If you care about the BBC's independence this, I'd say, is more important than whether Gary Lineker tweets about dumping raw sewage. theguardian.com/media/2022/aug…

Very excited for this little project! 💕 Catch us at Hope Mill in October!!

A testimonial for the website if ever there was one! 🤩 get your tickets for Climb Way Up before they’re all gone!

1/3 Totally forgot I’d been boycotting Waterstones due to appalling treatment of their staff at the start of lockdown.

2/3 ordered Elizabeth Strout LBTS online, still no sign. Store can’t honour my order until email sent…

4/4 totally fine with Elizabeth Strout having to canc but an email???! 2 hours late?? Who looks at email when they’re out?? Should have checked Twitter and wouldn’t have got on train.

benderslikebeckham.com 🌈

Since it's #InternationalMensDay, here's a thread of every part of the gynaecological anatomy that is named after a man, with a bit of trivia about each man. Some of the bits are very specific. Before you ask, there are no parts of the gynaecological anatomy named after women...

Plenty of ice still in Bristol harbour this lunchtime.

For those who don't fully understand what is up with the NHS, here is a thread for you that might help. I'm a consultant physician working as a doctor in the NHS in Yorkshire and Wales for 32 years now. I have experienced the NHS at its best (2008) and its worst (2022).

Awful story of ambulance that never came . bbc.co.uk/news/health-64…. Could be you, your dad or husband in this story. Why did you vote for them??

The biggest problem with the NHS workforce plan is that it doesn't mention pay. No amount of fine words on retention will work if pay keeps being cut in real terms.

No words.

Although we lack a tweet from @votedannorris congratulating Marvin Rees on his peerage, I am told by a wellwisher that this gentleman is Mr Norris's agent. x.com/cllr_johnson/s…

Dozens of flamingos have arrived in the water in front of City Hall ahead of Bristol Light Festival which begins on Friday 🦩

RIP John Prescott. #propperlabour ‘What a guy’: Hull pays its respects at John Prescott’s funeral theguardian.com/politics/2025/…