We have a new story on river pollution. I think it's an important one. It shows that the current system that asks water companies to "self monitor" whether their treatment plants are operating legally is badly broken Here's a thread on what we found https://t.co/GDKtrSbram

Last year I exposed how Bloomsbury dropped Time to Think, a book that helped reveal the bad practices at the Tavistock Gender Identity Clinic Rather than admit it made a mistake, the publisher chose to fight me, launching one of the most extensive Ipso complaints ever made🧵

Given the new teams and changes to the UFL. How are you feeling about the 2026 season?

Royal Society rebukes Elon Musk for using "language of violence" at the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally in London -- but decides not to expel him (he's a fellow).

“One in three primary schools don’t have a male teacher.” Incredible stat from @Jonathan_Hinder discussing the need for male role models for young boys. @csjthinktank #Lab25

Can't think of many better illustrations of how badly we have botched housing policy than the fact that our bill for housing homeless families (£2.8bn pa) is now higher than the money we spend each year on new affordable housing (£2.3bn) https://t.co/ACqB1T0En7

Just mind-blowing... Here I am at my desk, 9:56 on a Monday morning about to start writing about football. Whilst less than a 5 hour flight away, people are having their lives ruined every minute of every day. It's got to end. 🇵🇸

The @ObserverUK on the 13 September speakers: ‘the press by and large gave them a pass’

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"In the first half of this year, according to Deloitte, investment in IT and data centres accounted for literally all of the growth in the US economy." https://t.co/fqehmPWkQP

Pliosaur bite force comparisons

Do humans and chimps really share nearly 99% of their DNA? | Live Science

Best exchange on The Times comments I've seen so far today...

Pleased to have my investigation into the impacts of upheavals at US research agencies on UK universities picked up by @rhysblakely for The Times. Exclusive for @ResFortnight: US research agency upheaval costs UK universities millions https://t.co/mQAvpL1zJk

"There was no hiding the time Botham was so hungover that he headed out to the middle during a tour match against Western Australia at the Waca in 1986 without his bat" https://t.co/IUM3AM8Ejl

Guess how many betting shops I found on the high street in Hampstead? You won't find a single one. Lower-income areas don’t get that luxury, they’re flooded with them. It’s time to end ‘Aim to Permit’ and give communities a real say.

If you want to show the nation that the ‘raising the flag’ movement isn’t just a bunch of racist arseholes - taking a photograph of a Muslim woman going about her day, and then gleefully mocking her on here like a juvenile twat is not the correct way to go about it.

It's not that we don't have fascists, we do! But you'll never see ours trying to paint this bad boy on shops or roundabouts. Maybe the England flag needs an upgrade to something you'd at least need a GCSE in art to attempt it.

Think of everything that went into this - the planning, the costing, the manufacture, the scientific expertise, the wish to educate & inform and share appreciation of nature. And the moron.

My God. Each pair of shoes is a child's life.

It's so painful to watch these scenes, but we can't just turn away.

Immigration certainly has surged over the last 25 years - but overall crime has not…

The child must feed.