Blue Monday is a piece of crap pseudo science originally part of a travel company's press release to sell holidays. Can we all try to avoid rewarding marketeers, using this term, which tries to sell goods by parasiting on the back of real mental health campaigns.

A Midsummer Night's Dream (13th December 1981). Titania (Helen Mirren) falls for the charms of Bottom (Brian Glover).

Today I’ll be working on budget reaction pieces for stories across Newsquest’s network. I’d love to hear business and workers’ reactions to the announcement (starting with the definites know about such as NMW increases). I’ll include as many as I can. Thanks. #journorequest

Looks like Pennsylvania will go the same way too.

I’m honoured to be apart of the John Schofield Trust I’m delighted that award-winning journalist, JadeWright agreed to mentor me for the next 12 months. Jade is a huge inspiration & has been a great support in these first few months. I’m excited to learn all Jade’s secrets ✍️

Thank you for your kind words, and congratulations! x

Some of the replies to this.🤦🏻‍♂️ Surely helping a young person with no parental support to get on in life makes it less likely they’ll need to rely on benefits in later life? If you disagree, that’s fine. Vote for someone else. The GM I lead will always back our care leavers! 💪🏻

Patient Safety and Women’s Health Minister Baroness Gillian Merron has pledged to work at pace on financial redress after telling campaigners she is “shocked at the degree to which women’s voices have been ignored” in the mesh scandal Patient Safety Commissioner slingthemesh.co.uk/dont-make-wome…

"Martha’s rule having ‘transformative effect’, NHS England data shows" - A great article by Denis Campbell shows the impact that Martha's Rule has had. theguardian.com/society/2024/d…

Gorgeous!

10,000,000s of Brits are being ripped off by overpaying on energy, mobile, broadband, water bills and more. Tonight on 8pm ITV it's BillBuster time. I'll show you how to fight back by cutting costs and keeping more cash in your pockets not theirs. Please do share and pass word.

Warning issued to travellers over phone mistake that could cost thousands ift.tt/r0U9pPq

Playing all the GOMEZ classics from every album, including "Whippin' Piccadilly" - as playlisted by BBC Radio 6 Music best of 90s - Ben Ottewell & Ian Ball bring The Total Gomez Recall tour to Arts Club Liverpool theatre, Sunday March 16th! Tickets See Tickets: seetickets.com/event/ben-otte…

Pubs, restaurants and cafes where kids eat free this half term ift.tt/8kASCLx

Martin Lewis' urgent warning for DWP tax credit claimants ift.tt/ki5K3Cs

Norovirus is highly infectious and causing a lot of illness this winter. Several vaccine candidates are making their way through clinical trials. sciencenews.org/article/norovi…

A sunset walk after 5.30pm - lighter evenings are coming.

I still remember the joy of the old Cosmetics to Go catalogue, and the excitement when the box would be delivered - loved trying out the original LUSH UK bathbomb Lush 95p Butterball bath bomb - taking baths back to 1995 | Bournemouth Echo