Actually I don't find it funny at all. We've wasted $72 billion, seriously made life harder and more expensive for those in our country that can least afford it. It's a debacle that infuriates me.

This wonderful play has moved and galvanised audiences in Nottingham, London and New York, and will tour the UK in 2027. Punch is dedicated to James Hodgkinson and all victims of one punch.

🍾⭐️ Julie Hesmondhalgh wins Best Supporting Actress at the Olivier Awards 2026 for Punch! 🍾⭐️ Huge congratulations to Julie on winning the Best Supporting Actress award at this year’s Oliviers for Punch.

🌟 Punch named Best New Play at the Olivier Awards 2026! 🌟 Huge congratulations to James Graham on winning the Best New Play at this year’s Oliviers for Punch. This wonderful play has moved and galvanised audiences in Nottingham, London and New York, and will tour the UK in 2027.

Wonder if the USA will learn from Hungary ?

Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and £150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh.

Is there anyone anywhere in the Uk that wouldn’t like to see water utilities back in public hands?

Cant just run over the rosd I mean even Farage was string on this petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Ok Bluesky I’m thinking of setting up a small magazine - like a parish magazine or community magazine. It will have photos and stories and articles and events pages and contacts. What’s the best piece of software - is it ‘word’ ? What are any pitfalls? Any help or advice? TY

I recall the massive impression made by Nadine Zahawi when he was education secretary - I mean there was …… Oh hang on …… To be fair he was number 6 of 10 in 14 years

I see Musk is nearly a trillionaire 1 A millionaire can spend just over £10 every day for 10 years and still have change 2 A billionaire can spend over £10,000 every day for 10 years 3 A trillionaire can spend over £11 million every day for 10 years - in fact probably couldn’t spend it

I don’t understand how the Republican candidate for Miami mayor could have possibly lost when he was endorsed by Donald Trump, Ron Desantis, Rick Scott and Ted Cruz.

Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.

Freedom of speech as long as you love potus US could ask foreign tourists for five-year social media history before entry www.bbc.com/news/article...

Ok annual request - what books have you read recently to recommend? THis will create my Christmas shopping list for the family- so any genre, and any age too - and then I’m shopping in this amazing bookshop - Waterstones Bradford

Oh Dear Nottingham This will make receiver ofMFL and Music teachers locally very difficult if not impossible www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Interesting

Despite growing needs in adult social care, children’s services and homelessness Councils remain rung out www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Niels Bohr, Danish physicist & Nobel Laureate, born #OTD 1885; pioneered research on atomic structure & quantum theory; admired for moral leadership in support of other refugee scientists in 1930’s & of founding CERN 1954; commemorated at Niels Bohr Institute Copenhagen University @cern.bsky.social

Video doorbells BLue sky people do tell me Is Ring ( battery/solar) a good option ( may build in other cameras

Tories to continue their approach of claiming that everything would just be fine if we could just leave one more thing... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Is Biotech sliding away from UK? No AZ No Merck Now no GSK Asking for a friend Source: BBC share.google/CF8sMFhl3Jkw...

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone. Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care. The system is broken.

BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End ‘Wall to Wall’ Farage Coverage They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...

Not happy Allowed to extract almost half what is lost from their pipes The chicken coming home to Roost - no adequate investment, not thoughtful environmental planning Profit and senior incomes and consumers pay www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Not happy “Yorkshire Water applied to extract 120 million litres of water per day from the River Wharfe. The company loses an estimated 260 million litres of water per day through leaks, which is approximately 21% of its total water distribution”

Yes, and nobody cared much about the EU till the media started platforming Frogface and proprietors made their publications anti-EU. It was a weird obsession by a few old buffers until the super wealthy realised they could make money out of it. Then they told us we all wanted to leave.

It takes 10 weeks to sway the population with emotion, and 10 years for them to change their minds with facts.

‘This behaviour makes the case why water should return to public ownership & those at the top held accountable for every penny spent & every benefit taken.’ Yes. & in all public services. So find the balls to *do* something about this, massive majority Labour government, & stop whining about it.

Many a lesson I sang a song …. these are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard and there maybe many others but they haven’t been discaaaaavered Thanks and RIP Tom Lehrer

Well done #Nottingham The TV talent school that took Bella Ramsey from Nottingham to Hollywood www.thetimes.com/article/6751...

Got to love privatised water Company increased bills by almost 30% in April In October, the Environment Agency (EA) reported that 21% of Yorkshire Water's supplies were lost due to leakage, higher than avg 19%. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Got to love privatised water Company increased bills by almost 30% in April In October, the Environment Agency (EA) reported that 21% of Yorkshire Water's supplies were lost due to leakage, higher than avg 19%. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Very noticeable that none of the big Brexit backing accounts on X have said anything at all about the 9th anniversary of the chaos they unleashed. Almost like they'd rather we all forgot about it.

The tragedy of Brexit is those mentioned as architects are not seen for the frauds they are by the whole country. How stupid are we? I think there is some distance to go yet?

Project Here.

MORNING ALL! Today is the 9th anniversary of the Brexit vote. How do we all think it’s gone so far?

Dear Reform This is why councils have little to cut www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Sure Start centres generated £2 of financial benefits for every £1 spent, study finds www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Hi to anyone out there on bluesky, another ex-twitter user looking to connect with anyone interested in education, football (more precisely Everton), music, news and walking! Will follow back #FFB

Another beautiful and inspiring story on so many fronts So refreshing in a world of sad storytelling Be uplifted Thanks again to Dr Sian Williams www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Wake-up call… Lincolnshire has suffered some of the worst flooding in its history in recent years Lincolnshire’s newly elected Reform council has abolished the flooding committee This is who they are Please wake up to this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Yep yep yep Still cross about #Brexit

Interesting “The former University of Bradford student turned 'Care Home King' has a wealth of £525 million. “ So hey lots of £ in care then - just not for carers or for the cared for www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2516611...

Me again! This time it’s a vacancy for a French specialist, who can hopefully offer German. Either part or full time. (It may sound like we have a high staff turnover but we just have a lot of staff who’ve been with us for 30+ years who are retiring!) mynewterm.com/jobs/112989/...

Ah yes that private market we so often hear how it ‘ drives down costs’ Check academy CEO salaries in MATs making teaching staff redundant - ‘tis the same public purse

The average reading age in the UK is estimated to be between 9 and 11 years old. Some sources suggest that the average reading age for adults is around 9 years old. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Elections and football may not go your way but things you did influence still make me very happy ‘Music is never fixed in me’ … cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason on surviving a ‘volcano of racism’ www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...

Still with you Forest