r4today

So there you have it: #r4today

“while no single headline was overtly partisan or inaccurate, there were systematic patterns in both subject focus and tone which created a significant cumulative effect” #r4today eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/is-the-...

Released over 45 years ago #r4today

What happens when a radio presenter gets it wrong? #r4today

So the Trump’s war against Iran is making Putin’s war against Ukraine more affordable? What an f’ing crazy world this is 🤪 #r4today

Michael Gove’s area of expertise: #r4today

A bedraggled Coltsfoot and an early wild daff spotted today in the Wye valley #wildflowerhour

It’s a shame Jim Ratcliffe’s studies were limited to chemical engineering #newsnight

2025 warmest year on record #r4today

Storm Cloudier? #r4today

Did I miss the bit where Tim Davie reveals whether he was a Faithful or a Traitor? #r4today

Is it an editorial requirement that #r4today prefix ‘left wing’ with the word ‘radical’?

Grassland Fungi: A Field Guide – 3rd Edition out now! The proceeds go towards Monmouthshire Meadows Group and their work in helping to conserve and protect the species-rich grasslands in which these fungi thrive #wildfungihour monmouthshiremeadows.org.uk/2025/03/12/g...

Scarlet Waxcaps (Hygrocybe coccinea) in field behind the house and Golden Waxcaps (Hygrocybe chloroprana) on the lawn #wildfungihour

Late for #wildflowerhour again… Favourite new plant find this year was Adder’s Tongue Fern (Ophioglossum vulgatum) And as described by #NatureSpot, in a colony of hundreds of plants in a sand dune slack #wildflowerhour

What remains of a Common Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) seedhead in early January #wildflowerhour

Curled Dock (Rumex crispus) seedheads - attractive rather than ‘spectacular’ #Wildflowerhour

Euonymus europaeus - end of October 2024 #Wildflowerhour #fruits

Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) #Wildflowerhour #fruits

My ‘flower hunting’ today has been limited to my photo archive… Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea) at Kenfig NNR on 9 July 2025, ..and an old pic of Blackstonia perfoliata from late June 2020 #wildflowerhour #GentianFamily

Missed yesterday’s hour again! Nodding Thistle (Carduus nutans) at Caerwent S.Wales end of June 2022 #wildflowerhour #DaisyFamily

Late but… The day-flying Forester moth (Adscita statices) on Salad Burnet (Poterium sanguisorba) at end of May, in Gloucestershire #wildflowerhour #PollinatorPals

Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum) attracting the attention of a pollinator #wildflowerhour #bythesea

Two edibles: Rock Samphire (Crithmum maritimum) and Sea Kale (Crambe maritima) #wildflowerhour #bythesea

Autumn Squill (Prospero autumnale) at Prawle Point, S. Devon in early September #wildflowerhour #bythesea

Not really listening to #r4today this morning…. …in case this aspect of Latin usage was not mentioned: naturallatin.com/home/

Skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata) seen at Kenfig on 9 July 2025 The other 4 are from yesterday in Monmouthshire: Wild Marjoram (Origanum vulgare) and Wild Basil (Clinopodium vulgare) together, Betony (Stachys officinalis) and Wood Sage (Teucrium scorodonia) #Wildflowerhour #DeadNettleFamily

One message Nick Robinson hasn’t got is that ‘junior’ doctors, are now known as Resident Doctors #r4today

Holding people to account Justin Webb: “that’s what we do on this programme” No that’s what you USED to do! #r4today

Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum) and Common Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) on Cleddon Bog on 21June 2025 #wildflowerhour

Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) and Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris) from Salisbury Plain on 18 June 2025 #wildflowerhour

So not as impressive as #springwatch ‘s trail cam images but…

Let’s hope it doesn’t take the English justice system another 38 years to decide Lucy Letby is innocent! #r4today

Perhaps Nick Robinson’s experience in Rome, hearing about the Pope’s humility and tolerance, will make him a better person? But then again…. #r4today

When you charge £10.12 per day for peanuts it’s no wonder the company want to extend the licence to adults! #r4today

I trust General Kellogg will be in London in time for breakfast #r4today

As with canned laughter, one shouting over-excited sports commentator is pretty much like another …still, it fills up airtime at little cost so I expect #r4today editors will continue to serve it up every morning 🥱

The cost of ignorance - the current state of client journalism at the BBC! #r4today

#ThickTrunkTuesday This ancient oak sat on land owned by the council that was leased to Mitchell & Butlers, the pub company that operates the nearby Whitewebbs House Toby Carvery 😡

Eating cheese can give you nightmares… and then you wake up to the voice of Nick Robinson 😱 #r4today

Nick Robinson mentioned massive rats immediately followed by Angela Rayner - coincidence or intended subliminal bias? #r4today

Something about bullies… #bbcbh

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced communist, but the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction no longer holds” Trumpy Webb gets the point, without realising it ⤵️ #r4today

That this territory is on the US tariff list is an indication of the level of ignorance in Trump’s team #r4today en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heard_I...

“When goods don’t cross borders, soldiers will” #r4today fee.org/resources/if...

In the 21st century, on the eve of International Women’s Day you might have thought we’d have stopped witch hunting #r4today www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...