Broadcast recording a four figure cut of staff at BBC and BBC Studios www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bbc/bbc-set-...

A moving moment earlier in the House of Lords hearing former fire brigade chief Andy Roe talk about his experience at the Grenfell Tower disaster. The sort of speech a chamber stops for. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

What does your milk preference in tea and coffee say about your politics? 🐄If only cow milk drinkers could vote Reform would have a big lead, especially among those who like semi-skimmed. 🌱Labour on the other hand has commanding leads among almond and oat milk drinkers.

Unexpected repeated namecheck for Droitwich Spa by Lord Moylan in the Lords, during a late hour of the English devolution bill, as he reassures colleagues it's definitely not part of Birmingham.

great to see our brave, fearless, boots on the ground, accountability journalism followed-up in the guardian www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ap...

Former banker Crispin Odey has dropped his libel case against the FT as he has been “forced to accept” that the publication was “likely to succeed in establishing” its public interest defence. The case related to reporting of sexual assault allegations against him pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/ba...

Polls have closed in Hungary. A record 77.8% turnout. No exit polls, but shouldn’t be long till the actual results roll in.

Labour MP gets dragged publicly by a pub landlady for having the audacity to go into her pub, order food and spend money. Honestly no wonder decent people don’t want to go into public life. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Pickup of the Press Association's story overnight as families of victims say the 30-year freeze on compensation means it isn't enough for those with catastrophic injuries.

Compensation for crime victims capped in 1996 not enough, say campaigners

For all the claims that 'you wouldn't know it's Easter', the Easter Sunday service I was at this morning was the busiest I've seen it in years. Doesn't mean it's a great revival, but it scotches the idea put around this morning that 'people are shy about promoting it'

A very poor England lose 1-0 in their final Wembley friendly before the World Cup. Japan cut them open with ease at times. England were far too risk averse, constantly picked the safe option of turning inside and prefered one touch flicks to running at sides.

And yet, I feel it’s more likely that VAR will spread like a disease down the pyramid and across to the WSL rather than be scrapped:

I remember when “exclusive” meant “nobody else has this story”

On 30 March 1979, Conservative MP Airey Neave, a close ally of Margaret Thatcher, was killed by a car bomb as he was leaving the Palace of Wesminster. Neave was one of a number of MPs targetted by Irish Republican paramilitaries during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Sunday's MAIL: 70 Britons arrested in UAE - simple for taking war photos #TomorrowsPapersToday

New survey finds 91% of fans believe football is better off without VAR

“Police say there were regular attempts to steal KitKats prior to 2001, but they were all foiled.”

‘A fire that’s burning again’: Welsh language resurges thanks to adult learners

First game of two on Non League Day as Walthamstow play Lowestoft in the Isthmian League with the North London Derby at the Emirates to follow afterwards. Very much enjoying the pink Walthamstow kit.

Surely I’m not the only one who thinks this whenever they see a map of The Strait Of Hormuz on the news?

Greater Manchester Police statement: "We’ve concluded our investigation into alleged ‘family voting’ at last month’s Gorton and Denton by-election, finding no evidence of any intent to influence or refrain any person from voting."

Particularly fond of this Prince Philip story in today’s Times Diary

The bestselling author says his intense focus on writing left him mentally absent for family milestones as he reflects on success, regret and plans to slow down

This story is just one ridiculous vignette after another:

My latest for @theipaper.com is on the rising incidence of coercive control in teen relationships. Some frightening figures involved. Half of young people who have been in a relationship have also experienced some form of abuse from a romantic partner. inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

Labour lost white working-class voters to Greens in Gorton and Denton, party analysis finds

‘You can feel it’: South Yorkshire revival gathers pace as new industries move in

Nobody understands this about the government’s settlement reforms. People think it's 10 years for most & 15 years for care workers But its 15 years for all midskill roles, whatever the salary, if not a graduate job role classified at RQF level 6. Lab technicians, data analysts, hotel managers

For several months, people have been wondering why Reform hasn't declared any crypto donations, despite Nigel Farage saying they'd received some Now @theobserveruk.bsky.social can reveal why...

Thought the #SNLUK debut was really enjoyable. Hit and miss in places, like all sketch shows, but a solid first outing. Definitely a lot of potential, and better than some of its detractors wished for.

In his Telegraph column Nick Timothy is openly arguing that his worries about the Trafalgar Sq event are explicitly about Islam, not public expressions of faith in general. This is not what his Tory colleagues have argued, but they have also not contradicted him, so this is presumnably party policy.

EXCL: Senior ministers believe Keir Starmer will not intervene to give the assisted dying bill further time in the next session of parliament as he is wary of opening up new divisions among Labour MPs - @jessicaelgot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

This piece should surely have a disclaimer that its author and interview subjects risk jail time if they write or say that things are bad www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Woburn Tandoori was always a great Indian restaurant bolthole near Euston. Open late and reasonably priced - rare on both counts in the area. Shame it's gone.

Come for Adam’s question. Stay for a prime bit of “spokesperson who thinks that Judaism is just Christianity with a cliffhanger ending”.

Kemi Badenoch saying that Nick Timothy was “defending British values”. Oy.

And for London to be the testbed for this is extra galling. The city has zero - zero - need for this.

Booze! Drugs! Sweary lawyers! Egg in the buff! Ricky Gervais' big break! It's 30 years today since #ThisLife arrived on our TV screens and BBC4 are rerunning it tonight at 10pm. I wrote about how it discovered a generation of talent and changed TV drama www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Relegation battlers Enfield Town beaten 4-2 by Dorking Wanderers tonight. Tidy ground at Enfield, who are a decently backed side at home. Lovely main stand too.

Sad news about Len Deighton, one of the few authors recommended to me during my degree for his fiction and non-fiction works www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...

This’ll just get swallowed up by big media owners.

fascinating to see the collapse of NCP as people’s driving/working/shopping habits have changed so much (and possibly another ominous sign of town centre decline?) www.ft.com/content/2e80...

Today has been a big day at @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social - we've just opened the final* building in our big capital project, and it was a big one: a brick-by-brick relocation of Woodside Library from Dudley, set in the glamorous world of 1963. www.expressandstar.com/news/nostalg...

It is with a heavy heart I must inform you that

Labour's Mike Kane mentions Peter Mandelson's time as Chancellor at Manchester Met Uni in the Commons. I worked there at the time and was at his installation. A very weird time - he only got the gig after being strongly rejected by University of Manchester down the road.

Jürgen Habermas, German philosopher and sociologist, dies aged 96

Two surviving examples, and next door to each other too. CLErkenwell >>> 020 7253 Signs most likely installed around four years before all-figure dialling was introduced. And both numbers still in service.

High court claimant was fed answers through his smart glasses, judge finds