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Acquired children’s programming beat out some of the most popular new shows of the year to become the most watched so far in 2025.

People say this place doesn’t have the juice but currently half my timeline is everyone piling on an American for his wildly dumb take on Europeans and air-conditioning like it’s peak Twitter circa 2018. That’s the juice Baby!

I defy anyone over the age of 40 not to imagine themselves in a Queen music video when doing the hoovering.

Off to bed, fully expecting to wake up just after midnight

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School: “We want you to come in on Friday and celebrate your culture” Girl: [comes into school celebrating UK culture in an inclusive and respectful manner] School: “NO NOT LIKE THAT” Fair to say they completely bollocksed it.

The high court lifted a lower court order pausing the firings.

Genius. Zohran Mamdani has just taken Cuomo’s candidacy announcement hostage. And he’s racking up thousands more likes (and probably donations too) 👏

"When history looks back people will wonder how artists could have had a microphone in front of them and not said anything." Green deputy leader Zack Polanskisays the Glastonbury backlash has a “chilling effect” on artists and freedom of expression. @maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social

Striking doctors & swinging pendulums; Greg Wallace; extreme weather… tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx

Why wildlife crime and environmental damage should gain higher priority in terms of public attention, law enforcement and potential sanctions.

The EU is trying its best to get tough after US President Donald Trump upended transatlantic trade negotiations at the weekend by threatening to impose a 30 percent tariff.

🧵 Happy International Non-Binary* Day! [1]

Excellent piece by @tom-clark.bsky.social on the silent crisis in the civil justice system.

Join me and Eleanor for a one-off LIVE podcast at the Ed Fringe on August 11th!

Today’s unveiling of the Kestrel Mosaic mural in Trafalgar Square is a powerful symbol of London’s unwavering solidarity with the people of Ukraine 🇺🇦

A new trend from the right on X is talking about how everyone is going to move to Dubai because everything in Britain is so awful... Weird they don't seem to worry about the awful "demographic change" this would lead to in Dubai.

A few years ago while waiting for the bus, a bloke walked past in ridiculously short shorts, I turned to the bloke sat at the stop and asked did he see that?! He failed to notice his stick. He was blind. Still haunts me.

Should BBC Director-General Tim Davie resign over controversies? www.channel4.com/news/should-...

Gregg Wallace ‘deeply sorry’ after report upholds 45 claims against him www.channel4.com/news/gregg-w...

Lucy Letby suffered ‘potential miscarriage of justice’ – ex-senior coroner’s officer www.channel4.com/news/lucy-le...

Ceasefire negotiations reportedly stuck over Israeli demand of troops to remain inside Gaza www.channel4.com/news/ceasefi...

‘If we don’t act, things will get worse’ – Ed Miliband on climate change www.channel4.com/news/if-we-d...

UK extreme weather ‘becoming the norm’, warns Met Office www.channel4.com/news/uk-extr...

Truly the John Terry of politics.

Join me and Eleanor for a one-off LIVE podcast at the Ed Fringe on July 11th!

Sean Penn is where you put the sheep who’ve had their trim.

I regret now looking up what’s going on with Azealia Banks, the US musician. Just in case anyone on the planet is unaware, Conor McGregor is a rapist. In fact, he tried to appeal the court finding of rape, crashed & burned. He should have a police escort to keep the public safe*

At Wimbledon, they should do a charity match with two players dressed as Wombles. If you donate money and correctly ID them, you get a prize.

Wes Streeting defends only paying for half the population to get an NHS dentist www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Queen performing at Live Aid 40 years ago today. #LiveAid40

Autonomy, confidence and competence were stronger predictors of wellbeing than more traditional measures like deprivation or even total time spent being active.

ALERT!!! Eleanor & Alasdair Read That is coming to the Fringe for ONE NIGHT ONLY! 100 tickets only! Link below! (It's at 10.40pm like we requested because we are both rockstars who def stay up late & never turn in at 9pm with herbal teas) @misterabk.bsky.social www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

More than 50 MPs from eight political parties have signed a parliamentary motion urging the prime minister to deliver on his promise to introduce the Hillsborough Law www.itv.com/news/granada...

The temptation to throw Molotov cocktails around Westgate Street grows with every WalesOnline leak

Healy, who had already won stage six in a similar fashion to today’s ride, then had an anxious wait to see if he had gained enough time on overnight leader and defending champion Tadej Pogacar. www.independent.ie/sport/other-...

“The trouble with my body was that I had to carry it around with me.” ― Naoise Dolan, Exciting Times

A brand new document on writing in primary schools, and they didn't ask writers to help them! Lols michaelrosenblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-br...

Presumably that's what recommended it to them.

The Ramble Inn in the village of Halfway in Co Cork is among the more than 2,100 pubs that have shut their doors over the last 20 years

"The Institute is an easygoing summertime horror fix..." Stephen King's sci-fi horror #TheInstitute gets the TV treatment courtesy of MGM+ this week. Read our review: www.empireonline.com/tv/reviews/t...

17h since last logging in, still the hot takes. Opinions have no value, unless based on facts. Emotions, prejudice & ignorance are not facts. One of the surest way of identifying nonsense is that the responder nearly always includes an adolescent insult. Always back up what you say with facts.

Q. Why does Marie Antoinette look a bit grim-faced? A. Because it's Bastille Day. Holiday in France today to commemorate the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 in the French Revolution.

Today’s edition of Forbes CEO is all about Kodak: From its history as the brand synonymous with photography, to its bankruptcy in the digital era, and what’s next.

On 7/7 as a graduate in London I caused a major panic with my family because I wasn't answering my phone after reports of the attacks. Told everyone I had an anxiety attack. Truth is, I was shagging my new boss.

The Minister of State with Responsibility for Migration has said that Ireland was not a soft target for those seeking international protection

The European Commission has requested a meeting with X to discuss its artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok.

1️⃣ ONE 🎞️ FRAME 🔙‼️ 🪓 With this week seeing the release of Harvest, and with Harry Melling as our guest, we want your FAVOURITE FILMS WITH HARRY POTTER STARS IN 🪄 Give us your fave ⤵️ we'll put them to Mark

Wearing socks and sandals is an absolute power move that says you value your own comfort over what people think of you and I applaud anyone brave enough to do it.

Sophisticated crime groups based in south-east Asia are stealing billions of dollars from victims each year.

This makes me think Reform, in Kent at least, may have some interest in actually governing if they're willing to acknowledge reality.

British diplomats came under fire in Tripoli late last month, as Libya is wracked by rising instability and geopolitical tension.

*pinches nose* So let me get this straight. They want to appoint a man who had sex with a 17 year old to investigate a man who abused minors? GOT IT.

The daughter of a woman whose child died in the Tuam Mother and Baby Home has described as "absolutely momentous" the beginning of excavation work at the site in Co Galway. www.rte.ie/news/2025/07...

Now the weather’s broken and it’s rained and doesn’t feel stiflingly humid; I’ve cooked a stew

Trump said there could be “phony stuff” in the documents.

Not normally hubristic, but I did once take the car in for a full valet the day before its MOT test

The sister of a former priest who raped and sexually assaulted his sisters while he was a seminarian has said that while they cannot reclaim their childhood they have reclaimed their voices and have "finally been heard"

At this lunch with “faith leaders”, Trump has abused refugees, joked about adultery, ridiculed mental health, called his political opponents evil and, below, laughed about Russia bombing a nursing home. Any faith leader worth a dime would have stood and walked - instead, they’ve laughed & clapped.

Still unbeatable. The line, the delivery, the contempt. Truly iconic.

BBC Panorama tonight's on estate agent conditional selling - where they illegally make it a condition that you must use their solicitor or mortgage broker. I was interviewed for the show Our guide to your rights is here www.moneysavingexpert.com/mortgages/es...

Countries can implement their own national bans for minors on social media, the European Commission said today, in new guidelines under its powerful Digital Services Act.

There has been a bin strike and work to rule in my region for the last six months. It's been a pain. However I'm secretly loving the fact that there has been no recycling. Cans, bottles, card, paper all go straight in the kitchen bin. No recycling to put out either. Bliss.

Been in the gym a lot this summer and happy how it is all going.

Amid tariff uncertainty with the US, RTÉ's Behind the Story podcast looks at the potential impact on food and drink sector.

My favourite quote in this is from @carrieq.bsky.social on being shown this story for the first time a few months ago. “Sapphire and Steel are clearly superhuman. Or something. But they’re not gods. They’re more detached and cruel than that. They’re like weather.” Perfect.

I will be mercilessly and justifiably teased for posting this…. but what am I gonna do? NOT post it? 🤣 #agedbeef

#NowPlaying

Pottering in the garden today, I came across a bunch of deep pink cyclamen hiding in the undergrowth. I don’t even remember planting them.

This line from Chris Keuleman's essay on Srebrenica... “It would have been better,” Emir writes, “if I had not survived. Because I was dead anyway. My life had already ended when it was suddenly returned to me and I had no idea what to do with it.” bylinetimes.com/2025/07/14/s...

I am stuck in Poole and all the trains are fucked and I am 135 miles from home and exceptionally pissed off, despite the Test Match win.

For the first time #sophiefromromania rode in a car that was not ours and she did very well

The all-women crew of Blue Origin reinforced the enduring connection between style symbolism, and space travel.

Grok, the AI available for public use on the social media platform X, now has a government contract.

RIP Keith Dobson of World Domination Enterprises. You made a racket like no other. ♥️ youtu.be/EGJrAXZDOfc?...

NEW: As Trump hosts a White House lunch for faith leaders, some of their colleagues are showing what REAL leadership is. In Detroit, heads of the Catholic church & other faiths are leading 100s in a silent march to ICE headquarters to demand humane treatment of immigrants.👏 (🎥 Detroit Free Press)

We Are Love The new album by @thecharlatans.bsky.social Out October 31st Order yours right here thecharlatans.lnk.to/WeAreLoveAlbum

Seems to be a horrible revelation of the fear of difference mind that I’ve heard people say they voted Trump because they feared what would happen if trans women were in the restrooms so felt safer having a cis male predator in charge

Love Island perfectly illustrates how thoroughly unpleasant good looking people can be to others, as they know there will be another mug lying in wait.

Seems to be a horrible revelation of the fear of difference mind that I’ve heard people say they voted Trump because their feared what would happen in trans women were in the restrooms so felt safer having a cis male predator in charge

Also, this story reminds me of one of two memorable historical articles on the BBC News site: www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-m... This is frankly terrifying, and I'd have just died. Hopefully no preview image, because: massive fucking spider.

I think Ben Stokes might be my favourite person that I'm not related to

"He just bombed a nursing home." [LAUGHTER]

War, as a sitcom. ~AA

'Sponge cake Tarantulas.' Pyramid stage, 6pm. also: No. No. No. No. NO. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Polish far-right European lawmaker Grzegorz Braun for publicly denying Nazi crimes committed at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp during World War II.

🔴Nigel Farage Says He Wants to Scrap the Two-Child Benefit Cap – But There’s Something He’s Not Telling You The Reform leader needs to be reminded whose idea it was to push hundreds of thousands of children into poverty in the first place, writes Josiah Mortimer bylinetimes.com/2025/07/14/n...

December tour See you there? More info right here gigst.rs/TheCharlatans

Tánaiste Simon Harris has said the European Commission will later publish an expanded list of tariff countermeasures which the EU would consider introducing should an agreement with the US not be reached.

Rail wagons as hospitals? As European countries explore how to support military logistics in the event of war, the Dutch defense ministry is mulling plans to convert old trains into mobile emergency vehicles.

In tonight’s London Playbook PM: 🗞️ MPs engaged in their favorite pastime: bashing the BBC. 🏌️‍♂️Trump’s coming to Scotland … to open a golf course? 🚨SCOOP: British diplomats came under fire in Libya late last month as the country continues to spiral into chaos. Read it now 👇

Tonight on BBC2, a new TV doc series called HUMAN starts. It’s presented by palaeoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi, and explores human evolution If you enjoy it, and want to share the curiosity with your kids, my brand new book is about the Stone Age - link below! www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Police in Spain have arrested nine people in connection with anti-migrant violence in the town of Torre Pacheco, a local official said today.

The Forbes Research 2025 High Net Worth Study reveals 97% of affluent investors now use AI in their financial strategies.

Anonymous posts are not a news story, but… More good news for NY!

Just watched the final episode of Ballard (Prime). A cracking procedural. I read a thing on here recently insisting that genre TV was a code to crack: once you've spotted all the tropes you've foiled the silly show, caught it out. Well done, you. This completely misunderstands the joys of genre TV.

The movie has already been branded as “woke” by conservative critics over the director’s suggestion that Superman can be understood as an immigrant.

Every time I get McDonald's for me & the Mrs I get an extra mayo chicken, eat it on the drive back home and litter the wrapper out of the car window so there is no evidence. Been doing it for years now.

Listening to people trying to guess the 'Drivetime Drama' on Greatest Hits Radio, and MY GOD HOW ARE THEY ALL SO THICK? It's OBVIOUSLY 'Monet, Monet, Monet' by ABBA.