How Britain’s flagship ‘levelling up’ project turned into a scandalous giveaway. Read the eight-page special report from Eye 1660 (Oct 2025). Back issue available here: https://t.co/Lsnh5wuyUZ It was to be the UK’s largest regeneration scheme in decades, a model for regional

Cat advisory: Humans are likely to be spending more time at home over the next few days; this presents an excellent opportunity to squeeze an extra couple of meals into the day. Let me know how many you manage.

Would you like an early Christmas present? Would you like these pin badges? All you have to do is RT this tweet & I will select a winner one week from today. Good Luck.

"I *could* marry Kylie, but I choose not to."

This is the funniest tweet I've seen in ages, and I live here.

Proof that Earth isn't flat

Customer feedback this week; ‘Please can you get some more diversity at the National Trust by encouraging more hot men to visit.’ Ideas for how we do this v welcome. Nothing too racy please - we are the National Trust not the National Tryst.

Israel spokesman blames Hamas for killings at Gaza aid sites

@TiceRichard On the subject of women, your fellow Reform MP James McMurdock eventually pleaded guilty to assaulting a young women, having initially denied the charge. He was given a custodial sentence. The assault included him pushing her to the floor and repeatedly kicking her. The victim's

BREAKING: In a bizarre moment, the President of the United States expresses astonishment that his college age son can turn a laptop on after he turned it off, wondering "How'd you do that?" This is abnormal. A weekly cognitive test should be mandatory. https://t.co/tZiH2L5AbV

Photo of the Day: A400 Hercules carrying out the first deportation flight from the UK to return 717.5 US troops from RAF Mildenheath to Canada (Americas largest state) as part of Operation Orange Muppet Photographed from a Canberra

It's still winter. So of course the boiler has packed in. #coldhouse

They don’t mess about in Avon & Somerset Police… 😬

40 days sober today!!! Not consecutively, over 4 years. I'm estimating.

A pretty damning first five years of Brexit, quantified here rather neatly.

This is @benonwine. He is a repugnant, repulsive, vile white supremacist and a committed racist. His vile rants can be found on his dark corner of Twitter. He works for @waitrose. Henley branch I believe. What you do with this information is up to you.

I'm old enough to remember when state school playing fields were sold off as a perverse result of Tory political austerity.

Remembering the 15,000 Merchant Navy sailors who died in WW1 and the 29,000 during WW2. A huge and significant effort to keep Britain supplied and fed as well as also conducting many RN tasks.

Captain Blackadder: "How are you feeling, Darling?" Captain Darling "Ahm - not all that good, Blackadder. Rather hoped l'd get through the whole show. Go back to work at Pratt & Sons; keep wicket for the Croydon gentlemen; marry Doris. Made a note in my diary on the way here.

To brighten up budget day, I am giving a set of these Fabulous Mr Benn badges away. To be in the bowler hat, all you have to do is retweet this tweet. I'll choose a winner this time next week. Good Luck!!