IMPORTANT: An extreme wildfire risk is in place across London this weekend ⤵️ Continue to follow London Fire Brigade advice.

Right Care, Right Person: A breakthrough in mental health interactions or risky and dangerous? [SUBSCRIBER ARTICLE] policinginsight.com/feature/anal... @ianweinfass.bsky.social @mentalhealthcop.bsky.social

Studio Egret West wins Bratislava urban district contest

It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23

Fair play to Messi at the World Cup after putting in a shift at Savers this morning

One in four chief police officers has increased the security measures in their own home after facing abuse online, Police Oracle can reveal.

This is an embarrassing image for the UK. A self-respecting British fox should be dragging Binface's contents out over the stage

Norwich’s 1950s Neo-Georgian former Debenhams spared demolition

Nissen Richards Studio has finally won the go-ahead to expand Clwb Ifor Bach, a Cardiff music venue that helped launch the Super Furry Animals and Stereophonics.

A Glasgow practice channels ancient Greek stoas for a £5bn data centre near Auchtertool, blending order with innovation.

Leaked confidential designs for the new Euston station - and the internal concerns about whether it will be overcrowded from the start and leave Londoners with a hefty bill. www.londoncentric.media/p/euston-sta...

The Twentieth Century Society has called for Terry Farrell’s 1 Embankment Place to be Grade II* listed in the face of major changes proposed for the 35-year-old Thamesside landmark.

I get a lot of AI slop book marketing emails, but this is the first time I have ever been . . . mistaken for Jane Austen.

The government is still pondering crippling the FOI act parliamentary questions suggest My latest blog at Relight My FOIA, on the government's refusal to put to bed speculation it still plans to kneecap the Freedom of Information Act in response to PQs relightmyfoia.blog/2026/04/17/g...

You know what doesn't get its support unceremoniously pulled by a tech company? Fuckin' books, brother

A landmark Sunderland building that opened in 1998 faces demolition despite a three-year campaign to save it

Covid-era debts still plague construction industry

It’s a mystery why Musk is still able to raise money on the back of fake announcements. The story of hyperloop is appalling - yet somehow Steve Davis, who oversaw it, was allowed to decimate government capacity as head of DOGE washingtonian.com/2026/02/12/h...

I spoke to some of those who were there about their memories of that fateful day at Didcot Power Station a decade on, including two who rescued a colleague from under a pile of debris:

10 years ago today, four men died when the boiler house at the Didcot Power Station partially collapsed. No one has been held accountable for what happened and a police/HSE investigation remains ongoing.

Met Police confirm Peter Mandelson has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

10 years ago today, four men died when the boiler house at the Didcot Power Station partially collapsed. No one has been held accountable for what happened and a police/HSE investigation remains ongoing.

Jeffrey #Epstein emailed Jack and Caroline Lang asking for advice on where to hold the 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the #Epsteinfiles reveal www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/epstein...

Jeffrey Epstein emailed a former French government minister to help arrange a venue for the 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize ceremony. www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/epstein...

The RIBA has revealed nine projects competing for its West Midlands Regional Awards 2026

“If you do a big restructure, it becomes the only thing people talk about/put energy into … Talking about structures is not going to get officers back on the beat.”

My piece for The Times - www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

This is effectively a government backed advertising campaign for Big Tech for a product that doesn't work properly.

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Police AI: what's behind the new national centre for artificial intelligence

If a website appeared overnight that gave hundreds of millions of users the opportunity to create CSAM you'd expect governments to shut it down quickly, so the question is why X gets a pass when it's done just that? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Interesting piece on AI mistakes in US police reports

Our king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de Weck

See p41 for my piece on ways in which police chiefs are looking to raise cash

Police/HSE investigating why four men died in the 2016 Didcot Power Station collapse say their investigation will (finally) conclude next year - www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news/thames-...

“No less an authority than the United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, Liz Truss” That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.

The film-maker, who has died aged 78, spoke to Ed Potton about bringing back Spinal Tap, the demands of directing and his idea for one more comedy

Leigh Day partner Jill Paterson warns many households may still be using potentially dangerous heat pump tumble dryers built by Haier after a regulator issued an urgent recall. www.leighday.co.uk/news/news/20...

Evolving police responses to domestic abuse: Innovations and challenges in tackling domestic and family violence policinginsight.com/news/evolvin...

It’s the mark of an amateur – in journalistic writing, book writing, TV, whatever – that they think ideas are the currency, where the value is, and need fiercely protecting. Everyone has ideas. Usually ten before breakfast. Executing them well is the hard bit.

This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu

Extremely 80s Conservative voice: "Maybe the only way to stop modern slavery is to nationalise it!"

A Surrey architect has wound down her practice as she looks to spend more time following her passion as a motorbike rider

Cost of Chipperfield’s new Edinburgh concert hall more than trebles

Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story. Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done. You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story! 🧵 1/9

Francis Terry’s ‘world-first’ Neoclassical Passivhaus home rejected

A great piece from James Marriott. FWIW I am working on a laptop, I didn't read this on my phone... open.substack.com/pub/jmarriot...

Plans for older people’s homes in Hertfordshire have been refused after a councillor said they resembled the local crematorium.